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Who Was Alive in 1810

38 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1810

John Adams
John AdamsAge 75
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
James Watt
James WattAge 74
1736–1819 · Science & Invention
Improved the steam engine
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 67
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 64
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 61
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 61
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
James Madison
James MadisonAge 59
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
Hokusai
HokusaiAge 50
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 43
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 43
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon BonaparteAge 41
1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership
Emperor of France, military genius
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 40
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 40
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
Jane Austen
Jane AustenAge 35
1775–1817 · Literature
Pride and Prejudice
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 33
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò PaganiniAge 28
1782–1840 · Music
Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist
Simón Bolívar
Simón BolívarAge 27
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America
Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 25
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Shaka Zulu
Shaka ZuluAge about 23
1787–1828 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of the Zulu Kingdom
Lord Byron
Lord ByronAge 22
1788–1824 · Literature
Romantic poet of Don Juan and Childe Harold
Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 22
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism
Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 19
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 19
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
Franz Schubert
Franz SchubertAge 13
1797–1828 · Music
Composer of lieder and the Unfinished Symphony
Mary Shelley
Mary ShelleyAge 13
1797–1851 · Literature
Author of Frankenstein
Heinrich Heine
Heinrich HeineAge 13
1797–1856 · Literature
German Romantic poet
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander PushkinAge 11
1799–1837 · Literature
Father of Russian literature
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de BalzacAge 11
1799–1850 · Literature
French novelist of La Comédie humaine
Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 8
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre DumasAge 8
1802–1870 · Literature
Author of The Three Musketeers
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 7
1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought
Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance
George Sand
George SandAge 6
1804–1876 · Literature
French novelist famous under a male pen name
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian AndersenAge 5
1805–1875 · Literature
The Little Mermaid, fairy tales
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham LincolnAge 1
1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership
16th US President, ended slavery
Charles Darwin
Charles DarwinAge 1
1809–1882 · Science & Invention
Theory of evolution by natural selection
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan PoeAge 1
1809–1849 · Literature
Master of the macabre, The Raven
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric ChopinAge 0
1810–1849 · Music
Romantic piano virtuoso
Robert Schumann
Robert SchumannAge 0
1810–1856 · Music
Romantic composer and influential music critic

Born in 1810

Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric Chopin
1810–1849 · Music
Romantic piano virtuoso
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann
1810–1856 · Music
Romantic composer and influential music critic

Also Born in 1810

1810–1856 · born June 8
German composer, pianist and critic (1810–1856)
1810–1903 · born March 2
Head of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903
1810–1857 · born December 11
French writer (1810–1857)
1810–1861 · born August 10
Italian statesman and politician
1810–1891 · born July 5
American showman and politician (1810–1891)
1810–1865 · born September 29
English novelist, biographer, and short story writer (1810–1865)
1810–1882 · born December 7
German physiologist (1810–1882)
1810–1850 · born May 23
American writer and women's activist (1810–1850)

Also Died in 1810

1731–1810 · died February 24
English natural philosopher, and scientist (1731–1810)
1776–1810 · died July 19
Queen of Prussia from 1797 to 1810
1767–1810 · died February 20
Tyrolean innkeeper and patriot

Sources

  1. 1810 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. John Adams — Wikipedia
  3. James Watt — Wikipedia
  4. Thomas Jefferson — Wikipedia
  5. Francisco Goya — Wikipedia
  6. Edward Jenner — Wikipedia
  7. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Wikipedia
  8. James Madison — Wikipedia
  9. Hokusai — Wikipedia
  10. Andrew Jackson — Wikipedia
  11. John Quincy Adams — Wikipedia
  12. Napoleon — Wikipedia
  13. Ludwig van Beethoven — Wikipedia
  14. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel — Wikipedia
  15. Jane Austen — Wikipedia
  16. Carl Friedrich Gauss — Wikipedia
  17. Niccolò Paganini — Wikipedia
  18. Simón Bolívar — Wikipedia
  19. Jacob Grimm — Wikipedia
  20. Shaka — Wikipedia
  21. Lord Byron — Wikipedia
  22. Arthur Schopenhauer — Wikipedia
  23. Michael Faraday — Wikipedia
  24. Charles Babbage — Wikipedia
  25. Franz Schubert — Wikipedia
  26. Mary Shelley — Wikipedia
  27. Heinrich Heine — Wikipedia
  28. Alexander Pushkin — Wikipedia
  29. Honoré de Balzac — Wikipedia
  30. Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
  31. Alexandre Dumas — Wikipedia
  32. Ralph Waldo Emerson — Wikipedia
  33. George Sand — Wikipedia
  34. Hans Christian Andersen — Wikipedia
  35. Abraham Lincoln — Wikipedia
  36. Charles Darwin — Wikipedia
  37. Edgar Allan Poe — Wikipedia
  38. Frédéric Chopin — Wikipedia
  39. Robert Schumann — Wikipedia
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