Born in 1842

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• 1842–1899Sophus LieNorwegian mathematicianDecember 17
• 1842–1857Dominic SavioItalian student and Catholic saintApril 2
• 1842–1910Arkhip KuindzhiRussian painterJanuary 27
• 1842–1909Mary MacKillopAustralian religious sister and saintJanuary 15
• 1842–1925Camille FlammarionFrench astronomer and authorFebruary 26
• 1842–1923James DewarBritish chemist and physicistSeptember 20
• 1842–1910Osman Hamdi BeyOttoman administrator, intellectual and artistDecember 30
• 1842–1931Giovanni BoldiniItalian painterDecember 31
• 1842–1934Carl von LindeGerman engineer and scientistJune 11
• 1842–1925Josef BreuerAustrian physicianJanuary 15
• 1842–1911Ellen Swallow RichardsAmerican engineer and chemistDecember 3
• 1842–1918Arrigo BoitoItalian librettist and composerFebruary 24
• 1842–1888Johannes ZukertortGerman-British chess playerSeptember 7
• 1842–1906Eduard von HartmannGerman philosopherFebruary 23
• 1842–1912Mykola LysenkoUkrainian composer and musicianMarch 22
• 1842–1918Hermann CohenGerman philosopherJuly 4
• 1842–1881Sidney LanierAmerican musician and poetFebruary 3
• 1842–1891Édouard LucasFrench mathematicianApril 4
• 1842–1849Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of RussiaGrand Duchess of RussiaAugust 30
• 1842–1923Alexandre RibotFrench politicianFebruary 6
• 1842–1919Phoebe HearstAmerican philanthropist, feminist and suffragistDecember 3
• 1842–1901Nikolaos GyzisGreek painterMarch 1
• 1842–1888Charles CrosFrench poet and inventorOctober 1
• 1842–1908François CoppéeFrench poet and novelistJanuary 26
• 1842–1933Elizabeth Bacon CusterWife of General CusterApril 8
• 1842–1891Calixa LavalléeCanadian composerDecember 28
• 1842–1911Maurice RouvierFrench statesmanApril 17
• 1842–1907Agnes Mary ClerkeIrish astronomer and writerFebruary 10
• 1842–1924Josephine St. Pierre RuffinAfrican-American publisher, journalist, civil rights leader, suffragist, and editorAugust 31
• 1842–1901Clarence KingAmerican geologistJanuary 6
• 1842–1914Carl JacobsenDanish brewer, art collector and philanthropistMarch 2
• 1842–1909Alexandre Saint-Yves d'AlveydreFrench philosopherMarch 26
• 1842–1908William D. ColemanFormer President of LiberiaJuly 18
• 1842–1899Carl MillöckerAustrian composer and conductorApril 29
• 1842–1920John H. BankheadAmerican politicianSeptember 13
• 1842–1909Emil Christian HansenDanish mycologistMay 8
• 1842–1922Heinrich QuinckeGerman physicianAugust 26
• 1842–1929Rosina HeikelFinnish doctorMarch 17
• 1842–1922Jakob RosanesGerman mathematician and chess playerAugust 16
• 1842–1913Hans HildebrandSwedish archeologistApril 5
• 1842–1927Julian SochockiPolish-Russian mathematicianFebruary 2
• 1842–1907Alfred ShawEnglish cricketer and rugby footballerAugust 29
• 1842–1918Hazard StevensUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipientJune 9
• 1842–1918John Q. A. BrackettAmerican politicianJune 8
• 1842–1864Ulric DahlgrenUnion Army officerApril 3
• 1842–1899Charles Alfred PillsburyAmerican industrialistDecember 3
• 1842–1909Friedrich AmelungBaltic German chess player and historianMarch 23
• 1842–1924S. Subramania IyerIndian lawyer, jurist and freedom fighterOctober 1
• 1842–1911A. A. AmesAmerican politicianJanuary 18
• 1842–1896Frederic T. GreenhalgeAmerican politicianJuly 19
• 1842–1921Susan Jane CunninghamAmerican mathematicianMarch 23
• 1842–1901Adolf BötticherGerman art historian and conservatorDecember 12
• 1842–1925Luigi PigoriniItalian politicianJanuary 10
• 1842–1903Alphonse François RenardBelgian geologist and petrographerSeptember 27
• 1842–1927Joe StartAmerican baseball playerOctober 14
• 1842–1894John Cox BrayAustralian politicianMay 31
• 1842–1934Emily DobsonAustralian philanthropistOctober 10
• 1842–1914Charles WellsBritish brewerAugust 13