Celebrities Born in 1840

1

Claude Monet (1840-1926)

Painter

2

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Composer

3

Chief Joseph (1840-1904)

War Hero

4

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)

Novelist

5

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Sculptor

6

King Zakarine (1840-1904)

King

7

Jonathan Jasper Wright (1840-1885)

Lawyer

8

Anthony Higgins (1840-1912)

Politician

9

Victoria Princess Royal (1840-1901)

Princess

10

Thomas Nast (1840-1902)

Cartoonist

11

Father Damien (1840-1889)

Religious Leader

12

Hiram Maxim (1840-1916)

Entrepreneur

13

Robert Stawell Ball (1840-1913)

Astronomer

14

Henry Austin Dobson (1840-1921)

Poet

15

Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840-1924)

16

Edward S. Ellis (1840-1916)

Novelist

17

Helena Modjeska (1840-1909)

Stage Actress

18

Mark Antokolski (1840-1902)

Sculptor

19

Alexander Kelly (1840-1907)

War Hero

20

Sisowath I (1840-1927)

King

21

Otto Mears (1840-1931)

Entrepreneur

22

Charles Booth (1840-1916)

Non-Fiction Author

23

Eliza Frances Andrews (1840-1931)

Novelist

24

Samuel Baldwinmarks Young (1840-1924)

War Hero

25

Fanny Stevenson (1840-1914)

Family Member

26

Edmond Audran (1840-1901)

Composer

27

Alexander Kovalevsky (1840-1901)

Zoologist

28

Louis Brassin (1840-1884)

Pianist

29

Ernst Abbe (1840-1905)

Physicist

30

Emile Zola (1840-1902)

Novelist

31

Henry Watterson (1840-1921)

Journalist

32

Frederick Walker (1840-1875)

Illustrator

33

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840-1922)

Poet

34

Isidor Seiss (1840-1905)

Composer

35

John Worthy Chaplin (1840-1920)

War Hero

36

John Brashear (1840-1920)

Astronomer

37

Vilhelm Christian Sigurd Topsøe (1840-1881)

Novelist

38

James Bethune (1840-1884)

Politician