191 Year Old Celebrities

1. Felix Moscheles (1833)

British Artist

Rose to fame as the First President of the London Esperanto Club. He was a pacifist and an internationalist.

2. Charles Bradlaugh (1833)

British Politician

One of the most famous English atheists of the 19th century. He founded the National Secular Society in 1866.

3. Robert Green Ingersoll (1833)

Politician

Robert Green Ingersoll is a famous Politician, who was born on August 11, 1833 in United States. Nicknamed “The Great Agnostic,” he spoke publicly on religion, slavery and women’s suffrage....

4. Ricardo Palma (1833)

Peruvian Historian

Peruvian author, scholar, and politician whose collected literary works were published between 1872 and 1910 in Tradiciones Peruanas, a multi-volume work. His Tradiciones are characterized by colloquial language, historical references,...

5. Edwin Booth (1833)

American Actor

Nineteenth-century Shakespearean actor whose theatrical career was overshadowed by his family's infamy. His younger brother, John Wilkes Booth, assassinated President Abraham Lincoln.

6. James M. Hanks (1833)

American Politician

Arkansas politician and member of the Democratic party who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1871 to 1873.

7. Louis Paulsen (1833)

German Chess Player

German chess master who was one of the top players in the world during the 19th century and was an early master of the game and of blindfold chess.

8. Caroline Barnum (1833)

Family Member

Famous as the eldest daughter of famed showman and businessman PT Barnum. She traveled with her father during his production of Jenny Lind's tour of America in 1950, sometimes posing as Lind...

9. Dobri Voynikov (1833)

Journalist

Former journalist who wrote for the Bulgarian National Revival. He is also an educator, theatre producer, and playwright.

10. Edward Blake (1833)

Canadian Politician

An Ontario Liberal Party politician, he held office from 1871-1872 as Second Premier of Ontario. Later in his career, he served in Canadian Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie's cabinet.

11. Lucy Hobbs Taylor (1833)

Dentist

Famous as the first female doctoral graduate of a dental school, she earned her degree from the Ohio College of Dental Surgery in the mid 1860s and practiced dentistry in...

12. Melville Fuller (1833)

United States Federal Judge

Served as the eighth Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1888 to 1910.

13. Samuel Mudd (1833)

Medical Doctor Implicated In The

American physician convicted of being a co-conspirator in the Abraham Lincoln assassination.

14. Johannes Brahms (1833)

German Composer Conductor Pianis

Virtuoso pianist and composer whose best-known pieces include "Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel" and the "Saint Anthony Variations." He has been referred to as one of the...

15. Benjamin Hanby (1833)

American Composer

Perhaps most famous for his Christmas songs "Jolly Old Saint Nicholas" and "Up On the House Top," this nineteenth-century composer also wrote a hymn titled "Who Is He In Yonder...

16. John Singleton Mosby (1833)

Politician

Skillful Confederate colonel who was nicknamed The Gray Ghost. He commanded the 43rd Battalion, 1st Virginia Cavalry and his unit was known for their ability to elude the Union Army...

17. Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833)

19th Century Australian Poet Joc

Portuguese-Australian poet, politician, and horse jockey who is best known for Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes. His individual poems include "A Song of Autumn" and "The Swimmer."

18. Powell Clayton (1833)

Union Army General

Politician, military veteran and engineer who served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War and became the first Republican Governor of Arkansas. He was later...

19. Elisabet Ney (1833)

Sculptor

Frequently working artist with famous works that can be found in Texas, Washington D.C., Italy, England, and all over Germany. Some of those famous works includes sculptures of Lady Macbeth,...

20. Alexander Borodin (1833)

Russian Musician

Remembered for his symphonic poem In the Steppes of Central Asia; his Symphony No. 2 in B minor; his String Quartets no. 1 & 2; and his operatic work Prince...

21. Alfred Nobel (1833)

Chemist Engineer And Inventor Of

Swedish chemist, engineer, and inventor. His fortune was used posthumously to create and fund the Nobel Prizes. In his lifetime, he issued 350 patents internationally and established 90 armaments factories. 

22. Benjamin Harrison (1833)

Union Army General23rd President

23rd U.S. President whose administration was remembered for the economic legislation it put forward, including the McKinley Tariff and the Sherman Antitrust Act.

23. Carlos Finlay (1833)

Cuban Physician

Cuban physician who pioneered the study of yellow fever in the late nineteenth century. In 2013 he was awarded a Google Doodle on the 180th anniversary of his birth.

24. J.e.b. Stuart (1833)

War Hero

J.e.b. Stuart is a famous War Hero, who was born on February 6, 1833 in United States. American Civil War Confederate Army General who commanded troops during the Gettysburg Campaign....

25. George Brown (1833)

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26. James Mortimer (1833)

American Chess Player

James Mortimer was an American chess player journalist and playwright who spent the last 40 years of his life in Britain.

27. Walter Clopton Wingfield (1833)

Early Pioneer Of Lawn Tennis

Major Walter Clopton Wingfield MVO was a British army officer who was one of the pioneers of lawn tennis. Inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1997 as...

28. George Haddow (1833)

Canadian Politician

George Haddow was a Canadian politician and merchant. The son of Robert Haddow and Elizabeth Taylor he was educated in Northumberland County and became a merchant in Dalhousie. In 1859...

29. Charles H. Voorhis (1833)

American Politician

Charles Henry Voorhis was a lawyer and judge from New Jersey.

30. William Alvord (1833)

American Mayor

Alvord was a San Francisco merchant banker and political leader. He was the 14th Mayor of San Francisco from 1871 to 1873 and served as president of the Bank of...

31. Élie Ducommun (1833)

Swiss Activist

Élie Ducommun was a peace activist.

32. Melchor de Concha y Toro (1833)

Chilean Politician

Melchor de Concha y Toro Businessman lawyer Chilean politician and Marquis of Casa Concha by the Spanish Crown. Son of Melchor Santiago de Concha y Cerda and of Damiana de...

33. Hosea Washington Parker (1833)

American Politician

Hosea Washington Parker was a U. S. Representative from New Hampshire. Born in Lempster New Hampshire Parker pursued classical studies. He attended Tufts College Medford Massachusetts and was graduated from...

34. Walther Bronsart von Schellendorff (1833)

German General

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35. Byron Moffatt Britton (1833)

Canadian Politician

Byron Moffatt Britton was a politician lawyer and lecturer. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1896 election to represent the riding of Kingston. He was...

36. William D. Hill (1833)

American Politician

David Hill was a U. S.

37. Kido Takayoshi (1833)

Japanese Samurai

Kido Takayoshi also referred as Kido Kōin was a Japanese statesman during the Late Tokugawa shogunate and the Meiji Restoration. He used the alias Niibori Matsusuke when he worked against...

38. Benjamin Franklin Meyers (1833)

American Politician

Benjamin Franklin Meyers was a Democratic member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Benjamin F. Meyers was born near New Centerville Pennsylvania. He attended Somerset Academy and...

39. Clifford Anderson (1833)

American Politician And Confeder

Clifford Anderson was a prominent Georgia politician.

40. José Velásquez Bórquez (1833)

Chilean General

José Velásquez Bórquez was a Chilean general best known for participating in the civil war of 1859 against the Conservative_Party_#Opposition:_1851-1891 government of Manuel Montt. Later in life Bórquez was elected...

41. Morris M. Estee (1833)

American Politician

Morris M. Estee was an American Republican lawyer and politician from California. Estee spent his young adult life in Sacramento from 1857 to 1859. His business card read: M. M....

42. Cyrus Bussey (1833)

Union Army General

Cyrus Bussey was an American soldier and politician serving as a Brigadier General in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

43. Narcisse Leven (1833)

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Narcisse Leven was a lawyer by profession. He was one of the original founders of the Alliance israélite universelle. He was its general secretary from 1863 to 1883 its vice-president...

44. Hobart Krum (1833)

New York Politician

Hobart Krum was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

45. Joaquín Riascos (1833)

Colombian Politician

Manuel Joaquín Riascos García was a Colombian General and politician who became acting President in rebellion of the United States of Colombia in 1867 for 45 days.

46. Samuel Terry (1833)

Australian Philanthropist

Samuel Terry was transported to Australia as a criminal where he became a wealthy landowner merchant and philanthropist. His extreme wealth made him by far the richest man in the...

47. Robert Alexander Harrison (1833)

Canadian Politician

Robert Alexander Harrison was an Ontario lawyer judge and political figure. He represented West Toronto in the 1st Canadian Parliament as a Conservative member. Harrison was born in Montreal Lower...

48. William C. Lea (1833)

Canadian Politician

Charles Lea was a farmer and political figure on Prince Edward Island. He represented 4th Prince in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1876 to 1879 as a...

49. Horace F. Page (1833)

American Politician

Horace Francis Page was an American politician that represented a Californian district in the United States House of Representatives. He is perhaps best known for the Page Act of 1875...

50. Charles Carnegie (MP) (1833)

British Politician

Charles Carnegie DL JP styled The Honourable from 1855 was a British Liberal politician. He was a younger son of Sir James Carnegie 5th Baronet and his wife Charlotte second...

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