Famous People Born In 1824

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Discover the most famous people born in 1824. The list includes people like William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Anton Bruckner, Gustav Kirchhoff, Lord Kelvin, Levi P. Morton and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include physicists, military leaders, poets and mathematicians born in 1824. This list includes people from United States, India, United Kingdom & France and many more countries.
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Stonewall Jackson
(One of the Best-Known Confederate Commanders During the American Civil War)
Stonewall Jackson
17
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 21st January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States
Died: May 10, 1863
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Lord Kelvin
(Mathematician, Physicist)
Lord Kelvin
16
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 26th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Belfast
Died: December 17, 1907
 3 
Ambrose Burnside
(United States Senator from Rhode Island (1875-81))
Ambrose Burnside
6
Birthdate: 23rd May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Liberty, Indiana, United States
Died: September 13, 1881
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Bedrich Smetana
(Czech Composer Best Known for His Opera ‘The Bartered Bride’)
Bedrich Smetana
4
Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 2nd March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Litomysl, Czechia
Died: May 12, 1884
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Anton Bruckner
(Austrian Composer and Organist Best Known for His Symphonies: 'Masses', 'Te Deum' and 'Motets')
Anton Bruckner
0
Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 4th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ansfelden, Austria
Died: October 11, 1896
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George Crum
17
Listed In: Food Experts
Birthdate: 15th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Saratoga County, New York, United States
Died: July 22, 1914
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Gustav Kirchhoff
(Physicist)
Gustav Kirchhoff
2
Listed In: Physicists
Birthdate: 12th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia
Died: October 17, 1887
Alexandre Dumas, fils
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 27th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: November 27, 1895
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Levi P. Morton
(Vice President of the United States (1889-93))
Levi P. Morton
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 16th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Shoreham, Vermont, United States
Died: May 16, 1920
 10 
Wilkie Collins
(Novelist, Playwright)
Wilkie Collins
1
Listed In: Novelists
Birthdate: 8th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London
Died: September 23, 1889
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Maria Alexandrovna
(Empress Consort of Russia (1855 - 1880))
Maria Alexandrovna
2
Listed In: Noblewomen
Birthdate: 8th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Darmstadt, Germany
Died: June 3, 1880
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Jean-Leon Gerome
2
Birthdate: 11th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Vesoul, Haute-Saône, France
Died: January 10, 1904
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Paul Broca
(Physician)
Paul Broca
0
Listed In: Anthropologists
Birthdate: 28th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, Gironde, France
Died: July 9, 1880
 14 
Nana Saheb
(Peshwa of the Maratha Empire)
Nana Saheb
36
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 19th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Bithoor
Died: 1859 AD
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Dayanand Saraswati
(Indian Philosopher, Social Leader and Founder of the 'Arya Samaj', a Reform Movement of the Vedic Dharma)
Dayanand Saraswati
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Birthdate: 12th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Gujarat, India
Died: October 30, 1883
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Calvert Vaux
(Architect)
Calvert Vaux
1
Birthdate: 20th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom
Died: November 19, 1895
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Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
0
Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 14th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Lyon, France
Died: October 24, 1898
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Leland Stanford
(Entrepreneur)
Leland Stanford
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: 9th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Watervliet, New York, United States
Died: June 21, 1893
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Heinrich Hofmann
0
Birthdate: 19th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Darmstadt, Germany
Died: June 23, 1911
 20 
Samuel Plimsoll
(British Politician and Social Reformer Known for Having Devised the 'Plimsoll Line')
Samuel Plimsoll
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 10th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bristol, England
Died: June 3, 1898
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Eugène Boudin
0
Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 12th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Honfleur, France
Died: August 8, 1898
 22 
George Edmund Street
0
Birthdate: 20th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Woodford, England
Died: December 18, 1881
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William Walker
(President)
William Walker
3
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 8th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Died: September 12, 1860
 24 
Ōmura Masujirō
(Japanese Politician and Military Leader Known for Founding the Imperial Japanese Army)
Ōmura Masujirō
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 30th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Suzenji, Yamaguchi, Japan
Died: December 7, 1869
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Pierre Janssen
(Astronomer)
Pierre Janssen
0
Listed In: Astronomers
Birthdate: 22nd February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 23, 1907
 26 
Mikhail Loris-Melikov
(Russian-Armenian Statesman and Military Leader)
Mikhail Loris-Melikov
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 31st October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Russian Empire
Died: December 22, 1888
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Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 19th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Rosmead, Ireland
Died: October 28, 1897
 28 
Albert Carrier-Belleuse
0
Listed In: Sculptors
Birthdate: 12th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Anizy-le-Chateau, France
Died: June 4, 1887
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Winfield Scott Hancock
(Military officer)
Winfield Scott Hancock
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 14th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: February 9, 1886
 30 
Princess Francisca of Brazil
(Princess of the Empire of Brazil)
Princess Francisca of Brazil
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 2nd August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Palace of São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil
Died: March 27, 1898
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George MacDonald
(Writer, Minister, Poet, Novelist, Cleric)
George MacDonald
1
Listed In:
Birthdate: 10th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Huntly
Died: September 18, 1905
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Hugh Low
(Naturalist)
Hugh Low
0
Listed In: Naturalists
Birthdate: 10th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Upper Clapton, England
Died: April 18, 1905
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Johanna von Puttkamer
(Otto von Bismarck's wife)
Johanna von Puttkamer
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 11th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Wiatrołom, Poland
Died: November 27, 1894
Alexander William Williamson
0
Listed In: Chemists
Birthdate: 1st May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Wandsworth, London, England
Died: May 6, 1904
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Johann Wilhelm Hittorf
0
Listed In: Physicists
Birthdate: 27th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bonn, Germany
Died: November 28, 1914
 36 
Leopoldine Hugo
(Victor Hugo's Daughter)
Leopoldine Hugo
0
Listed In: Family Members
Birthdate: 28th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: September 4, 1843
 37 
Moritz Lazarus
(Philosopher)
Moritz Lazarus
0
Birthdate: 15th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Wielen, Poland
Died: April 13, 1903
 38 
Sophia B. Packard
0
Listed In: Educators
Birthdate: 3rd January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: United States of America
Died: June 21, 1891
 39 
Mohammed Shitta Bey
(Businessman)
Mohammed Shitta Bey
0
Listed In: Philanthropists
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Waterloo, Sierra Leone
Died: July 4, 1895
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John Elder
(Marine Engineer)
John Elder
0
Listed In: Marine Engineers
Birthdate: 8th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Died: September 17, 1869
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Colonel Routh Goshen
(Circus performer)
Colonel Routh Goshen
0
Listed In: Entertainers
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Lezayre
Died: February 12, 1889
Antoine, Duke of Montpensier
0
Birthdate: 31st July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Château de Neuilly, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Died: February 5, 1890
Jessie Benton Frémont
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 31st May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lexington, Virginia, United States
Died: December 27, 1902
 44 
Carl Reinecke
(German Composer and Conductor Best Known for His Flute Sonata 'Undine')
Carl Reinecke
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 23rd June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Altona, Hamburg, Germany
Died: March 10, 1910
Sydney Thompson Dobell
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 5th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Cranbrook, England
Died: August 22, 1874
 46 
Víctor Balaguer i Cirera
1
Birthdate: 11th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Barcelona, Spain
Died: January 14, 1901
 47 
Mother Angela Gillespie
(Religious leader)
Mother Angela Gillespie
0
Birthdate: 21st February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: near Brownsville, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: March 4, 1887
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Charles Pfizer
(Chemist, Entrepreneur)
Charles Pfizer
5
Listed In: Chemists
Birthdate: 22nd March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Ludwigsburg, Germany
Died: October 19, 1906
 49 
Rainivoninahitriniony
(3rd Prime Minister of Madagascar)
Rainivoninahitriniony
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Ilafy, Madagascar
Died: May 5, 1868
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Mary Ann Lee
(Ballerina)
Mary Ann Lee
0
Listed In: Ballet Dancers
Birthdate: 30th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: January 25, 1899