Famous People Born In 1818
Discover the most famous people born in 1818. The list includes people like Karl Marx, Frederick Douglass, Emily Brontë, James Prescott Joule, Lucy Stone and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include military leaders, poets, inventors and civil rights activists born in 1818. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany and many more countries.
Karl Marx5th May, Prussian
Economist, Philosopher
Frederick Douglass1st February, American
American orator
Alexander II of Russia29th April, Russian
Emperor of Russia
Mary Todd Lincoln13th December, American
Former First Lady of the United States
Ignaz Semmelweis1st July, Austrian, Hungarian
Physician
Emily Brontë30th July, British
Novelist
Christian IX of Denmark8th April, German, Danish
King of Denmark
Ivan Turgenev9th November, Russian
Novelist
Charles Gounod17th June, French
Composer
James Prescott Joule24th December, British
Physicist
Lucy Stone13th August, American
Women's Rights Activist
P.G.T. Beauregard28th May, American
Army General
Maria Mitchell1st August, American
Astronomer
John Henninger Reagan8th October, American
Former United States Senator from Texas
Joshua A. Norton4th February, American
Businessman
Alexander Bain - Philosopher11th June, Scottish
Scottish philosopher
P. G. T. Beauregard28th May, American
Military personnel, Artilleryman, Inventor,
Don Carlos Buell23rd March, American
Military personnel
Wade Hampton III28th March, American
General
Marius Petipa11th March, French
Dancer, Ballet master, Choreographer, Librettist,
Richard Jordan Gatling12th September, American
Inventor
Jacob Burckhardt25th May, Swiss
Art historian, Historian of the modern age,
Irvin McDowell15th October, American
Officer
August Wilhelm von Hofmann8th April, German
Chemist, University teacher
Amelia Bloomer27th May, American
Advocate
Adolf Anderssen6th July, German, Ukrainian
Chess player, Non-fiction writer
Elizabeth Van Lew25th October, American
Edward Ord18th October, American
Officer, Architect
Francesco Crispi4th October, Italian
Prime Minister, Statesman,Lawyer Journalist
Manuelito30th November, American
Tribe Leader
Elizabeth F. Ellet18th October, American
Writer
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William M. Evarts6th February, American
Politician
Josh Billings21st April, American
Writer
George S. Boutwell28th January, American
Politician
James Anthony Froude23rd April, British
Historian
Rudolf von Jhering22nd August, German
Jurist
Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin31st January, Spanish
Noble
John Albion Andrew31st May, American
Politician
Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh27th October, British
Politician
Tewodros II of Ethiopia30th November, Ethiopian
Emperor
Josiah Gorgas1st July, American
Military officer
William Edward Forster11th July, British
Industrialist
John Lorimer Worden12th March, American
Officer
Hermann Kolbe27th September, German
Chemist
Angelo Secchi28th June, Italian
Astronomer
Lewis Henry Morgan21st November, American
Louis Faidherbe3rd June, French
Military general
Marco Minghetti18th November, Italian
Prime Minister, Politician, economist
George Brown29th November, Canadian
politician, publisher, journalist
Elizabeth Prentiss26th October, American
Author
Artúr Görgey30th January, Hungarian
Military leader
Eliza Cook24th December, British
Journalist, Poet, Editor
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje6th April, Norwegian
Poet
Antoine-Aimé Dorion17th January, Canadian
Politician
William Moon18th December, British
Teacher
Guo Songtao11th April, Chinese
Diplomat
Alexander Dreyschock15th October, Czech
Pianist
Gustave Aimard13th September, French
Author
José Mármol2nd December, Argentinian
Journalist
Richard Congreve4th September, British
Philosopher
František Ladislav Rieger10th December, Czech
Politician
Frederic John Goldsmid19th May, Italian
British military officer
Carl Remigius Fresenius28th December, German
Chemist
Wenxiang16th October, Chinese
Statesman
Arthur Cleveland Coxe10th May, American
Priest
David Lewis Macpherson12th September, Canadian, Scottish
Businessman
Zacharias Topelius14th January, Finnish
Author
Leopold Hasner von Artha15th March, Austrian, Czech
Civil servant
Mary Henderson Eastman30th November, American
Writer
Joseph Roumanille8th August, French
Poet
John Walter8th October, British
Publisher
Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle22nd October, French
French poet
Ernest II21st June, German
Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Emil Heinrich Du Bois-Reymond7th November, German
Physician
William George Fargo20th May, American
Banker
Frans Cornelis Donders27th May, Dutch
Author
François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville14th August, French
Duke