Who Was Alive in 1792

31 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1792

Immanuel KantAge 68

1724–1804 · Philosophy & Thought

Critique of Pure Reason

Catherine the GreatAge 63

1729–1796 · Politics & Leadership

Empress who expanded Russia

George WashingtonAge 60

1732–1799 · Politics & Leadership

First US President

Joseph HaydnAge 60

1732–1809 · Music

Father of the symphony and string quartet

John AdamsAge 57

1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership

Second US president and Founding Father

James WattAge 56

1736–1819 · Science & Invention

Improved the steam engine

Thomas JeffersonAge 49

1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership

Author of the Declaration of Independence

Toussaint LouvertureAge 49

1743–1803 · Politics & Leadership

Leader of the Haitian Revolution

Francisco GoyaAge 46

1746–1828 · Art

Spanish Romantic painter

Edward JennerAge 43

1749–1823 · Science & Invention

Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine

Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 43

1749–1832 · Literature

German poet and author of Faust

James MadisonAge 41

1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership

Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution

Marie AntoinetteAge 37

1755–1793 · Politics & Leadership

Queen of France, executed in the Revolution

Mary WollstonecraftAge 33

1759–1797 · Philosophy & Thought

Vindication of the Rights of Woman, feminist pioneer

Friedrich SchillerAge 33

1759–1805 · Literature

German poet of the Ode to Joy

HokusaiAge 32

1760–1849 · Art

The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker

Andrew JacksonAge 25

1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership

Seventh President of the United States

John Quincy AdamsAge 25

1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership

Sixth President of the United States

Napoleon BonaparteAge 23

1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership

Emperor of France, military genius

Ludwig van BeethovenAge 22

1770–1827 · Music

Symphonies composed while going deaf

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 22

1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought

German idealist philosopher

Jane AustenAge 17

1775–1817 · Literature

Pride and Prejudice

Carl Friedrich GaussAge 15

1777–1855 · Science & Invention

Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians

Niccolò PaganiniAge 10

1782–1840 · Music

Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist

Simón BolívarAge 9

1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership

Liberator of South America

Jacob GrimmAge 7

1785–1863 · Literature

Grimm's Fairy Tales

Shaka ZuluAge about 5

1787–1828 · Politics & Leadership

Founder of the Zulu Kingdom

Lord ByronAge 4

1788–1824 · Literature

Romantic poet of Don Juan and Childe Harold

Arthur SchopenhauerAge 4

1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought

German philosopher of pessimism

Michael FaradayAge 1

1791–1867 · Science & Invention

Electromagnetic induction

Charles BabbageAge 1

1791–1871 · Science & Invention

Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine

Also Born in 1792

Percy Bysshe Shelley

1792–1822 · born August 4

English poet (1792–1822)

Pope Pius IX

1792–1878 · born May 13

Head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878

Gioachino Rossini

1792–1868 · born February 29

Italian opera composer (1792–1868)

Nikolai Lobachevsky

1792–1856 · born December 1

Russian mathematician (1792–1856)

John Herschel

1792–1871 · born March 7

English polymath (1792–1871)

Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis

1792–1843 · born May 21

French mathematician, mechanical engineer, and scientist (1792–1843)

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell

1792–1878 · born August 18

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1846–1852, 1865–1866)

William II of the Netherlands

1792–1849 · born December 6

King of the Netherlands from 1840 to 1849

George M. Dallas

1792–1864 · born July 10

Vice President of the United States from 1845 to 1849

Also Died in 1792

Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor

1747–1792 · died March 1

Holy Roman Emperor from 1790 to 1792

Joshua Reynolds

1723–1792 · died February 23

English painter (1723–1792)

Gustav III

1746–1792 · died March 29

King of Sweden from 1771 to 1792

John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute

1713–1792 · died March 10

Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1762 to 1763

Frederick North, Lord North

1732–1792 · died August 5

Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782

Richard Arkwright

1732–1792 · died August 3

English inventor and entrepreneur (1732–1792)

Robert Adam

1728–1792 · died March 3

British neoclassical architect (1728–1792)

George Mason

1725–1792 · died October 7

American Founding Father (1725–1792)

John Paul Jones

1747–1792 · died July 18

Scottish-born naval officer (1747–1792)

Guillaume Le Gentil

1725–1792 · died October 22

French astronomer (1725–1792)

Johann Andreas Stein

1728–1792 · died February 29

German maker of keyboard instruments (1728 – 1792)

Sources

1792 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
Immanuel Kant — Wikipedia
Catherine the Great — Wikipedia
George Washington — Wikipedia
Joseph Haydn — Wikipedia
John Adams — Wikipedia
James Watt — Wikipedia
Thomas Jefferson — Wikipedia
Toussaint Louverture — Wikipedia
Francisco Goya — Wikipedia
Edward Jenner — Wikipedia
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Wikipedia
James Madison — Wikipedia
Marie Antoinette — Wikipedia
Mary Wollstonecraft — Wikipedia
Friedrich Schiller — Wikipedia
Hokusai — Wikipedia
Andrew Jackson — Wikipedia
John Quincy Adams — Wikipedia
Napoleon — Wikipedia
Ludwig van Beethoven — Wikipedia
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel — Wikipedia
Jane Austen — Wikipedia
Carl Friedrich Gauss — Wikipedia
Niccolò Paganini — Wikipedia
Simón Bolívar — Wikipedia
Jacob Grimm — Wikipedia
Shaka — Wikipedia
Lord Byron — Wikipedia
Arthur Schopenhauer — Wikipedia
Michael Faraday — Wikipedia
Charles Babbage — Wikipedia

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