Authors born in 1849
- A. G. Spalding Baseball Player, 1849
- Alexander Murdoch Mackay Missionary, 1849
- Alfred von Tirpitz Admiral, 1849
- August Strindberg Playwright, 1849
- Bernhard von Bulow Statesman, 1849
- Carlo Dossi Writer, 1849
- Charles Darling Lawyer, 1849
- Edmund Barton Politician, 1849
- Edmund Gosse Writer, 1849
- Ellen Key Writer, 1849
- Emma Curtis Hopkins Author, 1849
- Emma Lazarus Poet, 1849
- Felix Klein Mathematician, 1849
- George Bird Grinnell Anthropologist, 1849
- George Mercer Dawson Geologist, 1849
- Ivan Pavlov Psychologist, 1849
- Jacob Riis Journalist, 1849
- James Lane Allen Novelist, 1849
- James Whitcomb Riley Writer, 1849
- John Ambrose Fleming Engineer, 1849
- Luther Burbank Botanist, 1849
- Max Nordau Leader, 1849
- Nathan C. Schaeffer Clergyman, 1849
- Sarah Orne Jewett Author, 1849
- William Ernest Henley Poet, 1849
- William Hurrell Mallock Writer, 1849
- William Jay Gaynor Politician, 1849
- William Johnson Sollas Geologist, 1849
- William Merritt Chase Painter, 1849
- William Osler Physician, 1849
- William Thomas Stead Newspaper Editor, 1849