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): Albert Bandura • Darvis Patton • John Aislabie • Nixon Kiprotich • Ramaswamy Venkataraman • Stephen Dawson • Ulf Kirsten • Victor French • Viktor (wrestler)

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