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Who Was Alive in 1802

34 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1802

Immanuel Kant
Immanuel KantAge 78
1724–1804 · Philosophy & Thought
Critique of Pure Reason
 Joseph Haydn
Joseph HaydnAge 70
1732–1809 · Music
Father of the symphony and string quartet
 John Adams
John AdamsAge 67
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
 James Watt
James WattAge 66
1736–1819 · Science & Invention
Improved the steam engine
 Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 59
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
 Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint LouvertureAge 59
1743–1803 · Politics & Leadership
Leader of the Haitian Revolution
 Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 56
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
 Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 53
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 53
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
 James Madison
James MadisonAge 51
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
 Friedrich Schiller
Friedrich SchillerAge 43
1759–1805 · Literature
German poet of the Ode to Joy
 Hokusai
HokusaiAge 42
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
 Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 35
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
 John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 35
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
 Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon BonaparteAge 33
1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership
Emperor of France, military genius
 Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 32
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 32
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
 Jane Austen
Jane AustenAge 27
1775–1817 · Literature
Pride and Prejudice
 Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 25
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
 Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò PaganiniAge 20
1782–1840 · Music
Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist
 Simón Bolívar
Simón BolívarAge 19
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America
 Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 17
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
 Shaka Zulu
Shaka ZuluAge about 15
1787–1828 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of the Zulu Kingdom
 Lord Byron
Lord ByronAge 14
1788–1824 · Literature
Romantic poet of Don Juan and Childe Harold
 Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 14
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism
 Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 11
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
 Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 11
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
 Franz Schubert
Franz SchubertAge 5
1797–1828 · Music
Composer of lieder and the Unfinished Symphony
 Mary Shelley
Mary ShelleyAge 5
1797–1851 · Literature
Author of Frankenstein
 Heinrich Heine
Heinrich HeineAge 5
1797–1856 · Literature
German Romantic poet
 Alexander Pushkin
Alexander PushkinAge 3
1799–1837 · Literature
Father of Russian literature
 Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de BalzacAge 3
1799–1850 · Literature
French novelist of La Comédie humaine
 Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 0
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
 Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre DumasAge 0
1802–1870 · Literature
Author of The Three Musketeers

Born in 1802

Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
 Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas
1802–1870 · Literature
Author of The Three Musketeers

Also Born in 1802

Alexandre Dumas
1802–1870 · born July 24
French writer and dramatist (1802–1870)
Niels Henrik Abel
1802–1829 · born August 5
Norwegian mathematician (1802–1829)
Elias Lönnrot
1802–1884 · born April 9
Finnish polymath and poet (1802–1884)
Lajos Kossuth
1802–1894 · born September 19
Hungarian statesman (1802–1894)
Wilhelm Hauff
1802–1827 · born November 29
German poet and novelist
Harriet Martineau
1802–1876 · born June 12
English writer and sociologist (1802–1876)

Also Died in 1802

Martha Washington
1731–1802 · died May 22
First Lady of the United States from 1789 to 1797
Alexander Radishchev
1749–1802 · died September 24
Russian author (1749–1802)
Erasmus Darwin
1731–1802 · died April 18
English physician (1731–1802)
Franz Aepinus
1724–1802 · died August 10
German mathematician (1724–1802)

Sources

  1. 1802 — 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
  34. Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
  35. Alexandre Dumas — Wikipedia
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