| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Sir Benjamin Baker |
Engineer |
31-Mar-1840 |
19-May-1907 |
Bridged the Firth of Forth |
| George F. Baker |
Business |
27-Mar-1840 |
2-May-1931 |
"None of the public's business" |
| Simeon E. Baldwin |
Politician |
5-Feb-1840 |
30-Jan-1927 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1911-15 |
| Adolph Bandelier |
Anthropologist |
6-Aug-1840 |
18-Mar-1914 |
Native cultures of the American southwest |
| Charles Booth |
Sociologist |
30-Mar-1840 |
23-Nov-1916 |
Studied poverty in London |
| Per Theodor Cleve |
Chemist |
10-Feb-1840 |
18-Jun-1905 |
Discovered holmium (Ho) and thulium (Tm) |
| Holmes Conrad |
Attorney |
31-Jan-1840 |
4-Sep-1915 |
US Solicitor General, 1895-97 |
| Edward Drinker Cope |
Paleontologist |
28-Jul-1840 |
12-Apr-1897 |
Potential holotype for Homo Sapiens |
| Father Damien |
Religion |
3-Jan-1840 |
15-Apr-1889 |
Attended to lepers at Molokai |
| Alphonse Daudet |
Novelist |
13-May-1840 |
16-Dec-1897 |
Lettres de mon moulin |
| Isabella Stewart Gardner |
Philanthropist |
14-Apr-1840 |
17-Jul-1924 |
Prominent art patron, collector |
| Thomas Hardy |
Novelist |
2-Jun-1840 |
11-Jan-1928 |
Far from the Madding Crowd |
| Chief Joseph |
Government |
c. 1840 |
21-Sep-1904 |
"I will fight no more forever" |
| Wilhelm Junker |
Explorer |
6-Apr-1840 |
13-Feb-1892 |
Reisen in Afrika |
| Alfred Thayer Mahan |
Author |
27-Sep-1840 |
1-Dec-1914 |
The Influence of Sea Power upon History |
| Sir Hiram Maxim |
Inventor |
5-Feb-1840 |
24-Nov-1916 |
Maxim machine gun |
| Carl Menger |
Economist |
28-Feb-1840 |
26-Feb-1921 |
Founder, Austrian School of Economics |
| Claude Monet |
Painter |
14-Nov-1840 |
5-Dec-1926 |
The Water Lilies |
| Thomas Nast |
Cartoonist |
27-Sep-1840 |
7-Dec-1902 |
American political caricaturist |
| Emin Pasha |
Explorer |
28-Mar-1840 |
23-Oct-1892 |
German colonial traveller in Africa |
| Odilon Redon |
Artist |
22-Apr-1840 |
6-Jul-1916 |
Symbolist charcoal artist |
| Auguste Rodin |
Sculptor |
12-Nov-1840 |
17-Nov-1917 |
Sculptor in bronze |
| William Graham Sumner |
Educator |
30-Oct-1840 |
12-Apr-1910 |
Laissez faire sociologist |
| John Addington Symonds |
Critic |
5-Oct-1840 |
19-Apr-1893 |
Renaissance in Italy |
| Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
Composer |
7-May-1840 |
6-Nov-1893 |
Russia's best known composer |
| Francis A. Walker |
Economist |
2-Jul-1840 |
5-Jan-1897 |
The Wages Question |
| Henry Watterson |
Journalist |
16-Feb-1840 |
22-Dec-1921 |
Founder of Louisville Courier-Journal |
| Edward Whymper |
Explorer |
27-Apr-1840 |
16-Sep-1911 |
Scrambles among the Alps |
| Carroll D. Wright |
Sociologist |
25-Jul-1840 |
20-Feb-1909 |
The Industrial Evolution of the United States |
| Émile Zola |
Novelist |
2-Apr-1840 |
29-Sep-1902 |
J'Accuse |
