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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Florence Nightingale
(Social Reformer & Founder of Modern Nursing and Known as 'The Lady with the Lamp')
Florence Nightingale
29
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 12th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Died: August 13, 1910
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Susan B. Anthony
(Social Reformer and Women's Rights Activist Who Was a Pioneer Crusader for the Women’s Suffrage Movement)
Susan B. Anthony
20
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: 15th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Adams, Massachusetts, United States
Died: March 13, 1906
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Jenny Lind
(One of the Most Highly Regarded Singers of the 19th Century)
Jenny Lind
19
Listed In: Opera Singers
Birthdate: 6th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: November 2, 1887
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William Tecumseh Sherman
(Former Commanding General of the United States Army (1869 - 1883))
William Tecumseh Sherman
18
Listed In: Military Leaders
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')
Herbert Spencer
10
Birthdate: 27th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Derby, Derbyshire, England
Died: December 8, 1903
 6 
Anne Brontë
(Writer)
Anne Brontë
6
Listed In: Novelists
Birthdate: 17th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Thornton, West Yorkshire
Died: May 28, 1849
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Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(Educator & Social Reformer He is Considered the "Father of Bengali prose")
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
17
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 26th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Birsingha, West Bengal, India
Died: July 29, 1891
 8 
Thomas C. Durant
2
Listed In: Investors
Birthdate: 6th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Lee, Massachusetts, United States
Died: October 5, 1885
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Fanny Crosby
(Poet)
Fanny Crosby
1
Listed In: Writers
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)
John Tyndall
3
Listed In: Physicists
Birthdate: 2nd August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Leighlinbridge, Ireland
Died: December 4, 1893
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Alexandru Ioan Cuza
(One of the Founders of the Modern Romanian State)
Alexandru Ioan Cuza
1
Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 20th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bârlad, Romania
Died: May 15, 1873
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Begum Hazrat Mahal
(Wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah)
Begum Hazrat Mahal
8
Listed In: Revolutionaries
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Faizabad
Died: April 7, 1879
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John Tenniel
(Illustrator)
John Tenniel
0
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')
Henri Vieuxtemps
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 17th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Verviers, Belgium
Died: June 6, 1881
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Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
(Statesman)
Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 6th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Forres, Scotland
Died: January 21, 1914
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Princess Alexandrine of Baden
(Aristocrat)
Princess Alexandrine of Baden
1
Birthdate: 6th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Karlsruhe, Germany
Died: December 20, 1904
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James Buchanan Eads
(American Civil Engineer and Inventor Best Known for His 'Triple-Arch Steel Bridge' Over the Mississippi River)
James Buchanan Eads
2
Birthdate: 23rd May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lawrenceburg, Indiana, United States
Died: March 8, 1887
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Nadar
(Photographer)
Nadar
0
Birthdate: 6th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Paris
Died: March 20, 1910
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Božena Němcová
(Czech Writer Best Known For Her Novel 'Babička')
Božena Němcová
0
Listed In: Screenwriters
Birthdate: 4th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: January 21, 1862
 20 
Eagle Woman
(Translator)
Eagle Woman
1
Listed In: Activists
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)
Friedrich Engels
23
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 28th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Barmen, Germany
Died: August 5, 1895
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Gustave Le Gray
(Photographer)
Gustave Le Gray
0
Birthdate: 30th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Villiers-le-Bel, France
Died: July 30, 1884
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Edmond Becquerel
(First observed the photovoltaic effect)
Edmond Becquerel
0
Listed In: Physicists
Birthdate: 24th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: May 11, 1891
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Afanasy Fet
(Poet)
Afanasy Fet
0
Listed In: Poets
Birthdate: 5th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Mtsensk, Russia
Died: December 3, 1892
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Thomas Baines
(Artist)
Thomas Baines
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 27th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: King’s Lynn, England
Died: May 8, 1875
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Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
(King of Italy (1861 - 1878))
Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
3
Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 14th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Palazzo Carignano, Turin, Italy
Died: January 9, 1878
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George Grove
(British Engineer, Writer and Founding Editor of 'Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians')
George Grove
0
Listed In: Civil Engineers
Birthdate: 13th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: London, England
Died: May 28, 1900
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Henry Jarvis Raymond
(Journalist)
Henry Jarvis Raymond
0
Birthdate: 24th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Livingston County, New York, United States
Died: June 18, 1869
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John William Dawson
(Canadian Geologist Who Made Numerous Contributions to Paleobotany)
John William Dawson
0
Listed In: Geologists
Birthdate: 13th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: November 19, 1899
 30 
Augustus Washington
(Photographer, Politician)
Augustus Washington
0
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Trenton, New Jersey, United States
Died: June 7, 1875
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Maria Vicenta Rosal
(Nun)
Maria Vicenta Rosal
0
Listed In: Saints
Birthdate: 26th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Died: August 24, 1886
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Mary Livermore
(Journalist)
Mary Livermore
0
Birthdate: 19th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: May 23, 1905
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Jakob Stämpfli
(Swiss Politician)
Jakob Stämpfli
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 23rd February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Wengi, Switzerland
Died: May 15, 1879
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Elisha Kent Kane
(Explorer)
Elisha Kent Kane
0
Listed In: Explorers
Birthdate: 3rd February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: February 16, 1857
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George Hearst
(United States Senator from California (1886, 1887-91))
George Hearst
4
Birthdate: 3rd September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Sullivan, Missouri, United States
Died: February 28, 1891
 36 
Alice Cary
(Poet, Author, Novelist, Writer)
Alice Cary
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 26th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Mount Healthy
Died: February 12, 1871
 37 
Mkrtich Khrimian
(Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople from 1869 to 1873)
Mkrtich Khrimian
0
Birthdate: 4th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Van, Ottoman Empire
Died: October 29, 1907
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Jeanne Duval
(Actress)
Jeanne Duval
0
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Jacmel, Haiti
Died: 1862 AD
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Katherine Plunket
(Aristocrat)
Katherine Plunket
0
Birthdate: 22nd November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kilsaran, County Louth, Ireland
Died: October 14, 1932
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Yakub Beg
(Adventurer)
Yakub Beg
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Khanate of Kokand, Uzbekistan
Died: May 30, 1877
 41 
Anna Sewell
(Writer, Novelist, Children's writer)
Anna Sewell
5
Listed In: Novelists
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)
Prince Alexander of Prussia
0
Listed In: Family Members
Birthdate: 21st June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
Died: January 4, 1896
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Clement Vallandigham
2
Birthdate: 29th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New Lisbon, Ohio
Died: June 17, 1871
 44 
Concepción Arenal
(Writer)
Concepción Arenal
0
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: 31st January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Ferrol, Spain
Died: February 4, 1893
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Henry Longueville Mansel
(Philosopher)
Henry Longueville Mansel
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 6th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cosgrove, England
Died: July 1, 1871
 46 
Enrico Tamberlik
(Tenor)
Enrico Tamberlik
1
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))
Multatuli
0
Listed In: Novelists
Birthdate: 2nd March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died: February 19, 1887
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Anson Burlingame
(Lawyer)
Anson Burlingame
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 14th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: New Berlin, New York, United States
Died: February 23, 1870
 49 
Washington Duke
(Businessperson)
Washington Duke
1
Birthdate: 18th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Orange County
Died: May 8, 1905
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Louisa Lane Drew
(Actress)
Louisa Lane Drew
1
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 10th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London, England
Died: August 31, 1897