Famous people born in 1828

Best known

1. 
   Leo Tolstoy

   Russian author (1828–1910)

   September 9 · d. 1910

   Photo: Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii, Public domain
2. 
   Jules Verne

   French writer (1828–1905)

   February 8 · d. 1905

   Photo: Nadar, Public domain
3. 
   Henrik Ibsen

   Norwegian playwright and theatre director (1828–1906)

   March 20 · d. 1906

   Photo: Gustav Borgen, Public domain
4. 
   Henry Dunant

   Swiss businessman and co-founder of the Red Cross (1828-1910)

   May 8 · d. 1910

   Photo: Frédéric Boissonnas, Public domain
5. 
   Dante Gabriel Rossetti

   English poet, illustrator, painter, and translator (1828-1882)

   May 12 · d. 1882

   Photo: W. & D. Downey, CC0
6. 
   Hippolyte Taine

   French literary critic and historian (1828-1893)

   April 21 · d. 1893

   Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
7. 
   Nikolay Chernyshevsky

   Russian writer and nihilist philosopher (1828–1889)

   July 24 · d. 1889

   Photo: Studio fotografico di S. I. Klimaševkaja, Public domain
8. 
   Rani Lakshmibai

   queen of a princely state in India

   November 19 · d. 1858

   Photo: the lost gallery, CC BY 2.0
9. 
   Randal Cremer

   English politician (1828–1908)

   March 18 · d. 1908

   Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
10. 
    George Meredith

    British novelist and poet (1828–1909)

    February 12 · d. 1909

    Photo: George Frederic Watts, Public domain
11. 
    Saigō Takamori

    samurai of the Satsuma domain, supreme commander of Japanese army, one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration (1828-1877)

    January 23 · d. 1877

    Photo: Ishikawa Shizumasa (1848-1925), Public domain
12. Edmond François Valentin About

    French writer and critic (1828-1885)

    February 14 · d. 1885

13. Josephine Butler

    British feminist and social reformer fighting to end child prostitution (1828–1906)

    April 13 · d. 1906

14. Shyama Charan Lahiri

    Indian yogi and guru (1828–1895)

    September 30 · d. 1895

15. Ferdinand Cohn

    German biologist (1828-1898)

    January 24 · d. 1898

16. Alexander Butlerov

    Russian chemist (1828-1886)

    September 15 · d. 1886

17. Albert Marth

    German astronomer (1828–1897)

    May 5 · d. 1897

18. Antonio Cánovas del Castillo

    Spanish politician and Bourbon Restoration architect (1828–1897)

    February 8 · d. 1897

19. Charbel Makhluf

    Lebanese Maronite monk and saint (1828–1898)

    May 8 · d. 1898

20. Albert I of Saxony

    King of Saxony (1828–1902)

    April 23 · d. 1902

21. Joseph Swan

    British physicist and inventor (1828-1914)

    October 31 · d. 1914

22. John Langdon Down

    British physician and first person to describe Down syndrome (1828-1896)

    November 18 · d. 1896

23. Louise of the Netherlands

    Queen Consort of Sweden and Queen Consort of Norway from 1859 to 1871

    August 5 · d. 1871

24. Charles de Freycinet

    politician of the French Third Republic (1828-1923)

    November 14 · d. 1923

25. Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia

    German general (1828–1885)

    March 20 · d. 1885

26. Friedrich Albert Lange

    German philosopher and sociologist (1828-1875)

    September 28 · d. 1875

27. Viktor Rydberg

    Swedish writer (1828-1895)

    December 18 · d. 1895

28. Joseph Dietzgen

    German philosopher (1828-1888)

    December 9 · d. 1888

29. Paul Gachet

    French physician most famous for treating the painter Vincent van Gogh during his last weeks in Auvers-sur-Oise (1828–1909)

    July 30 · d. 1909

30. Meyer Guggenheim

    American businessperson (1828–1905)

    February 1 · d. 1905

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