Famous People Born In 1824

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
19
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
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Bedrich Smetana
(Czech Composer Best Known for His Opera ‘The Bartered Bride’)
Bedrich Smetana
5
Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 2nd March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Litomysl, Czechia
Died: May 12, 1884
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Ambrose Burnside
(United States Senator from Rhode Island (1875-81))
Ambrose Burnside
7
Birthdate: 23rd May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Liberty, Indiana, United States
Died: September 13, 1881
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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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Alexandre Dumas, fils
(Author)
Alexandre Dumas, fils
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 27th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: November 27, 1895
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Gustav Kirchhoff
(Physicist)
Gustav Kirchhoff
3
Listed In: Physicists
Birthdate: 12th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia
Died: October 17, 1887
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Levi P. Morton
(Vice President of the United States (1889-93))
Levi P. Morton
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 16th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Shoreham, Vermont, United States
Died: May 16, 1920
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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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Jean-Leon Gerome
(Painter)
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
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Maria Alexandrovna
(Empress Consort of Russia (1855 - 1880))
Maria Alexandrovna
3
Listed In: Noblewomen
Birthdate: 8th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Darmstadt, Germany
Died: June 3, 1880
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Nana Saheb
(Peshwa of the Maratha Empire)
Nana Saheb
38
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 19th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Bithoor
Died: 1859 AD
 14 
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
(Painter)
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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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
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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
(Painter)
Heinrich Hofmann
0
Birthdate: 19th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Darmstadt, Germany
Died: June 23, 1911
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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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Dayanand Saraswati
(Indian Philosopher, Social Leader and Founder of the 'Arya Samaj', a Reform Movement of the Vedic Dharma)
Dayanand Saraswati
6
Birthdate: 12th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Gujarat, India
Died: October 30, 1883
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George Edmund Street
(Architect)
George Edmund Street
0
Birthdate: 20th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Woodford, England
Died: December 18, 1881
 22 
Pierre Janssen
(Astronomer)
Pierre Janssen
0
Listed In: Astronomers
Birthdate: 22nd February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 23, 1907
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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
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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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Albert Carrier-Belleuse
(Sculptor)
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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Antoine, Duke of Montpensier
(Duke)
Antoine, Duke of Montpensier
0
Birthdate: 31st July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Château de Neuilly, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Died: February 5, 1890
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Jessie Benton Frémont
(Writer)
Jessie Benton Frémont
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 31st May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lexington, Virginia, United States
Died: December 27, 1902
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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
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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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Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead
(Colonial governor)
Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 19th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Rosmead, Ireland
Died: October 28, 1897
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Sophia B. Packard
(Educator)
Sophia B. Packard
0
Listed In: Educators
Birthdate: 3rd January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: United States of America
Died: June 21, 1891
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Michael Madhusudan Dutt
(Poet, Writer)
Michael Madhusudan Dutt
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 25th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Jessore District
Died: June 29, 1873
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Phoebe Cary
(Poet)
Phoebe Cary
0
Listed In: Poets
Birthdate: 4th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Mount Healthy, Ohio, United States
Died: July 31, 1871
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Eugène Boudin
(Painter)
Eugène Boudin
1
Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 12th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Honfleur, France
Died: August 8, 1898
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William Walker
(President)
William Walker
4
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 8th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Died: September 12, 1860
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Hayward A. Harvey
(Inventor)
Hayward A. Harvey
0
Listed In: Inventors
Birthdate: 17th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Jamestown, New York, United States
Died: August 28, 1893
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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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Jozef Israëls
(Painter)
Jozef Israëls
0
Birthdate: 27th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Groningen, Netherlands
Died: August 12, 1911
 39 
Ōmura Masujirō
(Japanese Politician and Military Leader Known for Founding the Imperial Japanese Army)
Ōmura Masujirō
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 30th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Suzenji, Yamaguchi, Japan
Died: December 7, 1869
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Alexander William Williamson
(Chemist)
Alexander William Williamson
0
Listed In: Chemists
Birthdate: 1st May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Wandsworth, London, England
Died: May 6, 1904
 41 
Johann Wilhelm Hittorf
(Physicist)
Johann Wilhelm Hittorf
0
Listed In: Physicists
Birthdate: 27th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bonn, Germany
Died: November 28, 1914
 42 
William Morris Hunt
(Painter)
William Morris Hunt
1
Birthdate: 31st March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
Died: September 8, 1879
 43 
Adolphe Monticelli
(Painter)
Adolphe Monticelli
1
Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 14th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Marseille, France
Died: June 29, 1886
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George MacDonald
(Writer, Minister, Poet, Novelist, Cleric)
George MacDonald
2
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Birthdate: 10th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Huntly
Died: September 18, 1905
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Moritz Lazarus
(Philosopher)
Moritz Lazarus
0
Birthdate: 15th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Wielen, Poland
Died: April 13, 1903
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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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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
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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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Stanley Matthews
(Jurist)
Stanley Matthews
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 21st July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Died: March 22, 1889
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William Burnham Woods
(Jurist)
William Burnham Woods
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 3rd August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Newark, Ohio, United States
Died: May 14, 1887