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Born in 1838

280 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Lawrence Barrett

    director, actor

    1838–1891 · aged 52

    April 4 · 1838

    Source: SNAC

  2. Walter Lawry Buller

    barrister, ornithologist

    1838–1906 · aged 67

    October 9 · 1838

    Source: SNAC

  3. André Rebouças

    railway engineer, engineer

    1838–1898 · aged 60

    January 13 · 1838

    Source: SNAC

  4. Ivan Nechui-Levytskyi

    literary critic, opinion journalist

    1838–1918 · aged 79

    November 25 · 1838

    No external source identified

  5. Sof'ja Sergeevna Trubeckaja

    salonnière

    1838–1898 · aged 60

    March 25 · 1838

    No external source identified

  6. Alexander Crum Brown

    crystallographer, chemist

    1838–1922 · aged 84

    March 26 · 1838

    Source: SNAC

  7. James McMillan

    politician, entrepreneur

    1838–1902 · aged 64

    May 12 · 1838

    Source: SNAC

  8. George Miller Sternberg

    physician, surgeon

    1838–1915 · aged 77

    June 8 · 1838

    Source: SNAC

  9. Darinka Kvekić

    1838–1892 · aged 53

    December 19 · 1838

    Source: Find a Grave

  10. Emile Gsell

    explorer, photographer

    1838–1879 · aged 40

    December 31 · 1838

    Source: online image library Nederlands Fotomuseum

  11. Alexander von Wagner

    teacher, university teacher

    1838–1919 · aged 80

    April 16 · 1838

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  12. Ueno Hikoma

    engineer, photographer

    1838–1904 · aged 65

    October 15 · 1838

    No external source identified

  13. Ferdinand Stoliczka*

    explorer, zoologist

    Date disputed

    July 7 · 1838

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  14. Marin Drinov

    medievalist, university teacher

    1838–1906 · aged 67

    November 1 · 1838

    Source: Open Library

  15. Walter Runeberg

    sculptor, visual artist

    1838–1920 · aged 81

    December 29 · 1838

    Source: Register of the Artists' Association of Finland

  16. Raffaello Giovagnoli

    writer, journalist

    1838–1915 · aged 77

    March 13 · 1838

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  17. Louis André

    soldier, military officer

    1838–1913 · aged 74

    March 29 · 1838

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  18. Alfred von Kropatschek

    military personnel, engineer

    1838–1911 · aged 73

    January 30 · 1838

    No external source identified

  19. Horace Walker

    mountaineer

    1838–1908

    July 23 · 1838

    No external source identified

  20. Friedrich Konrad Beilstein

    chemist

    1838–1906 · aged 68

    February 17 · 1838

    Source: SNAC

  21. Paul Grohmann

    mountaineer

    1838–1908 · aged 70

    June 12 · 1838

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  22. Wilhelm Oncken*

    politician, historian

    Date disputed

    December 19 · 1838

    Source: Heidelberg Scholar Lexicon 1803–1932

  23. Adolf Marx

    publisher, bookseller

    1838–1904 · aged 66

    February 2 · 1838

    No external source identified

  24. Alexander Veselovsky*

    literary historian, ethnologist

    Date disputed

    February 16 · 1838

    Source: Great Russian Encyclopaedia (digital version)

  25. Viktor von Lang

    mineralogist, university teacher

    1838–1921 · aged 83

    March 2 · 1838

    Source: SNAC

  26. Thorvald N. Thiele

    astronomer, actuary

    1838–1910 · aged 71

    December 24 · 1838

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  27. Theodor Zahn

    docent, writer

    1838–1933 · aged 94

    October 10 · 1838

    Source: BnF authorities

  28. Théodore Duret

    journalist, art critic

    1838–1927 · aged 88

    January 20 · 1838

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  29. Dardo Rocha

    journalist, politician

    1838–1921 · aged 83

    September 1 · 1838

    No external source identified

  30. Ignacio María González

    politician

    1838–1915 · aged 77

    January 26 · 1838

    No external source identified

  31. Sadullah Pasha

    diplomat, writer

    1838–1891 · aged 52

    November 18 · 1838

    Source: BnF authorities

  32. Louis Delacenserie

    architect

    1838–1909 · aged 70

    September 7 · 1838

    Source: RKDartists

  33. Alfred Jules Émile Fouillée

    philosopher, university teacher

    1838–1912

    October 18 · 1838

    Source: BnF authorities

  34. Nicolas Lebel

    military personnel, inventor

    1838–1891 · aged 52

    August 18 · 1838

    Source: Léonore database

  35. Antonio Baldissera

    politician, military officer

    1838–1917 · aged 78

    May 27 · 1838

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  36. Otto Benndorf

    anthropologist, art historian

    1838–1907 · aged 68

    September 13 · 1838

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  37. Felice Napoleone Canevaro

    politician, military officer

    1838–1926 · aged 88

    July 7 · 1838

    No external source identified

  38. Alexander Kiselyov

    art educator, painter

    1838–1911

    June 18 · 1838

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  39. Giovanni Cagliero

    Catholic priest, missionary

    1838–1926 · aged 88

    January 11 · 1838

    Source: Find a Grave

  40. Laura de Force Gordon

    suffragette, lawyer

    1838–1907 · aged 68

    August 17 · 1838

    Source: FemBio database

  41. Wilhelm Heinrich Friedrich Molly

    physician, Esperantist

    1838–1919 · aged 80

    October 25 · 1838

    No external source identified

  42. Stefanos Skouloudis

    banker, diplomat

    1838–1928 · aged 89

    November 23 · 1838

    No external source identified

  43. August Allebé

    university teacher, painter

    1838–1927 · aged 88

    April 19 · 1838

    Source: RKDartists

  44. Cushman Kellogg Davis

    lawyer, jurist

    1838–1900 · aged 62

    June 16 · 1838

    Source: Find a Grave

  45. Sherburne Wesley Burnham

    astronomer

    1838–1921 · aged 82

    December 12 · 1838

    Source: SNAC

  46. Gustav Neumann

    chess player

    1838–1881 · aged 42

    December 15 · 1838

    No external source identified

  47. Benjamin Farjeon*

    writer, journalist

    Date disputed

    May 12 · 1838

    Source: BnF authorities

  48. Édouard Colonne

    violinist, conductor

    1838–1910 · aged 71

    July 23 · 1838

    Source: SNAC

  49. Gustave Flourens

    military officer, politician

    1838–1871 · aged 32

    August 4 · 1838

    Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia

  50. Eduard Hitzig

    physician, psychiatrist

    1838–1907 · aged 69

    February 6 · 1838

    Source: Base biographique

  51. Frederick Whymper

    journalist, explorer

    1838–1901

    1838

    Source: Artnet

  52. Paul Laband

    Staatsrat, author

    1838–1918 · aged 79

    May 24 · 1838

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  53. Léon Metchnikoff

    geographer, sociologist

    1838–1888 · aged 50

    May 18 · 1838

    No external source identified

  54. Pierre-Marie-Alexis Millardet

    botanist, university teacher

    1838–1902 · aged 64

    December 13 · 1838

    Source: GeneaStar

  55. Marc Delafontaine*

    chemist, university teacher

    Date disputed

    March 31 · 1838

    Source: Biographisch-literarisches Handwörterbuch zur Geschichte der exacten Wissenschaften

  56. Amaldus Nielsen

    painter

    1838–1932 · aged 94

    May 23 · 1838

    Source: KulturNav

  57. Constance Wachtmeister

    memoirist

    1838–1910 · aged 72

    March 28 · 1838

    Source: BnF authorities

  58. Léon Germain Pelouse

    painter

    1838–1891 · aged 52

    October 1 · 1838

    Source: SNAC

  59. Gustav Fritsch

    anthropologist, university teacher

    1838–1927 · aged 89

    March 5 · 1838

    Source: Biographical Database of Southern African Science

  60. Ludimar Hermann

    university teacher, physiologist

    1838–1914 · aged 75

    October 21 · 1838

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  61. Édouard Lockroy

    photographer, politician

    1838–1913 · aged 75

    July 18 · 1838

    Source: Roglo

  62. Charles Swinhoe

    lepidopterist, naturalist

    1838–1923 · aged 85

    August 27 · 1838

    No external source identified

  63. Arthur Auwers

    astronomer, university teacher

    1838–1915 · aged 76

    September 12 · 1838

    Source: SNAC

  64. James Black Groome

    politician, lawyer

    1838–1893 · aged 55

    April 4 · 1838

    Source: Find a Grave

  65. Maurice Lévy

    mathematician, engineer

    1838–1910 · aged 72

    February 28 · 1838

    Source: La France savante

  66. Æneas Mackay

    politician

    1838–1909 · aged 70

    November 29 · 1838

    Source: Biografisch Portaal

  67. Christian Homann Schweigaard

    lawyer, politician

    1838–1899 · aged 60

    October 14 · 1838

    Source: Find a Grave

  68. Paul Pogge*

    scientific collector, zoological collector

    Date disputed

    December 27 · 1838

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  69. Wilhelm Reiss

    geologist, explorer

    1838–1908 · aged 70

    June 13 · 1838

    Source: BnF authorities

  70. Alexis de Castillon

    composer

    1838–1873 · aged 34

    December 13 · 1838

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  71. William Paine Lord

    politician, judge

    1838–1911 · aged 72

    July 1 · 1838

    Source: SNAC

  72. Gerard Bilders

    etcher, writer

    1838–1865 · aged 26

    December 9 · 1838

    Source: RKDartists

  73. Ferdinand Zirkel

    geologist, university teacher

    1838–1912

    May 20 · 1838

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  74. Angelo Neumann

    director, opera singer

    1838–1910 · aged 72

    August 18 · 1838

    Source: Česká divadelní encyklopedie

  75. Jan Gebauer

    politician, literary historian

    1838–1907 · aged 68

    October 8 · 1838

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  76. Henry Eeles Dresser

    businessperson, ornithologist

    1838–1915 · aged 77

    May 9 · 1838

    Source: SNAC

  77. Giuseppe Cesare Abba

    politician, pedagogue

    1838–1910 · aged 72

    October 6 · 1838

    Source: BnF authorities

  78. Theodor Reye

    mathematician, scientist

    1838–1919 · aged 81

    June 20 · 1838

    Source: SNAC

  79. José Arechavaleta

    geologist, botanical collector

    1838–1912 · aged 73

    September 27 · 1838

    Source: mnhn.gub.uy

  80. John I. Mitchell

    judge, lawyer

    1838–1907 · aged 69

    July 28 · 1838

    Source: SNAC

  81. Léon Dierx

    poet, painter

    1838–1912

    March 31 · 1838

    Source: Léonore database

  82. Anna Henryka Pustowojtowna*

    communard, revolutionary

    Date disputed

    July 26 · 1838

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  83. John Thomas

    photographer

    1838–1905 · aged 67

    April 14 · 1838

    Source: wbo.llgc.org.uk

  84. Julius Wiesner

    botanist, plant physiologist

    1838–1916 · aged 78

    January 20 · 1838

    Source: Encyclopedia of Brno History

  85. Karel Bendl

    conductor, music publicist

    1838–1897

    April 16 · 1838

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  86. Giovanni Battista Casali del Drago

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1838–1908 · aged 70

    January 30 · 1838

    Source: Find a Grave

  87. Mikhail Stepanovich Voronin

    university teacher, mycologist

    1838–1903 · aged 64

    June 21 · 1838

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  88. Hugo Hildebrand Hildebrandsson

    meteorologist, geographer

    1838–1925 · aged 86

    August 19 · 1838

    Source: La France savante

  89. Jakob Missia

    politician, Catholic priest

    1838–1902 · aged 63

    June 30 · 1838

    Source: BnF authorities

  90. Giovanni Losi

    missionary, Catholic priest

    1838–1882 · aged 44

    November 29 · 1838

    No external source identified

  91. George Edward Post

    surgeon, physician

    1838–1909

    December 17 · 1838

    Source: books.google.com

  92. Carl Kundmann*

    sculptor

    Date disputed

    June 15 · 1838

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  93. Betty Pettersson

    secondary school teacher, teacher

    1838–1885 · aged 46

    September 14 · 1838

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  94. Vasily Vasilievsky

    classical scholar, Byzantinist

    1838–1899 · aged 61

    February 2 · 1838

    No external source identified

  95. Alexander Opekushin*

    sculptor

    Date disputed

    November 28 · 1838

    Source: Great Russian Encyclopedia

  96. Anna Engelhardt*

    writer, editor

    Date disputed

    June 14 · 1838

    Source: WeChangEd

  97. Pietro Tacchini

    astronomer

    1838–1905 · aged 67

    March 21 · 1838

    Source: www.accademiadellescienze.it

  98. Adolf Karl Ludwig Claus

    chemist, university teacher

    1838–1900 · aged 61

    June 6 · 1838

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  99. Tanaka Yoshio

    politician, botanist

    1838–1916 · aged 77

    September 27 · 1838

    No external source identified

  100. Heinrich Carl Haussknecht

    botanist, pharmacist

    1838–1903 · aged 64

    November 30 · 1838

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  101. Eduard Winkelmann

    university teacher, medievalist

    1838–1896 · aged 57

    June 25 · 1838

    Source: Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher Nekrolog

  102. Hanna Winge

    draftsperson, painter

    1838–1896 · aged 57

    December 4 · 1838

    Source: sok.riksarkivet.se

  103. Alwin Schultz

    art historian, medievalist

    1838–1909 · aged 70

    August 6 · 1838

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  104. Rudolf Falb

    meteorologist, geologist

    1838–1903 · aged 65

    April 13 · 1838

    Source: BnF authorities

  105. Francisco Romero Robledo

    politician

    1838–1906 · aged 67

    March 8 · 1838

    Source: BnF authorities

  106. Elisabeth Bürstenbinder

    writer

    1838–1918 · aged 79

    November 25 · 1838

    Source: BnF authorities

  107. Antoni Caba

    painter

    1838–1907

    1838

    Source: Athenaeum

  108. Evgenia Konradi*

    feminist, journalist

    Date disputed

    April 21 · 1838

    No external source identified

  109. Achille Millien

    writer, collector of fairy tales

    1838–1927 · aged 88

    September 4 · 1838

    Source: BnF authorities

  110. Giulio Boschi

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1838–1920 · aged 82

    March 2 · 1838

    Source: GeneaStar

  111. Alfred Kirchhoff

    university teacher, geographer

    1838–1907 · aged 68

    May 23 · 1838

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  112. Wilhelm Maurenbrecher

    church historian, university teacher

    1838–1892 · aged 53

    December 21 · 1838

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  113. Júlio Augusto Henriques

    botanist, botanical collector

    1838–1928 · aged 90

    January 15 · 1838

    Source: Catalog of the German National Library

  114. Wilhelm Arndt

    historian, medievalist

    1838–1895

    September 27 · 1838

    Source: Professorenkatalog der Universität Leipzig

  115. Anders Nicolai Kiær

    statistician

    1838–1919 · aged 80

    September 15 · 1838

    Source: Norsk biografisk leksikon

  116. Marius Nygaard

    writer, teacher

    1838–1912 · aged 73

    September 13 · 1838

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  117. Adalbert Merx

    translator, orientalist

    1838–1909

    November 2 · 1838

    Source: BnF authorities

  118. Nikolai Gerard

    civil servant

    1838–1929 · aged 91

    September 3 · 1838

    No external source identified

  119. José Cos y Macho

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1838–1919 · aged 81

    August 6 · 1838

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  120. Eugène Lefébure

    anthropologist, archaeologist

    1838–1908 · aged 69

    November 11 · 1838

    Source: AlKindi

  121. Emidio Taliani

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1838–1907 · aged 69

    April 19 · 1838

    No external source identified

  122. Abel Bergaigne

    orientalist, translator

    1838–1888 · aged 49

    August 31 · 1838

    Source: Léonore database

  123. Karl von Fritsch

    geologist, mineralogist

    1838–1906 · aged 67

    November 11 · 1838

    Source: leopoldina.org

  124. Joseph Dupont

    violinist, music educator

    1838–1899 · aged 61

    January 3 · 1838

    Source: BnF authorities

  125. Karl Schroeder*

    art collector, obstetrician

    Date disputed

    September 11 · 1838

    Source: zeno.org

  126. Otto Devrient

    playwright, actor

    1838–1894 · aged 55

    October 3 · 1838

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  127. Tomaso Benvenuti*

    composer

    Date disputed

    February 4 · 1838

    Source: Archivio Storico Ricordi

  128. Ulrich Köhler

    epigrapher, university teacher

    1838–1903 · aged 64

    November 6 · 1838

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  129. Leopold Horovitz*

    portraitist, painter

    Date disputed

    January 11 · 1838

    Source: Artists of the World Online

  130. Władysław Mickiewicz

    diarist, translator

    1838–1926 · aged 87

    June 23 · 1838

    Source: Integrated Authority File

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