BirthMirror

Famous people born in 1832

The best-known people born in 1832, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.

Best known

  1. Lewis Carroll
    Lewis Carroll

    British author and scholar (1832–1898)

    January 27 · d. 1898

    Photo: Lewis Carroll, Public domain
  2. Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
    Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

    Norwegian writer (1832–1910)

    December 8 · d. 1910

    Photo: Erwin Raupp / Adam Cuerden, Public domain
  3. Édouard Manet
    Édouard Manet

    French painter (1832–1883)

    January 23 · d. 1883

    Photo: Nadar / Adam Cuerden, Public domain
  4. Louisa May Alcott
    Louisa May Alcott

    American novelist (1832–1888)

    November 29 · d. 1888

    Photo: Adam Cuerden, Public domain
  5. Gustave Eiffel
    Gustave Eiffel

    French chemical engineer and architect (1832–1923)

    December 15 · d. 1923

    Photo: Nadar, Public domain
  6. Wilhelm Wundt
    Wilhelm Wundt

    German physician, physiologist, philosopher and professor (1832–1920)

    August 16 · d. 1920

    Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
  7. José Echegaray
    José Echegaray

    Spanish playwright (1832-1916)

    April 19 · d. 1916

    Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
  8. Gustave Doré
    Gustave Doré

    French illustrator and painter (1832–1883)

    January 6 · d. 1883

    Photo: Nadar / Adam Cuerden, Public domain
  9. William Crookes
    William Crookes

    British chemist and physicist (1832-1919)

    June 17 · d. 1919

    Photo: George Charles Beresford (1864-1938), Public domain
  10. Maximilian I of Mexico
  11. Wilhelm Busch
    Wilhelm Busch

    German painter, poet and cartoonist (1832–1908)

    April 15 · d. 1908

    Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
  12. Nicolaus Otto
    Nicolaus Otto

    German inventor (1832–1891)

    June 10 · d. 1891

    Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
  13. Edward Burnett Tylor
    Edward Burnett Tylor

    English anthropologist (1832–1917)

    October 2 · d. 1917

    Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
  14. Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld
    Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld

    Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)

    November 18 · d. 1901

    Photo: Appert, Ernest Charles (Châteauroux, 10–09–1831 - en 1890), photographe, CC0
  15. Jules Ferry

    French politician (1832-1893)

    April 5 · d. 1893

  16. Michel Bréal

    French philologist (1832–1915)

    March 26 · d. 1915

  17. Lucretia Garfield

    First Lady of the United States from 1881 to 1881

    April 19 · d. 1918

  18. Jules Vallès

    French journalist and author (1832-1885)

    June 11 · d. 1885

  19. Edwin Arnold

    English poet and journalist (1832–1904)

    June 10 · d. 1904

  20. Caroline Harrison

    First Lady of the United States from 1889 to 1892

    October 1 · d. 1892

  21. Georg I of Saxony

    King of Saxony (1832–1904)

    August 8 · d. 1904

  22. Émile Gaboriau

    French writer (1832-1873)

    November 9 · d. 1873

  23. Pavel Tretyakov

    Russian businessman (1832-1898)

    December 27 · d. 1898

  24. William Le Baron Jenney

    American architect (1832-1907)

    September 25 · d. 1907

  25. Emilio Castelar

    19th-century Spanish politician

    September 7 · d. 1899

  26. Mary Edwards Walker

    American feminist and doctor (1832–1919)

    November 26 · d. 1919

  27. Henry Steel Olcott

    U.S. Army officer; founder of Theosophy (1832-1907)

    August 2 · d. 1907

  28. Ármin Vámbéry

    Hungarian orientalist, academic (1832–1913)

    March 19 · d. 1913

  29. Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia

    Russian grand duke and field marshal (1832-1909); the fourth son and seventh child of Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia

    October 13 · d. 1909

  30. Charles Friedel

    French chemist (1832–1899)

    March 12 · d. 1899

Who is your time twin?

Enter your birth date and find out who was exactly your age today on the day you were born.

Find my twin

Month by month

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

People from Wikidata (CC0), photos from Wikimedia Commons; each photo shows its author and licence.