Born in 1839

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• 1839–1888Nikolay PrzhevalskyPolish-Russian explorerApril 12
• 1839–1925Nelson A. MilesAmerican military officerAugust 8
• 1839–1895Floriano PeixotoPresident of Brazil from 1891 to 1894April 30
• 1839–1915Robert SmallsFormer slave and American politicianApril 5
• 1839–1894Walter PaterEnglish writer, critic and essayistAugust 4
• 1839–1908OuidaEnglish novelistJanuary 1
• 1839–1919Ahmed Muhtar PashaGrand Vizier of the Ottoman EmpireNovember 1
• 1839–1901Josef RheinbergerGerman composer and organistMarch 17
• 1839–1908Antonio Starabba, Marchese di RudinìItalian noble and politicianApril 16
• 1839–1893John BallancePremier of New Zealand from 1891 to 1893March 27
• 1839–1922John Butler YeatsAnglo-Irish artistMarch 16
• 1839–1894August KundtGerman physicistNovember 18
• 1839–1909Ludwig MondBritish chemist and businessmanMarch 7
• 1839–1873Francis GarnierFrench explorer and colonial administrator in IndochinaJuly 25
• 1839–1913Adolphus BuschGerman-born co-founder of Anheuser-BuschJuly 10
• 1839–1896Carl HumannGerman engineer, architect and archaeologistJanuary 4
• 1839–1907Jakob HurtEstonian ethnologist, folklorist and linguistJuly 22
• 1839–1903Eugenio María de HostosPuerto Rican writer, activist and sociologistJanuary 11
• 1839–1903Gustavus Franklin SwiftAmerican entrepreneur in the meat industryJune 24
• 1839–1896Aleksandr StoletovRussian physicistAugust 10
• 1839–1917John Nevil MaskelyneEnglish inventor and stage magicianDecember 22
• 1839–1925Ignacio AndradePresident of VenezuelaJuly 31
• 1839–1904Karl Alfred von ZittelGerman palaeontologistSeptember 25
• 1839–1906John Knowles PaineAmerican composerJanuary 9
• 1839–1912Ludvig Holstein-LedreborgDanish politicianJune 10
• 1839–1894Caterina VolpicelliItalian Catholic religious foundress and saintJanuary 21
• 1839–1906Georges RayetFrench astronomerDecember 12
• 1839–1901Samuel R. WatkinsAmerican writer and humoristJune 26
• 1839–1922Joseph OllerFounder of the Moulin Rouge cabaretFebruary 10
• 1839–1908Louis-Honoré FréchetteCanadian politician and writerNovember 16
• 1839–1916Ephraim ShayAmerican railroad engineer and entrepreneurJuly 17
• 1839–1920Adolphe-Basile RouthierCanadian judge and poetMay 8
• 1839–1907Eduard HitzigGerman neurologist and neuropsychiatristFebruary 6
• 1839–1913Tôn Thất ThuyếtVietnamese revolutionaryMay 12
• 1839–1877Rayko ZhinzifovBulgarian poetFebruary 15
• 1839–1920William H. Seward Jr.US Army generalJune 18
• 1839–1896Silas AdamsAmerican lawyer and politicianFebruary 9
• 1839–1908Benjamin WaughEnglish social reformerFebruary 20
• 1839–1915Antonín PetrofAugust 15
• 1839–1909Edward P. AllenAmerican politician & lawyerOctober 28
• 1839–1912Isaac K. FunkAmerican Lutheran minister, editor, lexicographer, publisher and spelling reformerSeptember 10
• 1839–1917János MurkovicsSlovene teacher, musician and writerDecember 23
• 1839–1903Gulstan RopertFrench bishopAugust 30
• 1839Elvire SerrouinFrench anarchist (1839-?)November 6