1. Abner Doubleday (1819)

War Hero

Abner Doubleday is a famous War Hero, who was born on June 26, 1819 in United States. U.S. Army officer and American Civil War Union general who fired the first...

2. Queen Victoria (1819)

Queen Of The United Kingdom Of G

Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901. A national emblem of morality, she oversaw a period of great expansion in the British Empire and had the longest reign...

3. Johann Voldemar Jannsen (1819)

Poet

Johann Voldemar Jannsen is a famous Poet, who was born on May 16, 1819 in Estonia. Estonian journalist and poet best known for writing the words to his country’s national...

4. John Vanderbilt (1819)

Politician

Lawyer, politician, and member of the New York Senate from 1852 to 1853. He was also the first Judge of the Kings County Court from 1844 to 1847.

5. John McKinlay (1819)

Explorer

Remembered for his nineteenth-century exploration of Australia, this Scottish-born adventurer is particularly notable for his involvement in the search and rescue effort following the disastrous Burke and Wills expedition of...

6. Léon Foucault (1819)

French Physicist

French physicist who demonstrated the Earth's rotation and measured the speed of light. For his breakthrough discoveries he was elected a member of the Royal Society of London, even though...

7. Henri Colson (1819)

Engineer Industrialist Politicia

Engineer and industrialist who rose to prominence while working as a professor at the University of Ghent.

8. Emilia Uggla (1819)

Swedish Concert Pianist And Musi

Classical concert pianist and concert singer who was of Swedish nobility.

9. Charles Smyth (1819)

Astronomer

Astronomer Royal for Scotland best known for his innovations in astronomy. He made several pyramidological and metrological studies of the Great Pyramid of Giza, the oldest and largest of the...

10. Cyrus West Field (1819)

Entrepreneur

Cyrus West Field is a famous Entrepreneur, who was born on November 30, 1819 in United States. American businessman and entrepreneur who is known for creating the Atlantic Telegraph Company....

11. Albert Prince Consort (1819)

Prince

Albert Prince Consort is a famous Prince, who was born on August 26, 1819 in Germany. Prince Consort who married Queen Victoria, his first cousin, in 1840. He was instrumental...

12. Arthur Hugh Clough (1819)

Poet

Arthur Hugh Clough is a famous Poet, who was born on January 1, 1819 in United Kingdom. British poet and educator who is remembered for Say Not the Struggle Naught...

13. Caroline Fox (1819)

Memoirist

Nineteenth-century diarist who corresponded with such notable figures as Thomas Carlyle and Mill. She was the sister of fellow diarist Barclay Fox.

14. Elias Howe (1819)

Entrepreneur

Perfected the sewing machine that was then popularized by Isaac Bashevis Singer.

15. Julia Ward Howe (1819)

Civil Rights Leader

Julia Ward Howe is a famous Civil Rights Leader, who was born on May 27, 1819 in United States. Social activist who is best known for being an abolitionist, author,...

16. Gottfried Keller (1819)

Swiss Poet And Novelist

Swiss poet in German Literature who became one of the most popular narrators of literary realism and was known for his novel Green Henry.

17. Augustus Charles Gregory (1819)

Explorer

Augustus Charles Gregory is a famous Explorer, who was born on August 1, 1819 in United Kingdom. Remembered for leading several mid-nineteenth-century expeditions along Australia’s waterways, this British-born explorer earned...

18. Herman Melville (1819)

Novelist

A towering figure in American literature, Melville is the author of several seafaring tales, including "Billy Budd, Sailor," "Typee," and "Moby-Dick." He is also famous for shorter works such as...

19. Thomas Ball (1819)

Sculptor

American sculptor and musician whose work had a large influence on monumental art in the United States. He made a sculpture of Daniel Webster.

20. Charles-Louis Hanon (1819)

French Musician

Though he also composed a series of Ecclesiastical pieces and published a piano instructional volume titled the Methode Elementaire de Piano, this French piano teacher and composer is best remembered...

21. Joseph Scriven (1819)

Poet

Nineteenth-century Irish poet who is best remembered for "What a Friend We Have in Jesus," a verse that was set to music as a popular hymn.

22. John Bidwell (1819)

American Politician

A pioneer and philanthropist who is known for leading the emigrant party Bartleson-Bidwell Party along the California Trail.

23. Narcis Monturiol (1819)

Inventor

Spanish intellectual, artist and engineer who invented the world's first submarine that could stay submerged with its own air supply. He made his first dives with his sub, which was...

24. James Ponder (1819)

American Politician

Democratic politician who was the Governor of Delaware from 1871 to 1875 and who also served in the Delaware General Assembly.

25. George Eliot (1819)

Novelist

A popular British author of the Victorian Era, she is known for such classic novels as Middlemarch and Silas Marner. Her poetry collections include The Legend of Jubal, Count That...

26. Karol Mikuli (1819)

Pianist

Armenian-Polish musician, composer, conductor, and educator who was best known as an authority on Chopin.

27. Otto Wilhelm Von Struve (1819)

Astronomer

Otto Wilhelm Von Struve is a famous Astronomer, who was born on May 7, 1819 in Estonia. 19th century Russian astronomer and member of the Russian Academy of Sciences who...

28. Allan Pinkerton (1819)

Law Enforcement Officer

Scottish American detective and spy who served in the Union Army during the civil war and opened the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.

29. Susan Warner (1819)

American Writer

An American author of religious fiction and children's books, she is known for such novels as The Wide, Wide World and What She Could. The former work was translated into...

30. William Muir (1819)

British Orientalist

Remembered for his scholarship in the fields of Islamic and Near and Far-Eastern studies, Muir is also known for serving as an imperial administrator and governor in Bengal and British...

31. Edwin Drake (1819)

American Oil Driller Popularly C

The first person to drill for oil in the United States. He also founded an oil refinery in Pittsburgh.

32. Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (1819)

Cuban Planter

Remembered as the catalyst for the Ten Years' War, this plantation owner declared Cuban independence in 1868 and liberated his slaves, encouraging them to join him in a rebellion against...

33. Clara Schumann (1819)

German Musician Pianist Composer

Greatly admired pianist of the Romantic era who had an influential 61-year concert career that revolutionized the piano recital.

34. John Ruskin (1819)

English Author Critic Poet Artis

A leading English art critic of the Victorian era, he is known for works such as Modern Painters (1843) and The Seven Lamps of Architecture (1849). He established the Ruskin...

35. Gustave Courbet (1819)

French Painter

French painter and leader of the 19th century realist movement whose best known works included "Seaside" and "Sleep." He used his art to challenge the established social and moral structures...

36. Samuel P Carter (1819)

War Hero

Remembered for serving in both the Union Army during the American Civil War and in the United States Navy in the postbellum period, Samuel "Powhatan" Carter held the military offices...

37. William Wetmore Story (1819)

American Artist

Sculptor, art critic, poet, and editor who produced the famous work Cleopatra and also composed a bronze statue of Joseph Henry.

38. Walt Whitman (1819)

Journalist

American poet best known for his collections Leaves of Grass and Drum-Taps. His 1865 poem "O Captain! My Captain!" was written on the occasion of the death of Abraham Lincoln.

39. James Goodall Francis (1819)

Politician

English-born Australian politician who served as the ninth Premier of Victoria from 1872 to 1874. Also a businessman, he presided over the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce and led the Bank...

40. James Russell Lowell (1819)

Poet

James Russell Lowell is a famous Poet, who was born on February 22, 1819 in United States. American poet, author, social reformer, and diplomat associated with the Romantic movement and...

41. Samuel Brannan (1819)

American Politician

American journalist, entrepreneur, and founder and publisher of the California Star. He was considered the first millionaire of the California Gold Rush era.

42. Theodor Fontane (1819)

German Novelist And Poet

A German-born author and poet of the Nineteenth Century, he is remembered for Effi Briest and other works of literary realism. He also wrote several works on the topic of...

43. Charles Henry Stanley (1819)

British Chess Player

Charles Henry Stanley was the first chess champion of the United States. When the first-ever U. S.

44. Ilya Shumov (1819)

Russian Chess Player

Ilya Shumov was a Russian chess master. He served as an officer in the Russian Navy until 1847 then worked as a civil servant in Sankt Petersburg. He was invited...

45. Ernst Falkbeer (1819)

Austria-hungarian Chess Player

Ernst Karl Falkbeer was a German-speaking chess master and journalist from Austria-Hungary.

46. Balduin Wolff (1819)

German Painter And Chess Player

Balduin Wolff was a German painter of the Romantic period and a chess player. Born in Schmiedeberg im Riesengebirge Silesia he graduated from a gymnasium of Hirschberg and studied at...

47. Lucas González (1819)

World Music Singer

48. George V Of Hannover (1819)

King Of Hanover

George V was the last king of Hanover, the only child and successor of King Ernest Augustus. George V's reign was ended during the Unification of Germany

49. Andrew J. Grigsby (1819)

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Andrew Jackson Grigsby was a Confederate States Army officer in the famed Stonewall Brigade during the American Civil War. Grigsby was also known as both A. J. Grigsby and Arnold...

50. George Selth Coppin (1819)

Australian Politician

George Selth Coppin was a comic actor entrepreneur and politician active in Australia.