Famous People Born In 1847
Discover the most famous people born in 1847. The list includes people like Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Jesse James, Paul von Hindenburg, Bram Stoker and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include women's rights activists, political leaders, inventors and military leaders born in 1847. This list includes people from United States, France, Russia & England and many more countries.
Thomas Edison11th February, American
Inventor, Businessman
Alexander Graham Bell3rd March, Canadian, Scottish
Inventor of Telephone
Jesse James5th September, American
American Outlaw & Gang Leader
Paul von Hindenburg2nd October, German
General, Second President of Weimar Republic
Bram Stoker8th November, Irish
Creator of Dracula
Annie Besant1st October, British
Member of the London School Board
Joseph Pulitzer10th April, Hungarian
Journalist & Publisher
Ike Clanton30th November, American
Member of Brigand Group - The Cowboys
Millicent Fawcett11th June, British
Suffragist
Kate Sheppard10th March, New Zealander
Women's Suffrage Leader
Anna Howard Shaw14th February, American
Leader of the women's suffrage movement in the
Otto Wallach27th March, German
Chemist
Wong Fei-hung9th July, Chinese
Physician, Acupuncturist
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery7th May, British
Former British Prime Minister
Georges Sorel2nd November, French
Philosopher, Engineer, Sociologist, Writer, Trade
Jacob Schiff10th January, American
Banker, Financier
Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia22nd April
Statesman, Military personnel, Architect
John Chard21st December, British
Engineer, Military personnel
Camille Doncieux15th January, French
painter, model
Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy16th December, French
Military personnel, Spy, Composer
Max Liebermann20th July, German
Painter
Koos de la Rey22nd October, South African
Politician, Military personnel
Sergey Nechayev20th September, Russian
writer, militant
Catherine Dolgorukov2nd November, Russian
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Thomas Alva Edison11th February, American
John Forrest22nd August, Australian
Explorer, Politician
Paul Mounet5th October, French
Actor, Film actor
Galileo Ferraris30th October, Italian
physicist, engineer, inventor
John R. Lynch10th September, American
politician, lawyer
Solomon Schechter7th December, Romanian
Rabbi, University teacher
Nikolay Yegorovich Zhukovsky17th January, Russian
mathematician, physicist, engineer
Sidney Sonnino11th March, Italian
politician, Prime Minister
Maria Feodorovna26th November, Danish
Dagmar of Denmark
Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena30th November, Brazilian
Brazilian Politician
Albert Ryder30th November
Painter
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Nikolai Zhukovsky17th January, Russian
Scientist, Mathematician, Engineer