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

Dmitry Stakheyev

1840–1918 writer Yelabuga

Domenico Bruschi

1840–1910 painter Perugia

Domingo Mora

1840–1911 sculptor Barcelona

Dominik Riegel

1840–1920 military officer Koloděje nad Lužnicí

Dominique Ducharme

1840–1899 music educator, pianist Montreal

Dominique-Alexandre Parodi

1840–1901 playwright, poet, writer Chania

Donald MacKintosh

1840–1932 politician Lochaber

Donald Mackay

1840–1912 banker, politician Port Chester

Donato Di Marzo

1840–1911 politician Tufo

Dorugu

1840–1912 interpreter, slave, writer

Draga Dejanović

1840–1871 journalist, poet, women's rights activist, writer Kanjiža

Dragutin S. Milutinović

1840–1900 architect, art historian, civil engineer, university teacher, urban planner Belgrade

Duke Nikolaus of Oldenburg

1840–1886 military officer Saint Petersburg

Dwight Marcy

1840–1887 politician

Dyce Duckworth

1840–1928 physician Liverpool

E. John Ellis

1840–1889 lawyer, politician Covington

Ede Pongrácz

1840–1908 land owner, politician Nededza

Edilio Raggio

1840–1906 entrepreneur, politician Novi Ligure

Edmond Maître

1840–1898 musician Bordeaux

Edmond Rudaux

1840–1908 etcher, illustrator, painter Verdun

Edmund Guerrier

1840–1921 husbandry worker, interpreter Kansas

Edmund Morel

1840–1871 civil engineer, railway engineer London

Edmund Siemers

1840–1918 local politician, merchant, patron of the arts, politician, ship-owner Hamburg

Edmund Viaryha

1840–1902 politician Verkiai

Edoardo Arbib

1840–1906 garibaldino, journalist, politician Florence

Edouard Caspari

1840–1918 astronomer, hydraulic engineer, military personnel Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines

Eduard Locher

1840–1910 engineer, inventor, railway engineer Zurich

Eduard Nikolai von Middendorff

1840–1903 politician Saint Petersburg

Eduardo Jalón Larragoiti

1840–1917 military personnel Palencia

Edvard Nilsson

1840–1894 actor

Edvard Palmgren

1840–1910 secondary school teacher Vrigstad church parish

Edward Drinker Cope

1840–1897 anatomist, botanical collector, botanist, explorer, geologist, herpetologist, ichthyologist, naturalist, paleontologist, university teacher, zoologist Philadelphia

Edward H. Gillette

1840–1918 editor, politician Bloomfield

Edward Ignatius Devitt

1840–1920 Catholic priest, academic administrator, historian, university teacher Saint John

Edward McGlachlin

1840–1931 editor, farmer, journalist, politician Watson

Edward Robert Atwill

1840–1911 clergyman Red Hook

Edward S. Ellis

1840–1916 biographer, children's writer, historian, novelist Geneva

Edward S. Minor

1840–1924 politician Jefferson County

Edward Stanley Gibbons

1840–1913 stamp dealer Plymouth

Edward Stiles Stokes

1840–1901

Edward Thomas Booth

1840–1890 artist, ornithologist

Edward W. Greenman

1840–1908 politician Berlin

Edward Whymper

1840–1911 botanical collector, explorer, illustrator, mountaineer, photographer, scientific collector, writer London

Edwin Allen

1840–1931 politician Windham

Egerton Ryerson Young

1840–1909 author

Egidio De Maulo

1840–1922 painter Giulianova

Egidio Osio

1840–1902 soldier Milan

Eleanor Bufton

1840–1893 actor Wales

Elijah P. Marrs

1840–1910 Christian minister, soldier, teacher Shelby County

Elis Bruno Hollstén

1840–1922 military personnel