The Famous Birthdays: Celebrity birthdays and famous people biographies

Famous people born in 1840

Claude Monet

Claude Monet (1840 - 1926)

French painter
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)

Russian composer
Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928)

English poet
Émile Zola

Émile Zola (1840 - 1902)

French novelist and critic
Auguste Rodin

Auguste Rodin (1840 - 1917)

French sculptor
Alfred Thayer Mahan

Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840 - 1914)

American captain and historian
Thomas Nast

Thomas Nast (1840 - 1902)

German-American cartoonist
Father Damien

Father Damien (1840 - 1889)

Flemish missionary and priest
Odilon Redon

Odilon Redon (1840 - 1916)

French Artist
Hiram Maxim

Hiram Maxim (1840 - 1916)

American-born inventor
Isabella Stewart Gardner

Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840 - 1924)

American Art Collector, Philanthropist
Alphonse Daudet

Alphonse Daudet (1840 - 1897)

French novelist
Namık Kemal

Namık Kemal (1840 - 1888)

Turkish poet
Fanny Stevenson

Fanny Stevenson (1840 - 1914)

Wife of Robert Louis Stevenson
Charles Booth

Charles Booth (1840 - 1916)

British shipowner, reformer