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Frédéric Chopin
1810 – 1849
Composer, Pianist, Piano teacher, Virtuoso, Musician, Pedagogue
Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the early Romantic peri…
Edgar Allan Poe
1809 – 1849
Poet, Writer, Essayist, Literary critic, Playwright, Journalist
Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short storie…
Muhammad Ali of Egypt
1769 – 1849
Military leader, Politician, Statesperson, Governor, Viceroy, Businessperson
Muhammad Ali (4 March 1769 – 2 August 1849) was the Ottoman viceroy and governor of Albanian origin, who became the de facto ruler of Egypt from 1805 to 1848, w…
Sándor Petőfi
1823 – 1849
Poet, Translator, Actor, Writer, Philologist, Freedom fighter
Sándor Petőfi (né Petrovics; Slovak: Alexander Petrovič; Serbian: Александар Петровић; 1 January 1823 – most likely 31 July 1849) was a Hungarian poet and liber…
James K. Polk
1795 – 1849
Politician, Lawyer, Statesperson, Planter class, Governor, Jurist
James Knox Polk (; November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849. A protégé of Andrew Jackson and a m…
Anne Brontë
1820 – 1849
Poet, Novelist, Governess, Writer
Anne Brontë (, commonly ; 17 January 1820 – 28 May 1849) was an English novelist and poet. A member of the Brontë literary family, she was the younger sister of…
Hokusai
1760 – 1849
Painter, Xylographer, Illustrator, Ukiyo-e artist, Artist, Graphic artist
Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾 北斎; c. 31 October 1760 – 10 May 1849) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period, active as a painter and printmaker. His woodblock…
France Prešeren
1800 – 1849
Poet, Lawyer, Poet lawyer, Writer, Librettist
France Prešeren (pronounced [fɾanˈtsɛ́ pɾɛˈʃèːɾən] ) (3 December 1800 – 8 February 1849) was a Slovene poet whose works are widely considered some of the most i…
Emily Brontë
1818 – 1848
Poet, Novelist, Writer, Teacher, Governess, Librettist
Emily Jane Brontë (, commonly ; 30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English writer best known for her 1847 novel Wuthering Heights. She also co-authored a b…
George Stephenson
1781 – 1848
Civil engineer, Inventor, Mechanical engineer, Railway engineer, Locomotive designer, Engineer
George Stephenson (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer. Renowned as the "Father of Railways", Stephenson was con…
Jöns Jacob Berzelius
1779 – 1848
Chemist, Non-fiction writer, University teacher, Physician, Pharmacist
Jöns Jacob Berzelius (Swedish: [jœ̌ns ˈjɑ̂ːkɔb bæˈʂěːlɪɵs]; 20 August 1779 – 7 August 1848) was a Swedish chemist. Berzelius is considered, along with Robert Bo…
François-René de Chateaubriand
1768 – 1848
Translator, Politician, Diplomat, Historian, Poet, Novelist
François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand (4 September 1768 – 4 July 1848) was a French writer, politician, diplomat and historian who influenced French literatur…
Vissarion Belinsky
1811 – 1848
Philosopher, Writer, Literary critic, Journalist, Literary theorist, Opinion journalist
Vissarion Grigoryevich Belinsky (Russian: Виссарион Григорьевич Белинский; 11 June [O.S. 30 May] 1811 – 7 June [O.S. 26 May] 1848) was a Russian literary critic…
Gaetano Donizetti
1797 – 1848
Composer
Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian composer of the early Romantic era, best known for his over 70 operas. Along w…
John Quincy Adams
1767 – 1848
Politician, Lawyer, Diplomat, Statesperson, Diarist, Writer
John Quincy Adams ( ; July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was the sixth president of the United States, serving from 1825 to 1829. He previously served as the ei…
Caroline Herschel
1750 – 1848
Astronomer, Mathematician, Singer, Violinist
Caroline Lucretia Herschel ( HUR-shəl, HAIR-shəl, German: [kaʁoˈliːnə ˈhɛʁʃl̩]; 16 March 1750 – 9 January 1848) was a German-British astronomer, whose most sign…
Felix Mendelssohn
1809 – 1847
Composer, Pianist, Organist, Conductor, Musicologist, Music educator
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 1809 – 4 November 1847), simply known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and co…
Pope Gregory XVI
1765 – 1846
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
Pope Gregory XVI (Latin: Gregorius PP. XVI; Italian: Gregorio XVI; born Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari; 18 September 1765 – 1 June 1846) was head of the Catholic…
Jaygopal Tarkalankar
1775 – 1846
Writer
Jaygopal Tarkalankar (Bengali: জয়গোপাল তর্কালঙ্কার; 7 October 1775 – 13 April 1846) was a Bengali writer and Sanskrit scholar. One of his descendants Sri Mimi…
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
1784 – 1846
Astronomer, Mathematician, University teacher, Topographer, Physicist, Geodesist
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (German: [ˈbɛsl̩]; 22 July 1784 – 17 March 1846) was a German astronomer, mathematician, physicist, and geodesist. He was the first ast…