Villemin, French physician (d. 1892) February 17 – Elisabeth Blomqvist, Swedish-Finnish educator, feminist (d. 1901) March 7 – John Hall Gladstone, English chemist (d. 1902) March 8 – Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (d. 1875) March 25 – Stephen Luce, American admiral (d. 1917) April 2 – William Holman Hunt, British Pre-Raphaelite painter (d. 1910) April 5 – Joseph Lister, English surgeon, medical pioneer (d. 1912) April 8 – Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican politician, medical doctor and diplomat (d. 1898) May 11 – Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor, painter (d. 1875) May 19 – Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (d. 1896) May 21 – William P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (d. 1899) May 27 – Samuel F. Miller, American politician (d. 1892) May 31 – Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, British general (d. 1905) June 11 – Natalie Zahle, Danish educator, women's rights activist (d. 1913) June 12 – Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (d. 1901) June 13 – Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer, businessman (d. 1882) June 24 – Louis Brière de l'Isle, French general (d. 1897) June 26 – Amédée Courbet, French admiral (d. 1885) July–December July 17 – Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, British chemist (d. 1902) July 18 – Mangal Pandey, Indian soldier (d. 1857) July 24 – Francisco Solano López, President of Paraguay (d. 1870) August 5 – Deodoro da Fonseca, 1st President of Brazil (d. 1892) August 23 – Lord John Hay, British admiral and politician (d. 1916) August 28 – Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia, granddaughter of Tsar Paul I (d. 1894) September 3 – John Drew Sr., Irish-American stage actor, manager (d. 1862) September 27 – Georgiana Archer, German (originally Scottish) women's rights activist and educator (d. 1882) September 30 – Ellis H. Roberts, American politician (d. 1918) October 12 – Josiah Parsons Cooke, American chemist (d. 1894) October 16 – Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter (d. 1901) October 25 – Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist (d. 1907) October 29 – Antonio Borrero, 10th President of Ecuador (d. 1911) November 1 – Friedrich Haase, German actor (d. 1911) November 7 – Antti Ahlström, Finnish industrialist (d. 1896) November 18 – Mehmed Ali Pasha, Prussian-born Ottoman military leader (d. 1878) November 26 – Ellen G. White, American religious leader, cofounder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (d. 1915) November 29 – William Crichton, Scottish engineer and shipbuilder (d. 1889) December 3 Jain Acharya Rajendrasuri, Indian religious reformer (d. 1906)