Famous People Born In 1848
Discover the most famous people born in 1848. The list includes people like Wyatt Earp, Paul Gauguin, Raja Ravi Varma, Arthur Balfour, Hristo Botev and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include artists, journalists, poets and philosophers born in 1848. This list includes people from France, United States, Germany & United Kingdom and many more countries.
Wyatt Earp19th March, American
Paul Gauguin7th June, French
Artist - Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Engraving
Raja Ravi Varma29th April, Indian
Painter
Lewis Howard Latimer4th September, American
Inventor
Belle Starr5th February, American
Outlaw
Arthur Balfour25th July, British
Former Prime Minister of Britain
Louis Comfort Tiffany18th February, American
Artist
Hristo Botev6th January, Bulgarian
Bulgarian Revolutionary
Alice James7th August, American
American diarist
Tōgō Heihachirō27th January, Japanese
Commander-in-Chief
Vilfredo Pareto15th July, French, Italian
Economist, Writer, Philosopher, Sociologist,
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger23rd May, German
officer
Gottlob Frege8th November, German
Mathematician, Logician, Analytic philosopher,
Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves7th July, Brazilian
Politician, President
Joel Chandler Harris9th December, American
Journalist
Mary Slessor2nd December, British
Missionary
Gustave Caillebotte19th August, French
Painter, Art collector, Patron of the arts,
Otto Lilienthal23rd May, German
Aerospace engineer, Engineer, Aviator, Inventor
Joris-Karl Huysmans5th February, French
Writer, Art critic, Novelist
Augustus Saint-Gaudens1st March, Irish, American
Sculptor
Viktor Vasnetsov3rd May, Russian
painter, architect, inventor, artist, postage
Albert I, Prince of Monaco13th November, French
Teuthologist
Guido von List5th October
Poet, Journalist, Writer, Astrologer
Hugo de Vries16th February, Dutch
Botanist, Biologist, Geneticist, University
William II of Württemberg25th February, German
Politician
Stepan Makarov27th December, Russian
soldier, engineer, hydrographer, explorer
Lothar von Trotha3rd July, German
Military personnel
Victor Noir27th July, French
Journalist
Randall Davidson7th April, British
Priest
Brooks Adams24th June, American
Geopolitician, Historian, Author, University
A. G. Edwards2nd November, Welsh
Priest
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Vasily Surikov12th January, Russian
painter
Jules Bastien-Lepage1st November, French
Painter
Richard Jefferies6th November, British
Author
Carl Wernicke15th May, German
Anatomist, Physician, Neuroscientist,
Sam Steele5th January, Canadian
Canadian soldier
Nathan Straus31st January, American
Merchant
Francis Darwin16th August, British
Botanist
Aleksey Kuropatkin29th March, Russian
General
Octave Mirbeau16th February, French
Novelist, playwright, journalist, pamphleteer
Anna Boch10th February, Belgian, French
Painter
Albert Robida14th May, French
Illustrator
William Harnett10th August, American
Painter
Lilla Cabot Perry13th January, American
Painter, Poet
Carl Stumpf21st April, German
Philosopher
Boris Stürmer27th July, Russian
Lawyer
Nathanael Greene Herreshoff18th March, American
Naval Architect
Vladimir Sukhomlinov16th August, Russian
General
Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff22nd December, German, Prussian
Author
Henry Augustus Rowland27th November, American
Physicist
Ulrich Wille5th April, Swiss, German
Military leader
Édouard Detaille5th October, French
Painter
James Ford Rhodes1st May, American
Industrialist
Frank Duveneck9th October, American
Painter
Auguste Forel1st September, Swiss
Psychiatrist
Anatoly Stessel10th July, Russian
Military officer
Viktor Meyer8th September, German
Chemist
Lilli Lehmann24th November, German
Operatic Soprano
Franklin Hiram King8th June, American
Scientist
Johann Palisa6th December, Austrian, Czech
Austrian astronomer
P. T. Forsyth12th May, Scottish
Theologian
Vladimir de Pachmann27th July, Russian
Pianist
William Stevens Fielding24th November, Canadian
Politician
Henry Edward Armstrong6th May, British
Chemist
Victor Maurel17th June, French
Opera singer
Albert Bartholomé29th August, French
Painter
Robert Planquette31st July, French
Composer
Jean Aicard4th February, French
Poet
Edward Henry Harriman20th February, American
Railroad Executive
Huang Zunxian29th May, Chinese
Official
Richard Rogers Bowker4th September, American
Journalist
Asano Sōichirō13th April, Japanese
Businessman
Bernhard Bang7th June, Danish
Veterinarian
John Vance Cheney29th December, American
Librarian
Francis Ayer4th February, American
Advertising person
James Owen Dorsey31st October, American
Ethnologist
William Keith Brooks25th March, American
Zoologist
Arthur Giry29th February, French
Historian
Caroline Yale29th September, American
Educator
Katsura Taro4th January, Japanese
Politician
Bernard Bosanquet14th July, British
philosopher
William Gilbert Grace18th July, British
Cricketer
Léon Paul Blouet2nd March, French
Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry27th February, British