Famous people born in 1831
The best-known people born in 1831, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
James Clerk MaxwellScottish physicist (1831–1879)
June 13 · d. 1879
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
James A. Garfieldpresident of the United States in 1881
November 19 · d. 1881
Photo: Unknown; part of Brady-Handy Photograph Collection., Public domain
Frederick III, German Emperoras King of Prussia German Emperor (1831–1888)
October 18 · d. 1888
Photo: Reichard & Lindener, Public domain
Ivan ShishkinRussian landscape painter (1832-1898)
January 25 · d. 1898
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Naser al-Din Shah QajarShah of Qajar Iran from 1848 to 1896
July 16 · d. 1896
Photo: Nadar / Adam Cuerden, Public domain
John PembertonAmerican pharmacist, inventor of Coca-Cola (1831-1888)
July 8 · d. 1888
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Leo von CapriviGerman Chancellor and Prussian General of the Infantry and Prime Minister (1831–1899)
February 24 · d. 1899
Photo: not specified, Public domain
Emperor KōmeiEmperor of Japan from 1846 to 1867
July 22 · d. 1867
Photo: Koyama Shōtarō, Public domain- Xianfeng Emperor
The ninth emperor (and the seventh after defeating Ming) of the Qing Dynasty (1831-1861)
July 17 · d. 1861
- Heinrich Anton de Bary
German surgeon, botanist, microbiologist, and mycologist (1831–1888)
January 26 · d. 1888
- Paolo Mantegazza
Italian neurologist, physiologist, and anthropologist (1831-1910)
October 31 · d. 1910
- Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia
Russian grand duke (1831-1891); third son and sixth child of Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia
August 8 · d. 1891
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January
- January 14 · George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, German prince (1831-1893)
- January 17 · Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, Austrian noblewoman (1831 - 1903)
- January 20 · Edward Routh, English–Quebecois mathematician (1831–1907)
- January 22 · Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, German prince (1831-1917)
- January 25 · Konstantin Leontiev, Russian philosopher (1831-1891)
- January 30 · Henri Rochefort, French writer and politician (1831–1913)
February
- February 8 · Rebecca Lee Crumpler, American physician (1831 - 1895)
- February 10 · Nadezhda von Meck, Patron of Tchaikovsky (1831-1894)
- February 15 · Adolf Deucher, Swiss politician (1831-1912)
- February 23 · Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Dutch painter (1831–1915)
- February 24 · Albert Schäffle, German economist, 1871 Austrian minister of trade (1831–1903)
- February 26 · Filippo Marchetti, Italian opera composer (1831–1902)
March
- March 3 · George Pullman, engineer and businessman from the United States (1831-1897)
- March 15 · Daniel Comboni, Catholic saint, bishop and missionary (1831–1881)
- March 20 · Theodor Aman, Romanian painter (1831-1891)
- March 21 · Dorothea Beale, English headmistress and suffragist (1831–1906)
- March 26 · Wilhelm Mannhardt, German scholar (1831–1880)
- March 31 · Archibald Scott Couper, British chemist (1831–1892)
April
- April 1 · Albert Anker, Swiss artist (1831-1910)
- April 3 · Princess Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, Wife of Miguel I of Portugal (1831–1909)
- April 12 · Constantin Meunier, Belgian painter, sculptor (1831–1905)
- April 14 · Gerhard Friedrich Rohlfs, German geographer, explorer, author and adventurer (1831–1896)
- April 28 · Peter Guthrie Tait, Scottish mathematical physicist (1831–1901)
- April 29 · Duke Friedrich I, Duke of Anhalt, Monarch of Anhalt (1831-1904)
May
- May 1 · Emily Stowe, Canadian physician
- May 7 · Richard Norman Shaw, British architect and designer (1831–1912)
- May 14 · Jacob W. Davis, American tailor (1831–1908)
- May 18 · Kawanabe Kyōsai, Japanese artist (1831–1889)
- May 22 · Henry Vandyke Carter, English anatomist, illustrator of Gray's Anatomy (1831–1897)
- May 28 · Jean-Baptiste Sanfourche, French architect (1831–1860)
June
- June 2 · Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola, Spanish archaeologist (1831–1888)
- June 4 · José Ruperto Monagas, President of Venezuela (1832-1880)
- June 7 · Amelia Edwards, English novelist, journalist, traveller and egyptologist (1831–1892)
- June 21 · Princess Charlotte Frederica of Prussia, Prussian princess (1831–1855)
- June 24 · Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, British politician and leading member of the Conservative Party (1831-1890)
- June 29 · John Bell Hood, Confederate general (1831–1879)
July
- July 1 · Wojciech Gerson, Polish painter (1831-1901)
- July 9 · Wilhelm His, Swiss anatomist (1831–1904)
- July 14 · Alexander Hilferding, Russian linguist and folklorist (1831-1872)
- July 15 · Reinhold Begas, German sculptor (1831-1911)
- July 24 · Fernando Primo de Rivera y Sobremonte, Spanish general and politician (1831-1921)
- July 27 · Ludvig Nobel, Swedish businessman, humanitarian (1831–1888)
August
- August 10 · George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen, British statesman and businessman (1831–1907)
- August 13 · Salomon Jadassohn, German composer (1831–1902)
- August 16 · Ebenezer Cobb Morley, English sportsman (1831-1924)
- August 24 · Prince August, Duke of Dalarna, Swedish prince (1831-1873)
- August 28 · Ludvig Norman, Swedish composer, conductor, pianist, and music teacher (1831-1885)
- August 29 · Juan María Santamaría Rodríguez, national hero of Costa Rica (1831-1856)
September
- September 7 · Alexandre Falguière, French sculptor (1831-1900)
- September 12 · Álvares de Azevedo, Brazilian poet, essayist, short story writer and playwright
- September 18 · Siegfried Marcus, German-Austrian inventor and automobile pioneer
- September 20 · Hedwig Dohm, German feminist, writer, and opinion journalist (1831–1919)
- September 28 · Fran Levstik, Slovene writer, political activist, playwright and critic (1831-1887)
- September 29 · John Schofield, United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Union Army general (1831–1906)
October
- October 1 · Robert Hartmann, German ethnographer (1831-1893)
- October 3 · Prince William of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld, German counter admiral (1831–1890)
- October 8 · Paul von Hatzfeldt, German diplomat (1831-1901)
- October 11 · Kosta Protić, Serbian general (1831–1892)
- October 31 · Paul Durand-Ruel, French art dealer (1831-1922)
- October 31 · Carl von Voit, German physiologist and nutritionist (1831-1908)
November
- November 3 · Ignatius Loyola Donnelly, American politician (1831-1901)
- November 8 · Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, British Viceroy of India, diplomat and author (1831–1891)
- November 19 · José Evaristo Uriburu, President of Argentina (1831-1914)
- November 27 · Gustav Radde, German naturalist and explorer (1831–1903)
- November 30 · Ippolito Nievo, Italian writer, journalist and patriot (1831-1861)
- November 30 · William Henry Flower, English comparative anatomist, surgeon and museum curator (1831–1899)
December
- December 1 · Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil, Princess of the Empire of Brazil
- December 5 · Hans Heinrich Landolt, Swiss chemist, 1831 - 1910
- December 9 · Maurice de Hirsch, German financier and philanthropist (1831–1896)
- December 10 · Alexander Conze, 1831-1914, German classical archaeologist, director of the Berlin Collection of Classical Antiquities
- December 14 · Arsenio Martínez-Campos y Antón, Spanish general and politician (1831-1900)
- December 25 · Johann von Herbeck, Austrian musician (1831–1877)
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