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Charles Babbage
English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791–1871)
John Frederick William Herschel
English polymath, mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor and photographer (*1792 – †1871)
Shamil
North Caucasian imam and warrior (1797-1871)
Augustus De Morgan
British mathematician and logician (1806–1871)
Daniel François Esprit Auber
French composer (1782-1871)
Anna Atkins
English botanist and photographer (1799-1871)
Alexander Afanasyev
Russian folklorist, collector of folk tales (1826-1871)
Konstantin Ushinsky
Russian teacher and writer (1823–1870)
Wilhelm Weitling
German-American socialist (1808–1871)
Louise of the Netherlands
Queen Consort of Sweden and Queen Consort of Norway from 1859 to 1871
József Eötvös
Hungarian politician (1813-1871)
Roderick Murchison, 1st Baronet
British geologist (1792-1871)
Anselme Payen
French chemist
Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin
French magician (1805-1871)
Omer Lutfi Pasha
Ottoman general and governor of Serb origin (1806–1871)
Jarosław Dąbrowski
Polish left-wing independence activist and general, supporter of the Paris Commune (1836-1871)
Sigismond Thalberg
Swiss composer and pianist (1812–1871)
Charles Paul de Kock
French novelist (1793–1871)
Princess Maria Annunziata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Italian princess (1843-1871)
Wilhelm von Tegetthoff
Austro-Hungarian admiral (1827-1871)
Mehmed Emin Âli Paşa
Ottoman statesman and Grand Vizier (1815–1871)
Moritz von Schwind
Austrian painter (1804–1871)
François-Joseph Fétis
Belgian composer (1784-1871)
Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel
Dutch botanist (1811-1871)
Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso
Italian noblewoman, patriot, editor and philanthropist (1808–1871)
Jeanne Villepreux-Power
French biologist (1794-1871)
Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail
French writer (1829-1871)
Georg Gottfried Gervinus
German historian and politician (national liberalism), (1805-1871)
İbrahim Şinasi
Ottoman journalist (1826-1871)
Antônio Frederico de Castro Alves
Brazilian poet (1847-1871)
Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau
German nobleman, landscape artist and travel writer (1785-1871)
Paul Kane
Irish-Canadian painter (1810-1871)
Robert Chambers
Scottish publisher and writer (1802–1871)
Leopold IV of Anhalt
Duke of Anhalt-Dessau, later Duke of all of Anhalt (1794-1871)
Robert Anderson
Union Army general (1805–1871)
Etienne Constantin de Gerlache
Belgian noble, lawyer and politician (1785-1871)
Michael Thonet
German-Austrian cabinet maker (1796-1871)
Stand Watie
2nd principal chief of the Cherokee Nation
Josef Mánes
Czech painter (1820-1871)
Pierre Leroux
French philosopher and political economist (1797-1871)
Willibald Alexis
German historical novelist (1798–1871)
Alexander Serov
Russian composer (1820–1871)
Filippo Taglioni
ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer
Adolph Strecker
German chemist (1822–1871)
Princess Leopoldina of Brazil
Brazilian princess (1847-1871)
Mariano Melgarejo
President of Bolivia (1820-1871)
Édouard Lartet
French geologist and paleontologist (1801–1871)
Charles Francis Hall
American arctic explorer (1821–1871)
George Grote
English historian and political radical (1794–1871)
Immanuel Bekker
German classical scholar and philologist (1785-1871)
Thomas Ewing
American politician (1789–1871)
Arvid August Afzelius
Swedish clergyman, poet, historian, mythologist and botanist (1785 – 1871)
Anna Sundström
first woman chemist in Sweden (1785-1871)
Louis Charles Delescluze
French revolutionary leader, journalist, and military commander of the Paris Commune (1809–1871)
Carl Tausig
Polish pianist (1841–1871)
Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough
British Tory politician, Governor-General of India (1790-1871)
Paolo Savi
Italian geologist and ornithologist (1798-1871)
Henry E. Steinway
German-American piano maker (1797-1871)
Jan Jacob Rochussen
Dutch politician (1797-1871)
Luise Aston
German writer, editor (1814–1871)