Famous people born in 1847

Best known

1. 
   Thomas Edison

   American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)

   February 11 · d. 1931

   Photo: Louis Bachrach, Bachrach Studios , restored by Michel Vuijlsteke, Public domain
2. 
   Alexander Graham Bell

   Canadian-American scientist inventor of telephone (1847–1922)

   March 3 · d. 1922

   Photo: Moffett Studio, Public domain
3. 
   Paul von Hindenburg

   Prussian-German field marshal of the German Empire, statesman and president of Weimar Germany and Nazi Germany (1847–1934)

   October 2 · d. 1934

   Photo: Codexbox1, CC BY-SA 4.0
4. 
   Bram Stoker

   Irish novelist and short story writer (1847–1912)

   November 8 · d. 1912

   Photo: unidentified photographer, Public domain
5. 
   Annie Besant

   British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator (1847-1933)

   October 1 · d. 1933

   Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
6. 
   Joseph Pulitzer

   Hungarian-American newspaper publisher and politician (1847-1911)

   April 10 · d. 1911

   Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
7. 
   Otto Wallach

   German chemist (1847–1931)

   March 27 · d. 1931

   Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
8. 
   Bolesław Prus

   Polish novelist (1847–1912)

   August 20 · d. 1912

   Photo: Wilhelm Feldman (1868-1919)., Public domain
9. 
   Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)

   Empress consort of Russia (1847–1928)

   November 26 · d. 1928

   Photo: Charles Jacotin, Paris, Public domain
10. Jean Casimir-Perier

    6th President of the French Republic (1847–1907)

    November 8 · d. 1907

11. 
    Georges Sorel

    French philosopher and sociologist

    November 2 · d. 1922

    Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
12. 
    Max Liebermann

    German painter (1847–1935)

    July 20 · d. 1935

    Photo: Max Liebermann, Public domain
13. 
    Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

    British Liberal politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1847–1929)

    May 7 · d. 1929

    Photo: Elliott & Fry, Public domain
14. Jens Peter Jacobsen

    Danish novelist, poet, scientist (1847-1885)

    April 7 · d. 1885

15. Kate Sheppard

    prominent member of New Zealand's women's suffrage (1848–1934)

    March 10 · d. 1934

16. Ellen Terry

    English actress (1847–1928)

    February 27 · d. 1928

17. Nikolay Zhukovsky

    Russian scientist in mechanics and aerohydrodinamics

    January 17 · d. 1921

18. Afonso Pena

    6th president of Brazil

    November 30 · d. 1909

19. Sidney Sonnino

    Italian politician (1847–1922)

    March 11 · d. 1922

20. Ida Saxton McKinley

    First Lady of the United States from 1897 to 1901

    June 8 · d. 1907

21. Kálmán Mikszáth

    Hungarian writer and politician (1847–1910)

    January 16 · d. 1910

22. Millicent Garrett Fawcett

    English politician, writer, and activist (1847–1929)

    June 11 · d. 1929

23. Émile Faguet

    French literary critic (1847–1916)

    December 17 · d. 1916

24. John Bates Clark

    American neoclassical economist (1847–1938)

    January 26 · d. 1938

25. Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo

    Queen consort of Spain from 1870 to 1873

    August 7 · d. 1876

26. Maria Pia of Savoy

    Queen of Portugal from 1862 to 1889

    October 16 · d. 1911

27. Giuseppe Giacosa

    Italian librettist, poet and writer (1847-1906)

    October 21 · d. 1906

28. Paul Langerhans

    German pathologist (1847–1888)

    July 25 · d. 1888

29. Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia

    Russian grand duke; fourth child and third son of Alexander II of Russia and Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse)

    April 22 · d. 1909

30. Radomir Putnik

    Serbian field marshal (1847-1917)

    January 24 · d. 1917

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