Famous people born in 1819

The best-known people born in 1819, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.

Best known

Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819-1901)
May 24 · d. 1901
Photo: Alexander Bassano, Public domain
Walt Whitman
American poet, essayist and journalist (1819–1892)
May 31 · d. 1892
Photo: George Collins Cox / Adam Cuerden, Public domain
George Eliot
English novelist, essayist, poet and journalist (1819–1880)
November 22 · d. 1880
Photo: replica by François D’Albert Durade (1804–1886), Public domain
Herman Melville
American writer and poet (1819–1891)
August 1 · d. 1891
Photo: Joseph Oriel Eaton, Public domain
John Ruskin
English writer and art critic (1819–1900)
February 8 · d. 1900
Photo: W. & D. Downey, Public domain
Jacques Offenbach
German-born French composer (1819–1880)
June 20 · d. 1880
Photo: Nadar, Public domain
Gustave Courbet
French painter (1819–1877)
June 10 · d. 1877
Photo: Nadar, Public domain
Clara Schumann
German musician and composer (1819–1896)
September 13 · d. 1896
Photo: Franz Hanfstaengl, Public domain
Báb
founder of Bábism and, according to the Baháʼís, predecessor of Baháʼu'lláh
October 20 · d. 1850
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Léon Foucault
French physicist (1819–1868)
September 18 · d. 1868
Photo: Bertall & Cie. Fizped, Public domain
Theodor Fontane
German novelist and poet (1819–1898)
December 30 · d. 1898
Photo: Carl Breitbach, Public domain
John Couch Adams
English mathematician and astronomer (1819–1892)
June 5 · d. 1892
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Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Consort of Queen Victoria from 1840 to 1861 (1819–1861)
August 26 · d. 1861
Photo: Roger Fenton, Public domain
Gottfried Keller
Swiss poet and writer of German literature (1819–1890)
July 19 · d. 1890
Photo: Johannes Ganz (1821-1886), Public domain
Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet
Irish mathematician and physicist (1819–1903)
August 13 · d. 1903
Photo: Swan Electric Engraving Co., Public domain
Hippolyte Fizeau
French physicist (1819–1896)
September 23 · d. 1896
Photo: Charles Reutlinger, b.1816, Public domain
William A. Wheeler
vice president of the United States from 1877 to 1881
June 30 · d. 1887
Photo: The original uploader was The Mystery Man at English Wikipedia ., Public domain
Stanisław Moniuszko
Polish composer (1819–1872)
May 17 · d. 1872
Photo: Tytus Maleszewski, Public domain
Thomas A. Hendricks
American politician (1819–1885)
September 7 · d. 1885
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Maria II of Portugal
Queen of Portugal (r. 1826–1828; 1834–1853)
April 4 · d. 1853
Photo: John Simpson, Public domain
Charles Kingsley
British clergyman, historian and novelist (1819–1875)
June 12 · d. 1875
James Russell Lowell
American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819-1891)
February 22 · d. 1891
Chlodwig, 3rd Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
German chancellor (1819–1901)
March 31 · d. 1901
Annibale de Gasparis
Italian astronomer (1819–1892)
November 9 · d. 1892
William T. G. Morton
United States dental surgeon (1819–1868)
August 9 · d. 1868
Georg V of Hanover
King of Hanover (1819–1878)
May 27 · d. 1878
Eunice Newton Foote
American scientist, inventor and women's rights activist (1819–1888)
July 17 · d. 1888
Franz von Suppè
Austrian composer and conductor (1819–1895)
April 18 · d. 1895
Elias Howe
American inventor (1819–1867)
July 9 · d. 1867
Julia Ward Howe
American abolitionist, social activist, and poet
May 27 · d. 1910

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Month by month

January

January 1 · Philip Schaff, Swiss-born, American theologian and ecclesiastical historian (1819–1893)
January 1 · Arthur Hugh Clough, English poet (1819–1861)
January 3 · Thomas H. Watts, American politician (1819-1892)
January 7 · Maria Wodzińska, Polish artist (1819–1896)
January 19 · William Powell Frith, English painter (1819-1909)
January 31 · Jean-Augustin Barral, French agronomist and balloonist (1819–1884)

February

February 2 · Horace Wells, American dentist and anaesthesia pioneer (1815-1848)
February 7 · Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, Polish noble
February 12 · William Wetmore Story, American sculptor, art critic, poet, translator and editor (1819–1895)
February 14 · Christopher Latham Sholes, American politician (1819–1890)
February 15 · Louis Figuier, French scientist and writer (1819-1894)
February 20 · Alfred Escher, Swiss politician and railroad entrepreneur (1819–1882)

March

March 3 · Gustave de Molinari, Belgian political economist and classical liberal theorist (1819–1912)
March 4 · Narcyza Żmichowska, Polish writer and feminist (1819–1876)
March 7 · Émile Blanchard, French zoologist and entomologist (1819–1900)
March 25 · Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb, Faroese folklorist and linguist, Lutheran clergyman
March 26 · Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, British prince and military commander (1819–1904)
March 28 · Roger Fenton, British photographer (1819–1869)

April

April 7 · Hubert Léonard, Belgian musician (1819-1890)
April 18 · Carlos Manuel de Céspedes del Castillo, Cuban revolutionary hero, plantation, poet, musician; 1st (wartime) President of Cuba (1816-1874)
April 22 · Friedrich von Bodenstedt, German writer (1819–1892)
April 23 · Edward Stafford, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1819-1901)
April 24 · Klaus Groth, Low German poet and writer (1819–1899)
April 27 · William Muir, Scottish Orientalist and colonial administrator (1819–1905)

May

May 3 · Yuri Samarin, Russian philosopher (1819–1876)
May 7 · Otto Wilhelm von Struve, Baltic German astronomer (1819–1905)
May 13 · Alfred Baring Garrod, British doctor (1819–1907)
May 16 · Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Estonian journalist and cultural activist (1819–1890)
May 30 · Constant Fornerod, member of the Swiss Federal Council (1819–1899)
May 31 · Count Nikolay Adlerberg, Governor of Taganrog (1819-1892)

June

June 1 · Francis V, Duke of Modena, Italian politician (1819–1875)
June 3 · Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter and printmaker regarded as a forerunner of Impressionism (1819-1891)
June 6 · Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke, German physiologist (1819–1892)
June 26 · Abner Doubleday, Union Army general
June 27 · Ernst Falkbeer, Austria-Hungarian chess player (1819-1885)
June 29 · Nicolae Bălcescu, Romanian journalist and historian (1819–1852)

July

July 3 · Louis Théodore Gouvy, French composer (1819-1898)
July 8 · Leopold McClintock, Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy (1819-1907)
July 10 · Pieter Bleeker, Dutch medical doctor, ichthyologist and herpetologist (1819–1878)
July 11 · Susan Warner, American writer (1819-1885)
July 24 · Henri Harpignies, French painter (1819–1916)
July 29 · Theodor Brorsen, Danish astronomer (1819-1895)

August

August 7 · Panteleimon Kulish, Ukrainian writer, historian, ethnographer, and translator (1819–1897)
August 7 · Ion Emanuel Florescu, Romanian politician and general (1819-1893)
August 11 · Martin Johnson Heade, American painter (1819-1904)
August 13 · Aurelio Saffi, Italian politician (1819-1890)
August 18 · Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Russian grand duchess (1819–1876); eldest daughter of Nicholas I of Russia and sister of Alexander II
August 25 · Allan Pinkerton, Scottish-American civil war detective and spy

September

September 6 · William Rosecrans, American diplomat, politician and army officer (1819–1898)
September 17 · Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, South African politician (1819–1901)
September 20 · Théodore Chassériau, French romantic painter (1819–1856)
September 21 · Princess Louise d'Artois, French princess (1819–1864), Duchess of Parma from 1849 to 1854
September 25 · George Salmon, Irish mathematician and Anglican theologian (1819–1904)
September 28 · Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol, Spanish submarine pioneer (1819-1885)

October

October 15 · Clément Juglar, French economist (1819–1905)
October 17 · Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, German noble (1819–1904)
October 20 · Daniel Edgar Sickles, United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Union Army general (1819-1914)
October 20 · Karol Mikuli, Polish pianist, composer and pedagogue (1819–1897)
October 21 · Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia (1819–1839)
October 21 · Michel Carré, French librettist (1821–1872)

November

November 3 · Pavel Ivanovich Melnikov, Russian writer (1818-1883)
November 12 · Monier Monier-Williams, British professor of Sanskrit (1819–1899)
November 12 · Daniel Sanders, German lexicographer (1819–1897)
November 13 · Estanislao Figueras, Spanish politician (1819–1882)
November 16 · Wilhelm Marr, German publicist (1819–1904)
November 21 · Elisabeth Baumann, Danish artist (1818-1881)

December

December 3 · Abe Masahiro, Japanese politician (1819-1857)
December 16 · José Maria da Silva Paranhos, politician, monarchist, diplomat, teacher and journalist of the Empire of Brazil (1819-1880)
December 19 · James Spriggs Payne, President of Liberia (1819-1882)q
December 22 · Franz Abt, German composer and choral conductor (1819–1885)
December 24 · Antonio de Trueba, Spanish writer (1819-1889)
December 28 · Joaquín Jovellar y Soler, Prime Minister of Spain (1819-1892)

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