Famous People Born In 1840
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Discover the most famous people born in 1840. The list includes people like Claude Monet, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Thomas Hardy, Emile Zola, Auguste Rodin and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include artists, psychiatrists, political scientists and historians born in 1840. This list includes people from United States, France, United Kingdom & Germany and many more countries.
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Birthdate: 14th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 5, 1926
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky(Russian Romantic Composer Best Known for His Ballet Compositions ‘Swan Lake’ and ‘The Nutcracker’)
Birthdate: 7th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Votkinsk, Russia
Died: November 6, 1893
Birthdate: 2nd June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Stinsford, Dorset, England
Died: January 11, 1928
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Emile Zola(French Novelist & Playwright Known for His Works 'Les Rougon-Macquart' and 'Thérèse Raquin')
Birthdate: 2nd April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: September 29, 1902
Birthdate: 21st November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: London, England
Died: August 5, 1901
Birthdate: 3rd March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Wallowa River
Died: September 21, 1904
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Auguste Rodin(French Sculptor Best Regarded as the Founder of 'Modern Sculpture')
Birthdate: 13th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: November 17, 1917
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Alphonse Daudet(French Novelist Known for His Books ‘Le Petit Chose’ and ‘Fromont jeune et Risler aîné’)
Birthdate: 13th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Nîmes, France
Died: December 17, 1897
Birthdate: 27th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Landau
Died: December 7, 1902
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Besease
Died: October 17, 1920
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Carlota of Mexico
(Empress Consort of Mexico (1864 - 1867))
Birthdate: 7th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Castle of Laeken, Brussels, Belgium
Died: January 19, 1927
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John Boyd Dunlop
(Inventor, Entrepreneur)
Birthdate: 5th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Dreghorn
Died: October 23, 1921
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Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild
(Politician, Banker)
Birthdate: 8th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: London
Died: March 31, 1915
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Carl Menger
(Economist, University teacher)
Birthdate: 23rd February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Nowy Sącz
Died: February 26, 1921
Birthdate: 27th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: West Point, New York, United States
Died: December 1, 1914
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Richard von Krafft-Ebing
(German Psychiatrist)
Birthdate: 14th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Mannheim, Germany
Died: December 22, 1902
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Edward Drinker Cope
(American paleontologist)
Birthdate: 28th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Philadelphia
Died: April 12, 1897
Birthdate: 12th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Free City of Cracow
Died: April 8, 1909
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August Bebel
(Former Politician best remembered as one of the founders of the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany (SDAP) in 1869)
Birthdate: 22nd February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Deutz, Cologne, Germany
Died: August 13, 1913
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Namık Kemal
(Turkish Author, Poet, and Social Reformer)
Birthdate: 21st December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Tekirdağ, Turkey
Died: December 2, 1888
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Edward Whymper
(Mountaineer)
Birthdate: 27th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: London, United Kingdom
Died: September 16, 1911
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Sophia Jex-Blake
(English Physician, Feminist and the First Practising Female Doctor in Scotland)
Birthdate: 21st January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hastings, Sussex, England
Died: January 7, 1912
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American Horse
(Tribal chief)
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Black Hills, United States
Died: December 16, 1908
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Charles Booth
(British Philanthropist and Social Reformer Known for His Innovative Philanthropic Studies on Working-Class Life in London)
Birthdate: 30th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Died: November 23, 1916
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Shishaku Shibusawa Eiichi
(Japanese Industrialist Who Spearheaded the Introduction of Western Capitalism to Japan)
Birthdate: 16th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Musashi, Japan
Died: November 11, 1931
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Ernst Abbe
(Physicist, Astronomer, University teacher)
Birthdate: 23rd January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Eisenach
Died: January 14, 1905
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Father Damien(Belgian Priest Known for His Missionary Work Among the Hawaiian Lepers)
Birthdate: 3rd January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Tremelo, Belgium
Died: April 15, 1889
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Sisowath of Cambodia
(King of Cambodia (1904 - 1907))
Birthdate: 7th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Banteay Meanchey, Cambodia
Died: August 9, 1927
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Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
(Poet)
Birthdate: 17th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Petworth, England
Died: September 10, 1922
Birthdate: 6th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: London, Englanda
Died: March 31, 1901
Birthdate: 9th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Skhvitori, Imereti
Died: January 26, 1915
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William T. Sampson
(Navy Admiral)
Birthdate: 9th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Palmyra, New York, United States
Died: May 6, 1902
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Mary Jane Patterson
(Educator)
Birthdate: 12th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Died: September 24, 1894
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Francis Amasa Walker
(Economist)
Birthdate: 2nd July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: January 5, 1897
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Charles Warren
(He was one of the earliest European archaeologists of the Biblical Holy Land)
Birthdate: 7th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bangor, England
Died: January 21, 1927
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Kuroda Kiyotaka
(Former Prime Minister of Japan)
Birthdate: 9th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Shinyashikicho, Kagoshima, Japan
Died: August 23, 1900
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Per Teodor Cleve
(Swedish Chemist Best Known for His Discovery of the Chemical Elements 'Holmium' and 'Thulium')
Birthdate: 10th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: June 18, 1905
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Oswald Durand
(Haiti's National Poet Who Was Also a Journalist and a Politician)
Birthdate: 17th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Haiti
Died: April 22, 1906
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: South Dakota, United States
Died: December 5, 1894
Birthdate: 21st September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Beşiktaş, Istanbul
Died: August 29, 1904
Birthdate: 7th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Königsberg, Russia
Died: December 3, 1876
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Edward Henry Palmer
(Explorer)
Birthdate: 7th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Cambridge, England
Died: August 10, 1882
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Alexander Kovalevsky
(Russian Embryologist Known for His Research on Gastrulation)
Birthdate: 19th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Vārkava Parish, Latvia
Died: November 22, 1901
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Henry Austin Dobson
(Poet)
Birthdate: 18th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Plymouth, England
Died: September 2, 1921
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Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana
(Spiritual Leader)
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Zimbabwe
Died: 1898 AD
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Manuel de Arriaga
(Politician and Lawyer)
Birthdate: 8th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Horta, Portugal
Died: March 5, 1917
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Isabella Stewart Gardner
(Art collector)
Birthdate: 14th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: New York City
Died: July 17, 1924
Birthdate: 5th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Sangerville
Died: November 24, 1916
Birthdate: 20th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Bordeaux, France
Died: July 6, 1916
Birthdate: 28th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Opole, Poland
Died: October 23, 1892