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Who Was Alive in 1781

28 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1781

Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin FranklinAge 75
1706–1790 · Science & Invention
Founding Father, electricity experiments
 Leonhard Euler
Leonhard EulerAge 74
1707–1783 · Science & Invention
Prolific Swiss mathematician
 Frederick the Great
Frederick the GreatAge 69
1712–1786 · Politics & Leadership
King of Prussia and military strategist
 Adam Smith
Adam SmithAge 58
1723–1790 · Philosophy & Thought
Economist, author of The Wealth of Nations
 Immanuel Kant
Immanuel KantAge 57
1724–1804 · Philosophy & Thought
Critique of Pure Reason
 Catherine the Great
Catherine the GreatAge 52
1729–1796 · Politics & Leadership
Empress who expanded Russia
 George Washington
George WashingtonAge 49
1732–1799 · Politics & Leadership
First US President
 Joseph Haydn
Joseph HaydnAge 49
1732–1809 · Music
Father of the symphony and string quartet
 John Adams
John AdamsAge 46
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
 James Watt
James WattAge 45
1736–1819 · Science & Invention
Improved the steam engine
 Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 38
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
 Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint LouvertureAge 38
1743–1803 · Politics & Leadership
Leader of the Haitian Revolution
 Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 35
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
 Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 32
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 32
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
 James Madison
James MadisonAge 30
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
 Marie Antoinette
Marie AntoinetteAge 26
1755–1793 · Politics & Leadership
Queen of France, executed in the Revolution
 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartAge 25
1756–1791 · Music
Musical prodigy, symphonies & operas
 Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary WollstonecraftAge 22
1759–1797 · Philosophy & Thought
Vindication of the Rights of Woman, feminist pioneer
 Friedrich Schiller
Friedrich SchillerAge 22
1759–1805 · Literature
German poet of the Ode to Joy
 Hokusai
HokusaiAge 21
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
 Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 14
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
 John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 14
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
 Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon BonaparteAge 12
1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership
Emperor of France, military genius
 Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 11
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 11
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
 Jane Austen
Jane AustenAge 6
1775–1817 · Literature
Pride and Prejudice
 Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 4
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians

Also Born in 1781

George Stephenson
1781–1848 · born June 9
English mechanical and civil engineer (1781–1848)
Adelbert von Chamisso
1781–1838 · born January 30
German poet and botanist (1781–1838)
Karl Friedrich Schinkel
1781–1841 · born March 13
Prussian architect, city planner and painter (1781–1841)
Siméon Denis Poisson
1781–1840 · born June 21
French mathematician and physicist (1781–1840)
David Brewster
1781–1868 · born December 11
British astronomer and mathematician (1781–1868)
Bernard Bolzano
1781–1848 · born October 5
Bohemian polymath (1781–1848)
Stamford Raffles
1781–1826 · born July 5
British colonial official (1781–1826)
René Laennec
1781–1826 · born February 17
French physician (1781–1826)

Also Died in 1781

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
1729–1781 · died February 15
German Enlightenment writer (1729–1781)
Anne Robert Jacques Turgot
1727–1781 · died March 18
French economist and statesman (1727–1781)
Túpac Amaru II
1738–1781 · died May 18
Leader of an uprising in Peru

Sources

  1. 1781 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. Benjamin Franklin — Wikipedia
  3. Leonhard Euler — Wikipedia
  4. Frederick the Great — Wikipedia
  5. Adam Smith — Wikipedia
  6. Immanuel Kant — Wikipedia
  7. Catherine the Great — Wikipedia
  8. George Washington — Wikipedia
  9. Joseph Haydn — Wikipedia
  10. John Adams — Wikipedia
  11. James Watt — Wikipedia
  12. Thomas Jefferson — Wikipedia
  13. Toussaint Louverture — Wikipedia
  14. Francisco Goya — Wikipedia
  15. Edward Jenner — Wikipedia
  16. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Wikipedia
  17. James Madison — Wikipedia
  18. Marie Antoinette — Wikipedia
  19. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Wikipedia
  20. Mary Wollstonecraft — Wikipedia
  21. Friedrich Schiller — Wikipedia
  22. Hokusai — Wikipedia
  23. Andrew Jackson — Wikipedia
  24. John Quincy Adams — Wikipedia
  25. Napoleon — Wikipedia
  26. Ludwig van Beethoven — Wikipedia
  27. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel — Wikipedia
  28. Jane Austen — Wikipedia
  29. Carl Friedrich Gauss — Wikipedia
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