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

Andrej Žumer

1847–1903 teacher Podhom

Andrew E. Lee

1847–1934 businessperson, politician Haus

Andrew Joseph Thynne

1847–1927 politician County Clare

Andrey Selivanov

1847–1917 military personnel Russian Empire

András Bethlen

1847–1898 politician Cluj-Napoca

Angelina Vidal

1847–1917 editor, politician, writer Freguesia de São José

Anghel Demetriescu

1847–1903 historian, literary critic, politician, translator Alexandria

Angus Buchanan

1847–1927 cricketer, rugby union match official, rugby union player Inveraray

Anna Gostyńska

1847–1918 actor Warsaw

Anna Nordgren

1847–1916 draftsperson, painter Mariestads

Anna von Krusenstjerna

1847–1915 lady-in-waiting Kristianstads parish

Annie Besant

1847–1933 civil rights advocate, editor, essayist, feminist, freedom fighter, journalist, orator, politician, suffragist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer Clapham

Antal Günther

1847–1920 journalist, lawyer, politician, stenographer Székesfehérvár

Antal Molnár

1847–1902 archivist, editor, journalist, jurist, politician, translator, writer Gherla

Anton Lux

1847–1908 explorer, geographer, military officer Venice

Anton Marty

1847–1914 Catholic priest, pedagogue, philosopher, university teacher Schwyz

Antoni Jurasz

1847–1923 physician Poznań

Antonio Arias

1847–1913 politician Ponce

Antonio Lens Viera

1847–1933 politician Matanzas

Antonio Salvador Casanova y Estorach

1847–1896 painter, visual artist Tortosa

Aníbal Zañartu

1847–1902 businessperson, diplomat, politician Concepción

Archibald Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa

1847–1938 politician

Archibald Liversidge

1847–1927 chemist, geologist

Arnold Deschwanden

1847–1905 politician Stans

Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe

1847–1936 Southsea

Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken

1847–1932 barrister, politician

Arthur Hodister

1847–1892 Schaerbeek

Arthur Ivan Allin

1847–1926 composer, conductor, organist, violinist Copenhagen

Arthur Mellen Wellington

1847–1895 civil engineer, engineer Waltham

Arthur Moore

1847–1934 naval officer Frittenden

Arthur Sanders Way

1847–1930 classical scholar, translator Dorking

Arthur Sherburne Hardy

1847–1930 diplomat, engineer, writer Andover

Arthur Sommer

1847–1907 industrialist Hämeenlinna

Atanas Gyudzhenov

1847–1936 Pazardzhik

Atsushi Kawashima

1847–1911 diplomat, politician

August Christian Mohr

1847–1918 jurist Bergen

August Potocki

1847–1905 Kraków

August Vojtech Nevsimal

1847–1916 poet Vlašim

August Wieser

1847–1916 lawyer, politician Brno

August Zátka

1847–1935 entrepreneur, jurist, lawyer, poet, politician České Budějovice

Augusta Dohlmann

1847–1914 painter Frederiksberg

Augusta Holmès

1847–1903 classical composer, composer, pianist, poet, writer former 1st arrondissement of Paris

Auguste Dangy

1847–1929 Catholic priest, missionary Châtellerault

Augustus Caesar Buell

1847–1904 writer Norwich

Aurel Mureșianu

1847–1909 journal editor, politician Brașov

Aurore Tisell

1847–1912 writer

Axel Carl Johan Gustafson

b. 1847 writer Uppåkra

Axel Grandjean

1847–1932 autobiographer, composer, conductor Copenhagen

Axel Helsted

1847–1907 painter, visual artist Copenhagen

Bandō Kakitsu I

1847–1893 kabuki actor Japan