People Born in the 1840s

James Sykes Gamble

1847–1925 botanical collector, botanist, forester, scientific collector, scientific illustrator London

James Taliaferro

1847–1934 politician Orange

Jan Doležal

1847–1901 editing staff, forester, non-fiction writer, opinion journalist, publisher, scientist, teacher Proseč

Jan Jaromír Hanel

1847–1910 historian, jurist, pedagogue, professor Třebíč

Jan Nepomuk Kapras

1847–1931 comeniologist, pedagogue, philosopher, psychologist, secondary school teacher, writer Řehoty

Jan Pištěk

1847–1907 actor, director, opera singer, singer, theatre manager Prague

Jan Váňa

1847–1915 poet, teacher, translator, writer Běleč

Jane McKechnie Walton

1847–1891 missionary Edinburgh

Jean Albiot

1847–1915 journalist Saint-Gaudens

Jean-Pierre Nuel

1847–1920 ophthalmologist, photographer, physiologist Tétange

Jecheskiel Kotik

1847–1921 opinion journalist, philanthropist, writer Kamieniec

Jenny Maria Ödmann

1847–1917 writer Stockholm City

Jenny Thénard

1847–1920 actor, playwright

Jens Jakobsen Kokholm Bjerre

1847–1901 politician, priest Tørring Parish

Jerzy Moszyński

1847–1924 journalist, jurist, opinion journalist, politician, publisher Kraków

Jesse Barnum Hawley

1847–1911 civil engineer

Jiří Prošek

1847–1905 architect, engineer Beroun

Joanicius of Rakotinci

1847–1940 archimandrite, cleric Ohrid

Joanny Paquier-Sarrasin

1847–1909 draftsperson, painter, pastellist

Joaquim Pinós i Pi

1847–1904 actor Barcelona

Johanna Buska

1847–1922 actor, opera singer, stage actor Königsberg

Johanne Regine Reimers

1847–1882 actor Bergen

Johannes Haarklou

1847–1925 composer, conductor, journalist, music critic, organist Førde

Johannes Lauridsen

1847–1920 businessperson Vejen

Johannes Paulsen

1847–1916 pastor Witzhave

John Alexander Dowie

1847–1907 faith healer, pastor Edinburgh

John Ballard Rendall

1847–1924 Christian minister, politician, university teacher Madurai

John Barber White

1847–1923 businessperson, politician Chautauqua County

John Chard

1847–1897 engineer, military personnel Plymouth

John Coleman

1847–1897 military personnel County Cork

John Cutting Berry

1847–1936 missionary

John D. Works

1847–1928 judge, lawyer, politician, writer Rising Sun

John Joseph Frederick Otto Zardetti

1847–1902 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Rorschach

John M. Wever

1847–1914 banker, politician Ganges Township

John Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie

1847–1887 aristocrat, politician Fraserburgh

John Roy Lynch

1847–1939 lawyer, photographer, politician Concordia Parish

John of Nostitz-Rieneck

1847–1915 Baja

Josef Drahlovský

1847–1926 choir director, church choirmaster, composer, conductor, music educator, organist, teacher Drahlov

Josef Dürich

1847–1927 historian, playwright, poet, politician, writer Borovice

Josef Kořenský

1847–1938 explorer, naturalist, photographer, world traveler Sušno

Josef Paukner

1847–1906 bandleader, composer, conductor, music educator Sedlec

Josef Porzer

1847–1914 politician Vienna

Josef Vycpálek

1847–1922 collector of folk music, folk song collector, musicologist, teacher, writer Chocerady

Josep Taronjí Cortès

1847–1890 poet, priest, religious, writer Palma

Joseph Brooks

1847–1918 astronomer, photographer, surveyor Stockport

Joseph Byron

1847–1923 photographer Nottingham

Joseph Decker

1847–1920 anarchist, syndicalist, tailor Krautergersheim

Joseph Eugene Baker

1847–1914 editor, writer

Joseph H. Earle

1847–1897 judge, lawyer, politician Greenville

Josip Belušić

1847–1905 inventor, teacher Županići