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Who Was Alive in 1806

34 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1806

Joseph Haydn
Joseph HaydnAge 74
1732–1809 · Music
Father of the symphony and string quartet
 John Adams
John AdamsAge 71
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
 James Watt
James WattAge 70
1736–1819 · Science & Invention
Improved the steam engine
 Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 63
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
 Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 60
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
 Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 57
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 57
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
 James Madison
James MadisonAge 55
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
 Hokusai
HokusaiAge 46
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
 Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 39
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
 John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 39
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
 Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon BonaparteAge 37
1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership
Emperor of France, military genius
 Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 36
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 36
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
 Jane Austen
Jane AustenAge 31
1775–1817 · Literature
Pride and Prejudice
 Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 29
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
 Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò PaganiniAge 24
1782–1840 · Music
Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist
 Simón Bolívar
Simón BolívarAge 23
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America
 Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 21
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
 Shaka Zulu
Shaka ZuluAge about 19
1787–1828 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of the Zulu Kingdom
 Lord Byron
Lord ByronAge 18
1788–1824 · Literature
Romantic poet of Don Juan and Childe Harold
 Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 18
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism
 Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 15
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
 Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 15
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
 Franz Schubert
Franz SchubertAge 9
1797–1828 · Music
Composer of lieder and the Unfinished Symphony
 Mary Shelley
Mary ShelleyAge 9
1797–1851 · Literature
Author of Frankenstein
 Heinrich Heine
Heinrich HeineAge 9
1797–1856 · Literature
German Romantic poet
 Alexander Pushkin
Alexander PushkinAge 7
1799–1837 · Literature
Father of Russian literature
 Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de BalzacAge 7
1799–1850 · Literature
French novelist of La Comédie humaine
 Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 4
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
 Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre DumasAge 4
1802–1870 · Literature
Author of The Three Musketeers
 Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 3
1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought
Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance
 George Sand
George SandAge 2
1804–1876 · Literature
French novelist famous under a male pen name
 Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian AndersenAge 1
1805–1875 · Literature
The Little Mermaid, fairy tales

Also Born in 1806

John Stuart Mill
1806–1873 · born May 20
English politician and philosopher (1806–1873)
Max Stirner
1806–1856 · born October 25
German philosopher (1806–1856)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
1806–1861 · born March 6
English poet (1806–1861)
Benito Juárez
1806–1872 · born March 21
President of Mexico from 1858 to 1872
Augustus De Morgan
1806–1871 · born June 27
British mathematician and logician (1806–1871)
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
1806–1859 · born April 9
English civil and marine engineer (1806–1859)

Also Died in 1806

Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
1736–1806 · died August 23
French physicist (1736–1806)
William Pitt the Younger
1759–1806 · died January 23
British statesman (1759–1806)
Jean-Jacques Dessalines
1758–1806 · died October 17
Haitian revolutionary and first ruler (1758–1806)
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
1732–1806 · died August 22
French Rococo painter (1732–1806)
Mathurin Jacques Brisson
1723–1806 · died June 23
French zoologist and natural philosopher
Charles James Fox
1749–1806 · died September 13
British statesman (1749–1806)
Michael Haydn
1737–1806 · died August 10
Austrian composer (1737–1806)
George Stubbs
1724–1806 · died July 10
British painter (1724–1806)
Pierre-Charles Villeneuve
1763–1806 · died April 22
French Navy officer (1763–1806)

Sources

  1. 1806 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. Joseph Haydn — Wikipedia
  3. John Adams — Wikipedia
  4. James Watt — Wikipedia
  5. Thomas Jefferson — Wikipedia
  6. Francisco Goya — Wikipedia
  7. Edward Jenner — Wikipedia
  8. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Wikipedia
  9. James Madison — Wikipedia
  10. Hokusai — Wikipedia
  11. Andrew Jackson — Wikipedia
  12. John Quincy Adams — Wikipedia
  13. Napoleon — Wikipedia
  14. Ludwig van Beethoven — Wikipedia
  15. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel — Wikipedia
  16. Jane Austen — Wikipedia
  17. Carl Friedrich Gauss — Wikipedia
  18. Niccolò Paganini — Wikipedia
  19. Simón Bolívar — Wikipedia
  20. Jacob Grimm — Wikipedia
  21. Shaka — Wikipedia
  22. Lord Byron — Wikipedia
  23. Arthur Schopenhauer — Wikipedia
  24. Michael Faraday — Wikipedia
  25. Charles Babbage — Wikipedia
  26. Franz Schubert — Wikipedia
  27. Mary Shelley — Wikipedia
  28. Heinrich Heine — Wikipedia
  29. Alexander Pushkin — Wikipedia
  30. Honoré de Balzac — Wikipedia
  31. Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
  32. Alexandre Dumas — Wikipedia
  33. Ralph Waldo Emerson — Wikipedia
  34. George Sand — Wikipedia
  35. Hans Christian Andersen — Wikipedia
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