1. Austin Blair (1818)

American Politician

Governor of Michigan from 1861 to 1865 who heavily opposed slavery before and during the Civil War. He was elected to the U.S. House, representing Michigan, in 1867 after leaving...

2. Emily Brontë (1818)

English Novelist And Poetess

Member of the famous Bronte literary family and author of the classic novel, Wuthering Heights. She died at age thirty, just a year after the publication of her now-famous novel.

3. Lucy Stone (1818)

American Abolitionist And Suffra

Orator, abolitionist, suffragist, and women's rights advocate who was notably the first woman from Massachusetts to earn a college degree.

4. Máximo Jerez (1818)

Nicaraguan Politician

Considered one of the greatest liberal thinkers in Nicaraguan history who was a major proponent of Central American unity. He was an important politician, lawyer, and military leader.

5. Alexander II (1818)

Emperor

Emperor of Russia from 1855 until his assassination in 188. He was known for being a liberal reformer and was called Alexander the Liberator. 

6. Charles Gounod (1818)

French Composer

19th century French composer who was best known for "Ave Maria" and "Faust," an opera. His opera "Roméo et Juliette" was lesser known, but still occasionally performed by successive generations...

7. Petar Preradović (1818)

Croatian Poet

Croatian lyric poet and author associated with the Illyrian Movement in pan-Slavist culture and politics. His best-known poetic works include "Putnik" and "Miruy, miruy, srtse moye."

8. Josh Billings (1818)

Novelist

American humor writer and orator who rose to fame during the 19th Century. He is remembered for coining the popular idiom "The Kicker."

9. Ignaz Semmelweis (1818)

Doctor Of Obstetrics Who Advocat

Pioneer in the use of antiseptics during childbirth to cut down the rate of infant and mother death.

10. George W Randolph (1818)

War Hero

This prominent nineteenth-century lawyer and planter is perhaps best remembered for his service during the American Civil War as Secretary of War of the Confederate States. He entered the Confederate...

11. Alexander Bain (1818)

British Philosopher

Scottish philosopher and important contributor to psychology.

12. Mary Todd Lincoln (1818)

Political Wife

Mary Todd Lincoln is a famous Political Wife, who was born on December 13, 1818 in United States. Wife of Abraham Lincoln and First Lady of the U.S. from 1861...

13. James Prescott Joule (1818)

Conservationist

James Prescott Joule is a famous Conservationist, who was born on December 24, 1818 in United Kingdom. Scientist whose discoveries in heat and energy led to the Law of conservation...

14. James Steadman (1818)

Politician

Two-term member (from 1854-1865) of New Brunswick, Canada's Legislative Assembly. He also served, at various points in his career, as Postmaster General and County Court Judge.

15. Lewis Morgan (1818)

Anthropologist

Remembered best for his pioneering anthropological research on social structure and relationships, Morgan proposed the notion that matrilineal (rather than patriarchal) social organization was the first domestic structure in human...

16. Ivan Turgenev (1818)

Writer

Notable for his 1862 novel Fathers and Sons and for his 1852 short story collection A Sportsman's Sketches, Turgenev was a key figure in late 19th-century Russia's literary realism movement....

17. Alexander Dreyschock (1818)

Czech Musician

Toured Russia, Paris, London, the Netherlands, Austria, Hungary, Denmark, and Sweden between 1840 and 1849.

18. Alexander Hamilton Rice (1818)

Politician

Alexander Hamilton Rice is a famous Politician, who was born on August 30, 1818 in United States. After holding office as Mayor of Boston in the mid-1850s, this nineteenth-century Republican...

19. Adolf Anderssen (1818)

Chess Player

Adolf Anderssen is a famous Chess Player, who was born on July 6, 1818 in Germany. German chess master who was considered to be the greatest player in the world...

20. Karl Marx (1818)

German Philosopher Political Eco

Renowned political theorist, philosopher, and economist. He famously penned both Das Kapital and The Communist Manifesto.

21. Richard Gatling (1818)

Inventor

Most well known for creating an early machine gun known as the Gatling gun, this prolific 19th-century inventor is also remembered for his wheat drill, steam plow, and marine steam...

22. Maria Mitchell (1818)

American Astronomer

American astronomer who discovered a comet that became known as "Miss Mitchell's Comet" in 1847 by using a telescope. It won her a gold medal prize presented by King Frederick...

23. Frederick Douglass (1818)

Autobiographer

Former slave who became an abolitionist author and speaker. He detailed his remarkable life in his famous 1845 autobiography: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave.

24. Amelia Bloomer (1818)

Women's Rights Activist

Remembered for her nineteenth-century activism on behalf of the temperance and women's rights movements, she edited a women's periodical called The Lily and was present at the famous 1848 Seneca...

25. Isaac Stevens (1818)

Union United States Army General

The initial Governor of the Washington Territory, he also represented his constituency in the United States House of Representatives from 1857 until 1861. Also a Union Army soldier during the...

26. Thomas Mayne Reid (1818)

Novelist

An Irish-born American fiction writer, he is known for such adventure novels as The Rifle Rangers, The Desert Home, and The Scalp Hunters. Over the course of his career, he...

27. Marius Petipa (1818)

French-russian Ballet Dancer

Former dancer and choreographer, considered by many to be the greatest ballet master that has ever lived.

28. John Henry Foley (1818)

Sculptor

Irish sculptor who made the statue of Daniel O'Connell in Dublin, as well as the statue of Prince Albert in London.

29. Santiago González (1818)

Politician

Central American politician who served as President of El Salvador from 1871 to 1876.

30. Napoleon Marache (1818)

American Chess Player

Napoleon Marache was born in France and moved to the United States at about age 12. He learned the game of chess around 1844 and immediately became a devotee. He...

31. Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa (1818)

German Chess Player

Tassilo Baron von Heydebrand und der Lasa was an important German chess master chess historian and theoretician of the nineteenth century a member of the Berlin Chess Club and a...

32. Susan Murphy (1818)

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33. Nathaniel B. Baker (1818)

American Politician

Nathaniel Bradley Baker was an American politician and military leader who served as Governor of New Hampshire and Adjutant General of the Iowa Militia.

34. Samuel Rettie (1818)

Canadian Politician

Samuel Rettie was a merchant shipbuilder and political figure in Nova Scotia Canada. He represented Colchester County from 1871 to 1874 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as a...

35. Louis Buffet (1818)

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Louis Joseph Buffet was a French statesman. He was born at Mirecourt Vosges. After the revolution of February 1848 he was elected deputy for the department of the Vosges and...

36. Nikolay Milyutin (1818)

Russian Noble

Nikolay Alexeyevich Milyutin was a Russian statesman remembered as the chief architect of the great liberal reforms undertaken during Alexander II's reign including the emancipation of the serfs and the...

37. William Fargo (1818)

American Mayor

George Fargo pioneer American expressman was born in Pompey New York.

38. Leopold Hasner von Artha (1818)

Austrian Politician

Leopold Hasner von Artha was an Austrian civil servant and statesman. He served as the 4th Minister-President of Cisleithania.

39. Wade Hampton III (1818)

American Politician

Hampton III was a Confederate cavalry leader during the American Civil War and afterward a Democratic Party politician from South Carolina. Near the end of the Reconstruction he was elected...

40. Alvan E. Bovay (1818)

American Politician

Major Alvan Earle Bovay was a founder of the United States Republican Party.

41. Alfred Compigne (1818)

Australian Politician

Alfred William Compigne was a settler and politician of Queensland Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council.

42. Samuel Leonard Tilley (1818)

Canadian Politician

Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley PC KCMG was a Canadian politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation. Tilley was descended from United Empire Loyalists on both sides of his family....

43. Allan Macpherson (1818)

Australian Politician

Allan Macpherson of Blairgowrie was born at Blairgowrie Scotland. He went to Sydney Australia with his parents Willam and Jessie Macpherson in 1829 where he attended Cape's School and later...

44. Samuel Robert Graves (1818)

British Politician

Samuel Robert Graves was an Irish-born businessman and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1865 to 1873. Graves was the son of...

45. George Palmer (1818)

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46. Andrew J. Thayer (1818)

American Politician

Andrew Jackson Thayer was an attorney and Democratic U. S. congressman from Oregon. A native of New York state he previously worked as the U. S. Attorney for Oregon. His...

47. Alexander II of Russia (1818)

Emperor Of Russia

Alexander II of Russia was the Emperor of Russia from 2 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881. He was also the King of Poland and the Grand Prince...

48. DeWitt Clinton Littlejohn (1818)

Union Army General

DeWitt Clinton Littlejohn was a brevet brigadier general in the Union Army and a United States Representative from New York during the Civil War.

49. William R. Peck (1818)

Confederate Army General

Raine Peck was a wealthy American plantation owner politician and soldier who served as a general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. The final commander of the...

50. George S. Boutwell (1818)

United States Politician

George Sewall Boutwell was an American statesman who served as Secretary of the Treasury under President Ulysses S.