Famous People Born In 1842
Discover the most famous people born in 1842. The list includes people like William James, Ambrose Bierce, Peter Kropotkin, Alfred Marshall, Mary MacKillop and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include physicists, economists, chemists and psychologists born in 1842. This list includes people from United Kingdom, United States, France and many more countries.
Arthur Sullivan13th May, British
Composer
William James11th January, American
Philosopher, Psychologist
Peter Kropotkin9th December, Russian
Philosopher & Activist
Ambrose Bierce24th June, American
Journalist & Writer, soldier
Alfred Marshall26th July, British
Economist
Mary MacKillop15th January, Australian
Nun
Mahadev Govind Ranade18th January, Indian
Judge, Social Reformer
Stéphane Mallarmé18th March, French
Poet
Adna Chaffee14th April, American
Army General
Lord Rayleigh12th November, British
Discoverer of Argon
Allen Allensworth7th April, American
Baptist Minister, Educator, Army Officer
Abdul Hamid II21st September, Turkish
Emperor
Alferd Packer21st January, American
Criminal, Serial killer
Karl May25th February, German
Writer, Novelist, Children's writer, Screenwriter
Josef Breuer15th January, Austrian
Physician, Psychologist, University teacher,
James Dewar20th September, British, Scottish
Chemist
Jules Massenet12th May, French
Composer, Musicologist, Music educator, University
David Herold16th June, American
Politician
Sidney Lanier3rd February, American
Musician
Paul Lafargue15th June, French
journalist, politician, economist, essayist
Giovanni Giolitti27th October, Italian
Politician
Vasily Vereshchagin14th October, Russian
painter, writer
Giovanni Boldini31st December
Painter
Camille Flammarion26th February, French
astronomer, writer, balloonist, science fiction
Ellen Swallow Richards3rd December, American
Chemist, University teacher, Economist
Charlotte Mason1st January, British
Philanthropist
Daniel Paul Schreber25th July, German
Judge, Writer, Autobiographer
Sophus Lie17th December, Norwegian
Mathematician
Alfred de Rothschild20th July, British
Banker, Diplomat
Carl von Linde11th June, German
Scientist
Osman Hamdi Bey30th December, Turkish
Painter
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Osborne Reynolds23rd August, British
Physicist, Civil engineer, Engineer
Pîhtokahanapiwiyin30th November, Canadian
Chief
Arrigo Boito24th February, Italian
poet
Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann23rd February, German
Philosopher
Charles Alfred Pillsbury3rd December, American
Industrialist
Georg Brandes4th February, Danish
Critic
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin31st August, American
American publisher
Hermann Cohen4th July, German
Philosopher
Clarence King6th January, American
Clarence Rivers King
William B. Cushing4th November, American
Naval officer
Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi31st August, British, American
Physician
Alexandre Ribot7th February, French
Politician
Charles Cros1st October, French
Poet
Maria Konopnicka23rd May, Polish
Writer, poet
Anna Elizabeth Dickinson28th October, American
Orator
Lewanika30th November, Zambian
King
Henry Hyndman7th March, British
Writer
Maurice Rouvier17th April, French
Politician
Rikard Nordraak12th June, Norwegian
Composer
Elliott Coues9th September, American
Historian
François Coppée26th January, French
Poet
Emil Christian Hansen8th May, Danish
Mycologist
François Hennebique26th April, French
Engineer
George Trumbull Ladd19th January, American
Philosopher
Antonio Fogazzaro25th March, Italian
Novelist
Alessandro Fortis16th September, Italian
Politician
Alfred-Amédée Dodds6th February, French
Military commander
Charles Lapworth20th September, British
Geologist
Felice Cavallotti6th November, Italian
Politician
Augusta Emma Stetson30th November, American
Religious leader
Steele MacKaye6th June, American
Playwright
Alexander Kohut22nd April, Hungarian
Rabbi
Gustaf Retzius17th October, Swedish
Physician
Clara Louise Kellogg9th July, American
Singer
Charles Benjamin Dudley14th July, American
Chemist
Bronson Howard7th October, American
Dramatist
Christian Lundeberg14th July, Swedish
Politician
Camilla Urso13th June, French, American
Violinist
Berthold Delbrück26th July, German
Linguist
Samuel David Ferguson1st January, American
Bishop
Helen Blackburn25th May, Irish
Editor
Annie Louise Cary22nd October, American
Singer
Gustav Ratzenhofer4th July, Austrian
Officer
William John Courthope17th July, British
Writer
Charles Follen Adams21st April, American
Poet
Vasili Vasilyevich Vereshchagin26th October, Russian
Artist
Ellen Richards30th November
Jean-Gaston Darboux14th August, French
Mathematician
José Maria de Heredia22nd November, Cuban, French
Poet
Antero Tarquínio de Quental18th April, Portuguese
Poet
Marie-Charles David de Mayrena31st January, French
Adventurer