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

Benjamin Franklin Trueblood

1847–1916 writer

Benjamin Wallace

1847–1921 businessperson, circus director Johnstown

Benkai Takojiro

1847–1924 livestock dealer Hokkaido

Bernhard Konrad Bergersen

1847–1927 judge, lawyer, politician Oslo

Berthold Bing

1847–1915 Scheinfeld

Bill Miner

1847–1913 Bowling Green

Blanche Alethea Crackanthorpe

1847–1928 journalist, writer

Blanche Butler Ames

1847–1939 First Lady

Bolesław Prus

1847–1912 journalist, literary critic, novelist, philosopher, prose writer, short story writer, writer Hrubieszów

Bolette Christine Pavels Larsen

1847–1904 writer Sogndal

Bose Ikard

1847–1929 cowboy Noxubee County

Brother Azarias

1847–1893 essayist, writer Killenaule

Béla Graenzenstein

1847–1913 metallurgical engineer, mining engineer, politician Oravița

Béla Komjáthy

1847–1916 politician Kárász

Béla Lukács

1847–1901 politician Zlatna

Béla Poroszkay

1847–1919 county attorney, non-fiction writer Hercegszántó

C.A. Hansen

1847–1927 physician Tybrind

Calistrat Hogaș

1847–1917 writer Tecuci

Camillo Ehregott Zschille

1847–1910 illustrator Großenhain

Carl Beyer

1847–1923 regional historian Schwerin

Carl Dahlquist

1847–1907 photographer Stockholm

Carl Ludolf Griesbach

1847–1907 explorer, geologist, paleontologist, scientific illustrator Vienna

Carl Thomsen

1847–1912 painter Copenhagen

Carl Wagner

1847–1906 military officer, politician Copenhagen

Carl Wilhelm Bøckmann Barth

1847–1919 military officer, painter Christiania

Carlton McCarthy

1847–1936 politician

Caspar F. Goodrich

1847–1925 military officer Philadelphia

Catherine Boston Ross

1847–1902

Catherine Courtney, Baroness Courtney of Penwith

1847–1929 peace activist, social worker Herefordshire

Charles A. Storke

1847–1936 lawyer, politician Branchport

Charles Allen Converse

1847–1915 businessperson, genealogist, military officer

Charles Augustus Fernald

1847–1916 surgeon Wolfeboro Center

Charles Creighton

1847–1927 anti-vaccine activist, historian of science, medical writer, physician

Charles Dickens Clark

1847–1908 judge, lawyer Laurel Cove

Charles Edward Estabrook

1847–1918 lawyer, politician, teacher Grant County

Charles Edward Keyser

1847–1929 businessperson, stockbroker

Charles Ethan Porter

1847–1923 painter Hartford

Charles Gordon, 11th Marquess of Huntly

1847–1937 politician Orton

Charles H. Baker

1847–1919 politician Solon

Charles Lionel Carson

1847–1901 newspaper editor Isle of Man

Charles Nanke

1847–1929 politician Copenhagen

Charles Pavin Bird

1847–1926 barrister, mycologist Hereford

Charles Wicksteed

1847–1931 engineer Leeds

Charles Édouard Lardy

1847–1923 diplomat, jurist Neuchâtel

Charlotte Jacobs

1847–1916 pharmacist, suffragette, women's rights activist Sappemeer

Charlotte Sidén

1847–1928 Skellefteå parish

Chiquinha Gonzaga

1847–1935 activist, composer, conductor, pianist Rio de Janeiro

Christian Høst

1847–1900 bookseller Copenhagen

Christine Ladd-Franklin

1847–1930 logician, mathematician, psychologist Windsor

Christo Zokew

1847–1883 painter Gabrovo