181 Year Old Celebrities

1. Jack Chapman (1843)

Major League Baseball Player Man

Former Major Leaguer and Coach, most remembered for playing with the Brooklyn Atlantics in 1874.

2. Sousa Martins (1843)

Doctor

Doctor whose work for the poor resulted in a cult-like following after his death.

3. Robert Todd Lincoln (1843)

Lawyer

Robert Todd Lincoln is a famous Lawyer, who was born on August 1, 1843 in United States. American lawyer and U.S. Secretary of War from 1881 to 1885. He was...

4. Charles L. Thomas (1843)

War Hero

US Army sergeant who received the Medal of Honor for his heroism during the Indian Campaigns in the Dakota Territory.

5. Louis Diémer (1843)

French Composer

Virtuoso who founded the Société des Instruments Anciens in the 1890s. He was known for his harpsichord recitals and prolific works as a composer.

6. Peter Rosegger (1843)

Poet

Austrian poet who is remembered for Home in the Forest (Waldheimat), The God-Seeker (Der Gottsucher), and other works. He received honorary doctorates from the Universities of Graz, Heidelberg, and Vienna....

7. Emily Russell (1843)

Queen

Englishwoman who received the title of Baroness Ampthill, and was appointed to the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert. She was the Lady of the Bedchamber, a personal attendant of...

8. James Vernor (1843)

Union Army Officer

American pharmacist most famous for inventing Vernor's ginger ale in 1866.

9. Joseph McKenna (1843)

American Politician

Served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1898 to 1925.

10. Camillo Golgi (1843)

Italian Neuroscientist Anatomist

Italian scientist and physician responsible for the discovery of the nervous tissue-related phenomenon known as the "black reaction". He also discovered the sensory organ which came to be known as...

11. Madeline Schiller (1843)

English-born American Pianist

Heavily influenced U.S. music. She gave the 1881 world premiere of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 2 in New York.

12. Robert Koch (1843)

German Physician And Bacteriolog

Founding father of microbiology who is known for identifying the specific causative agents of tuberculosis, cholera, and anthrax. He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1905.

13. Ben Thompson (1843)

Law Enforcement Officer

Gunfighter and occasional sheriff of the Old West who worked with grand showman, Buffalo Bill Cody and gunmen Wild Bill Hickock.

14. Henry James (1843)

Writer

American-born British author who wrote The Portrait of a Lady, The Turn of the Screw, and The American. He is considered a key figure in 19th-century literary realism.

15. Edvard Grieg (1843)

Norwegian Composer And Pianist

Leading composer of the Romantic era. His repertoire is still used today. He was known for bringing Norwegian folk music to the world.

16. Prentiss Ingraham (1843)

Confederate Army Soldier

A Confederate Army colonel-turned American author, he is famous for his Buffalo Bill series, as well as for his 1872 novel, The Masked Spy. He wrote under numerous pen names,...

17. Princess Alice (1843)

Princess

The third child born to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, she was the first of her siblings to pass away, having contracted diptheria. Apart from her royal duties, she formed...

18. William McKinley (1843)

American President

The 25th president of the United States and the third to be assassinated while in office. He was also the last Civil War veteran to become president.

19. Abraham Abraham (1843)

Businessman

Co-founder of the New York City Department store Abraham & Straus. His retail chain was later bought out by Macy's.

20. Henry Perky (1843)

Entrepreneur

Inveterate inventor who was inspired to create shredded-wheat cereal after his first dream went up in flames.

21. Antoine Simon (1843)

World Leader

From 1908 until 1911, he served as President of Haiti, having seized power after leading a rebellion to overthrow President Pierre Nord Alexis.

22. Frank James (1843)

American Bank Robber

Soldier and outlaw who was the older brother of Jesse James.

23. William Cornelius Van Horne (1843)

Entrepreneur

William Cornelius Van Horne is a famous Entrepreneur, who was born on February 3, 1843 in United States. Businessman and railroad pioneer who greatly expanded the Canadian railway system. According...

24. Carlos Condell (1843)

Chilean Naval Officer

Chilean naval officer who became a hero in the War of the Pacific.

25. Virgil Earp (1843)

Deputy U.s. Marshal And City Mar

Deputy U.S. Marshall and Civil War veteran who presided over the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

26. Isaiah Rose (1843)

Politician

Posthumously famous as the great-great-great-grandfather of American pop star Kelly Clarkson, this Union Army soldier, sheriff, and Ohio state senator was also a prominent political figure among his contemporaries.

27. Lydia Koidula (1843)

Poet

Nineteenth-century Estonian poet and playwright who was nicknamed "Koidulaulik" ("Singer of the Dawn"). Her notable literary works include Emajoe Oobik, Vainulilled, and Saaremaa Onupoeg.

28. Henry Leland (1843)

Entrepreneur

During the early 1900s, Leland designed both the Cadillac and the Lincoln automobile models, eventually selling the former to General Motors and the latter to the Ford Motor Company. In...

29. Aaron Montgomery Ward (1843)

Entrepreneur

Aaron Montgomery Ward is a famous Entrepreneur, who was born on February 17, 1843 in United States. Invented the mail-order business. He founded Montgomery Ward & Company in August 1872....

30. George Watt (1843)

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31. William Norton (1843)

Irish Politician

Norton was an Irish Labour Party politician and leader of the party from 1932 to 1960. Norton was born in Dublin in 1900. He joined the postal service in 1916....

32. Andreas Ascharin (1843)

Russian Chess Player

Andreas Ascharin was a Baltic German-Russian chess master. Ascharin's father was Russian his mother was from a Baltic German family. He read law in Dorpat. Between 1875 and 1879 he...

33. Carl Kockelkorn (1843)

German Chess Player

Carl Kockelkorn was a German chess composer. Together with Johannes Kohtz he founded the logical school of chess compositions. His problems were published as coproductions with Johannes Kohtz. For further...

34. Emil Schallopp (1843)

German Chess Player

Emil Schallopp was a German chess player and author. He became head of the shorthand department of the Reichstag. He wrote many books including one on the Steinitz–Zukertort 1886 World...

35. Johannes Minckwitz (1843)

German Chess Player

Johannes Minckwitz was a German chess player and author. His best achievement was 2nd place behind Adolf Anderssen at Barmen 1869. He tied for 3rd-5th at Hamburg 1869 ; tied...

36. Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (1843)

British Royalty

Princess Alice of the United Kingdom Princess Louis and Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine by marriage was the third child and second daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince...

37. Samuel I. Hopkins (1843)

American Politician

Samuel Isaac Hopkins was a U. S. Representative from Virginia.

38. Lewis P. Ohliger (1843)

American Politician

Lewis Philip Ohliger was a U. S.

39. Alfred Page (1843)

Australian Politician

New York politician see Alfred R. Page. Alfred Page was an Australian politician. He was born at Oatlands Tasmania. In 1887 he was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council as...

40. Hormidas Jeannotte (1843)

Canadian Politician

Hormidas Jeannotte was a notary and political figure in Quebec. He represented L'Assomption in the House of Commons of Canada from 1892 to 1896 as a Conservative member. He was...

41. Murray Dodd (1843)

Canadian Politician

Murray Dodd was a lawyer judge and political figure in Nova Scotia Canada. He represented Cape Breton in the Canadian House of Commons from 1882 to 1887 as a Conservative...

42. Willem Rooseboom (1843)

Dutch Colonial Governor

Rooseboom was a Dutch Major General and politician who was governor general of the Dutch East Indies from 1899 until 1904.

43. Adolphe-Philippe Caron (1843)

Canadian Politician

Sir Joseph-Philippe-René-Adolphe Caron PC KCMG was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He is now best remembered as the Minister of Militia and Defence in the government of Sir John A....

44. Hugh McKay Sutherland (1843)

Canadian Politician

Hugh McKay Sutherland was a lumber merchant and political figure in Manitoba Canada. He represented Selkirk in the Canadian House of Commons from 1882 to 1887 as a Liberal member....

45. Francis Theodore Frost (1843)

Manufacturer And Politician

s Theodore Frost was a Canadian manufacturer and politician. Born in Smiths Falls Canada West the son of Ebenezer Frost and Caroline Harwood he was educated in Smiths Falls Coventry...

46. Numa Morikazu (1843)

Japanese Politician

Numa Morikazu was a politician and journalist in Meiji period Japan.

47. John Walter Scott Biggar (1843)

Canadian Politician

John Walter Scott Biggar was an Ontario Canada farmer and political figure. He represented Bruce North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1886 to 1890....

48. William L. Baird (1843)

American Politician

Lewis Baird was a Massachusetts politician who served as the 19th Mayor of Lynn Massachusetts.

49. Charles Alexander Lesage (1843)

Canadian Politician

Charles Alexandre Lesage was a physician and political figure in Quebec. He represented Dorchester in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1882 to 1887. He was...

50. Andrew J. Ward (1843)

American Politician

Andrew Job Ward was a Michigan politician. He was elected as the Mayor of City of Flint in 1893 for a single 1 year term.

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