Famous People Born In 1829

Discover the most famous people born in 1829. The list includes people like Chester A. Arthur, Newton Knight, William Booth, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Theodor Billroth and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, artists, preachers and poets born in 1829. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom and many more countries.
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Chester A. Arthur
(The 21st president of the United States)
Chester A. Arthur
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Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 5th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Fairfield, Vermont, United States
Died: November 18, 1886
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Geronimo
(Bedonkohe Apache Leader of the Chiricahua Apache)
Geronimo
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Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 16th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Arizpe Municipality, Mexico
Died: February 17, 1909
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Levi Strauss
(Former businessman known as founder of the Levi Strauss & Co.)
Levi Strauss
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Birthdate: 26th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Buttenheim, Germany
Died: September 26, 1902
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Newton Knight
(Military Leader)
Newton Knight
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Listed In: Soldiers
Birthdate: 10th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Jones County
Died: 1922 AD
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John Everett Millais
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Birthdate: 8th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Southampton, Hampshire, England
Died: August 13, 1896
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William Booth
(Founder of the Salvation Army, Preacher)
William Booth
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 10th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Sneinton, Nottingham, England
Died: August 20, 1912
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August Kekulé
(German Organic Chemist Known for His Theory of Chemical Structure and the Tetravalence of Carbon)
August Kekulé
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 7th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Darmstadt, Germany
Died: July 13, 1896
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Anton Rubinstein
(Pianist)
Anton Rubinstein
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 28th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Ofatinti, Moldova
Died: November 20, 1894
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk
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Birthdate: 8th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Died: December 18, 1869
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Oscar II of Sweden
(King of Sweden from 1872 to 1907)
Oscar II of Sweden
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Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 21st January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Stadsholmen, Stockholm, Sweden
Died: December 8, 1907
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Allan Octavian Hume
(Founder of Indian National Congress)
Allan Octavian Hume
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Birthdate: 4th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Saint Mary Cray, Orpington, United Kingdom
Died: July 31, 1912
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Laura Bridgman
(Educator)
Laura Bridgman
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Listed In: Educators
Birthdate: 21st December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Hanover, New Hampshire,United States
Died: May 24, 1889
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Otto Goldschmidt
(Composer)
Otto Goldschmidt
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 21st August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
Died: February 24, 1907
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John Mercer Langston
(Attorney)
John Mercer Langston
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Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: 14th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Louisa, Virginia, United States
Died: November 15, 1897
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Theodor Billroth
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Birthdate: 26th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Bergen auf Rügen, Germany
Died: February 6, 1894
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Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov
(Philosopher)
Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov
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Listed In: Philosophers
Birthdate: 9th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Klyuchi, Russia
Died: December 28, 1903
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Tu Duc
(Emperor of Vietnam)
Tu Duc
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Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 22nd September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Hue, Vietnam
Died: July 17, 1883
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Anselm Feuerbach
(Painter)
Anselm Feuerbach
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Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 12th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Speyer, Germany
Died: January 4, 1880
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Asaph Hall
(American astronomer)
Asaph Hall
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Listed In: Astronomers
Birthdate: 15th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Goshen
Died: November 22, 1907
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Patrick Gilmore
(Composer)
Patrick Gilmore
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 25th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Ballygar, Ireland
Died: September 24, 1892
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William Mason
(Composer, Pianist)
William Mason
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 24th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: July 14, 1908
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William Michael Rossetti
(Writer)
William Michael Rossetti
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Birthdate: 25th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: London, England
Died: February 5, 1919
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Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden
(US Geologist Who Made Pioneering Research on the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains)
Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden
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Listed In: Geologists
Birthdate: 7th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Westfield, Massachusetts, United States
Died: December 22, 1887
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Jane Cunningham Croly
(Journalist)
Jane Cunningham Croly
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Listed In: Journalists
Birthdate: 19th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Market Harborough, United Kingdom
Died: December 23, 1901
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Auguste Beernaert
(Former Prime Minister of Belgium)
Auguste Beernaert
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 26th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Ostend, Belgium
Died: October 6, 1912
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John Of Kronshtadt
(Saint)
John Of Kronshtadt
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 31st October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Pinezhsky District, Russia
Died: January 2, 1909
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Laurence Oliphant
(South African-Born British Traveller and Author Who is Remembered for his Satirical Novel, 'Piccadilly')
Laurence Oliphant
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 3rd August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Cape Town, South Africa
Died: December 23, 1888
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Silas Weir Mitchell
(American Physician Known for His Discovery of 'Causalgia' And 'Erythromelalgia')
Silas Weir Mitchell
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Listed In: Neurologists
Birthdate: 15th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: January 4, 1914
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Joseph Jefferson
(Actor)
Joseph Jefferson
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Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 20th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: April 23, 1905
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Johannes Janssen
(Historian)
Johannes Janssen
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Birthdate: 10th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Xanten, Germany
Died: December 24, 1891
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Antonio Guzmán Blanco
(Former President of Venezuela Who for Served 3-Terms Between 1870 and 1887)
Antonio Guzmán Blanco
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 28th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Caracas, Venezuela
Died: July 28, 1899
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Mikayel Nalbandian
(Writer)
Mikayel Nalbandian
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 14th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Nakhichevan-on-Don, Don Host Oblast, Russian Empire (now Rostov-on-Don, Russia)
Died: April 12, 1866
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Samuel Rawson Gardiner
(Historian)
Samuel Rawson Gardiner
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Listed In: Historians
Birthdate: 4th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Hampshire, England
Died: February 24, 1902
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Jean-Jacques Henner
(Painter)
Jean-Jacques Henner
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Birthdate: 15th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bernwiller, France
Died: July 23, 1905
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Joaquin Murrieta
(activist)
Joaquin Murrieta
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Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Sonora
Died: July 25, 1853
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Alfred Newton
(Ornithologist)
Alfred Newton
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 11th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Geneva, Switzerland
Died: June 7, 1907
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Isaac Roberts
(Welsh Engineer and Businessman Best Known for His Work as an Amateur Astronomer)
Isaac Roberts
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Listed In: Astronomers
Birthdate: 27th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Groes Bach, Henllan, Denbighshire, Wales
Died: July 17, 1904
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James Burrill Angell
(Diplomat)
James Burrill Angell
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 7th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Scituate, Rhode Island, United States
Died: April 1, 1916
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Henry Timrod
(Poet)
Henry Timrod
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Listed In: Poets
Birthdate: 8th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina
Died: October 7, 1867
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Elizabeth Siddal
(Painter, Poet, Art model, Visual artist, Model)
Elizabeth Siddal
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 25th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Holborn
Died: February 11, 1862
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Moritz Cantor
(Historian)
Moritz Cantor
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Birthdate: 23rd August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Mannheim, Germany
Died: April 10, 1920
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Carl Schurz
(13th United States Secretary of the Interior (1877 - 1881))
Carl Schurz
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 2nd March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Erftstadt, Germany
Died: May 14, 1906
 43 
Radama II
(King of Madagascar)
Radama II
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Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 23rd September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Queen's Palace, Antananarivo, Madagascar
Died: May 12, 1863
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Ranavalona II
(Queen of Madagascar from 1868 to 1883)
Ranavalona II
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Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Madagascar
Died: July 13, 1883
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Dolores Veintimilla
(Ecuadorian Poet Best Remembered for Her Poem, 'Quejas')
Dolores Veintimilla
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Listed In: Poets
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Quito, Ecuador
Died: May 23, 1857
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Nishi Amane
(Japanese Philosopher Who Helped Introduce Western Philosophy Into Mainstream Japanese Education)
Nishi Amane
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Listed In: Philosophers
Birthdate: 7th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Tsuwano, Shimane, Japan
Died: January 30, 1897
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Odo Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill
(Diplomat)
Odo Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill
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Listed In: Diplomats
Birthdate: 20th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Died: August 25, 1884
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George Stephen
(Scots-Quebecker Banker, Railway Executive in Canada and Businessman)
George Stephen
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Birthdate: 5th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Dufftown, Scotland
Died: November 29, 1921
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Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
(Duke)
Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
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Birthdate: 6th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Augustenborg, Denmark
Died: January 14, 1880
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Graziadio Isaia Ascoli
(Linguist)
Graziadio Isaia Ascoli
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Listed In: Linguists
Birthdate: 16th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Gorizia, Italy
Died: January 21, 1907