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William James
American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist (1842–1910)
Peter Kropotkin
Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)
Abdul Hamid II
34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876–1909)
Ambrose Bierce
American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist (1842–1914)
John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
English physicist (1842–1919)
Stéphane Mallarmé
French Symbolist poet (1842–1898)
Alfred Marshall
British economist (1842–1924)
Karl May
German author (1842–1912)
Camille Flammarion
French astronomer and author (1842–1925)
Jules Massenet
French composer (1842–1912)
Maria Konopnicka
Polish writer and activist (1842-1910)
James Dewar
Scottish chemist and physicist (1842–1923)
Vasily Vereshchagin
Russian painter (1842-1904)
Osborne Reynolds
Anglo-Irish innovator (1842-1912)
Paul Lafargue
writer, journalist, literary critic and revolutionary; also known for being Karl Marx's son-in-law (1842-1911)
Sophus Lie
Norwegian mathematician (1842–1899)
Georg Brandes
Danish literature critic and scholar (1842–1927)
Giovanni Giolitti
Italian statesman (1842–1928)
Eliza Orzeszkowa
Polish writer
Arrigo Boito
Italian poet and opera composer and librettist of Verdi's opera ''Otello'' (1842-1918)
François Coppée
French poet and novelist (1842–1908)
Arthur Sullivan
English composer of the Gilbert & Sullivan duo (1842-1900)
José-Maria de Heredia
French poet (1842-1905)
Jean Gaston Darboux
French mathematician (1842–1917)
Mykola Lysenko
Ukrainian composer, pianist, conductor and ethnomusicologist (1842–1912)
Johannes Zukertort
German chess master (1842-1888)
Eduard von Hartmann
German philosopher (1842–1906)
Dominic Savio
Italian saint (1842-1857)
Ellen Swallow Richards
American chemist (1842-1911)
Hermann Cohen
German philosopher (1842–1918)
Carl von Linde
German engineer (1842-1934)
Giovanni Boldini
Italian painter (1842-1931)
Josef Breuer
Austrian physician (1842-1925)
Édouard Lucas
French mathematician (1842–1891)
Vilhelm Thomsen
Danish linguist (1842-1927)
Nikolaos Gyzis
Greek artist (1842-1901)
Osman Hamdi Bey
Ottoman statesman, academic and artist (1842-1910)
Hugo Schuchardt
German linguist (1842-1927)
Agnes Mary Clerke
Irish astronomer and writer (1842–1907)
Alphonse Borrelly
French astronomer
Antonio Fogazzaro
Italian writer (1842-1911)
Ōyama Iwao
Japanese general (1842-1916)
Alessandro Fortis
Italian politician (1842-1909)
Georg Ritter von Schönerer
Austrian politician (1842-1921)
Antero de Quental
Portuguese poet (1842–1891)
Erik Gustaf Boström
Swedish 19th/early 20th century prime minister (1842-1907)
Rikard Nordraak
Norwegian composer (1842–1866)
Alexandre Ribot
French politician (1842-1923)
Charles Cros
French poet and inventor (1842-1888)
Eloy Alfaro
President of Ecuador (1897 - 1901) / (1906 - 1914)
Mary MacKillop
Australian religious sister and saint (1842–1909)
Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria
Austrian archduke (1842-1919)
Laza Kostić
Serbian writer and politician (1841–1910)
Prince Gaston, Count of Eu
Brazilian and French Imperial and Royal (1842–1922)
Maurice Rouvier
French statesman (1842-1911)
Charles W. Alcock
British cricketer, footballer and football administrator (1842-1907)
Carl Zeller
Austrian lawyer and composer (1842-1898)
Joseph Valentin Boussinesq
French mathematician and physicist (1842-1929)
Ernest Lavisse
French historian (1842-1922)
Henry Hyndman
English writer and politician (1842–1921)