People Born in the 1840s

Discover ancestors and historical figures in our database of 5,741 people with archival photographs and biographical details.

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5,741 people found

Alexei Fedchenko

1844–1873 botanist, entomologist, explorer, geographer, naturalist, scientist, traveler Irkutsk

Alfonso Di Brocchetti

1844–1918 politician Naples

Alfred Formey

1844–1901 librettist, poet, writer Dessau

Alfred Guillou

1844–1926 painter Concarneau

Alfred Noble

1844–1914 civil engineer, engineer, railway engineer Livonia

Alphons Sassen van Vlierden

1844–1907 politician

An Dehai

1844–1869 politician Nanpi County

Andreas Bernstorff

1844–1907 politician, theologian Berlin

Andreas Scheu

1844–1927 opinion journalist Vienna

Andrew McCulloch

1844–1908 politician, solicitor

Andrzej Świętochowski

1844–1928 literary critic, writer Sławków, Łódź Voivodeship

Anna Maria Rubatto

1844–1904 nun Carmagnola

Anna Reijnvaan

1844–1920 editor, nurse Amsterdam

Annie Swynnerton

1844–1933 artist, painter Kersal

Anson T. Hemingway

1844–1926 real-estate agent, soldier Plymouth

Antoni de Sisteré Hernández

1844–1922 engineer, painter Reus

Antonio Dabán y Ramírez de Arellano

1844–1902 military personnel, politician Briones

Antonio Oliver y Rubio

1844–1900 military personnel

Antony Valabrègue

1844–1900 poet, writer Aix-en-Provence

Asher Wertheimer

1844–1918 art collector, art dealer

Augusta Foote Arnold

1844–1904 marine biologist, naturalist, writer Seneca Falls

Auguste Michel-Lévy

1844–1911 geologist, mineralogist, mining engineer, professor former 11th arrondissement of Paris

Augusto Bucchia

1844–1912 politician Breganze

Axel Belfrage

1844–1922 physician Foss socken

Bassano Gabba

1844–1928 jurist, lawyer, politician Milan

Belle Boyd

1844–1900 Spy, actress, author Martinsburg, Virginia

Béhanzin

1844–1906 monarch

Béla Breznay

1844–1928 academic Bôrka

Camille Lemonnier

1844–1913 art critic, journalist, literary critic, novelist, poet, writer Ixelles

Charles A. Coffin

1844–1926 businessperson Fairfield

Charles A. Cogswell

1844–1908 editor, politician Rutland

Charles Felton Pidgin

1844–1923 composer, novelist, statistician, writer Roxbury

Charles Franklin Pierce

1844–1920 painter Hillsborough County

Charles Hornung Petit

1844–1934 diplomat, merchant, politician Lübeck

Charles Ledoulx

1844–1898 diplomat Tunis

Charles M. Rockefeller

1844–1899 Gallatin

Charles V. Fornes

1844–1929 politician Williamsville

Charles-Marie Widor

1844–1937 classical composer, composer, music arranger, music critic, music educator, organist, teacher, university teacher Lyon

Chester H. Pond

1844–1912 inventor

Clara Conway

1844–1904 activist, teacher New Orleans

Claudius Wilkens

1844–1929 philosopher, sociologist, university teacher Harte

Cölestin Baumgartner

1844–1934 politician Waizenkirchen

Dandeson Crowther

1844–1938 Anglican priest

Daniel Cortázar

1844–1927 geologist, lexicographer, mining engineer, politician Madrid

David Dunnels White

1844–1924 Cheshire

David Ferguson

1844–1891 miller, pastoralist, politician Wellington

David James Burrell

1844–1926

David Young

1844–1913 Christian minister, historian Haverfordwest

Detlev von Liliencron

1844–1909 poet, poet lawyer, writer Kiel

Dimitrios Rallis

1844–1921 lawyer, politician Athens