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Charles Gounod
1818 – 1893
Classical composer, Musicologist, Music educator, Organist, Composer
Charles-François Gounod (UK: GOO-noh, US: goo-NOH; French: [ʃaʁl fʁɑ̃swa ɡuno]; 17 June 1818 – 18 October 1893) was a French composer, conductor, and organist…
Patrice de MacMahon
1808 – 1893
Military officer, Politician, Military personnel
Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de MacMahon, marquis de MacMahon, duc de Magenta (French: [patʁis də makma.ɔ̃]; 13 June 1808 – 17 October 1893), was a French general…
Guy de Maupassant
1850 – 1893
Short story writer, Playwright, Journalist, Novelist, Writer, Poet
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (UK: , US: ; French: [ɡi d(ə) mopasɑ̃]; 5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a 19th-century French author, celebrated as a maste…
Hippolyte Taine
1828 – 1893
Philosopher, Historian, Writer, Art historian, Literary critic
Hippolyte Adolphe Taine (21 April 1828 – 5 March 1893) was a French historian, critic and philosopher. He was the chief theoretical influence on French naturali…
Rutherford B. Hayes
1822 – 1893
Lawyer, Military officer, Statesperson, Governor, Major general, Politician
Rutherford Birchard Hayes ( ; October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was the 19th president of the United States, serving from 1877 to 1881. He served as Cincinnat…
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
1809 – 1892
Poet, Politician, Writer
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (; 6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was an English poet. He was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Vict…
Ernest Renan
1823 – 1892
Philosopher, Historian, Writer, Professor, Archaeologist, Orientalist
Joseph Ernest Renan ( ruh-NAHN; French: [ʒozɛf ɛʁnɛst ʁənɑ̃]; 27 February 1823 – 2 October 1892) was a French Orientalist and Semitic scholar, writing on Semiti…
Baháʼu'lláh
1817 – 1892
Writer, Poet, Religious leader, Orator, Founder of religion, Baháʼí
Baháʼu'lláh (Persian: [bæhɒːʔolːɒːh], born Ḥusayn-ʻAlí; 12 November 1817 – 29 May 1892) was an Iranian religious leader who founded the Baháʼí Faith. He was bor…
Walt Whitman
1819 – 1892
Writer, Publisher, Essayist, Typographer, Teacher, Journalist
Walter Whitman Jr. (; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, and journalist; he also wrote two novels. He is considered one of the most…
John Couch Adams
1819 – 1892
Mathematician, Astronomer, University teacher
John Couch Adams ( KOOTCH; 5 June 1819 – 21 January 1892) was a British mathematician and astronomer. He was born in Laneast, near Launceston, Cornwall, and di…
Pedro II of Brazil
1825 – 1891
Politician, Monarch, Statesperson
Dom Pedro II (Pedro de Alcântara João Carlos Leopoldo Salvador Bibiano Francisco Xavier de Paula Leocádio Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga; 2 December 1825 – 5 Dec…
Arthur Rimbaud
1854 – 1891
Poet, Arms trader, World traveler, Military personnel, Writer, Librettist
Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (UK: , US: ; French: [ʒɑ̃ nikɔla aʁtyʁ ʁɛ̃bo] ; 20 October 1854 – 10 November 1891) was a French poet known for his transgressive an…
Herman Melville
1819 – 1891
Teacher, Sailor, Lecturer, Poet, Writer, Novelist
Herman Melville (born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American writer of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Mo…
Ivan Goncharov
1812 – 1891
Linguist, Writer, Novelist, Translator, Essayist, Literary critic
Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov ( GON-chə-rof, US also -rawf; Russian: Ива́н Алекса́ндрович Гончаро́в, IPA: [ɪˈvan ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪdʑ ɡənʲtɕɪˈrof]; 18 June [O.S.…
Wilhelm Eduard Weber
1804 – 1891
Physicist, University teacher, Philosopher
Wilhelm Eduard Weber ( WEB-er or VEY-ber; German: [ˈveːbɐ] ; 24 October 1804 – 23 June 1891) was a German physicist and, together with Carl Friedrich Gauss, in…
Helena Blavatsky
1831 – 1891
Philosopher, Writer, Occultist, Editor, Theosophist, Mystic
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (née Hahn von Rottenstern; 12 August [O.S. 31 July] 1831 – 8 May 1891), often known as Madame Blavatsky, was a Russian and American my…
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
1800 – 1891
Writer, Military officer, Historian, Politician, Teacher, Generalfeldmarschall
Graf Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke (German: [ˈhɛlmuːt fɔn ˈmɔltkə]; 26 October 1800 – 24 April 1891) was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall. The chief of staff…
P. T. Barnum
1810 – 1891
Showman, Businessperson, Politician, Autobiographer, Circus performer, Writer
Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 – April 7, 1891) was an American showman, businessman, and politician remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and foundin…
Georges Seurat
1859 – 1891
Painter, Draftsperson, Architectural drafter
Georges Pierre Seurat (UK: SUR-ah, -ə, US: suu-RAH; French: [ʒɔʁʒ pjɛʁ sœʁa]; 2 December 1859 – 29 March 1891) was a French post-Impressionist artist. He dev…
Sofya Kovalevskaya
1850 – 1891
Mathematician, Physicist, Novelist, University teacher, Writer
Sofya Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (Russian: Софья Васильевна Ковалевская; born Korvin-Krukovskaya; 15 January [O.S. 3 January] 1850 – 10 February 1891) was a Russia…