Famous People Born In 1816

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Discover the most famous people born in 1816. The list includes people like Alexander Hamilton Jr., Werner von Siemens, Jung Bahadur Rana, Edward Hargraves, Charlotte Bronte and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include military leaders, political leaders, lawyers and novelists born in 1816. This list includes people from United States, Germany, England and many more countries.
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Charlotte Bronte
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 21st April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Thornton, Yorkshire, England
Died: March 31, 1855
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Carl Zeiss
(Scientific instrument maker)
Carl Zeiss
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Birthdate: 11th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Weimar
Died: December 3, 1888
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George H. Thomas
(Army Officer)
George H. Thomas
2
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 31st July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Newsoms, Virginia, United States
Died: March 28, 1870
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Jubal Early
(Lawyer)
Jubal Early
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 3rd November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Franklin County, Virginia, United States
Died: March 2, 1894
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Werner von Siemens
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Birthdate: 13th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Gehrden
Died: December 6, 1892
William Sterndale Bennett
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 13th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Died: February 1, 1875
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Montgomery C. Meigs
(United States Army Officer and Civil Engineer)
Montgomery C. Meigs
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Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: 3rd May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Augusta, Georgia, United States
Died: January 2, 1892
Maria Theresa of Austria
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 31st July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: August 8, 1867
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Ferdinand II of Portugal
0
Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 29th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Palais Coburg, Vienna, Austria
Died: December 15, 1885
 10 
Nathaniel P. Banks
(Politician)
Nathaniel P. Banks
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 30th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
Died: September 1, 1894
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Stephen Allen Benson
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Birthdate: 21st May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Cambridge, Maryland, United States
Died: January 24, 1865
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Gustav Freytag
(German Novelist and Playwright)
Gustav Freytag
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 13th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kluczbork, Poland
Died: April 30, 1895
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Edward Hargraves
(Gold Prospector)
Edward Hargraves
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Birthdate: 7th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Gosport, Hampshire
Died: October 29, 1891
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Charles Frédéric Gerhardt
1
Listed In: Chemists
Birthdate: 21st August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Strasbourg, France
Died: August 19, 1856
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Stephen Johnson Field
0
Listed In: Judges
Birthdate: 4th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Haddam, Connecticut, United States
Died: April 9, 1899
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Leonilla Bariatinskaya
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 9th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: February 1, 1918
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Lydia Moss Bradley
(Philanthropist)
Lydia Moss Bradley
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 31st July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Vevay, Indiana, United States
Died: January 16, 1908
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Macon Bolling Allen
(First African-American lawyer and Justice of the Peace)
Macon Bolling Allen
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Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 4th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Indiana, United States
Died: October 15, 1894
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Samuel Freeman Miller
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Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 5th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Richmond, Kentucky, United States
Died: October 13, 1890
Ekaterine Dadiani, Princess of Mingrelia
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Birthdate: 19th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Tbilisi, Georgia
Died: August 13, 1882
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Ion Ghica
(Former Prime Minister of Romania)
Ion Ghica
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 12th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania
Died: May 7, 1897
 22 
John Frederick Kensett
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Birthdate: 22nd March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Cheshire, Connecticut, United States
Died: December 14, 1872
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Marie Lafarge
(First French Person to be Publicly Convicted Based on Direct Forensic Toxicological Evidence for Murdering Her Husband)
Marie Lafarge
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Listed In: Murderers
Birthdate: 15th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: November 7, 1852
 24 
Josephine Louise Newcomb
(Philanthropist)
Josephine Louise Newcomb
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Listed In: Philanthropists
Birthdate: 31st October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Died: April 7, 1901
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Paul Reuter
(Entrepreneur)
Paul Reuter
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Birthdate: 21st July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kassel, Germany
Died: February 25, 1899
 26 
Rudolf Wolf
(Swiss Astronomer and Mathematician Best Known for His Research on 'Sunspots')
Rudolf Wolf
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 7th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Fallenden, Switzerland
Died: December 6, 1893
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Frederick William Robertson
(British Clergyman and Theologian)
Frederick William Robertson
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 3rd February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: London, England
Died: August 15, 1853
 28 
Kawatake Mokuami
(Dramatist)
Kawatake Mokuami
0
Listed In: Playwrights
Birthdate: 1st March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Died: January 22, 1893
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Grace Aguilar
(British Novelist, Poet and Writer Best Known for Her Numerous Sentimental Novels of Domestic Life)
Grace Aguilar
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 2nd June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: London, England
Died: September 16, 1847
 30 
Emanuel Leutze
(Painter best known for his 1851 painting Washington Crossing the Delaware)
Emanuel Leutze
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Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 24th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
Died: July 18, 1868
 31 
Charles Thomas Newton
(Archaeologist)
Charles Thomas Newton
0
Listed In: Archaeologists
Birthdate: 16th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bredwardine, England
Died: November 28, 1894
 32 
Ram Singh Kuka
(Philosopher)
Ram Singh Kuka
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Listed In: Philosophers
Birthdate: 3rd February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bhaini, India
Died: January 18, 1872
 33 
Charles-Eugène Delaunay
(French Astronomer and Mathematician Whose Theory of Lunar Motion Advanced the Development of Planetary-Motion Theories)
Charles-Eugène Delaunay
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 9th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Lusigny-sur-Barse, France
Died: August 5, 1872
 34 
Arthur de Gobineau
(French Aristocrat & Writer Best Known for Helping to Legitimise 'Racism' by the Use of Scientific Racist Theory)
Arthur de Gobineau
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 14th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Ville-d'Avray, France
Died: October 13, 1882
 35 
Morrison Waite
(Chief Justice)
Morrison Waite
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 29th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Lyme, Connecticut, United States
Died: March 23, 1888
 36 
Rudolf von Gneist
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Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 13th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: July 22, 1895
 37 
William Gull
(Physician)
William Gull
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Birthdate: 31st December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Colchester, England
Died: January 29, 1890
 38 
Russell Sage
(Financier)
Russell Sage
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 4th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Verona, New York, United States
Died: July 22, 1906
 39 
Fidelia Fisk
(American Congregationalist Missionary and Teacher)
Fidelia Fisk
0
Listed In: Preachers
Birthdate: 1st May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Shelburne, Massachusetts, United States
Died: August 9, 1864
 40 
Marcus Jacob Monrad
(Philosopher)
Marcus Jacob Monrad
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 19th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Nøtterøy, Norway
Died: December 30, 1897
Alexander Hamilton Jr.
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Listed In: Lawyers
Birthdate: 26th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New York City
Died: December 30, 1889
 42 
Augustus Egg
(Artist)
Augustus Egg
0
Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 2nd May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: London, England
Died: March 26, 1863
 43 
Enele Maʻafu
(Former Tongan Prince and a Fijian chief)
Enele Maʻafu
0
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Tongatapu, Tonga
Died: February 6, 1881
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Dmitry Milyutin
(Minister of War)
Dmitry Milyutin
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 28th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: February 7, 1912
 45 
Giovanni Morelli
(Italian Art Critic Whose Methods of Direct Study Established the Foundation of Subsequent Art Criticism)
Giovanni Morelli
0
Listed In: Art Critics
Birthdate: 25th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Verona, Italy
Died: February 28, 1891
Philip James Bailey
1
Listed In: Poets
Birthdate: 22nd April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Nottingham, England
Died: September 6, 1902
 47 
Charlotte Cushman
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Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 23rd July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: February 18, 1876
 48 
Ebenezer R. Hoar
(Attorney General)
Ebenezer R. Hoar
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 21st February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Concord, Massachusetts, United States
Died: January 31, 1895
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Charles-Denis Bourbaki
0
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 22nd April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Pau, France
Died: September 22, 1897
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Charles Gavan Duffy
1
Birthdate: 12th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Monaghan Town, County Monaghan, Ireland
Died: February 9, 1903