Famous people born in 1849
The best-known people born in 1849, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Ivan PavlovRussian physiologist (1849–1936)
September 26 · d. 1936
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August StrindbergSwedish writer and painter (1849–1912)
January 22 · d. 1912
Photo: possibly by Herman Anderson (1856−?), Public domain
Frances Hodgson BurnettEnglish-American playwright and author (1849–1924)
November 24 · d. 1924
Photo: Herbert Rose Barraud (1845-1896), Public domain
Felix KleinGerman mathematician, author of the Erlangen Program (1849-1925)
April 25 · d. 1925
Photo: Max Liebermann, CC0
Muhammad AbduhEgyptian Islamic jurist, religious scholar and liberal reformer (1849-1905)
January 1 · d. 1905
Photo: The original uploader was Zerida at English Wikipedia ., Public domain
Edmund BartonAustralian politician, first Prime Minister of Australia and founding justice of the High Court of Australia (1849-1920)
January 18 · d. 1920
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Bernhard von BülowGerman and Prussian politician (1849–1929)
May 3 · d. 1929
Photo: Gebrüder Hirsch, Karlsruhe, Public domain
Sergei WitteRussian statesman and first Prime Minister of the Russian Empire (1849-1915)
June 29 · d. 1915
Photo: Chapiro, St. Petersburg, Public domain
Édouard-Henri AvrilFrench painter (1849-1928)
May 21 · d. 1928
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
August von MackensenGerman field marshal (1849–1945)
December 6 · d. 1945
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain- William Osler
Canadian physician and co-founder of Johns Hopkins Hospital (1849–1919)
July 12 · d. 1919
- Max Nordau
Hungarian Zionist leader, physician, author, and social critic (1849–1923)
July 29 · d. 1923
- Alfred von Tirpitz
German Admiral and Secretary of State of the German Imperial Naval Office (1849-1930)
March 19 · d. 1930
- Lord Randolph Churchill
British politician, father of Winston Churchill (1849-1895)
February 13 · d. 1895
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January
- January 3 · Ernest Denis, French historian and politician (1849–1921)
- January 9 · John Hartley, English clergyman and tennis player (1849-1935)
- January 12 · Jean Béraud, French painter (1849-1935)
- January 14 · Alfhild Agrell, Swedish writer and playwright (1849–1923)
- January 16 · Eugène Carrière, French painter (1849-1906)
- January 25 · Archduchess Mathilda of Austria, Austrian archduchess (1849–1867)
February
- February 2 · Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet, dramatist, and translator (1849–1921)
- February 5 · August Palm, Swedish politician (1849-1922)
- February 13 · Wilhelm Voigt, German impostor (1849-1922)
- February 18 · Jérôme Eugène Coggia, French astronomer (1849-1919)
- February 19 · Giovanni Passannante, Italian anarchist (1849–1910)
- February 20 · Ivan Evstratiev Geshov, Bulgarian politician (1849-1924)
March
- March 1 · Blanche Monnier, French woman kept locked for 25 years (1849–1913)
- March 6 · Georg Luger, Austrian firearm designer (1849–1923)
- March 16 · Karl Brugmann, German linguist (1849–1919)
- March 17 · Charles Francis Brush, American businessman (1849–1929)
- March 25 · Agenor Maria Gołuchowski, Austrian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria-Hungary (1849-1921)
- March 27 · Carlo Dossi, Italian writer, politician and diplomat (1849-1910)
April
- April 12 · Albert Heim, Swiss geologist (1849-1937)
- April 14 · Sergei Ivanovich Mosin, Russian Major General, designer of the famous Mosin-Nagant rifle (1849-1902)
- April 17 · William R. Day, US Supreme Court justice from 1903 to 1922
- April 19 · Eva Gonzalès, French painter (1849-1883)
- April 21 · Oscar Hertwig, German zoologist (1849–1922)
- April 24 · Joseph Gallieni, French soldier (1849-1916)
May
- May 9 · Empress Shōken, Japanese empress (1849-1914)
- May 13 · Panas Myrnyi, Ukrainian writer (1849–1920)
- May 16 · Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, British nobleman and politician (1849–1917)
- May 23 · Károly Khuen-Héderváry, Hungarian politician (1849-1918)
- May 25 · Louise Hammarström, Swedish chemist (1849-1917)
- May 26 · Hubert von Herkomer, German-born British artist (1849-1914)
June
- June 2 · Paul-Albert Besnard, French painter and engraver (1849-1934)
- June 7 · Manuel Bonilla, President of Honduras (1849-1913)
- June 15 · Charles Janet, French engineer, company director, inventor and biologist (1849–1932)
- June 17 · Andrea Aiuti, Italian cardinal and nuncio (1849–1905)
- June 18 · Armand Peugeot, French industrialist, pioneer of the automobile industry and the founder of the French firm Peugeot (1849–1915)
- June 21 · Johan August Brinell, Swedish metallurgist (1849–1925)
July
- July 2 · Queen Maria Theresa of Bavaria, Queen consort of Bavaria (1849-1919)
- July 11 · Olena Pchilka, Ukrainian academic (1849–1930)
- July 18 · Hugo Riemann, German musicologist (1849-1919)
- July 19 · Ferdinand Brunetière, French writer (1849–1906)
- July 25 · Richard Lydekker, English naturalist, geologist and writer (1849–1915)
- July 27 · John Hopkinson, British physicist and electrical engineer (1849–1898)
August
- August 2 · Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Italian princess (1849–1882)
- August 12 · Abbott Handerson Thayer, American artist (1849-1921)
- August 15 · Sibylle Riquetti de Mirabeau, French writer (1850–1932)
- August 16 · Johan Kjeldahl, Danish chemist (1849–1900)
- August 19 · Joaquim Nabuco, Brazilian writer and statesman
- August 23 · William Ernest Henley, English poet, critic and editor (1849–1903)
September
- September 3 · Sarah Orne Jewett, American novelist, short story writer and poet (1849–1909)
- September 5 · Jack Daniel, American distiller and founder of Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey distillery. (1850–1911)
- September 12 · Alfonso Carlos de Borbón, pretender to the throne of Spain and legitimist pretender to the thrones of France and of Navarre from 1931 to 1936 (1849–1936)
- September 12 · Alexander von Krobatin, Austrian-Hungarian General and Minister of War (1849-1933)
- September 21 · Edmund Gosse, English poet, author and critic (1849–1928)
- September 23 · Hugo von Seeliger, German astronomer (1849-1924)
October
- October 1 · Anne Charlotte Leffler, Swedish author
- October 6 · Basil Zaharoff, Greek-born arms dealer and industrialist (1849-1936)
- October 7 · James Whitcomb Riley, American poet from Indianapolis (1849–1916)
- October 11 · William Knox D'Arcy, oil entrepreneur magnate, one of the founders of British Oil (1849–1917)
- October 16 · George Washington Williams, American Civil War soldier, Christian minister, Ohio politician, lawyer, journalist, and writer
- October 30 · Takaki Kanehiro, Japanese navy physician (1849-1920)
November
- November 1 · William Merritt Chase, American painter (1849–1916)
- November 5 · Ruy Barbosa, Brazilian politician, writer and jurist (1849–1923)
- November 7 · Józef Chełmoński, Polish artist (1849–1914)
- November 21 · Paul Rée, Prussian Doctor (1849–1901)
- November 22 · Fritz Mauthner, Austrian philosopher, writer and opinion journalist (1849-1923)
- November 29 · Horace Lamb, English mathematician (*1849 – †1934)
December
- December 21 · Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Catalan architect (1850–1923)
- December 22 · Christian Rohlfs, German artist (1849–1938)
- December 25 · Nogi Maresuke, Japanese general (1849-1912)
- December 27 · Princess Alice of Parma, Princess of Bourbon-Parma (1849-1935)
- December 27 · José Manuel Pando, President of Bolivia (1849-1917)
- December 28 · Herbert von Bismarck, German politician (1849–1904)
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