1839 births

Anne Lee Plunket, Baroness Plunket was an Irish philanthropist.

French painter (1839–1906)

French poet, Nobel prize for literature winner 1901 (1839–1907)

American industrialist and philanthropist (1839–1937)

Russian composer (1839–1881)

American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist (1839-1914)

American scientist (1839–1903)

French, British painter (1839–1899)

Brazilian writer

American political economist and journalist (1839–1897)

United States cavalry commander (1839–1876)

Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

Indian industrialist, founder of the Tata Group (born 1839)

King of Romania from 1881 to 1914

Brazilian politician (1839-1895)

American inventor (1839–1913)

English writer, critic and essayist (1839–1894)

German mathematician (1839–1873)

Estonian ethnologist, folklorist and linguist (1839-1907)

Prime Minister of Italy (1839-1908)

Maria Louise Ramé (1 January 1839 – 25 January 1908), going by the name Marie Louise de la Ramée and known by the pseudonym Ouida ( ), was an English novelist. Ouida wrote more than 40 novels, as well as short stories, children's books and essays. Moderately successful, she lived a life of luxury, entertaining many of the literary figures of the day.

German physicist (1839–1894)

Russian painter (1839-1915)

French psychologist (1839-1916)

British paleontologist (1839-1909)

American temperance activist and suffragist (1839–1898)

French medievalist and writer (1839-1903)

Austrian dramatist (1839-1889)

Italian journalist and writer (1839-1915)

Russian grand duchess (1839-1891); youngest daughter of Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden, and Princess Sophie of Sweden

German explorer and biologist (1839-1917)

Austrian women's rights activist (1839–1936)

Sardinian politician (1839-1924)

German painter and graphic artist (1839–1924)

French astronomer (1839–1906)

Russian politician (1839-1904)

American astronomer (1839-1918)

Duke in Bavaria (1839–1909)

14th Premier of New Zealand (1839-1893)

Bohemian engineer and industrialist (1839-1900)

Russian politician (1839-1917)

Japanese artist and printmaker (1839–1892)

German geologist and paleontologist (1839–1904)

French Navy officer (1839-1873)

Ottoman grand vizier and general (1832-1919)

Danish mathematician (1839-1910)

Liechtensteiner organist and composer (1839-1901)

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Commanding General of the United States Army (1839-1925)

British chemist and businessman (1839–1909)

Russian physicist (1839–1896)

American chemist (1839-1917)

Irish artist (1839-1922)

Danish politician (1839-1923)

Paraguayan politician (1839-1912)

Egyptian Prime Minister (1839–1904)

English embroiderer and artists' model (1839–1914)

samurai (1839-1867)

Austrian meteorologist (1839-1921)

Albanian statesman, diplomat (1839-1892)

French electrical engineer (1839–1882)