Births
- February 2
- Alfred Brehm (died 1884), zoologist.
- William Stanley (died 1909), inventor.
- March 23 - N. R. Pogson (died 1891 in science), astronomer.
- April 28 - Charles Bourseul (died 1912), telegraph engineer.
- April 30 - Ferdinand von Hochstetter (died 1884), geologist.
- August 13 (O.S. August 1) - Ivan Sechenov (died 1905), "the father of Russian physiology".
- August 23 - Moritz Cantor (died 1920), historian of mathematics.
- September 7 - Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz (died 1896), chemist.
- September 30 - Joseph Wolstenholme (died 1891), mathematician.
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