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Who Was Alive in 1811

39 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1811

John Adams
John AdamsAge 76
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
 James Watt
James WattAge 75
1736–1819 · Science & Invention
Improved the steam engine
 Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 68
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
 Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 65
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
 Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 62
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 62
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
 James Madison
James MadisonAge 60
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
 Hokusai
HokusaiAge 51
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
 Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 44
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
 John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 44
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
 Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon BonaparteAge 42
1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership
Emperor of France, military genius
 Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 41
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 41
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
 Jane Austen
Jane AustenAge 36
1775–1817 · Literature
Pride and Prejudice
 Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 34
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
 Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò PaganiniAge 29
1782–1840 · Music
Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist
 Simón Bolívar
Simón BolívarAge 28
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America
 Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 26
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
 Shaka Zulu
Shaka ZuluAge about 24
1787–1828 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of the Zulu Kingdom
 Lord Byron
Lord ByronAge 23
1788–1824 · Literature
Romantic poet of Don Juan and Childe Harold
 Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 23
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism
 Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 20
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
 Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 20
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
 Franz Schubert
Franz SchubertAge 14
1797–1828 · Music
Composer of lieder and the Unfinished Symphony
 Mary Shelley
Mary ShelleyAge 14
1797–1851 · Literature
Author of Frankenstein
 Heinrich Heine
Heinrich HeineAge 14
1797–1856 · Literature
German Romantic poet
 Alexander Pushkin
Alexander PushkinAge 12
1799–1837 · Literature
Father of Russian literature
 Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de BalzacAge 12
1799–1850 · Literature
French novelist of La Comédie humaine
 Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 9
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
 Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre DumasAge 9
1802–1870 · Literature
Author of The Three Musketeers
 Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 8
1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought
Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance
 George Sand
George SandAge 7
1804–1876 · Literature
French novelist famous under a male pen name
 Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian AndersenAge 6
1805–1875 · Literature
The Little Mermaid, fairy tales
 Abraham Lincoln
Abraham LincolnAge 2
1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership
16th US President, ended slavery
 Charles Darwin
Charles DarwinAge 2
1809–1882 · Science & Invention
Theory of evolution by natural selection
 Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan PoeAge 2
1809–1849 · Literature
Master of the macabre, The Raven
 Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric ChopinAge 1
1810–1849 · Music
Romantic piano virtuoso
 Robert Schumann
Robert SchumannAge 1
1810–1856 · Music
Romantic composer and influential music critic
 Franz Liszt
Franz LisztAge 0
1811–1886 · Music
Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies

Born in 1811

Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt
1811–1886 · Music
Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies

Also Born in 1811

Franz Liszt
1811–1886 · born October 22
Hungarian composer and pianist (1811–1886)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
1811–1896 · born June 14
American abolitionist and author (1811-1896)
Évariste Galois
1811–1832 · born October 25
French mathematician (1811–1832)
William Makepeace Thackeray
1811–1863 · born July 18
English novelist and illustrator (1811–1863)
Théophile Gautier
1811–1872 · born August 31
French poet, dramatist and novelist (1811–1872)
Robert Bunsen
1811–1899 · born March 30
German chemist (1811–1899)
Napoleon II
1811–1832 · born March 20
Son of Napoleon I (1811–1832)
Urbain Le Verrier
1811–1877 · born March 11
French astronomer and mathematician (1811–1877)
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
1811–1888 · born February 15
President of Argentina from 1868 to 1874
Isaac Singer
1811–1875 · born October 27
American inventor and businessman (1811–1875)

Also Died in 1811

Heinrich von Kleist
1777–1811 · died November 21
German Romantic writer (1777–1811)
Peter Simon Pallas
1741–1811 · died September 8
German zoologist, botanist, and natural historian (1741–1811)
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
1753–1811 · died July 30
Mexican Catholic preacher (1753–1811)
Louis Antoine de Bougainville
1729–1811 · died August 31
French military officer and explorer (1729–1811)
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
1735–1811 · died March 14
Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1768 to 1770

Sources

  1. 1811 — 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
  40. Franz Liszt — Wikipedia
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