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Who Was Alive in 1801

32 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1801

Immanuel Kant
Immanuel KantAge 77
1724–1804 · Philosophy & Thought
Critique of Pure Reason
 Joseph Haydn
Joseph HaydnAge 69
1732–1809 · Music
Father of the symphony and string quartet
 John Adams
John AdamsAge 66
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
 James Watt
James WattAge 65
1736–1819 · Science & Invention
Improved the steam engine
 Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 58
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
 Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint LouvertureAge 58
1743–1803 · Politics & Leadership
Leader of the Haitian Revolution
 Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 55
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
 Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 52
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 52
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
 James Madison
James MadisonAge 50
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
 Friedrich Schiller
Friedrich SchillerAge 42
1759–1805 · Literature
German poet of the Ode to Joy
 Hokusai
HokusaiAge 41
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
 Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 34
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
 John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 34
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
 Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon BonaparteAge 32
1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership
Emperor of France, military genius
 Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 31
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 31
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
 Jane Austen
Jane AustenAge 26
1775–1817 · Literature
Pride and Prejudice
 Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 24
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
 Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò PaganiniAge 19
1782–1840 · Music
Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist
 Simón Bolívar
Simón BolívarAge 18
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America
 Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 16
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
 Shaka Zulu
Shaka ZuluAge about 14
1787–1828 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of the Zulu Kingdom
 Lord Byron
Lord ByronAge 13
1788–1824 · Literature
Romantic poet of Don Juan and Childe Harold
 Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 13
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism
 Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 10
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
 Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 10
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
 Franz Schubert
Franz SchubertAge 4
1797–1828 · Music
Composer of lieder and the Unfinished Symphony
 Mary Shelley
Mary ShelleyAge 4
1797–1851 · Literature
Author of Frankenstein
 Heinrich Heine
Heinrich HeineAge 4
1797–1856 · Literature
German Romantic poet
 Alexander Pushkin
Alexander PushkinAge 2
1799–1837 · Literature
Father of Russian literature
 Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de BalzacAge 2
1799–1850 · Literature
French novelist of La Comédie humaine

Also Born in 1801

Frédéric Bastiat
1801–1850 · born June 29
French economist (1801–1850)
John Henry Newman
1801–1890 · born February 21
English philosopher and cardinal (1801–1890)
Vincenzo Bellini
1801–1835 · born November 3
Italian opera composer (1801–1835)
Vladimir Dal
1801–1872 · born November 10
Russian lexicographer (1801–1872)
William H. Seward
1801–1872 · born May 16
American politician (1801–1872)
Brigham Young
1801–1877 · born June 1
American religious leader (1801–1877)
George Biddell Airy
1801–1892 · born July 27
English mathematician and astronomer (1801–1892)
Johann Nestroy
1801–1862 · born December 7
Austrian playwright, actor and singer
Mikhail Ostrogradsky
1801–1861 · born September 24
Ukrainian-Russian mathematician

Also Died in 1801

Novalis
1772–1801 · died March 25
German aristocrat and polymath (1772–1801)
Benedict Arnold
1741–1801 · died June 14
British military officer (1741–1801)

Sources

  1. 1801 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. Immanuel Kant — Wikipedia
  3. Joseph Haydn — Wikipedia
  4. John Adams — Wikipedia
  5. James Watt — Wikipedia
  6. Thomas Jefferson — Wikipedia
  7. Toussaint Louverture — Wikipedia
  8. Francisco Goya — Wikipedia
  9. Edward Jenner — Wikipedia
  10. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Wikipedia
  11. James Madison — Wikipedia
  12. Friedrich Schiller — Wikipedia
  13. Hokusai — Wikipedia
  14. Andrew Jackson — Wikipedia
  15. John Quincy Adams — Wikipedia
  16. Napoleon — Wikipedia
  17. Ludwig van Beethoven — Wikipedia
  18. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel — Wikipedia
  19. Jane Austen — Wikipedia
  20. Carl Friedrich Gauss — Wikipedia
  21. Niccolò Paganini — Wikipedia
  22. Simón Bolívar — Wikipedia
  23. Jacob Grimm — Wikipedia
  24. Shaka — Wikipedia
  25. Lord Byron — Wikipedia
  26. Arthur Schopenhauer — Wikipedia
  27. Michael Faraday — Wikipedia
  28. Charles Babbage — Wikipedia
  29. Franz Schubert — Wikipedia
  30. Mary Shelley — Wikipedia
  31. Heinrich Heine — Wikipedia
  32. Alexander Pushkin — Wikipedia
  33. Honoré de Balzac — Wikipedia
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