Famous people born in 1848
The best-known people born in 1848, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Octave MirbeauFrench writer, art critic and journalist (1848–1917)
February 16 · d. 1917
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Paul GauguinFrench painter and printmaker (1848–1903)
June 7 · d. 1903
Photo: Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel, Public domain
Gottlob FregeGerman philosopher, logician, and mathematician (1848–1925)
November 8 · d. 1925
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Arthur BalfourBritish Prime Minister, Conservative politician, and statesman (1848-1930)
July 25 · d. 1930
Photo: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain
Vilfredo ParetoItalian economist and sociologist (1848-1923)
July 15 · d. 1923
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Viktor VasnetsovRussian artist (1848-1926)
May 15 · d. 1926
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Otto LilienthalGerman aviation pioneer (1848-1896)
May 23 · d. 1896
Photo: Photographer: A. Regis, Public domain
Raja Ravi VarmaIndian painter from Kerala (1848–1906)
April 29 · d. 1906
Photo: Bhawani Ram, Public domain
Joris-Karl HuysmansFrench novelist and art critic (1848–1907)
February 5 · d. 1907
Photo: Frédéric Boissonnas / André Taponier, Public domain
Gustave CaillebotteFrench painter (1848–1894)
August 19 · d. 1894
Photo: Gustave Caillebotte, Public domain
Helmuth von Moltke the YoungerChief of the German General Staff (1848–1916)
May 25 · d. 1916
Photo: Agence Rol, Public domain
Katsura TarōJapanese general and politician (1848–1913)
January 4 · d. 1913
Photo: 故桂公爵記念事業会, Public domain
Tōgō HeihachirōJapanese admiral of the fleet (1848–1934)
January 27 · d. 1934
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Hristo BotevBulgarian poet, journalist and revolutionary (1847–1876)
January 6 · d. 1876
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
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January
- January 13 · Lilla Cabot Perry, American artist (1848-1933)
- January 18 · Ioan Slavici, Romanian writer (1848–1925)
- January 19 · Arturo Graf, Italian poet (1848–1913)
- January 20 · Alexander Kazbegi, Georgian writer (1848–1893)
- January 20 · Raimundo Fernández Villaverde, Spanish politician (1848–1905)
- January 21 · Henri Duparc, French composer (1848–1933)
February
- February 3 · Jørgen Løvland, 10th Prime Minister of Norway (1848–1922)
- February 4 · Jean Aicard, French poet, dramatist and novelist (1848-1921)
- February 13 · Hermann von Eichhorn, German general (1848-1918)
- February 17 · Louisa Lawson, Australian poet, writer, publisher, suffragist, and feminist (1848–1920)
- February 24 · Grant Allen, Canada born British science writer, novelist and scientist (1848 – 1899)
- February 27 · Hubert Parry, British composer, teacher and historian (1848–1918)
March
- March 1 · Augustus Saint-Gaudens, American artist (1848–1907)
- March 3 · Gustav Adolf Fischer, German explorer and naturalist (1848-1886)
- March 10 · William Thompson, American archer (1848–1918)
- March 30 · Carlos de Borbón y Austria-Este, Son of Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este and Juan de Borbón y Bragança (1848-1909)
- March 31 · Diederik Korteweg, Dutch mathematician (*1848 – †1941)
- March 31 · William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor, American politician (1848-1919)
April
- April 3 · Georges Ohnet, French writer (1848–1918)
- April 9 · Helene Lange, German feminist, editor (1848-1930)
- April 10 · Hubertine Auclert, French feminist and suffragist (1848–1914)
- April 20 · Kurd Lasswitz, German author, scientist and philosopher (1848–1910)
- April 21 · Carl Stumpf, German philosopher (1848–1936)
- April 30 · Eugène Simon, French naturalist and arachnologist (1848–1924)
May
- May 3 · Otto Bütschli, German biologist (1848-1920)
- May 10 · Thomas Lipton, British tea merchant and yacht racer (1848-1931)
- May 12 · Cut Nyak Dhien, Indonesian guerrilla leader against the Dutch (1850–1908)
- May 15 · Carl Wernicke, German physician and neuropathologist (1848–1905)
- May 18 · Hermann Diels, German classical scholar (1848–1922)
- May 22 · Fritz von Uhde, German artist (1848–1911)
June
- June 3 · Vincent Arthur Smith, Irish historian and indologist (1843–1920)
- June 11 · Orison Swett Marden, American writer (1848-1924)
- June 14 · Bernard Bosanquet, English philosopher (1848–1923)
- June 15 · Adolf Láng, Hungarian architect (1848–1913)
- June 20 · Josef Václav Myslbek, Czech sculptor (1848–1922)
- June 24 · Brooks Adams, American political writer (1848–1927)
July
- July 3 · Lothar von Trotha, German general (1848-1920)
- July 9 · Robert I, Duke of Parma, Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1854 to 1859
- July 22 · Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1848-1914)
- July 27 · Friedrich Ernst Dorn, German physicist (1848–1916)
- July 27 · Boris Stürmer, Prime Minister of Russia (1848-1917)
- July 31 · Robert Planquette, French composer of songs and operettas (1848–1903)
August
- August 4 · Otto von Emmich, German general (1848-1915)
- August 8 · Pavle Jurišić Šturm, Serbian general (1848–1922)
- August 13 · Romesh Chunder Dutt, Historian, economist, writer, translator, civil servant, politician (1848-1909)
- August 14 · Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Irish astronomer (1848–1915)
- August 16 · Francis Darwin, British naturalist and son of Charles Darwin (1848-1925)
- August 16 · Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (1848-1926)
September
- September 4 · Lewis Howard Latimer, American inventor (1848–1928)
- September 8 · Viktor Meyer, German chemist (1848-1897)
- September 19 · Gunnar Knudsen, 11th Prime Minister of Norway (1848–1928)
- September 21 · Princess María Isabel of Orléans, Infanta of Spain, princess of Orléans, Countess of Paris (1848-1919)
- September 26 · Helen Allingham, English watercolour painter and illustrator (1848-1926)
- September 29 · Kamal-ol-molk, Iranian artist (1847–1940)
October
- October 5 · Guido von List, Austrian writer (1848-1919)
- October 5 · Édouard Detaille, French painter (1848-1912)
- October 8 · Pierre De Geyter, Belgian composer (1848–1932)
- October 25 · Karl Emil Franzos, Austrian writer (1848-1904)
- October 25 · Carlo Emery, Italian entomologist (1848-1925)
- October 30 · Jorge Holguín, Colombian politician (1848-1928)
November
- November 1 · Jules Bastien-Lepage, French painter (1848–1884)
- November 11 · Hans Delbrück, German historian (1848-1929)
- November 11 · Zinovy Rozhestvensky, Russian admiral (1848-1909)
- November 14 · Sándor Wekerle, Hungarian politician (1848–1921)
- November 27 · Henry Augustus Rowland, American physicist (1848–1901)
- November 27 · Maximilian von Prittwitz, German general (1848-1917)
December
- December 9 · Joel Chandler Harris, American journalist, children's writer (1848–1908)
- December 13 · Enrico Forlanini, Italian engineer (1848–1930)
- December 19 · Amélie Beaury-Saurel, French painter (1848-1924)
- December 24 · Brandon Thomas, British dramatist and actor (1848–1914)
- December 27 · José Manuel Pando, President of Bolivia (1849-1917)
- December 31 · Amos Burn, British chess player (1848-1925)
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