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Who Was Alive in 1787

30 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1787

Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin FranklinAge 81
1706–1790 · Science & Invention
Founding Father, electricity experiments
 Adam Smith
Adam SmithAge 64
1723–1790 · Philosophy & Thought
Economist, author of The Wealth of Nations
 Immanuel Kant
Immanuel KantAge 63
1724–1804 · Philosophy & Thought
Critique of Pure Reason
 Catherine the Great
Catherine the GreatAge 58
1729–1796 · Politics & Leadership
Empress who expanded Russia
 George Washington
George WashingtonAge 55
1732–1799 · Politics & Leadership
First US President
 Joseph Haydn
Joseph HaydnAge 55
1732–1809 · Music
Father of the symphony and string quartet
 John Adams
John AdamsAge 52
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
 James Watt
James WattAge 51
1736–1819 · Science & Invention
Improved the steam engine
 Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 44
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
 Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint LouvertureAge 44
1743–1803 · Politics & Leadership
Leader of the Haitian Revolution
 Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 41
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
 Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 38
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 38
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
 James Madison
James MadisonAge 36
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
 Marie Antoinette
Marie AntoinetteAge 32
1755–1793 · Politics & Leadership
Queen of France, executed in the Revolution
 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartAge 31
1756–1791 · Music
Musical prodigy, symphonies & operas
 Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary WollstonecraftAge 28
1759–1797 · Philosophy & Thought
Vindication of the Rights of Woman, feminist pioneer
 Friedrich Schiller
Friedrich SchillerAge 28
1759–1805 · Literature
German poet of the Ode to Joy
 Hokusai
HokusaiAge 27
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
 Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 20
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
 John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 20
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
 Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon BonaparteAge 18
1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership
Emperor of France, military genius
 Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 17
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 17
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
 Jane Austen
Jane AustenAge 12
1775–1817 · Literature
Pride and Prejudice
 Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 10
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
 Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò PaganiniAge 5
1782–1840 · Music
Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist
 Simón Bolívar
Simón BolívarAge 4
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America
 Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 2
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
 Shaka Zulu
Shaka ZuluAge about 0
1787–1828 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of the Zulu Kingdom

Born in 1787

Shaka Zulu
Shaka Zulu
1787–1828 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of the Zulu Kingdom

Also Born in 1787

Louis Daguerre
1787–1851 · born November 18
French scientist, artist and photographer (1787–1851)
Joseph von Fraunhofer
1787–1826 · born March 6
German physicist (1787–1826)
François Guizot
1787–1874 · born October 4
French historian, orator and statesman (1787–1874)
Ludwig Uhland
1787–1862 · born April 26
German poet and politician (1787–1862)

Also Died in 1787

Christoph Willibald Gluck
1714–1787 · died November 15
Opera composer (1714–1787)
Leopold Mozart
1719–1787 · died May 28
German musician (1719–1787), W. A. Mozart's father
Roger Joseph Boscovich
1711–1787 · died February 13
Croat-Italian physicist and writer (1711–1787)
Carl Friedrich Abel
1723–1787 · died June 20
German composer (1723–1787)

Sources

  1. 1787 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. Benjamin Franklin — Wikipedia
  3. Adam Smith — Wikipedia
  4. Immanuel Kant — Wikipedia
  5. Catherine the Great — Wikipedia
  6. George Washington — Wikipedia
  7. Joseph Haydn — Wikipedia
  8. John Adams — Wikipedia
  9. James Watt — Wikipedia
  10. Thomas Jefferson — Wikipedia
  11. Toussaint Louverture — Wikipedia
  12. Francisco Goya — Wikipedia
  13. Edward Jenner — Wikipedia
  14. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Wikipedia
  15. James Madison — Wikipedia
  16. Marie Antoinette — Wikipedia
  17. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Wikipedia
  18. Mary Wollstonecraft — Wikipedia
  19. Friedrich Schiller — Wikipedia
  20. Hokusai — Wikipedia
  21. Andrew Jackson — Wikipedia
  22. John Quincy Adams — Wikipedia
  23. Napoleon — Wikipedia
  24. Ludwig van Beethoven — Wikipedia
  25. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel — Wikipedia
  26. Jane Austen — Wikipedia
  27. Carl Friedrich Gauss — Wikipedia
  28. Niccolò Paganini — Wikipedia
  29. Simón Bolívar — Wikipedia
  30. Jacob Grimm — Wikipedia
  31. Shaka — Wikipedia
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