Famous people born in 1827
The best-known people born in 1827, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Joseph ListerBritish surgeon and antiseptic pioneer (1827–1912)
April 5 · d. 1912
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
Johanna SpyriSwiss writer (1827–1901)
June 12 · d. 1901
Photo: Ganz, Johannes, Fotograf, Schweiz, 1821-1886, Public domain
Deodoro da FonsecaPresident of Brazil (1827-1892)
August 5 · d. 1892
Photo: Bror Kronstrand, Public domain
Arnold BöcklinSwiss painter, draftsman, graphic artist and sculptor (1827–1901)
October 16 · d. 1901
Photo: Arnold Böcklin, Public domain
Marcellin BerthelotFrench chemist and politician (1827-1907)
October 25 · d. 1907
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Ellen G. WhiteAmerican author, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (1827–1915)
November 26 · d. 1915
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
William Holman HuntPre-Raphaelite artist (1827-1910)
April 2 · d. 1910
Photo: William Holman Hunt, Public domain- Lew Wallace
American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, territorial governor and statesman, politician, and author of 'Ben Hur' (1827-1905)
April 10 · d. 1905
- Barbara Bodichon
British educationalist, artist, feminist and activist for women's rights (1827-1891)
April 8 · d. 1891
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January
- January 3 · Michel Rodange, Luxembourgian poet (1827-1876)
- January 6 · John C. Brown, Confederate Army general (1827-1889)
- January 11 · Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria, Archduke of Austria (1827-1913)
- January 13 · Nikolay Beketov, Russian chemist (1827–1911)
- January 27 · Nakahama Manjirō, English interpreter
- January 30 · Martin Haug, German orientalist (1827–1876)
February
- February 1 · Alphonse James de Rothschild, French banker and art collector (1827-1905)
- February 9 · William Dwight Whitney, American orientalist, linguist and lexicographer (1827–1894)
- February 10 · Martin Tovar y Tovar, Venezuelan painter (1827-1902)
- February 17 · Maria Francesca Rossetti, English author (1827–1876)
- February 23 · Raffaele Monaco La Valletta, Catholic cardinal (1827-1896)
- February 24 · Lydia Becker, British activist, botanist and astronomist (1827-1890)
March
- March 4 · Charles John Andersson, Swedish explorer (1827–1867)
- March 5 · Duke Wilhelm of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Prussian general
- March 5 · Leonid Hlibov, Ukrainian writer (1827–1893)
- March 8 · Frederick Manson Bailey, Australian botanist (1827-1915)
- March 8 · Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel Bleek, German linguist (1827-1875)
- March 21 · Andrew Leith Adams, Scottish physician, naturalist and geologist (1827–1882)
April
- April 5 · Georg Voigt, German historian (1827–1891)
- April 8 · Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican nationalist (1827–1898)
- April 9 · Maria Susanna Cummins, American novelist (1827–1866)
- April 14 · Augustus Pitt Rivers, English army officer, ethnologist and archaeologist (1827–1900)
- April 21 · Archduke Wilhelm Franz of Austria, Archduke of Austria (1827-1894)
- April 27 · Mary Ward, Anglo-Irish scientist and writer (1827-1869)
May
- May 10 · William Windom, American politician (1827-1891)
- May 14 · Francisco Antonino Vidal, president of Uruguay (1825-1889)
- May 23 · Milton Latham, American politician (1827–1882)
- May 25 · Infanta Josefa Fernanda of Spain, Spanish infanta of the XIXth century, morganaticly married to José Güell (1827–1910)
- May 31 · Kusumoto Ine, the first female doctor of Western medicine in Japan
- May 31 · Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, British Army general (1827-1905)
June
- June 18 · Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland, Swedish prince (1827–1852)
- June 24 · John G. Downey, Irish-American politician and California Governor
- June 25 · Hugh Childers, British politician (1827-1896)
- June 26 · Amédée Courbet, French admiral (1827–1885)
- June 29 · Mortimer Collins, British writer (1827–1876)
- June 30 · Jacques-Louis Soret, Swiss chemist (1827-1890)
July
- July 7 · Quintino Sella, Italian statesman and financier (1827-1884)
- July 8 · Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1827-1900)
- July 12 · Henri Rivière, French naval officer (1827–1883)
- July 18 · Pierre-Lambert Goossens, Roman Catholic cardinal (1827–1906)
- July 22 · Johannes Steen, 6th Prime Minister of Norway (1827–1906)
- July 27 · Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov, Russian diplomat (1827–1889)
August
- August 2 · Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Spanish general (1827-1895)
- August 4 · Henry Fletcher Hance, British diplomat and botanist (1827-1886)
- August 6 · José Manuel Marroquín, 8th President of Colombia (1900–1904)
- August 13 · Prince Francis, Count of Trapani, Two Sicilian royal (1827–1892)
- August 28 · Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia, Grand Princess of Russia (1827–1894)
- August 30 · Gisela von Arnim, German writer (1827-1889)
September
- September 15 · Jean Albert Gaudry, French scientist (1827–1908)
- September 21 · Emma Schenson, Swedish photographer and painter (1827–1913)
- September 24 · Henry Warner Slocum Sr., United States general, politician (1827–1894)
- September 27 · Hiram Rhodes Revels, American politician (1827-1901)
- September 28 · Aaron A. Sargent, American politician (1827-1887)
- September 29 · Princess Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont, German noble (1827–1910)
October
- October 1 · Walter Deverell, American artist and Pre-Raphaelite (1827-1854)
- October 11 · Asaf Jah V of Hyderabad, King of Hyderabad (1827-1869)
- October 15 · Mihály Zichy, Hungarian painter (1827-1906)
- October 24 · George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon, British politician (1827–1909)
- October 29 · Antonio Borrero, President of Ecuador (1875 - 1876)
- October 31 · Richard Morris Hunt, American architect (1827–1895)
November
- November 2 · Paul de Lagarde, German polymath, biblical scholar and orientalist (1827-1891)
- November 9 · Charles Wolf, French astronomer (1827-1918)
- November 16 · Charles Eliot Norton, American art historian (1827-1908)
- November 23 · Karl Maximovich, Russian botanist (1827–1891)
- November 30 · Henri Ernest Baillon, French botanist (1827-1895)
- November 30 · St. George Jackson Mivart, English biologist and critic of natural selection (1827–1900)
December
- December 2 · William Burges, English architect (1827–1881)
- December 5 · Henri d'Arbois de Jubainville, French historian (1827–1910)
- December 7 · Teodoro Cottrau, Italian composer, poet and writer (1827–1879)
- December 7 · Marc Monnier, French writer (1827-1885)
- December 15 · Joseph Halévy, French orientalist (1827–1917)
- December 26 · Étienne Léopold Trouvelot, astronomer, entomologist and lithographer from France (1827-1895)
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