Famous people born in 1836
The best-known people born in 1836, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
RamakrishnaIndian mystic and religious preacher (1836–1886)
February 18 · d. 1886
Photo: Abinash Chandra Dna, Public domain
Wilhelm SteinitzAustrian-American chess player (1836–1900)
May 14 · d. 1900
Photo: Schumann, Fritz, Public domain
Leopold von Sacher-MasochAustrian author (1836–1895)
January 27 · d. 1895
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Henry Campbell-BannermanBritish Prime Minister from 1905 to 1908 (1836–1908)
September 7 · d. 1908
Photo: George Charles Beresford, Public domain
Nikolay DobrolyubovRussian critic and philosopher
February 5 · d. 1861
Photo: Petr Borel, Public domain
Lawrence Alma-TademaDutch-born British painter (1836–1912)
January 8 · d. 1912
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author (The photographer died most probabely 70 years ago), Public domain- Francis II of the Two Sicilies
King of the Two Sicilies (1836-1894) and Servant of God
January 16 · d. 1894
- Jarosław Dąbrowski
Polish left-wing independence activist and general, supporter of the Paris Commune (1836-1871)
November 12 · d. 1871
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January
- January 2 · Emma of Hawaii, Queen consort of King Kamehameha IV from 1856 to his death in 1863
- January 4 · Archduchess Anna, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Tuscany
- January 10 · Charles Ingalls, father of author Laura Ingalls Wilder (1836–1902)
- January 13 · Giuseppe Abbati, Italian painter (1836-1868)
- January 16 · Inoue Kaoru, Japanese politician (1836-1915)
- January 16 · Nakayama Yoshiko, Japanese concubine (1836-1907)
February
- February 15 · Matsudaira Katamori, daimyo of the late Edo period; 9th lord of Aizu (1836-1893)
- February 20 · Casimir de Candolle, Swiss botanist (1836-1918)
- February 21 · Emil Hartmann, Danish composer (1836-1898)
- February 22 · Mitrofan Belyayev, Russian publisher, philanthropist, violist and businessman (1836–1903)
- February 26 · Elihu Vedder, American artist (1836–1923)
- February 27 · Russell Alexander Alger, Union Army general (1836-1907)
March
- March 2 · Theodor Nöldeke, German orientalist and scholar (1836–1930)
- March 2 · John Watson Foster, American lawyer, politician and diplomat (1836-1917)
- March 6 · Josip Stritar, Slovenian writer (1836-1923)
- March 8 · Michael Foster, English physiologist (1836–1907)
- March 9 · Daniel Peter, Swiss businessman (1836-1919)
- March 20 · Edward Poynter, British artist (1836–1919)
April
- April 6 · Nikolay Sklifosovsky, Russian physiologist (1836–1904)
- April 6 · Ronglu, Qing Dynasty politician (1836-1903)
- April 8 · Oscar Paul, German musicologist (1836-1898)
- April 19 · Gustav Tschermak von Seysenegg, Austrian mineralogist (1836–1927)
- April 26 · Luigi Galimberti, Italian cardinal and writer (1836-1896)
- April 27 · Christian Ulrich, Austrian architect (1836–1909)
May
- May 7 · Joseph Gurney Cannon, American politician (1836–1926)
- May 8 · Sophus Schandorph, Danish poet
- May 9 · Ferdinand Monoyer, French ophthalmologist
- May 17 · Isydor Vorobkevych, Ukrainian composer (1836-1903)
- May 27 · Jay Gould, American railroad magnate and financier (1836-1892)
- May 31 · Jean-Baptiste Clément, French chansonnier, poet and writer (1836–1903)
June
- June 1 · Jules Chéret, French painter and lithographer (1836-1932)
- June 2 · Segismundo Moret, Spanish politician, art collector and writer (1833-1913)
- June 24 · Jan Gotlib Bloch, Polish banker (1836–1902)
- June 24 · Harry Rosenbusch, German mineralogist and petrologist at Heidelberg University (1836–1914)
- June 28 · Emmanuel Rhoides, Greek writer
- June 29 · Francis Marrash, Syrian writer and poet (1836–1874)
July
- July 2 · Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German opera singer (1836-1865)
- July 6 · Adèle d'Affry, Swiss painter and sculptor (1836-1879)
- July 11 · Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (1836–1896)
- July 18 · Joseph Smit, Dutch natural history illustrator (1836-1929)
- July 20 · Thomas Clifford Allbutt, British physician (1836–1925)
- July 29 · Wilhelm Kress, Austrian aviation pioneer (1836-1913)
August
- August 3 · Greene Vardiman Black, American dentistry academic
- August 11 · Cato Maximilian Guldberg, mathematician and chemist from Norway
- August 13 · Nicholas of Japan, Russian Orthodox priest
- August 13 · Michael Jan de Goeje, Dutch orientalist (1836–1909)
- August 14 · Walter Besant, English novelist and historian (1836–1901)
- August 27 · Pyotr Boborykin, Russian writer and journalist (1836-1921)
September
- September 1 · Robert Swinhoe, British diplomat and naturalist (1836-1877)
- September 5 · Justiniano Borgoño, President of Peru (1836-1921)
- September 6 · John Atkinson Grimshaw, English painter (1836-1893)
- September 10 · Joseph Wheeler, Confederate Army general (1836-1906)
- September 24 · Pablo Arosemena, President of Panama (1836-1920)
- September 30 · Remigio Morales Bermúdez, President of Peru (1836-1894)
October
- October 4 · Piet Cronjé, South African Boer general (1836–1911)
- October 6 · Heinrich Wilhelm Gottfried von Waldeyer-Hartz, German neuroscientist (1836-1921)
- October 20 · Daniel Owen, Welsh novelist (1836–1895)
- October 25 · Enomoto Takeaki, Japanese admiral, cabinet minister (1836-1908)
- October 30 · Camillo Boito, Italian architect (1836–1914)
- October 31 · Adolf Schwarz, Austro-Hungarian chess player
November
- November 11 · Thomas Bailey Aldrich, American poet, novelist, editor (1836–1907)
- November 14 · Michał Elwiro Andriolli, Polish artist, architect, and revolutionary (1836–1893)
- November 18 · Máximo Gómez Báez, Cuban-dominican Major General (1836-1905)
- November 18 · Ding Ruchang, Chinese admiral
- November 29 · Eugène Le Roy, French writer (1836–1907)
- November 30 · Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician (1836-1882)
December
- December 13 · Franz von Lenbach, German painter (1836–1904)
- December 15 · Edmond Picard, Belgian jurist, writer (1836–1924)
- December 16 · Ernst von Bergmann, Baltic German surgeon (1836-1907)
- December 20 · Alfred Grandidier, French naturalist and explorer (1836–1921)
- December 21 · Princess Therese of Saxe-Altenburg, Princess of Saxe-Altenburg (1836-1914)
- December 29 · Georg August Schweinfurth, German explorer and scientist (1836-1925)
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