Famous People Born In 1820
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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1
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
5
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
10
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
11
Alexandru Ioan Cuza
(One of the Founders of the Modern Romanian State)
Birthdate: 20th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bârlad, Romania
Died: May 15, 1873
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Faizabad
Died: April 7, 1879
13
John Tenniel
(Illustrator)
Birthdate: 28th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bayswater, London, England
Died: February 25, 1914
14
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
15
Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
(Statesman)
Birthdate: 6th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Forres, Scotland
Died: January 21, 1914
16
Princess Alexandrine of Baden
(Aristocrat)
Birthdate: 6th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Karlsruhe, Germany
Died: December 20, 1904
17
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: 6th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Paris
Died: March 20, 1910
19
Božena Němcová
(Czech Writer Best Known For Her Novel 'Babička')
Birthdate: 4th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: January 21, 1862
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: South Dakota, United States
Died: December 18, 1888
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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
22
Gustave Le Gray
(Photographer)
Birthdate: 30th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Villiers-le-Bel, France
Died: July 30, 1884
23
Edmond Becquerel
(First observed the photovoltaic effect)
Birthdate: 24th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: May 11, 1891
Birthdate: 5th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Mtsensk, Russia
Died: December 3, 1892
Birthdate: 27th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: King’s Lynn, England
Died: May 8, 1875
Birthdate: 14th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Palazzo Carignano, Turin, Italy
Died: January 9, 1878
27
George Grove
(British Engineer, Writer and Founding Editor of 'Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians')
Birthdate: 13th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: London, England
Died: May 28, 1900
28
Henry Jarvis Raymond
(Journalist)
Birthdate: 24th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Livingston County, New York, United States
Died: June 18, 1869
29
John William Dawson
(Canadian Geologist Who Made Numerous Contributions to Paleobotany)
Birthdate: 13th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: November 19, 1899
30
Augustus Washington
(Photographer, Politician)
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Trenton, New Jersey, United States
Died: June 7, 1875
Birthdate: 26th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Died: August 24, 1886
32
Mary Livermore
(Journalist)
Birthdate: 19th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: May 23, 1905
33
Jakob Stämpfli
(Swiss Politician)
Birthdate: 23rd February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Wengi, Switzerland
Died: May 15, 1879
34
Elisha Kent Kane
(Explorer)
Birthdate: 3rd February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: February 16, 1857
35
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
36
Alice Cary
(Poet, Author, Novelist, Writer)
Birthdate: 26th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Mount Healthy
Died: February 12, 1871
37
Mkrtich Khrimian
(Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople from 1869 to 1873)
Birthdate: 4th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Van, Ottoman Empire
Died: October 29, 1907
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Jacmel, Haiti
Died: 1862 AD
39
Katherine Plunket
(Aristocrat)
Birthdate: 22nd November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kilsaran, County Louth, Ireland
Died: October 14, 1932
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Khanate of Kokand, Uzbekistan
Died: May 30, 1877
41
Anna Sewell
(Writer, Novelist, Children's writer)
Birthdate: 30th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Great Yarmouth
Died: April 25, 1878
42
Prince Alexander of Prussia
(Eldest Child of Prince Frederick of Prussia)
Birthdate: 21st June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
Died: January 4, 1896
Birthdate: 29th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New Lisbon, Ohio
Died: June 17, 1871
44
Concepción Arenal
(Writer)
Birthdate: 31st January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Ferrol, Spain
Died: February 4, 1893
45
Henry Longueville Mansel
(Philosopher)
Birthdate: 6th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cosgrove, England
Died: July 1, 1871
Birthdate: 16th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: March 15, 1889
47
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
Birthdate: 14th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: New Berlin, New York, United States
Died: February 23, 1870
49
Washington Duke
(Businessperson)
Birthdate: 18th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Orange County
Died: May 8, 1905
50
Louisa Lane Drew
(Actress)
Birthdate: 10th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London, England
Died: August 31, 1897