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• 1840–1913August BebelGerman social democratic politicianFebruary 22
• 1840–1916Hiram MaximAmerican and British inventorFebruary 5
• 1840–1902Thomas NastAmerican cartoonistSeptember 27
• 1840–1921John Boyd DunlopScottish inventor and veterinary surgeonFebruary 5
• 1840–1905Ernst AbbeGerman physicist, entrepreneur, and social reformerJanuary 23
• 1840–1902Richard von Krafft-EbingAustrian neurologist, psychiatrist, and noblemanAugust 14
• 1840–1900Kuroda KiyotakaPrime Minister of Japan from 1888 to 1889October 16
• 1840–1911Edward WhymperEnglish mountaineerApril 27
• 1840–1888Namık KemalTurkish writer and activistDecember 21
• 1840–1892Emin PashaGerman-born Ottoman physicianMarch 28
• 1840–1931Shibusawa EiichiJapanese business magnateMarch 16
• 1840–1909Helena ModjeskaPolish-American actressOctober 12
• 1840–1912Sophia Jex-BlakeBritish physician and suffragistJanuary 21
• 1840–1917Titu MaiorescuRomanian literary critic and politicianFebruary 15
• 1840–1868Dmitry PisarevRussian writer and nihilist philosopherOctober 14
• 1840–1905Simeon SolomonBritish artistOctober 9
• 1840–1922Wilfrid Scawen BluntEnglish poet and essayistAugust 17
• 1840–1908Nozu MichitsuraJapanese field marshalDecember 17
• 1840–1876Myles KeoghIrish-American military officerMarch 25
• 1840–1894Illarion PryanishnikovRussian painterMarch 20
• 1840–1912José María Velasco GómezMexican polymath and artistJuly 6
• 1840–1885André GillFrench caricaturistOctober 17
• 1840–1920Theodor PhilipsenDanish artistJune 10
• 1840–1929John Bigham, 1st Viscount MerseyBritish lawyer, judge and politicianAugust 3
• 1840–1894Honoré Mercier9th Premier of QuebecOctober 15
• 1840–1911Ghazaros AghayanArmenian writerApril 5
• 1840–1920John BrashearAmerican astronomer and instrument builderNovember 24
• 1840–1925Louis-Nazaire BéginCatholic cardinal from CanadaJanuary 10
• 1840–1900Alexander Cameron SimBritish businessman active in JapanAugust 28
• 1840–1893Georg von der Gabelentz19th century German linguistMarch 16
• 1840–1917Theodor LeberGerman ophthalmologistFebruary 29
• 1840–1921Henry Austin Dobson19th/20th-century English poet and essayistJanuary 18
• 1840–1895Émile MunierFrench painterJune 2
• 1840–1908Jo AbbottAmerican politicianJanuary 15
• 1840–1898Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau5th Premier of QuebecNovember 9
• 1840–1923Louis-Olivier TaillonPremier of Quebec in 1887 and from 1892 to 1896September 26
• 1840–1900Ferdinand HamerDutch missionary and bishopAugust 21
• 1840–1919Augusta LundinSwedish fashion designerJune 13
• 1840–1928Henry BirksCanadian businessmanNovember 30
• 1840–1893William F. NastAmerican diplomat and entrepreneurJune 14
• 1840–1911Allan McLeanAustralian politicianFebruary 3
• 1840–1910George ThrossellAustralian politicianMay 23
• 1840–1913Ernst Otto SchlickGerman naval engineerJune 16
• 1840–1915Ernest de MunckBelgian cellist and composerDecember 21
• 1840–1912Alejandro Gorostiaga19th-century Chilean military officerMay 12
• 1840–1917Georg Karl Maria SeidlitzGerman doctor and entomologistJune 19
• 1840–1907Ernest WilberforceBritish Anglican clergyman and bishopJanuary 22
• 1840–1919Jacob Christian FabriciusDanish councilor, musician, and composerSeptember 3
• 1840–1887William GiblinAustralian politicianNovember 4
• 1840–1932Dethloff WillrodtAmerican politicianJanuary 19
• 1840–1893George C. MagounAugust 25