Famous People Born In 1846

Discover the most famous people born in 1846. The list includes people like Charles Stewart Parnell, Daniel Burnham, F. H. Bradley, Anna Katharine Green, Henry Gannett and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include inventors, journalists, political leaders and novelists born in 1846. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany and many more countries.
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Buffalo Bill
(American Showman, Bison Hunter and One of the Most Famous Figures of the American Old West,)
Buffalo Bill
10
Listed In: Soldiers
Birthdate: 26th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Scott County, Iowa, United States
Died: January 10, 1917
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Edward Baker Lincoln
(Abraham Lincoln’s Son)
Edward Baker Lincoln
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Listed In: Family Members
Birthdate: 10th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Springfield, Illinois, United States
Died: February 1, 1850
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George Westinghouse
(American Entrepreneur and Engineer Who Invented the ‘Railway Air Brake’)
George Westinghouse
3
Listed In: Inventors
Birthdate: 6th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Central Bridge, New York, United States
Died: March 12, 1914
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Anna Haining Bates
(Circus performer)
Anna Haining Bates
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Listed In: Entertainers
Birthdate: 6th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New Annan, Canada
Died: August 5, 1888
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Auguste Escoffier
(Chef)
Auguste Escoffier
1
Listed In: Food Experts
Birthdate: 28th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Villeneuve-Loubet, France
Died: February 12, 1935
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Peter Carl Fabergé
(Russian Jeweller Best Known for the Famous 'Fabergé Eggs' Made of Precious Metals and Gemstones)
Peter Carl Fabergé
3
Listed In: Inventors
Birthdate: 30th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: September 24, 1920
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Daniel Burnham
(Architect, Urban Designer)
Daniel Burnham
2
Birthdate: 4th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Henderson
Died: June 1, 1912
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Henryk Sienkiewicz
(Polish Writer Who Won the '1905 Nobel Prize in Literature')
Henryk Sienkiewicz
1
Birthdate: 5th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Wola Okrzejska, Poland
Died: November 15, 1916
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Charles Stewart Parnell
(Leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party (1882 - 1891))
Charles Stewart Parnell
2
Birthdate: 27th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Avondale House, Rathdrum, Ireland
Died: October 6, 1891
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Naim Frasheri
(Historian)
Naim Frasheri
2
Birthdate: 25th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Fraşer, Yanya Eyalet, Ottoman Empire (now Frashër, Albania)
Died: October 20, 1900
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Wilhelm Maybach
(German Automobile Designer Known for Designing the Initial Mercedes Cars, and Founder of 'Maybach')
Wilhelm Maybach
1
Listed In: Inventors
Birthdate: 9th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Heilbronn
Died: December 29, 1929
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Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche
(Archivist)
Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche
1
Birthdate: 10th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Röcken
Died: November 8, 1935
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Elizabeth Thompson
(Painter)
Elizabeth Thompson
0
Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 3rd November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Lausanne
Died: October 2, 1933
 14 
Julius Maggi
(Founding Maggi, which was merged with Nestle in 1947)
Julius Maggi
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Listed In: Inventors
Birthdate: 9th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Died: October 19, 1912
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Wladimir Köppen
(Geographer)
Wladimir Köppen
1
Listed In: Geographers
Birthdate: 7th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg
Died: June 22, 1940
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Kate Greenaway
(Artist and writer)
Kate Greenaway
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 17th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Hoxton, London, England
Died: November 6, 1901
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Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington
(Politician)
Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington
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Birthdate: 5th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Apsley House, London, England
Died: June 8, 1900
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Vasily Dokuchaev
(Russian Ecologist and Geologist Who Conducted Path-Breaking Research on Soil Science)
Vasily Dokuchaev
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Birthdate: 1st March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Milyukovo, Russia
Died: November 8, 1903
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F. H. Bradley
(British Idealist Philosopher Known for His Work ‘Appearance and Reality’)
F. H. Bradley
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 30th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Clapham, England
Died: September 18, 1924
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Comte de Lautréamont
(Poet)
Comte de Lautréamont
1
Listed In: Poets
Birthdate: 4th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Montevideo, Uruguay
Died: November 24, 1870
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Émile Gallé
(Artist)
Émile Gallé
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 8th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Nancy, France
Died: September 23, 1904
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Paolo Tosti
(Composer)
Paolo Tosti
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Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 9th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Ortona, Italy
Died: December 2, 1916
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George Taubman Goldie
(British Colonial Administrator Who Had a Major Role in Founding Nigeria)
George Taubman Goldie
1
Birthdate: 20th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Douglas, Isle of Man
Died: August 20, 1925
 24 
Tokugawa Iemochi
(Shogun)
Tokugawa Iemochi
3
Birthdate: 17th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Minato-ku
Died: August 29, 1866
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Anna Dostoevskaya
(Memoirist)
Anna Dostoevskaya
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Listed In: Biographers
Birthdate: 12th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: June 9, 1918
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Whitcomb L. Judson
(Inventor, Engineer)
Whitcomb L. Judson
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Listed In: Inventors
Birthdate: 7th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Chicago
Died: December 7, 1909
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George B. Selden
George B. Selden
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Listed In: Inventors
Birthdate: 14th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: New York
Died: January 17, 1922
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Samuel M. Jones
(32nd Mayor of Toledo)
Samuel M. Jones
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Birthdate: 3rd August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Caernarvonshire, Wales
Died: July 12, 1904
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Henry Gannett
(American Geographer Who is Known as the 'Father of Mapmaking in America')
Henry Gannett
1
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: 24th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bath, Maine, United States
Died: November 5, 1914
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Arabella Mansfield
(Lawyer)
Arabella Mansfield
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Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 23rd May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Iowa, United States
Died: August 1, 1911
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Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay
(Russian Anthropologist Known for Being One of the First to Explore New Guinea and Oppose Slavery)
Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 17th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Yazykovo, Russia
Died: April 14, 1888
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Edward Charles Pickering
(American Astronomer and Physicist Known for Discovering the First 'Spectroscopic Binary Stars')
Edward Charles Pickering
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 19th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: February 3, 1919
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William Robertson Smith
(Scholar)
William Robertson Smith
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Listed In: Educators
Birthdate: 8th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Died: March 31, 1894
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Edmondo De Amicis
(Novelist)
Edmondo De Amicis
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 21st October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Oneglia, Imperia, Italy
Died: March 11, 1908
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C.P. Scott
(British Journalist and the Editor of 'The Guardian’ from 1872 to 1929)
C.P. Scott
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Birthdate: 26th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bath, England
Died: January 1, 1932
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Albert Apponyi
(Politician)
Albert Apponyi
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Birthdate: 29th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: February 7, 1933
 37 
Anna Katharine Green
(Detective Fiction Writer)
Anna Katharine Green
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Listed In: Novelists
Birthdate: 11th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: April 11, 1935
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Johann Most
(Politician)
Johann Most
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 5th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Augsburg, Germany
Died: March 17, 1906
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Giulio Bizzozero
(Doctor)
Giulio Bizzozero
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Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: 20th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Varese, Italy
Died: April 8, 1901
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Svetozar Marković
(Political Activist)
Svetozar Marković
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Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: 9th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Jagodina, Ottoman Empire
Died: February 26, 1875
 41 
Michael Davitt
(Political leader)
Michael Davitt
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Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: 25th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Straide, Ireland
Died: May 30, 1906
 42 
Benjamin Franklin Keith
(Theater Owner)
Benjamin Franklin Keith
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Birthdate: 26th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hillsboro, New Hampshire, United States
Died: March 26, 1914
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Alexander von Kluck
(General)
Alexander von Kluck
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 20th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation
Died: October 19, 1934
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Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote
(Politician)
Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 18th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: London, England
Died: September 29, 1911
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Karl Verner
(Danish Linguist and Formulator of Verner’s Law)
Karl Verner
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Listed In: Linguists
Birthdate: 7th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Aarhus, Denmark
Died: November 5, 1896
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Alexandre de Serpa Pinto
(Portuguese Explorer Who Was the Fourth Explorer to Cross Africa From West to East)
Alexandre de Serpa Pinto
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 20th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Tendais, Portugal
Died: December 28, 1900
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Lord Charles Beresford
(Politician)
Lord Charles Beresford
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 10th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Louth, Ireland
Died: September 6, 1919
 48 
Carrie Nation
(Activist)
Carrie Nation
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Listed In: Social Activists
Birthdate: 25th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Gerrard County, Kentucky, USA
Died: June 9, 1911
 49 
Gaston Maspero
(Egyptologist)
Gaston Maspero
0
Listed In: Archaeologists
Birthdate: 23rd June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: June 30, 1916
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Zhambyl Zhabayuly
(Traditional folksinger)
Zhambyl Zhabayuly
0
Listed In: Folk Singers
Birthdate: 28th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Jambyl Province, Kazakhstan
Died: June 22, 1945