1. Sandor Petofi (1823)

Poet

Hungarian writer who was considered Hungary's national poet and an important figure during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.

2. Ante Starčević (1823)

Croatian Politician

Croatian writer and politician known for his works that focused heavily on Croatian nationalism. His work is said to have laid the foundations for the modern Croatian state.

3. William M Tweed (1823)

Politician

William M Tweed is a famous Politician, who was born on April 3, 1823 in United States. Corrupt nineteenth-century politician who headed the Democratic Tammany Hall political machine. He served...

4. Alfred Russel Wallace (1823)

Biologist

Alfred Russel Wallace is a famous Biologist, who was born on January 8, 1823 in United Kingdom. Best known for his papers on the topic of evolution, this award-winning, 19th-century...

5. Thomas A. Scott (1823)

Business Executive

Businessman who became the fourth president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which was the largest corporation in the world at that time.

6. Ernest Renan (1823)

French Scholar

Historian and acclaimed author of the immensely popular Life of Jesus. He was known for his political theories on nationalism and national identity.

7. Mary Ann Shadd (1823)

Journalist

Mary Ann Shadd is a famous Journalist, who was born on October 9, 1823 in United States. Remembered as Canada’s first female newspaper publisher and the North American continent’s first...

8. Károly Alexy (1823)

Hungarian Painter

Hungarian sculptor whose style integrated elements of classicism and romanticism. He made small bronzes such as Faust and Margaret and Egmond and Klara.

9. Max Müller (1823)

German Philologist

Remembered for his scholarship in the fields of Near and Far Eastern studies and philology, this German-born academic and author published a number of important works, including Chips from a...

10. Simon Buckner (1823)

War Hero

High-ranking military officer during the Spanish-American War who was also the 30th Governor of Kentucky.

11. Jesse L. Reno (1823)

War Hero

Jesse L. Reno is a famous War Hero, who was born on April 20, 1823 in United States. Civil War Union general who fought and was killed in the Battle...

12. Henry Gassaway Davis (1823)

Politician

1904 Democratic Party nominee for Vice President of the United States who served as a U.S. senator from West Virginia.

13. Édouard Lalo (1823)

French Composer

French composer best remembered for famous works like Symphonie Espagnole and Cello Concerto in D minor.

14. Benjamin F. Harding (1823)

Politician

Benjamin F. Harding is a famous Politician, who was born on January 4, 1823 in United States. American politician who represented Oregon in the U.S. Senate from 1862 to 1865....

15. Manuel Baquedano (1823)

War Hero

Leader of the Chilean Army during the War of the Pacific. He also served as a Chilean senator and was twice offered the chance to run for president.

16. Thomas J Wood (1823)

War Hero

Former United States Army officer and Union general during the American Civil War. He was wounded during the Battle of Murfreesboro in December 1862.

17. Mary Boykin Chesnut (1823)

Memoirist

Mary Boykin Chesnut is a famous Memoirist, who was born on March 31, 1823 in United States. Most well known for her posthumously published Civil War diaries, she was named...

18. Coventry Patmore (1823)

English Poet

British poet and literary critic best known for "The Angel in the House," an 1854 marriage-themed poem. His nonfiction works include Principles in Art and Courage in Politics.

19. Mackenzie Bowell (1823)

5th Prime Minister Of Canada (18

Canada's fifth Prime Minister who was in office from 1894 until 1896.

20. Christian Jensen (1823)

Norwegian Politician

Norwegian politician who held many positions including the Minister of the Interior from 1882 until 1883 and the Norwegian Minister of Justice and the Police from 1883 to 1884.

21. Edward Pollock (1823)

American Writer

American poet remembered for his 1857 work The Parting Hour. He was also a frequent contributor to Pioneer magazine.

22. William H. Robertson (1823)

American Politician

New York-born politician who served as a Republican representative to the U.S. Congress from 1867 to 1869.

23. Horace Lawson Hunley (1823)

Engineer

Horace Lawson Hunley is a famous Engineer, who was born on June 20, 1823 in United States. Nineteenth-century engineer who designed and built Confederate submarines during the Civil War era....

24. John Sherman (1823)

U.s. Representative U.s. Senator

Whig politician who was a United States Senator from Ohio from 1861 to 1877. He also served as President Rutherford B. Hayes' from 1877 to 1881.

25. Daniel Harrwitz (1823)

German Chess Player

Daniel Harrwitz was a Jewish German chess master. Harrwitz was born in Breslau in the Prussian Province of Silesia. He established his reputation in Paris particularly as a player of...

26. William H. Hunt (1823)

Judge Politician And Civil Serve

Henry Hunt was the United States Secretary of the Navy under President James Garfield and briefly under President Chester A. Arthur.

27. Charles de Ferrieres (1823)

British Politician

Baron Charles Conrad Adolphus du Bois de Ferrieres was Liberal Member of Parliament for Cheltenham 1880 to 1885. He was born in Tiel The Netherlands to a family of Huguenot...

28. Bethel Henry Strousberg (1823)

German Railway Entrepreuner

Bethel Henry Strousberg was a Jewish industrialist and railway entrepreneur in Germany during its rapid industrial expansion in the 19th century.

29. Aemilius Irving (1823)

Canadian Politician

Sir Æmilius Irving was a Canadian lawyer and politician. Born in Leamington England son of The Hon. Jacob Æmilius Irving and Catherine daughter of Sir Jere Homfray of Llandaff House....

30. Charles Robert Barry (1823)

Irish Politician

Charles Robert Barry QC PC was an Irish lawyer who rose to become a Lord Justice of Appeal for Ireland.

31. Jesús Jiménez Zamora (1823)

President Of Costa Rica

Jesús María Ciriaco Jiménez Zamora was President of Costa Rica on two occasions: 1863 to 1866 and 1868 to 1870. He was popularly elected in 1863 but dissolved Congress two...

32. Alexandru Hurmuzaki (1823)

Romanian Publisher And Politicia

Alexandru Hurmuzaki was a Romanian politician and publisher. He was one of the founding members of the Romanian Academy.

33. William Patrick Adam (1823)

British Colonial Administrator

Patrick Adam CIE DL was a British colonial administrator and Liberal politician. He was twice First Commissioner of Works under William Ewart Gladstone and also served briefly as Governor of...

34. David Breakenridge Read (1823)

Canadian Mayor

David Breakenridge Read was a Canadian lawyer educator author and Mayor of Toronto in 1858. Read was Mayor of Toronto from November 11 1858 to December 31 1858. He served...

35. Charles Surtees (1823)

British Politician

Charles Freville Surtees was a Conservative Party politician in England. He was elected as Member of Parliament for South Durham at the 1865 general election but was defeated at the...

36. William Ward Duffield (1823)

Union Army Officer

Duffield was an executive in the coal industry a railroad construction engineer and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. After the war he was appointed...

37. Willibald Beyschlag (1823)

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Johann Heinrich Christoph Willibald Beyschlag was a German theologian from Frankfurt. He was a professor of theology at the University of Halle and the leader of the Evangelical Middle Party....

38. George W. Cowles (1823)

American Politician

George Washington Cowles was a U. S.

39. Karl Schenk (1823)

Swiss Politician

Johann Karl Emmanuel Schenk was a Swiss pastor politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council. As of 2008 he is still the longest-serving member. Schenk was born in 1823...

40. William M. Tweed (1823)

United States Politician

Magear Tweed – often erroneously referred to as William Marcy Tweed and widely known as Boss Tweed – was an American politician most notable for being the boss of Tammany...

41. Henrique O'Neill, 1st Viscount Of Santa Mónica (1823)

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42. Matthew Henry Cochrane (1823)

Canadian Politician

Matthew Henry Cochrane was a Canadian industrialist livestock breeder and politician. Born in Compton Lower Canada the eldest son of an Irish Anglican immigrant James Cochrane Cochrane was a cattle...

43. Schuyler Colfax (1823)

American Politician

Schuyler Colfax Jr. was a United States Representative from Indiana Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 17th Vice President of the United States. To date he is...

44. John Passmore Edwards (1823)

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John Passmore Edwards was a British journalist newspaper owner and philanthropist. The son of a carpenter he was born in Blackwater a small village between Redruth and Truro in Cornwall...

45. Katsu Kaishū (1823)

Japanese Noble

Count Katsu Kaishū was a Japanese statesman naval engineer during the Late Tokugawa shogunate and early Meiji period. Kaishū was a nickname which he took from a piece of calligraphy...

46. Charles Carleton Coffin (1823)

American Journalist War Correspo

Charles Carleton Coffin was an American journalist Civil War correspondent author and politician. Coffin was one of the best-known newspaper correspondents of the American Civil War. He has been called...

47. Santos Benavides (1823)

Confederate Army Officer

Santos Benavides was a Confederate colonel during the American Civil War. Benavides was the highest-ranking Tejano soldier in the Confederate military.

48. Joseph Brown Heiskell (1823)

American Politician

Joseph Brown Heiskell was a prominent Tennessee politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.

49. Amasa Cobb (1823)

Union Army General

Amasa Cobb was a Republican Wisconsin politician and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

50. Felix Vanderstraeten (1823)

Belgian Politician

x Vanderstraeten was a Belgian liberal politician and burgomaster of Brussels. Felix Vanderstraeten was a brewer and became alderman and burgomaster of Brussels.