Famous people born in 1846
The best-known people born in 1846, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Henryk SienkiewiczPolish writer, novelist, journalist, philanthropist and Nobel Prize laureate (1846–1916)
May 5 · d. 1916
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Rudolf Christoph Eucken(1846-1926) German philosopher
January 5 · d. 1926
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Edmondo de AmicisItalian writer (1846-1908)
October 21 · d. 1908
Photo: Schemboche, Turin, Public domain
Comte de LautréamontUruguayan born French poet, Isidore Ducasse (1846-1870)
April 4 · d. 1870
Photo: Document found in 1977 by Jean-Jacques Lefrère in Bagnères-de-Bigorre (France)., Public domain
George WestinghouseAmerican inventor and businessman (1846–1914)
October 6 · d. 1914
Photo: Joseph G. Gessford, Public domain
Buffalo BillAmerican frontiersman and showman (1846–1917)
February 26 · d. 1917
Photo: Moffett, Chicago, Public domain
Wladimir KöppenGerman meteorologist (1846–1940)
September 25 · d. 1940
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Naim FrashëriAlbanian poet, writer and activist (1846–1900)
May 25 · d. 1900
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain- Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil
Princess Imperial of the Empire of Brazil (1846-1921)
July 29 · d. 1921
- Princess Helena of the United Kingdom
Member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1846–1923)
May 25 · d. 1923
- Franz Mehring
German communist historian, philosopher, and politician (1846–1919)
February 27 · d. 1919
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January
- January 5 · Mariam Baouardy, Melkite Carmelite nun and saint (1846-1878)
- January 10 · Salvatore Farina, Italian writer and journalist (1846–1918)
- January 12 · Louis Billot, Catholic cardinal (1846–1931)
- January 13 · Benigno Ferreira, Paraguayan lawyer and politician (1846–1920)
- January 29 · Karol Olszewski, Polish scientist (1846–1915)
- January 30 · Max Fürbringer, German anatomist and ornithologist (1846-1920)
February
- February 7 · Vladimir Makovsky, Russian painter (1846–1920)
- February 9 · Prince Leopold of Bavaria, German field marshal (1846–1930)
- February 10 · Ira Remsen, American chemist (1846–1927)
- February 21 · Svatopluk Čech, Czech poet, publicist and bookwriter (1846–1908)
- February 23 · Luigi Denza, Italian composer (1846-1922)
- February 25 · Giuseppe De Nittis, Italian painter (1846-1884)
March
- March 7 · Karl Verner, Danish linguist (1846–1896)
- March 7 · Whitcomb L. Judson, inventor
- March 9 · Emil Warburg, German physicist (1846-1931)
- March 17 · Kate Greenaway, British artist (1846-1901)
- March 22 · Randolph Caldecott, British artist and illustrator (1846-1886)
- March 24 · Karl von Bülow, German general (1846–1921)
April
- April 4 · Raoul Pictet, Swiss physicist (1846-1929)
- April 9 · Francesco Paolo Tosti, Italian, later British composer and music teacher (1846–1916)
- April 13 · William McGregor, Scottish football administrator (1846–1911)
- April 20 · Vyacheslav von Plehve, Russian politician (1846-1904)
- April 20 · Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Explorer and soldier (1846–1900)
- April 28 · Oskar Backlund, Swedish astronomer (1846–1916)
May
- May 4 · Émile Gallé, French glass artist and cabinetmaker (1846–1904)
- May 12 · Boutros Ghali, Egyptian politician and prime minister (1846-1910)
- May 16 · Ottomar Anschütz, German photographer and inventor (1846–1907)
- May 20 · Alexander von Kluck, German general (1846-1934)
- May 23 · Ernest Monis, French politician (1846-1929)
- May 29 · Albert Apponyi, Hungarian politician (1846-1933)
June
- June 8 · Thomas Frederic Cheeseman, English-born New Zealand botanist (1846-1923)
- June 12 · Louis-Oscar Roty, French medalist (1846–1911)
- June 18 · David Popper, Bohemian cellist and composer (1843–1913)
- June 19 · Antonio Abetti, Italian astronomer (1846-1928)
- June 29 · Oskar Rieding, German composer (1846–1916)
- June 30 · Riccardo Drigo, artist (1846-1930)
July
- July 5 · Joseph B. Foraker, American politician from Ohio (1846-1917)
- July 8 · Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Archduchess of Austria, Austrian archduchess (1846-1927)
- July 16 · Friedrich Paulsen, German philosopher and educator (1846–1908)
- July 21 · Thorvald Bindesbøll, Danish architect (1846-1908)
- July 29 · Sophie Menter, German musician (1846–1918)
- July 30 · László Paál, Hungarian artist (1846-1879)
August
- August 7 · Hermann Paul, German philologist (1846–1921)
- August 10 · Narcís Oller, Spanish author (1846-1930)
- August 15 · Charles Woodruff, American archer (1846–1927)
- August 20 · Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint (1846-1916)
- August 20 · Duke Eugen of Württemberg, German officer (1846-1877)
- August 22 · Amalie Skram, Norwegian author
September
- September 1 · Carlo Cafiero, Italian anarchist (1846-1892)
- September 9 · Svetozar Marković, Serbian political activist, literary critic and philosopher (1846-1875)
- September 11 · Anna Dostoyevskaya, Russian memoirist (1846–1918)
- September 16 · Anna Kingsford, English physician and social reformer (1846–1888)
- September 16 · Seth Carlo Chandler, American astronomer (1846–1913)
- September 25 · Archibald Sayce, British Assyriologist and linguist (1845–1933)
October
- October 1 · Nectarius of Aegina, Metropolitan of Pentapolis (1846–1920)
- October 9 · Holger Drachmann, Poet and painter (1846-1908)
- October 10 · George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, German prince (1846–1911)
- October 11 · Carlos Pellegrini, Lawyer, journalist and former president of Argentina (1846-1906)
- October 14 · Count Kazimierz Feliks Badeni, Polish politician of Austria-Hungary (1846-1909)
- October 26 · Lewis Boss, American astronomer (1846-1912)
November
- November 3 · Elizabeth Thompson, British artist (1846–1933)
- November 3 · Francis Davis Millet, American painter, sculptor, and writer who died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic (1848-1912)
- November 5 · Edward S. Holden, American astronomer (1846-1914)
- November 8 · William Robertson Smith, Scottish orientalist and minister of the Free Church of Scotland (1846–1894)
- November 11 · Anna Katharine Green, American novelist (1846–1935)
- November 25 · Carry Nation, American temperance advocate (1846–1911)
December
- December 2 · Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, Prime Minister of France (1846-1904)
- December 13 · Nikolai Yaroshenko, Russian/Ukrainian painter (1846-1898)
- December 15 · Eusebio Güell, Spanish businessman (1846–1918)
- December 16 · Marie Popelin, Belgian advocate, educator, feminist (1846–1913)
- December 17 · Max von Hausen, German general (1846-1922)
- December 31 · Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, Netherlands' first prominent socialist (1846-1919)
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