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Who Was Alive in 1803

35 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1803

Immanuel Kant
Immanuel KantAge 79
1724–1804 · Philosophy & Thought
Critique of Pure Reason
Joseph Haydn
Joseph HaydnAge 71
1732–1809 · Music
Father of the symphony and string quartet
John Adams
John AdamsAge 68
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
James Watt
James WattAge 67
1736–1819 · Science & Invention
Improved the steam engine
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 60
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint LouvertureAge 60
1743–1803 · Politics & Leadership
Leader of the Haitian Revolution
Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 57
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 54
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 54
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
James Madison
James MadisonAge 52
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
Friedrich Schiller
Friedrich SchillerAge 44
1759–1805 · Literature
German poet of the Ode to Joy
Hokusai
HokusaiAge 43
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 36
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 36
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon BonaparteAge 34
1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership
Emperor of France, military genius
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 33
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 33
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
Jane Austen
Jane AustenAge 28
1775–1817 · Literature
Pride and Prejudice
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 26
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò PaganiniAge 21
1782–1840 · Music
Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist
Simón Bolívar
Simón BolívarAge 20
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America
Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 18
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Shaka Zulu
Shaka ZuluAge about 16
1787–1828 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of the Zulu Kingdom
Lord Byron
Lord ByronAge 15
1788–1824 · Literature
Romantic poet of Don Juan and Childe Harold
Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 15
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism
Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 12
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 12
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
Franz Schubert
Franz SchubertAge 6
1797–1828 · Music
Composer of lieder and the Unfinished Symphony
Mary Shelley
Mary ShelleyAge 6
1797–1851 · Literature
Author of Frankenstein
Heinrich Heine
Heinrich HeineAge 6
1797–1856 · Literature
German Romantic poet
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander PushkinAge 4
1799–1837 · Literature
Father of Russian literature
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de BalzacAge 4
1799–1850 · Literature
French novelist of La Comédie humaine
Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 1
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre DumasAge 1
1802–1870 · Literature
Author of The Three Musketeers
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 0
1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought
Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance

Born in 1803

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought
Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance

Also Born in 1803

1803–1882 · born May 25
American philosopher (1803–1882)
1803–1869 · born December 11
French Romantic composer and conductor (1803–1869)
1803–1870 · born September 28
French writer, archaeologist and historian (1803–1870)
1803–1873 · born December 5
Russian poet (1803–1873)
1803–1873 · born May 12
German chemist (1803–1873)
1803–1853 · born November 29
Austrian mathematician and physicist (1803–1853)
1803–1873 · born May 25
British statesman and writer (1803–1873)
1803–1856 · born July 24
French composer (1803–1856)
1803–1882 · born December 26
Estonian writer, author of the national epic Kalevipoeg (1803-1882)

Died in 1803

Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint Louverture
1743–1803 · Politics & Leadership
Leader of the Haitian Revolution

Also Died in 1803

1744–1803 · died December 18
German philosopher, theologian, poet (1744–1803)
1724–1803 · died March 14
German poet (1724–1803)
1722–1803 · died October 2
Founding Father of the United States (1722–1803)
1741–1803 · died September 5
French novelist, official, freemason, and army general (1741–1803)
1719–1803 · died February 18
German Enlightenment poet (1719–1803)

Sources

  1. 1803 — 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
  36. Ralph Waldo Emerson — Wikipedia
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