Famous People Born In 1836

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Discover the most famous people born in 1836. The list includes people like Jay Gould, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Bret Harte, Isabella Beeton and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include poets, artists, philosophers and novelists born in 1836. This list includes people from United Kingdom, United States, France and many more countries.
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Thomas Crapper
(Businessman)
Thomas Crapper
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Listed In: Inventors
Birthdate: 28th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Waterside, Thorne, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Died: January 27, 1910
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Jay Gould
(American Railroad Executive, Financier, and Speculator)
Jay Gould
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Listed In: Investors
Birthdate: 27th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Roxbury, New York, United States
Died: December 2, 1892
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Winslow Homer
(American Illustrator and Landscape Painter)
Winslow Homer
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Listed In: Realist Painters
Birthdate: 24th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: September 29, 1910
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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
(Mayor of Aldeburgh)
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
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Listed In: Surgeons
Birthdate: 9th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Whitechapel
Died: December 17, 1917
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Kalakaua
(Monarch)
Kalakaua
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Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 16th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Died: January 20, 1891
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Wilhelm Steinitz
(American Chess Player and the First World Chess Champion)
Wilhelm Steinitz
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Listed In: Chess Players
Birthdate: 14th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Prague, Czechia
Died: August 12, 1900
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Bret Harte
(Author & Poet)
Bret Harte
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Birthdate: 25th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Albany, New York, U.S.
Died: May 5, 1902
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Milton Bradley
(Publisher, Writer)
Milton Bradley
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Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: 8th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Vienna, Maine, United States
Died: May 30, 1911
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Lawrence Alma-Tadema
(One of the Most Popular Victorian Painters of 19th Century)
Lawrence Alma-Tadema
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Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 8th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Dronrijp, Netherlands
Died: June 25, 1912
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Isabella Beeton
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Birthdate: 12th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: London
Died: February 6, 1865
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W. S. Gilbert
(Dramatist)
W. S. Gilbert
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 18th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Southampton Street, London, England
Died: May 29, 1911
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Joseph Wheeler
(Military Commander)
Joseph Wheeler
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 10th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Augusta, Georgia, United States
Died: January 25, 1906
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John Atkinson Grimshaw
(Painter)
John Atkinson Grimshaw
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Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 6th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Leeds
Died: October 13, 1893
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Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
(One of the Most Important Figures in Spanish Literature and Most Read Writer After 'Miguel de Cervantes')
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 17th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Seville, Spain
Died: December 22, 1870
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Léo Delibes
(Composer)
Léo Delibes
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Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 21st February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: La La Flèche, France
Died: January 16, 1891
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Joseph Chamberlain
(Politician)
Joseph Chamberlain
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Birthdate: 8th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Camberwell, London, United Kingdom
Died: July 2, 1914
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Sakamoto Ryōma
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 3rd January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kōchi, Tosa Province, Japan
Died: December 10, 1867
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Henri Fantin-Latour
(Painter)
Henri Fantin-Latour
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Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 14th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Grenoble, France
Died: August 25, 1904
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Ramakrishna Paramhamsa
(Spiritual & Religious Leader)
Ramakrishna Paramhamsa
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Listed In: Philosophers
Birthdate: 18th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kamarpukur, West Bengal, India
Died: August 16, 1886
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James Tissot
(Painter)
James Tissot
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Birthdate: 15th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Nantes, France
Died: August 8, 1902
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Shields Green
(Activist, Sailor)
Shields Green
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Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: South Carolina, United States
Died: December 16, 1859
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Henry Campbell-Bannerman
(Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1905-08))
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 7th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Died: April 22, 1908
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Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
(Austrian Nobleman, Writer and Journalist Known for His Romantic Stories of Galician Life)
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 27th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Lviv, Ukraine
Died: March 9, 1895
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Pauline von Metternich
(Socialite)
Pauline von Metternich
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 25th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: August 28, 1921
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Hassan I of Morocco
(Sultan of Morocco)
Hassan I of Morocco
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Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Fes, Morocco
Died: June 9, 1894
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Piet Cronjé
(South African Boer General During the Anglo-Boer Wars)
Piet Cronjé
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 4th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cape Colony, South Africa
Died: February 4, 1911
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Mily Balakirev
(Composer, pianist, and conductor known today primarily for his work promoting musical nationalism)
Mily Balakirev
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 31st December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Died: May 29, 1910
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Ernst von Bergmann
(German Surgeon Who was the First Physician to Introduce Heat Sterilisation of Surgical Instruments)
Ernst von Bergmann
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Listed In: Surgeons
Birthdate: 16th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Riga, Latvia
Died: March 25, 1907
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Walter Besant
(Novelist)
Walter Besant
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 14th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Portsmouth, England
Died: June 9, 1901
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Matsudaira Katamori
(Poet)
Matsudaira Katamori
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 15th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Edo
Died: December 5, 1893
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Enomoto Takeaki
(One of the Founders of the Imperial Japanese Navy)
Enomoto Takeaki
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 5th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Edo, Japan
Died: October 26, 1908
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Edward Poynter
(Painter, University teacher)
Edward Poynter
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Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 20th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paris
Died: July 26, 1919
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Nicholas of Japan
(Saint)
Nicholas of Japan
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 13th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Smolensk, Russia
Died: February 16, 1912
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Ronglu
(Manchu Political and Military Leader of the Late Qing Dynasty)
Ronglu
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 6th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: China
Died: April 11, 1903
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Charles Goodnight
(Rancher)
Charles Goodnight
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Birthdate: 5th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Macoupin County, Illinois, United States
Died: December 12, 1929
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Charles Eastlake
(Architect)
Charles Eastlake
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Listed In: Designers
Birthdate: 11th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Plymouth, England
Died: November 20, 1906
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Tomioka Tessai
(Japanese Painter)
Tomioka Tessai
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Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 25th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kyoto, Japan
Died: December 31, 1924
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Norman Lockyer
(British Scientist and Astronomer Known for Discovering the Gas Helium and Was the Founder of the Journal 'Nature')
Norman Lockyer
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Birthdate: 17th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Died: August 16, 1920
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Henry Billings Brown
(lawyer, judge)
Henry Billings Brown
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Listed In: Judges
Birthdate: 2nd March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Died: March 2, 1913
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Jules Chéret
(Painter)
Jules Chéret
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Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 31st May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: September 23, 1932
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Sophia of Nassau
(Queen)
Sophia of Nassau
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Birthdate: 9th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Biebrich Palace, Wiesbaden, Germany
Died: December 30, 1913
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John W. Foster
(Politician)
John W. Foster
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 2nd March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Petersburg, Indiana, United States
Died: November 15, 1917
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Mendele Moykher Sforim
(Author)
Mendele Moykher Sforim
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Birthdate: 2nd January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kopyl, Russia
Died: December 8, 1917
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Joseph Gurney Cannon
(Politician)
Joseph Gurney Cannon
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 7th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Guilford County, North Carolina, United States
Died: November 12, 1926
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Shirley Waldemar Baker
(2nd Prime Minister of Tonga)
Shirley Waldemar Baker
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Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: London, United Kingdom
Died: November 16, 1903
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Sarah Fuller
(Educator)
Sarah Fuller
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Listed In: Educators
Birthdate: 15th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Weston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: August 1, 1927
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T. H. Green
(Philosopher)
T. H. Green
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Listed In: Philosophers
Birthdate: 7th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Birkin, England
Died: March 26, 1882
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Nikolay Dobrolyubov
(Literary Critic)
Nikolay Dobrolyubov
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Birthdate: 5th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Died: November 29, 1861
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich
(Poet & Novelist)
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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Birthdate: 11th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States
Died: March 19, 1907
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Princess Anna of Prussia
(Princess)
Princess Anna of Prussia
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Birthdate: 17th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: June 12, 1918