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
Emily Brontë30th July, British
Novelist
Christian IX of Denmark8th April, German, Danish
King of Denmark
Ignaz Semmelweis1st July, Austrian, Hungarian
Physician
James Prescott Joule24th December, British
Physicist
Ivan Turgenev9th November, Russian
Novelist
Lucy Stone13th August, American
Women's Rights Activist
Charles Gounod17th June, French
Composer
Maria Mitchell1st August, American
Astronomer
John Henninger Reagan8th October, American
Former United States Senator from Texas
P.G.T. Beauregard28th May, American
Army General
Joshua A. Norton4th February, American
Businessman
Alexander Bain - Philosopher11th June, Scottish
Scottish philosopher
P. G. T. Beauregard28th May, American
Military personnel, Artilleryman, Inventor,
Marius Petipa11th March, French
Dancer, Ballet master, Choreographer, Librettist,
August Wilhelm von Hofmann8th April, German
Chemist, University teacher
Richard Jordan Gatling12th September, American
Inventor
Jacob Burckhardt25th May, Swiss
Art historian, Historian of the modern age,
Don Carlos Buell23rd March, American
Military personnel
Adolf Anderssen6th July, German, Ukrainian
Chess player, Non-fiction writer
Amelia Bloomer27th May, American
Advocate
Irvin McDowell15th October, American
Officer
Elizabeth Van Lew25th October, American
George S. Boutwell28th January, American
Politician
Francesco Crispi4th October, Italian
Prime Minister, Statesman,Lawyer Journalist
William M. Evarts6th February, American
Politician
Edward Ord18th October, American
Officer, Architect
John Albion Andrew31st May, American
Politician
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Rudolf von Jhering22nd August, German
Jurist
Josh Billings21st April, American
Writer
James Anthony Froude23rd April, British
Historian
Elizabeth F. Ellet18th October, American
Writer
Angelo Secchi28th June, Italian
Astronomer
Josiah Gorgas1st July, American
Military officer
Tewodros II of Ethiopia30th November, Ethiopian
Emperor
Hermann Kolbe27th September, German
Chemist
William Edward Forster11th July, British
Industrialist
Lewis Henry Morgan21st November, American
Marco Minghetti18th November, Italian
Prime Minister, Politician, economist
Eliza Cook24th December, British
Journalist, Poet, Editor
Artúr Görgey30th January, Hungarian
Military leader
George Brown29th November, Canadian
politician, publisher, journalist
Arthur Cleveland Coxe10th May, American
Priest
Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle22nd October, French
French poet
Emil Heinrich Du Bois-Reymond7th November, German
Physician
William George Fargo20th May, American
Banker