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Who Was Alive in 1808

34 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1808

Joseph Haydn
Joseph HaydnAge 76
1732–1809 · Music
Father of the symphony and string quartet
 John Adams
John AdamsAge 73
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
 James Watt
James WattAge 72
1736–1819 · Science & Invention
Improved the steam engine
 Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 65
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
 Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 62
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
 Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 59
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 59
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
 James Madison
James MadisonAge 57
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
 Hokusai
HokusaiAge 48
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
 Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 41
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
 John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 41
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
 Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon BonaparteAge 39
1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership
Emperor of France, military genius
 Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 38
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 38
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
 Jane Austen
Jane AustenAge 33
1775–1817 · Literature
Pride and Prejudice
 Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 31
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
 Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò PaganiniAge 26
1782–1840 · Music
Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist
 Simón Bolívar
Simón BolívarAge 25
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America
 Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 23
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
 Shaka Zulu
Shaka ZuluAge about 21
1787–1828 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of the Zulu Kingdom
 Lord Byron
Lord ByronAge 20
1788–1824 · Literature
Romantic poet of Don Juan and Childe Harold
 Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 20
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism
 Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 17
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
 Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 17
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
 Franz Schubert
Franz SchubertAge 11
1797–1828 · Music
Composer of lieder and the Unfinished Symphony
 Mary Shelley
Mary ShelleyAge 11
1797–1851 · Literature
Author of Frankenstein
 Heinrich Heine
Heinrich HeineAge 11
1797–1856 · Literature
German Romantic poet
 Alexander Pushkin
Alexander PushkinAge 9
1799–1837 · Literature
Father of Russian literature
 Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de BalzacAge 9
1799–1850 · Literature
French novelist of La Comédie humaine
 Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 6
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
 Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre DumasAge 6
1802–1870 · Literature
Author of The Three Musketeers
 Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 5
1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought
Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance
 George Sand
George SandAge 4
1804–1876 · Literature
French novelist famous under a male pen name
 Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian AndersenAge 3
1805–1875 · Literature
The Little Mermaid, fairy tales

Also Born in 1808

Andrew Johnson
1808–1875 · born December 29
President of the United States from 1865 to 1869
Napoleon III
1808–1873 · born April 20
Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870
Jefferson Davis
1808–1889 · born June 3
President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865
Emir Abdelkader
1808–1883 · born September 6
Algerian religious and military leader (1808–1883)
Gérard de Nerval
1808–1855 · born May 22
French writer, poet, essayist and translator (1808–1855)
Honoré Daumier
1808–1879 · born February 26
French artist (1808–1879)
Antonio Meucci
1808–1889 · born April 13
Italian inventor (1808–1889)

Also Died in 1808

Selim III
1761–1808 · died July 28
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1789 to 1807
Mustafa IV
1779–1808 · died November 16
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1807 to 1808
Christian VII
1749–1808 · died March 13
King of Denmark and Norway from 1766 to 1808

Sources

  1. 1808 — 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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