Famous people born in 1829
The best-known people born in 1829, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Chester A. Arthurpresident of the United States from 1881 to 1885
October 5 · d. 1886
Photo: Abraham Bogardus / Adam Cuerden, Public domain
Gerónimoleader of the Bedonkohe Apache (1829-1909)
June 16 · d. 1909
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
August KekuléGerman organic chemist (1829–1896)
September 7 · d. 1896
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author Verlag / publisher: J.F. Lehmann, München, Public domain
Oscar II of SwedenKing of Sweden from 1872 to 1907 and Norway from 1872 to 1905 (1829–1907)
January 21 · d. 1907
Photo: Lars Larsson, Public domain
Asaph HallAmerican astronomer (1829–1907)
October 15 · d. 1907
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Auguste BeernaertBelgian prime minister and human rights activist (1829-1912)
July 26 · d. 1912
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Anton RubinsteinRussian pianist, composer and conductor (1829–1894)
November 28 · d. 1894
Photo: George Grantham Bain, Public domain
John Everett MillaisBritish painter and illustrator (1829–1896)
June 8 · d. 1896
Photo: John Everett Millais, Public domain
Levi StraussGerman-Jewish-born American businessman (1829-1902)
February 26 · d. 1902
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
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January
- January 17 · Catherine Booth, Mother of The Salvation Army (1829–1890)
- January 18 · Ludvig Lorenz, Danish mathematician and physicist (1829-1891)
- January 22 · Epameinondas Deligiorgis, Greek politician, lawyer and journalist (1829-1879)
- January 22 · Emilio Visconti Venosta, Italian statesman (1829-1914)
- January 27 · Isaac Roberts, Welsh astronomer (1829–1904)
- January 28 · Włodzimierz Spasowicz, Polish-Russian lawyer
February
- February 10 · Simon Schwendener, Swiss botanist (1829-1919)
- February 14 · Jean Dufresne, German chess player and chess composer (1829–1893)
- February 14 · Maximilian Daublebsky von Sterneck, Austrian admiral (1829-1897)
- February 15 · Silas Weir Mitchell, American physician (1829–1914)
- February 20 · Antonio Guzmán Blanco, President of Venezuela (1829–1899)
- February 24 · Friedrich Spielhagen, German novelist (1829–1911)
March
- March 1 · Marie Luise Anna von Preußen, (1829-1901)
- March 2 · Francis Day, British army surgeon, naturalist, ichthyologist and scientific illustrator (1829-1889)
- March 3 · Heinrich Dernburg, German lawyer and politician (1829-1907)
- March 4 · Samuel Rawson Gardiner, British historian (1829–1902)
- March 15 · Jean-Jacques Henner, French painter (1829-1905)
- March 26 · Théodore Aubanel, French felibre (1829–1886)
April
- April 1 · Muhammad Ali Ala al-Saltana, Iranian politician (1829-1918)
- April 4 · Inoue Genzaburō, samurai
- April 10 · Johannes Janssen, German historian and politician (1829-1891)
- April 26 · Grigory Danilevsky, Russian writer (1829-1890)
- April 28 · Charles Bourseul, French inventor (1829–1912)
- April 30 · Ferdinand von Hochstetter, German geologist (1829–1884)
May
- May 1 · Frederick Sandys, Pre-Raphaelite painter (1829-1904)
- May 8 · Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American musician and composer (1829-1869)
- May 9 · Charles Walter De Vis, English clergyman, botanist and zoologist (1829-1915)
- May 9 · Rashid Ahmad Gangohi, The Great Islamic Scholar (1829-1905)
- May 18 · Ah Toy, American madam
- May 28 · Henry Harrisse, Franco-American writer, lawyer, art critic, and historian (1829–1910)
June
- June 5 · John Donnell Smith, American biologist and taxonomist (1829-1928)
- June 6 · Honinbo Shusaku, Japanese professional Go player from the 19th century
- June 9 · Gaetano Braga, Italian musician (1829–1907)
- June 16 · Henriette Browne, French painter (1829-1901)
- June 16 · Bessie Rayner Parkes, British writer, editor
- June 17 · Meyer Kayserling, German rabbi, historian (1829-1905)
July
- July 3 · Charles Brooke, British naval officer, colonial officer, and second raja of Sarawak (1829–1917)
- July 6 · Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, German noble (1829–1880)
- July 8 · Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail, French writer (1829-1871)
- July 12 · Edwin Long, British artist (1829-1891)
- July 19 · Victor Cherbuliez, novelist and author (1829-1899)
- July 22 · J. N. Andrews, American Seventh-day Adventist minister (1829–1883)
August
- August 3 · Laurence Oliphant, British author, traveller, diplomat and Christian mystic (1829-1888)
- August 4 · Robert Nobel, Swedish businessman (1829–1896)
- August 9 · Edmond Albius, important figure in the cultivation of vanilla
- August 19 · Edward Moran, American artist (1829-1901)
- August 21 · Otto Goldschmidt, German pianist, composer and conductor (1829–1907)
- August 24 · Georg Ludwig Carius, German chemist (1829-1875)
September
- September 5 · Lester Allan Pelton, American mechanical engineer (1829–1908)
- September 7 · Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, U.S geologist and surgeon (1829-1887)
- September 11 · Thomas Hill, American painter (1829–1908)
- September 22 · Maurice Joly, French satirist and lawyer (1829–1878)
- September 25 · William Michael Rossetti, Pre-Raphaelite writer and critic (1829-1919)
- September 30 · Franz Reuleaux, German mechanical engineer (1829–1905)
October
- October 14 · August Malmström, Swedish artist (1829-1901)
- October 16 · Honorat Koźmiński, Polish monk and priest (1829-1916)
- October 20 · Surendra of Nepal, King of Nepal (1829–1881)
- October 24 · Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg, German nobleman (1829-1907)
- October 30 · Roscoe Conkling, American politician (1829–1888)
- October 30 · Suzanne Manet, pianist, wife of Édouard Manet for whom she frequently modeled (1829–1906)
November
- November 10 · Newton Knight, American Civil War guerilla
- November 14 · Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer, Baltic German scientist (1829-1902)
- November 23 · Giuseppe Mengoni, Italian architect (1829-1877)
- November 25 · Franjo Rački, Croatian historian, politician and writer (1828-1894)
- November 27 · Henri de Saussure, Swiss mineralogist and zoologist (1829-1905)
- November 29 · José López Domínguez, Spanish general, politician and author (1829–1911)
December
- December 18 · Prince William of Baden, Prince of Baden, Prussian general of the infantry and politician, MdR (1829–1897)
- December 19 · Ludwig Radlkofer, German botanist and university teacher (1829–1927)
- December 21 · Laura Bridgman, American deaf-blind teacher and poet (1829–1889)
- December 23 · Paul Schützenberger, French chemist (1829–1897)
- December 25 · Patrick Gilmore, Irish-American composer and bandmaster (1829-1892)
- December 31 · Alexander Smith, British poet and essayist
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