Famous People Born In 1834

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Discover the most famous people born in 1834. The list includes people like Dmitri Mendeleev, William Morris, Edgar Degas, Ernst Haeckel, Charles Spurgeon and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, mathematicians, historians and biologists born in 1834. This list includes people from United Kingdom, Germany, France & United States and many more countries.
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Dmitri Mendeleev
(Inventor of Periodic Table)
Dmitri Mendeleev
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Birthdate: 8th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Tobolsk
Died: February 2, 1907
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Edgar Degas
(French Impressionist Artist Best Known for His Pastel Drawings and Oil Paintings)
Edgar Degas
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Listed In: Sculptors
Birthdate: 19th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: September 27, 1917
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William Morris
(Textile Designer, Poet)
William Morris
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 24th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Walthamstow, England
Died: October 3, 1896
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Charles Spurgeon
(One of the Most Influential and Extraordinary Preachers of the 19th century)
Charles Spurgeon
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 19th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Kelvedon, England
Died: January 31, 1892
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Ernst Haeckel
(Zoologist & Evolutionist Who Was a Strong Proponent of 'Darwinism')
Ernst Haeckel
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Birthdate: 16th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Potsdam, Germany
Died: August 9, 1919
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Gottlieb Daimler
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Birthdate: 17th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Schorndorf, Germany
Died: March 6, 1900
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Anna Leonowens
(British Travel Writer, Educator, and Social Activist)
Anna Leonowens
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 5th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Ahmednagar, India
Died: January 19, 1915
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Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
(French Sculptor and Painter Best Known for Designing the 'Statue of Liberty')
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
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Birthdate: 2nd August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Colmar, France
Died: October 4, 1904
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John Wesley Powell
(Explorer, Geologist)
John Wesley Powell
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Birthdate: 24th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Mount Morris
Died: September 23, 1902
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John Venn
(Mathematician)
John Venn
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Listed In: Mathematicians
Birthdate: 4th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Kingston upon Hull
Died: April 4, 1923
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Hetty Green
(financier)
Hetty Green
1
Listed In: Business Women
Birthdate: 21st November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Died: July 3, 1916
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Kamehameha IV
(King)
Kamehameha IV
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Birthdate: 9th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Died: November 30, 1863
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Samuel Langley
(American Aviation Pioneer, Astronomer and Physicist Known for Inventing 'Bolometer')
Samuel Langley
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Birthdate: 22nd August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: February 27, 1906
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Norodom of Cambodia
(King of Cambodia (1860 - 1904))
Norodom of Cambodia
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Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 3rd February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Angkor Borei, Cambodia
Died: April 24, 1904
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Carl Bloch
(Painter)
Carl Bloch
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Listed In: Realist Painters
Birthdate: 23rd May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: February 22, 1890
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Christopher Dresser
(Designer)
Christopher Dresser
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Listed In: Designers
Birthdate: 4th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Died: November 24, 1904
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George du Maurier
(Writer, Illustrator)
George du Maurier
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Listed In: Cartoonists
Birthdate: 6th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paris
Died: October 6, 1896
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Amilcare Ponchielli
(Opera composer)
Amilcare Ponchielli
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Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 31st August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paderno Ponchielli, Italy
Died: January 16, 1886
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Charles William Eliot
(Educator)
Charles William Eliot
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Listed In: Educators
Birthdate: 20th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: August 22, 1926
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Léon Walras
(Economist, University teacher, Mathematician)
Léon Walras
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Birthdate: 16th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Évreux
Died: January 5, 1910
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Lev Ivanov
(Dancer)
Lev Ivanov
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Listed In: Dancers
Birthdate: 2nd March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: December 24, 1901
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August Weismann
(Biologist, Zoologist, Geneticist)
August Weismann
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 17th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Frankfurt
Died: November 5, 1914
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William John Wills
(Explorer)
William John Wills
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Listed In: Explorers
Birthdate: 5th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Totnes, Devon, England
Died: June 28, 1861
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Johann Philipp Reis
(Physicist, Inventor)
Johann Philipp Reis
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Birthdate: 7th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Gelnhausen
Died: January 14, 1874
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Majid bin Said of Zanzibar
(Politician)
Majid bin Said of Zanzibar
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Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Unguja, Tanzania
Died: October 7, 1870
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Viktor Hartmann
(Architect)
Viktor Hartmann
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Birthdate: 23rd April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: July 23, 1873
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Edwin Klebs
(Pathologist)
Edwin Klebs
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 6th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia
Died: October 23, 1913
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Prince Edmond de Polignac
(Composer)
Prince Edmond de Polignac
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Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 19th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: August 8, 1901
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Miguel Grau Seminario
(Peruvian Naval Officer Who Played an Important Role in the Battle of Angamos)
Miguel Grau Seminario
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Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 27th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Piura
Died: October 8, 1879
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Duchess Helene in Bavaria
(Duchess)
Duchess Helene in Bavaria
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Birthdate: 4th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Died: May 16, 1890
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Thomas Sutherland
(Founder of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation)
Thomas Sutherland
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Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: 16th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Died: January 1, 1922
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Peter Benoit
(Flemish Composer)
Peter Benoit
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Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 17th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Harelbeke, Belgium
Died: March 8, 1901
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Vasily Perov
(Painter, a key figure of the Russian Realist movement and one of the founding members of Peredvizhniki)
Vasily Perov
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Listed In: Realist Painters
Birthdate: 2nd January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Tobolsk, Russia
Died: June 10, 1882
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Julia Pastrana
(Performer)
Julia Pastrana
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Listed In: Entertainers
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Sinaloa, Mexico
Died: March 25, 1860
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José Hernández
(Journalist)
José Hernández
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Birthdate: 10th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died: October 21, 1886
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Aleksis Kivi
(Finnish Author Who Wrote the First Significant Novel in the Finnish Language)
Aleksis Kivi
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 10th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Palojoki, Finland
Died: December 31, 1872
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William Henry Preece
(Engineer)
William Henry Preece
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Birthdate: 15th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Caernarfon, England
Died: November 6, 1913
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William Chester Minor
(Former Surgeon known for Contributions to the Oxford English Dictionary)
William Chester Minor
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Listed In: Surgeons
Birthdate: 22nd June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Sri Lanka
Died: March 26, 1920
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Abigail Scott Duniway
(Writer)
Abigail Scott Duniway
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Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 22nd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Groveland, Illinois, United States
Died: October 11, 1915
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Charles Farrar Browne
(Writer)
Charles Farrar Browne
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Birthdate: 26th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Waterford, Maine, United States
Died: March 6, 1867
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Timothy Eaton
(Entrepreneur)
Timothy Eaton
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Listed In: Retailers
Birthdate: 28th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland
Died: January 31, 1907
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Thomas François Burgers
(Former State President of the South African Republic)
Thomas François Burgers
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Birthdate: 15th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Graaff-Reinet, South Africa
Died: December 9, 1881
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Joseph Henry Shorthouse
(Writer)
Joseph Henry Shorthouse
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Listed In: Novelists
Birthdate: 9th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Birmingham, England
Died: March 4, 1903
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Catherine Furbish
(Botanist)
Catherine Furbish
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Listed In: Botanists
Birthdate: 9th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Exeter, New Hampshire, United States
Died: December 6, 1931
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
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Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 11th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
Died: July 17, 1903
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James Hargreaves
(Chemist, Businessperson)
James Hargreaves
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Listed In: Chemists
Birthdate: 30th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Hoarstones Stone Circle, United Kingdom
Died: April 4, 1915
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Lord Acton
(Historian and Member of Parliament for Bridgnorth)
Lord Acton
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Birthdate: 10th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Naples, Italy
Died: June 19, 1902
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Henry Baldwin Hyde
(Businessman)
Henry Baldwin Hyde
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Birthdate: 15th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Catskill, New York, United States
Died: May 2, 1899
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Carlos Eugenio Correia da Silva, Count of Paco de Arcos
(Politician)
Carlos Eugenio Correia da Silva, Count of Paco de Arcos
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Birthdate: 17th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Encarnação, Lisbon, Portugal
Died: November 5, 1905
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Ernst Georg Ravenstein
(Geographer)
Ernst Georg Ravenstein
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Listed In: Geographers
Birthdate: 30th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Frankfurt, Germany
Died: March 13, 1913