1840 - 1849
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Birthdays of famous people
Decade 1840 - 1849
70 Karl May
German author (1842-1912)
*February 25th, 1842, Hohenstein-Ernstthal †March 30th, 1912, Radebeul
70 Gaston Maspero
French Egyptologist (1846–1916)
*June 23rd, 1846, Paris †June 30th, 1916, Palais de l'Institut de France
84 Thomas Edison
American inventor and businessman (1847-1931)
*February 11th, 1847, Milan †October 18th, 1931, West Orange
78 Sarah Bernhardt
French stage actress (1844–1923)
*September 25th, 1844, Paris †March 23rd, 1923, Paris.jpg "Georg Cantor")
72 Georg Cantor
German mathematician, inventor of set theory (1845–1918)
*February 19th, 1845, Saint Petersburg †January 6th, 1918, Halle (Saale)
55 Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844–1900)
*October 15th, 1844, Röcken †August 25th, 1900, Weimar
53 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian composer (1840–1893)
*April 25th, 1840, Votkinsk †October 25th, 1893, Malaya Morskaya Street, 13
69 Octave Mirbeau
French writer, art critic and journalist
*February 16th, 1848, Trévières †February 16th, 1917, Paris
80 Alfred von Tirpitz
German Admiral and Secretary of State of the German Imperial Naval Office (1849-1930)
*March 19th, 1849, Kostrzyn nad Odrą †March 6th, 1930, Schäftlarn.jpg "Bernhard von Bülow")
80 Bernhard von Bülow
German and Prussian politician
*May 3rd, 1849, Klein Flottbek †October 28th, 1929, Rome
Hermann Diels
German classical scholar (1848–1922)
*May 18th, 1848, Biebrich †June 4th, 1922, DahlemUlrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff
German classical philologist (1848-1931)
*December 22nd, 1848, Markowice, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship †September 25th, 1931, Berlin
79 Gabriel Fauré
French composer, organist, pianist and teacher
*May 12th, 1845, Pamiers †November 4th, 1924, Paris
Carl Frederik Bricka
Danish biographer and historian
*July 10th, 1845, Copenhagen †August 23rd, 1903, CopenhagenAugusta Lundin
Swedish fashion designer
*June 13th, 1840, Kristianstad †February 20th, 1919, StockholmHugo Blümner
German archaeologist and classical philologist
*August 9th, 1844, Berlin †January 1st, 1919, ZürichErwin Rohde
German classical philologist (1845–1898)
*October 9th, 1845, Hamburg †January 11th, 1898, Heidelberg_(cropped).jpg "Paul Deussen")
74 Paul Deussen
German Orientalist and Sanskrit scholar
*January 7th, 1845, Oberdreis †July 6th, 1919, Kiel
77 Wilhelm Röntgen
German physicist (1845–1923)
*March 27th, 1845, Lennep †February 10th, 1923, MunichHermann Hitzig
Swiss classical philologist (1843-1918)
*May 9th, 1843, Zürich †August 27th, 1918, Zürich
62 Émile Zola
French journalist, playwright and poet (1840–1902)
*April 2nd, 1840, Paris †September 29th, 1902, Paris
75 Alexander Graham Bell
British-born American scientist and inventor (1847–1922)
*March 3rd, 1847, Edinburgh †August 2nd, 1922, Beinn Bhreagh
72 Henry James
American and British writer (1843–1916)
*April 15th, 1843, New York City †February 28th, 1916, Chelsea
58 William McKinley
President of the United States from 1897 to 1901
*January 29th, 1843, Niles †September 14th, 1901, Buffalo
56 Stéphane Mallarmé
French Symbolist poet (1842–1898)
*March 18th, 1842, Paris †September 9th, 1898, Fontainebleau
68 William James
American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist (1842–1910)
*January 11th, 1842, Astor House †August 26th, 1910, Tamworth
75 Vilfredo Pareto
Italian economist and sociologist (1848-1923)
*July 15th, 1848, Paris †August 19th, 1923, Céligny
66 Robert Koch
German physician, bacteriologist
*December 11th, 1843, Clausthal †May 27th, 1910, Baden-Baden
84 Carl Benz
Automotive and engine designer and manufacturer
*November 25th, 1844, Mühlburg †April 4th, 1929, Ladenburg
64 Edvard Grieg
Norwegian composer and pianist (1843–1907)
*June 15th, 1843, Bergen †September 4th, 1907, Bergen
59 Joris-Karl Huysmans
French novelist and art critic
*February 5th, 1848, Paris †May 12th, 1907, Paris
48 Heinrich Heydemann
German classical archaeologist
*August 28th, 1842, Greifswald †September 10th, 1890, Halle (Saale)
75 Abdul Hamid II
34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1876 to 1909
*September 21st, 1842, Istanbul †February 10th, 1918, Beylerbeyi Palace.jpg "Henryk Sienkiewicz")
70 Henryk Sienkiewicz
Polish writer, novelist, journalist, philanthropist and Nobel Prize laureate
*May 5th, 1846, Wola Okrzejska †November 15th, 1916, Vevey