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Who Was Alive in 1793

31 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1793

Immanuel Kant
Immanuel KantAge 69
1724–1804 · Philosophy & Thought
Critique of Pure Reason
 Catherine the Great
Catherine the GreatAge 64
1729–1796 · Politics & Leadership
Empress who expanded Russia
 George Washington
George WashingtonAge 61
1732–1799 · Politics & Leadership
First US President
 Joseph Haydn
Joseph HaydnAge 61
1732–1809 · Music
Father of the symphony and string quartet
 John Adams
John AdamsAge 58
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
 James Watt
James WattAge 57
1736–1819 · Science & Invention
Improved the steam engine
 Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 50
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
 Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint LouvertureAge 50
1743–1803 · Politics & Leadership
Leader of the Haitian Revolution
 Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 47
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
 Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 44
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 44
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
 James Madison
James MadisonAge 42
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
 Marie Antoinette
Marie AntoinetteAge 38
1755–1793 · Politics & Leadership
Queen of France, executed in the Revolution
 Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary WollstonecraftAge 34
1759–1797 · Philosophy & Thought
Vindication of the Rights of Woman, feminist pioneer
 Friedrich Schiller
Friedrich SchillerAge 34
1759–1805 · Literature
German poet of the Ode to Joy
 Hokusai
HokusaiAge 33
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
 Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 26
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
 John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 26
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
 Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon BonaparteAge 24
1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership
Emperor of France, military genius
 Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 23
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 23
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
 Jane Austen
Jane AustenAge 18
1775–1817 · Literature
Pride and Prejudice
 Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 16
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
 Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò PaganiniAge 11
1782–1840 · Music
Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist
 Simón Bolívar
Simón BolívarAge 10
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America
 Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 8
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
 Shaka Zulu
Shaka ZuluAge about 6
1787–1828 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of the Zulu Kingdom
 Lord Byron
Lord ByronAge 5
1788–1824 · Literature
Romantic poet of Don Juan and Childe Harold
 Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 5
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism
 Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 2
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
 Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 2
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine

Also Born in 1793

Ferdinand I of Austria
1793–1875 · born April 19
Emperor of Austria from 1835 to 1848
Juan Manuel de Rosas
1793–1877 · born March 30
Argentine politician and general (1793–1877)

Died in 1793

Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette
1755–1793 · Politics & Leadership
Queen of France, executed in the Revolution

Also Died in 1793

Louis XVI
1754–1793 · died January 21
King of France from 1774 to 1792
Carlo Goldoni
1707–1793 · died February 6
Italian playwright (1707–1793)
Jean-Paul Marat
1743–1793 · died July 13
French political theorist (1743–1793)
Olympe de Gouges
1748–1793 · died November 3
French playwright and activist (1746–1793)
Charlotte Corday
1768–1793 · died July 17
French assassin (1768–1793)
John Hancock
1737–1793 · died October 8
American Founding Father (1737–1793)
Jean Sylvain Bailly
1736–1793 · died November 12
French astronomer, mathematician, freemason, and political leader (1736–1793)
Charles Bonnet
1720–1793 · died May 20
Genevan botanist (1720–1793)

Sources

  1. 1793 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. Immanuel Kant — Wikipedia
  3. Catherine the Great — Wikipedia
  4. George Washington — Wikipedia
  5. Joseph Haydn — Wikipedia
  6. John Adams — Wikipedia
  7. James Watt — Wikipedia
  8. Thomas Jefferson — Wikipedia
  9. Toussaint Louverture — Wikipedia
  10. Francisco Goya — Wikipedia
  11. Edward Jenner — Wikipedia
  12. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Wikipedia
  13. James Madison — Wikipedia
  14. Marie Antoinette — Wikipedia
  15. Mary Wollstonecraft — Wikipedia
  16. Friedrich Schiller — Wikipedia
  17. Hokusai — Wikipedia
  18. Andrew Jackson — Wikipedia
  19. John Quincy Adams — Wikipedia
  20. Napoleon — Wikipedia
  21. Ludwig van Beethoven — Wikipedia
  22. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel — Wikipedia
  23. Jane Austen — Wikipedia
  24. Carl Friedrich Gauss — Wikipedia
  25. Niccolò Paganini — Wikipedia
  26. Simón Bolívar — Wikipedia
  27. Jacob Grimm — Wikipedia
  28. Shaka — Wikipedia
  29. Lord Byron — Wikipedia
  30. Arthur Schopenhauer — Wikipedia
  31. Michael Faraday — Wikipedia
  32. Charles Babbage — Wikipedia
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