Famous people born in 1843
The best-known people born in 1843, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
William McKinleypresident of the United States from 1897 to 1901 (1843-1901)
January 29 · d. 1901
Photo: photographer, Public domain
Robert KochGerman physician, bacteriologist (1843–1910)
December 11 · d. 1910
Photo: Wilhelm Fechner, Public domain
Edvard GriegNorwegian composer and pianist (1843–1907)
June 15 · d. 1907
Photo: Bergen Public Library Norway from Bergen, Norway, No restrictions
Bertha von SuttnerAustrian novelist, radical (organizational) pacifist, editor
June 9 · d. 1914
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Henry JamesAmerican and British writer (1843–1916)
April 15 · d. 1916
Photo: John Singer Sargent (died 1925), Public domain
Camillo GolgiItalian physician, pathologist, scientist, and Nobel laureate (1843-1926)
July 7 · d. 1926
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Charles Albert GobatSwiss politician and lawyer (1843-1914)
May 21 · d. 1914
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Frederik VIII of DenmarkKing of Denmark from 1906 to 1912
June 3 · d. 1912
Photo: Peter Elfelt, Public domain
Elisabeth of WiedGerman writer; queen consort of Romania as the wife of King Carol I (1843–1916)
December 29 · d. 1916
Photo: Unidentified photographer, Public domain
- Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine from 1877 to 1878
April 25 · d. 1878
- Julio Argentino Roca
Argentine politician and general, former president of Argentina (1843–1914)
July 17 · d. 1914
- Robert Todd Lincoln
Union Army officer, U.S. ambassador, and Secretary of War (1843–1926)
August 1 · d. 1926
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January
- January 11 · Higinio Uriarte, Paraguayan politician (1843-1909)
- January 13 · David Ferrier, British neurologist and psychologist (1843–1928)
- January 20 · Paul Cambon, French diplomat (1843-1924)
- January 25 · Hermann Schwarz, German mathematician (1843-1921)
- January 26 · Aleksandra Potanina, Russian explorer and geographer (1843-1893)
- January 28 · Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet and linguist (1843–1890)
February
- February 6 · Frederic William Henry Myers, English poet and essayist (1843–1901)
- February 13 · Georg von Rosen, Swedish painter (1843-1923)
- February 14 · Louis Diémer, French composer (1843–1919)
- February 16 · Henry M. Leland, American engineer, machinist, and entrepreneur (1843–1932)
- February 19 · Adelina Patti, Spanish opera singer (1843–1919)
- February 22 · Theodor Eimer, German zoologist (1843-1898)
March
- March 2 · Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy, daughter of Vittorio Emanuele II (1843–1911)
- March 11 · Harald Høffding, Danish philosopher and theologian (1843–1931)
- March 17 · Patricio Escobar, President of Paraguay (1843-1912)
- March 18 · Jules Vandenpeereboom, Belgian lawyer and politician (1843-1917)
- March 24 · Princess Maria Annunziata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Italian princess (1843-1871)
- March 31 · Kristian Zahrtmann, Danish painter (1843-1917)
April
- April 4 · Hans Richter, Austrian-Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor (1843-1916)
- April 4 · William Henry Jackson, American photographer and painter (1843-1942)
- April 5 · Petko Karavelov, Bulgarian politician (1843-1903)
- April 8 · Asger Hamerik, Danish composer (1843–1923)
- April 17 · Camillo Sitte, Austrian architect, painter and urbanist (1843-1903)
- April 29 · Maria Zambaco, British artist and model of Greek descent (1843-1914)
May
- May 2 · Carl Michael Ziehrer, Austrian composer (1843–1922)
- May 6 · Grove Karl Gilbert, American geologist (1843–1918)
- May 12 · Thomas William Rhys Davids, British scholar of the Pāli language (1843–1922)
- May 13 · Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev, Imperial Russian Navy admiral (1843-1917)
- May 19 · Axel Gudbrand Blytt, Norwegian botanist and geologist (1843–1898)
- May 25 · Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine, consort and second wife of Friedrich Franz II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
June
- June 4 · Charles Conrad Abbott, American archaeologist and naturalist (1843-1919)
- June 12 · David Gill, Scottish astronomer (1843-1914)
- June 18 · David Popper, Bohemian cellist and composer (1843–1913)
- June 23 · Otto Kuntze, German botanist (1843–1907)
- June 26 · Paul Arène, Provençal poet/French writer (1843-1896)
- June 30 · Ernest Mason Satow, British diplomat (1843-1929)
July
- July 5 · Mandell Creighton, English historian and clergyman (1843–1901); bishop of the Church of England from 1897 to 1901
- July 21 · Infanta Maria Ana of Portugal, Portuguese and Saxon Royal
- July 24 · Eugene de Blaas, Italian painter (1843-1931)
- July 24 · William de Wiveleslie Abney, British astronomer, chemist and photographer (1843–1920)
- July 29 · Johannes Schmidt, German linguist (1843–1901)
- July 31 · Friedrich Robert Helmert, German geodesist (1843-1917)
August
- August 3 · Shō Tai, last king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom (1843-1901)
- August 6 · Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen, German princess (1843-1919)
- August 9 · Adolf Mayer, German agronomist (1843–1942)
- August 17 · Mariano Rampolla, Italian cardinal (1843–1913)
- August 20 · Christina Nilsson, Swedish operatic soprano (1843-1921)
- August 20 · Edward Lee Greene, American botanist (1843-1915)
September
- September 8 · Dmitry Anuchin, Russian anthropologist, ethnographist, archaeologist, geographer (1843-1923)
- September 13 · Nadezhda Suslova, Russian gynaecologist (1843-1918)
- September 14 · Serapio Calderón, President of Peru (1843-1922)
- September 20 · Nicholas Alexandrovich, Crown Prince of Russia, Russian imperial prince (1843–1865); second child and eldest son of Alexander II of Russia and Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse)
- September 23 · Emily Warren Roebling, US civil engineer, helped complete the Brooklyn Bridge (1843-1903)
- September 30 · Duchess Mathilde Ludovika, Countess of Trani, Bavarian and Two Sicilian Royal (1843–1925)
October
- October 4 · Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, Palestinian Christian nun and saint (1843–1927)
- October 8 · Kitty Lange Kielland, Norwegian painter (1843–1914)
- October 18 · Amilcare Cipriani, Italian anarchist (1843-1918)
- October 25 · Gleb Uspensky, Russian writer (1843-1902)
- October 28 · Dezső Bánffy, Hungarian politician (1843–1911)
- October 31 · Henri Regnault, 19th century French painter (1843-1871)
November
- November 8 · Moritz Pasch, German mathematician (*1843 – †1930)
- November 16 · Odoardo Beccari, Italian botanist and naturalist (1843-1920)
- November 19 · Hagop Baronian, Armenian Ottoman writer (1843–1891)
- November 20 · Gaston Tissandier, French chemist, meteorologist, aviator and editor (1843–1899)
- November 27 · Elizabeth Stride, Whitechapel murder victim
- November 27 · Sheikh Fazlollah Noori, Iranian Shi'a theologian (1843–1909)
December
- December 9 · Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist (1843-1916)
- December 15 · Francisco Silvela, Spanish politician (1843–1905)
- December 20 · Paul Tannery, French mathematician (1843–1904)
- December 20 · Lajos Hevesi, Hungarian writer, critic and journalist (1843–1910)
- December 29 · William Hemsley, British botanist (1843-1924)
- December 29 · Marcel Deprez, French electrical engineer (1843-1918)
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