Famous People Born In 1820
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Discover the most famous people born in 1820. The list includes people like Florence Nightingale, Harriet Tubman, Susan B. Anthony, William Tecumseh Sherman, Herbert Spencer and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include novelists, philosophers, social reformers and poets born in 1820. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom and many more countries.
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Florence Nightingale(Social Reformer & Founder of Modern Nursing and Known as 'The Lady with the Lamp')
Birthdate: 12th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Died: August 13, 1910
2
Susan B. Anthony(Social Reformer and Women's Rights Activist Who Was a Pioneer Crusader for the Women’s Suffrage Movement)
Birthdate: 15th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Adams, Massachusetts, United States
Died: March 13, 1906
3
Jenny Lind(One of the Most Highly Regarded Singers of the 19th Century)
Birthdate: 6th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: November 2, 1887
Birthdate: 8th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Lancaster, Ohio, United States
Died: February 14, 1891
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Herbert Spencer(Philosopher and Sociologist Known for His Hypothesis of ‘Social Darwinism’ and the Expression 'Survival of the Fittest')
Birthdate: 27th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Derby, Derbyshire, England
Died: December 8, 1903
Birthdate: 17th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Thornton, West Yorkshire
Died: May 28, 1849
Birthdate: 26th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Birsingha, West Bengal, India
Died: July 29, 1891
Birthdate: 6th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Lee, Massachusetts, United States
Died: October 5, 1885
Birthdate: 24th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Brewster, New York, United States
Died: February 12, 1915
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John Tyndall(Irish Experimental Physicist Who Became Famous for His Study of Dimagnetism)
Birthdate: 2nd August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Leighlinbridge, Ireland
Died: December 4, 1893
Birthdate: 20th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bârlad, Romania
Died: May 15, 1873
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Faizabad
Died: April 7, 1879
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Friedrich Engels(German Philosopher Who Developed 'Marxism' Together With Karl Max)
Birthdate: 28th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Barmen, Germany
Died: August 5, 1895
Birthdate: 6th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Paris
Died: March 20, 1910
Birthdate: 6th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Karlsruhe, Germany
Died: December 20, 1904
Birthdate: 18th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Orange County
Died: May 8, 1905
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Henri Vieuxtemps(Belgian Composer and Violinist Known for Playing What Is Now Known as the ‘Vieuxtemps Guarneri')
Birthdate: 17th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Verviers, Belgium
Died: June 6, 1881
Birthdate: 14th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Palazzo Carignano, Turin, Italy
Died: January 9, 1878
Birthdate: 6th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Forres, Scotland
Died: January 21, 1914
Birthdate: 4th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: January 21, 1862
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James Buchanan Eads(American Civil Engineer and Inventor Best Known for His 'Triple-Arch Steel Bridge' Over the Mississippi River)
Birthdate: 23rd May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lawrenceburg, Indiana, United States
Died: March 8, 1887
Birthdate: 28th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bayswater, London, England
Died: February 25, 1914
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: South Dakota, United States
Died: December 18, 1888
Birthdate: 5th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Mtsensk, Russia
Died: December 3, 1892
Birthdate: 30th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Villiers-le-Bel, France
Died: July 30, 1884
Birthdate: 24th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: May 11, 1891
Birthdate: 24th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Livingston County, New York, United States
Died: June 18, 1869
Birthdate: 19th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: May 23, 1905
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Trenton, New Jersey, United States
Died: June 7, 1875
Birthdate: 26th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Mount Healthy
Died: February 12, 1871
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Multatuli(Former writer, best known for his satirical novel Max Havelaar (1860), which denounced the abuses of colonialism in the Dutch East Indies (today's Indonesia))
Birthdate: 2nd March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died: February 19, 1887
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George Hearst(United States Senator from California (1886, 1887-91))
Birthdate: 3rd September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Sullivan, Missouri, United States
Died: February 28, 1891
Birthdate: 13th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: November 19, 1899
Birthdate: 23rd February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Wengi, Switzerland
Died: May 15, 1879
Birthdate: 4th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Van, Ottoman Empire
Died: October 29, 1907
Birthdate: 3rd February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: February 16, 1857
Birthdate: 29th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Tuileries Palace, Paris, France
Died: August 24, 1883
Birthdate: 22nd November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kilsaran, County Louth, Ireland
Died: October 14, 1932
Birthdate: 4th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Gardiner's Island, New York, US
Died: July 10, 1889
Birthdate: 24th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Southampton County, Virginia, United States
Died: 1885 AD
Birthdate: 21st June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
Died: January 4, 1896
Birthdate: 31st January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Ferrol, Spain
Died: February 4, 1893
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Jacmel, Haiti
Died: 1862 AD
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Khanate of Kokand, Uzbekistan
Died: May 30, 1877
Birthdate: 6th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cosgrove, England
Died: July 1, 1871
Birthdate: 29th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New Lisbon, Ohio
Died: June 17, 1871
Birthdate: 19th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Njeguši, Montenegro
Died: August 1, 1867
Birthdate: 16th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: March 15, 1889
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Okahandja
Died: October 7, 1890
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: February 3, 1886