Famous people born in 1832

John George Nicolay was a German born American who served as private secretary to Abraham Lincoln

Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was a French civil engineer and architect who built the famous Eiffel Tower

Mary Edwards Walker was an American feminist, an alleged spy, women’s right activist, an abolitionist and a prisoner of war

He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, and a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.

Wilhelm Wundt was a renowned doctor who conducted pioneering studies on experimental psychology

Khurshidbanu Natavan was an Azerbaijani poetess, renowned for her lyrical ghazals

Lewis Carroll was an English writer, mathematician and photographer

Horatio Alger was a popular American writer, famous for his rags-to-riches story formula

Mary Ann Cotton was an English serial-killer, whose victims included her own husbands, a lover and several children

Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist, widely appreciated for her timeless classic novel ‘Little Women’