Famous People Born In 1844
Discover the most famous people born in 1844. The list includes people like Friedrich Nietzsche, Mary Cassatt, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Bernadette Soubirous, Sarah Bernhardt and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, poets, emperors & kings and lawyers born in 1844. This list includes people from United States, France, Germany & United Kingdom and many more countries.
Friedrich Nietzsche15th October, German
Philosopher and Philologist
Alexandra of Denmark1st December, British
Queen of Great Britain (1901-1910)
Karl Benz25th November, German
Entrepreneur
Bernadette Soubirous7th January, French
Saint
Louis Riel22nd October, Canadian
Politician
Sarah Bernhardt22nd October, French
Actress
Ludwig Boltzmann20th February, Austrian
Physicist
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov18th March, Russian
Composer
Menelik II17th August, Ethiopian
Emperor of Ethiopia
Mary Cassatt22nd May, American
Painter
Mehmed V2nd November, Turkish
Ottoman King
Paul Verlaine30th March, French
Poet
Muhammad Ahmad12th August, Sudanese
Religious Leader
Anatole France16th April, French
Writer
Thomas Eakins25th July, American
Painter
Garret Hobart3rd June, American
24th Vice President of the U.S.A
Andrew Lang31st March, Scottish
Poet, Novelist, Literary Critic
Belle Boyd9th May, American
Confederate Spy in the American Civil War
Ada Cambridge21st November, Australian
Australian-English writer
Henry J. Heinz11th October, American
Businessperson
Henri Rousseau21st May, French
Painter, Visual artist, Artist
Ilya Repin24th July, Russian
painter, sculptor, essayist, artist,
Umberto I of Italy14th March, Italian
Politician
Gerard Manley Hopkins28th July, British
Poet, Writer
Adam Worth30th November, German
art thief
Abdur Rahman Khan30th November, Afghan
politician
G. Stanley Hall1st February, American
Psychologist, Science writer
Edward Carpenter29th August, British
Poet, Philosopher, Writer
Constance Kent6th February, British
nurse
Pablo de Sarasate10th March, Spanish
Composer, Violinist
Joshua Slocum20th February, Canadian
Seaman
Karl Lueger24th October, Austrian
Politician, Lawyer
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Elijah McCoy2nd May, Canadian
American-Canadian inventor
Anthony Comstock7th March, American
Political writer
Friedrich Miescher13th August, Swiss
Biologist, Biochemist, University teacher
Adolphus Greely27th March, American
Army Officer
Charles-Marie Widor21st February, French
Composer, Organist, Music arranger, Music
Friedrich Ratzel30th August, German
Biologist, Geopolitician, Geographer, Zoologist,
Victorine Meurent18th February, French
Painter, Art model
Robert Bridges23rd October, British
Poet
Julius Wellhausen17th May, German
Theologian, Hebraist, Arabist, Biblical scholar,
Carl Hagenbeck10th June, German
Merchant
Richard Theodore Greener30th January, American
Educator
Harvey Washington Wiley18th October, American
American chemist
Marie Spartali Stillman10th March, British
Painter, Model
Peter I of Yugoslavia11th July, Serbian
King
Klas Pontus Arnoldson27th October, Swedish
Politician, Journalist, Writer, Non-fiction writer
Andrew Coyle Bradley12th February, American
Lawyer, Judge
Sanford Ballard Dole23rd April, American
Lawyer
Charles-Émile Reynaud8th December, French
Draughtsperson, Photographer, Film director,
Richard D'Oyly Carte3rd May, British
Talent agent