Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish essayist, historian, and philosopher from the Scottish Lowlands. A leading writer of the Victorian era, he exerted a profound influence on 19th-century art, literature, and philosophy.

4 December 1795

Born on the same birth day (4 December): Alfred Hershey • André Roberson • Anna McGarrigle • Bjørn Kjellemyr • Blake Snell • Charles Keating • Charlie Spencer • Duje Dukan • Guillermo Amor • Heinrich Meibom (poet) • John C. Portman Jr. • Kim Do-yeon (singer) • Liu Bocheng • Orlando Brown (actor) • Tyra Banks • Waldo Ponce • Winifred Carney

Born in the same month (December 1795): Jack Russell (priest) • Leopold von Ranke • Peter Andreas Hansen