Famous people born in 1840
The best-known people born in 1840, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyRussian composer (1840–1893)
May 7 · d. 1893
Photo: Nikolai Kuznetsov, Public domain
Émile ZolaFrench novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet (1840–1902)
April 2 · d. 1902
Photo: Émile Zola, Public domain
Thomas HardyEnglish novelist and poet (1840–1928)
June 2 · d. 1928
Photo: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain
Alphonse DaudetFrench novelist, playwright, and poet (1840–1897)
May 13 · d. 1897
Photo: Étienne Carjat, Public domain
August BebelGerman social democrat politician (1840–1913)
February 22 · d. 1913
Photo: George Grantham Bain Collection, Public domain
Murad V33th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876)
September 21 · d. 1904
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Ernst AbbeGerman physicist (1840-1905)
January 23 · d. 1905
Photo: Emil Tesch (* 1860; † 1931), deutscher Fotograf in Jena. (Emil Tesch wird im Internet nie als Fotogr, Public domain
Odilon RedonFrench painter (1840–1916)
April 20 · d. 1916
Photo: Guy et Mockel (Pierre Mockel), Public domain
Carl Mengerfounder of the Austrian School of economics (1840–1921)
February 23 · d. 1921
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Victoria, Princess RoyalBritish princess (1840-1901), Empress of Germany and Queen consort of Prussia from March to June 1888
November 21 · d. 1901
Photo: Thomas Heinrich Voigt, Public domain
Edward Drinker CopeAmerican paleontologist, geologist, and biologist (1840–1897)
July 28 · d. 1897
Photo: Frederick Gutekunst, Public domain
- Richard von Krafft-Ebing
Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, and nobleman (1840–1902)
August 14 · d. 1902
- Li Ching-Yuen
Chinese martial artist and herbalist who claimed extreme longevity
February 26 · d. 1933
Johann II, Prince of LiechtensteinPrince of Liechtenstein (1840-1929)
October 5 · d. 1929
Photo: John Quincy Adams, Public domain
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January
- January 1 · Maria Antonietta Torriani, Italian writer and journalist (1840–1920)
- January 10 · Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian Catholic cardinal (1840–1925)
- January 14 · Hilarión Daza, President of Bolivia (1840-1894)
- January 18 · Alfred Percy Sinnett, British writer and theosophist (1840-1921)
- January 21 · Sophia Jex-Blake, British physician and suffragist (1840–1912)
- January 29 · Édouard Vaillant, politician (1840-1915)
February
- February 7 · Charles Warren, British army officer, archaeologist, and photographer (1840-1927)
- February 15 · Titu Maiorescu, Romanian literary critic, writer and politician (1840-1917)
- February 25 · Otto Liebmann, German philosopher (1840–1912)
- February 26 · Eugene Schuyler, American scholar, writer, explorer and diplomat (1840–1890)
- February 28 · Henri Duveyrier, French explorer of the Sahara (1840–1892)
- February 29 · John Philip Holland, Irish-American marine engineer (1841–1914)
March
- March 3 · Chief Joseph, 19th-century Native American leader
- March 16 · Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese industrialist known as the "father of Japanese capitalism" (1840-1931)
- March 22 · Catulle Mendès, French poet and man of letters (1841–1909)
- March 22 · Otto Wilhelm Thomé, German botanist and botanical artist (1840-1925)
- March 26 · George Smith, English Assyriologist (1840–1876)
- March 28 · Emin Paşa, German physician, traveller and Turkish-Egyptian colonial governor (1840-1892)
April
- April 1 · Illarion Mikhailovich Pryanishnikov, Russian artist (1840-1894)
- April 6 · Wilhelm Junker, Russian explorer (1840–1892)
- April 7 · Angelo de Gubernatis, Italian art critic and writer (1840–1913)
- April 12 · Edmond Audran, French composer (1840–1901)
- April 14 · Isabella Stewart Gardner, American art collector, philanthropist, patron of the arts (1840–1924)
- April 16 · Ghazaros Aghayan, Armenian writer, educator, folklorist, historian, linguist (1840-1911)
May
- May 9 · Cesare Maccari, Italian painter and sculptor (1840-1919)
- May 10 · Hadzhi Dimitar, Bulgarian revolutionary (1840–1868)
- May 15 · George Ernest Shelley, English geologist and ornithologist (1840–1910)
- May 22 · Marko Kropyvnytskyi, Ukrainian writer and actor (1840–1910)
- May 24 · Archduchess Margaretha, Archduchess Karl Ludwig of Austria, Austrian Imperial and Saxon Royal (1840-1858)
- May 27 · Lars Fredrik Nilson, Swedish chemist (1840–1899)
June
- June 6 · John Stainer, English composer (1840–1901)
- June 10 · Theodor Philipsen, Danish artist (1840-1920)
- June 11 · William Henry Conley, American industrialist, and first president of Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society (1840-1897)
- June 12 · Jakub Arbes, Czech theater reviewer, publicist, bookwriter and writer
- June 21 · Heinrich Brunner, Austrian legal scholar (1840–1915)
- June 24 · Émile Duclaux, French microbiologist and chemist (1840-1904)
July
- July 1 · Robert Stawell Ball, Irish astronomer (1840–1913)
- July 8 · August Leskien, German linguist (1840–1916)
- July 8 · Heinrich von Angeli, Austrian painter (1840-1925)
- July 15 · William Wilson Hunter, Scottish historian and statistician (1840-1900)
- July 17 · Édouard André, French horticulturalist and landscape architect (1840–1911)
- July 24 · Abraham Goldfaden, Russian-born Jewish poet and playwright (1840–1908)
August
- August 10 · Károly Hornig, Hungarian Catholic cardinal (1840-1917)
- August 14 · Briton Rivière, British artist of Huguenot descent (1840-1920)
- August 17 · Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, British poet and writer (1840–1922)
- August 19 · Jeanna Bauck, Swedish painter (1840–1926)
- August 23 · Gabriel von Max, German painter (1840–1915)
- August 28 · Ira D. Sankey, American gospel singer and composer (1840-1908)
September
- September 2 · Emilia, Lady Dilke, British author, art historian, feminist and trade unionist
- September 4 · William, Prince of Orange, Dutch and Luxembourger royal heir (1840–1879)
- September 7 · Sisowath of Cambodia, King of Cambodia from 1904 to 1927
- September 27 · Thomas Nast, American cartoonist (1840–1902)
- September 28 · Rudolf Baumbach, German poet (1840-1905)
- September 30 · Johan Svendsen, Norwegian composer and conductor (1840–1911)
October
- October 5 · John Addington Symonds, British poet, literary critic and cultural historian (1840–1893)
- October 11 · Adolf Bernhard Meyer, German zoologist and anthropologist (1840–1911)
- October 12 · Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress (1840–1909)
- October 14 · Friedrich Kohlrausch, German physicist (1840-1910)
- October 15 · Ferdinand Sarrien, French politician (1840-1915)
- October 30 · William Graham Sumner, American sociologist (1840–1910)
November
- November 2 · Victorino de la Plaza, President of Argentina (1840–1919)
- November 8 · Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild, British banker and politician (1840–1915)
- November 9 · Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres, Union Army soldier (1840–1910)
- November 14 · Mark Antokolski, Russian sculptor (1840–1902)
- November 19 · Alexander Kovalevsky, Russian zoologist (1840-1901)
- November 22 · Émile Lemoine, French mathematician and civil engineer (1840–1912)
December
- December 1 · Marie Bracquemond, French painter (1840–1916)
- December 3 · Arsène Arnaud Claretie, French writer, theatre administrator (1840-1913)
- December 7 · Hermann Goetz, German classical music composer (1840-1876)
- December 14 · Mykhailo Starytskyi, Ukrainian writer (1840–1904)
- December 17 · Nozu Michitsura, Japanese politician (1840-1908)
- December 20 · Kazimierz Alchimowicz, Polish romantic painter (1840-1916)
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