Famous people born in 1818

Best known

1. 
   Karl Marx

   German-born philosopher (1818–1883)

   May 5 · d. 1883

   Photo: John Jabez Edwin Mayall, Public domain
2. 
   Ivan Turgenev

   Russian writer (1818–1883)

   November 9 · d. 1883

   Photo: Ilya Repin, Public domain
3. 
   James Prescott Joule

   English physicist and brewer (1818–1889)

   December 24 · d. 1889

   Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
4. 
   Emily Brontë

   English novelist and poet (1818–1848)

   July 30 · d. 1848

   Photo: Branwell Brontë, Public domain
5. 
   Alexander II of Russia

   The 12th Emperor of Russia (1855–1881)

   April 29 · d. 1881

   Photo: Attributed to W. & D. Downey, Public domain
6. 
   Frederick Douglass

   African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist (c. 1818–1895)

   February 14 · d. 1895

   Photo: Engraved by J.C. Buttre from a daguerreotype., Public domain
7. 
   Ignaz Semmelweis

   Hungarian physician, early pioneer of antiseptic procedures (1818–1865)

   July 1 · d. 1865

   Photo: József Borsos / Albert Doctor, Public domain
8. 
   Charles Gounod

   French composer (1818–1893)

   June 17 · d. 1893

   Photo: Nadar / Adam Cuerden, Public domain
9. 
   Christian IX of Denmark

   King of Denmark from 1863 to 1906

   April 8 · d. 1906

   Photo: The original uploader was Anathema at German Wikipedia ., Public domain
10. 
    Jacob Burckhardt

    Swiss historian (1818–1897)

    May 25 · d. 1897

    Photo: Unbekannt, Public domain
11. 
    Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle

    French poet (1818–1894)

    October 22 · d. 1894

    Photo: Jacques Blanquer, Public domain
12. 
    Božena Němcová

    Czech writer (1820-1862)

    May 2 · d. 1862

    Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
13. 
    Mary Todd Lincoln

    First Lady of the United States from 1861 to 1865

    December 13 · d. 1882

    Photo: Mary_Todd_Lincoln2.jpg : Mathew Brady derivative work: Materialscientist, Public domain
14. 
    Lewis H. Morgan

    American anthropologist (1818–1881)

    November 21 · d. 1881

    Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
15. 
    Maria Mitchell

    American astronomer

    August 1 · d. 1889

    Photo: Nantucket Historical Association, Public domain
16. 
    Adolf Anderssen

    German chess champion, after Paul Morphy (1858-1860), second unofficial world chess champion (1851-1858, 1860-1865, 1867-1871), chess publicist

    July 6 · d. 1879

    Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
17. 
    Thomas Mayne Reid

    American writer (1818–1883)

    April 4 · d. 1883

    Photo: Greening, Publisher, Public domain
18. Marius Petipa

    French-Russian ballet dancer and choreographer (1818–1910)

    March 11 · d. 1910

19. Francesco Crispi

    Italian patriot and statesman (1818–1901)

    October 4 · d. 1901

20. Lola Montez

    Irish dancer and actress (1821–1861)

    January 17 · d. 1861

21. Angelo Secchi

    Italian astronomer

    June 18 · d. 1878

22. August Wilhelm von Hofmann

    German chemist (1818–1892)

    April 8 · d. 1892

23. Zachris Topelius

    Finnish-Swedish author, poet, historian, professor and rector of Helsinki University (1818–1898)

    January 14 · d. 1898

24. Lucy Stone

    American abolitionist and suffragist (1818-1893)

    August 13 · d. 1893

25. Angelica Singleton Van Buren

    First Lady of the United States

    February 13 · d. 1877

26. Emperor Norton

    San Francisco eccentric and self-proclaimed Emperor of the United States

    February 4 · d. 1880

27. Rudolf von Jhering

    German jurist (1818–1892)

    August 22 · d. 1892

28. Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe

    German chemist (1818–1884)

    September 27 · d. 1884

29. Alexander Bain

    Scottish philosopher and educationalist (1818–1903)

    June 11 · d. 1903

30. Sophie of Württemberg

    Queen Consort of the Netherlands (1818–1877)

    June 17 · d. 1877

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