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Who Was Alive in 1814

43 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1814

John Adams
John AdamsAge 79
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
 James Watt
James WattAge 78
1736–1819 · Science & Invention
Improved the steam engine
 Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 71
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
 Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 68
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
 Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 65
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 65
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
 James Madison
James MadisonAge 63
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
 Hokusai
HokusaiAge 54
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
 Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 47
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
 John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 47
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
 Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon BonaparteAge 45
1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership
Emperor of France, military genius
 Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 44
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 44
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
 Jane Austen
Jane AustenAge 39
1775–1817 · Literature
Pride and Prejudice
 Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 37
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
 Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò PaganiniAge 32
1782–1840 · Music
Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist
 Simón Bolívar
Simón BolívarAge 31
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America
 Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 29
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
 Shaka Zulu
Shaka ZuluAge about 27
1787–1828 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of the Zulu Kingdom
 Lord Byron
Lord ByronAge 26
1788–1824 · Literature
Romantic poet of Don Juan and Childe Harold
 Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 26
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism
 Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 23
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
 Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 23
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
 Franz Schubert
Franz SchubertAge 17
1797–1828 · Music
Composer of lieder and the Unfinished Symphony
 Mary Shelley
Mary ShelleyAge 17
1797–1851 · Literature
Author of Frankenstein
 Heinrich Heine
Heinrich HeineAge 17
1797–1856 · Literature
German Romantic poet
 Alexander Pushkin
Alexander PushkinAge 15
1799–1837 · Literature
Father of Russian literature
 Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de BalzacAge 15
1799–1850 · Literature
French novelist of La Comédie humaine
 Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 12
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
 Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre DumasAge 12
1802–1870 · Literature
Author of The Three Musketeers
 Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 11
1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought
Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance
 George Sand
George SandAge 10
1804–1876 · Literature
French novelist famous under a male pen name
 Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian AndersenAge 9
1805–1875 · Literature
The Little Mermaid, fairy tales
 Abraham Lincoln
Abraham LincolnAge 5
1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership
16th US President, ended slavery
 Charles Darwin
Charles DarwinAge 5
1809–1882 · Science & Invention
Theory of evolution by natural selection
 Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan PoeAge 5
1809–1849 · Literature
Master of the macabre, The Raven
 Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric ChopinAge 4
1810–1849 · Music
Romantic piano virtuoso
 Robert Schumann
Robert SchumannAge 4
1810–1856 · Music
Romantic composer and influential music critic
 Franz Liszt
Franz LisztAge 3
1811–1886 · Music
Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies
 Charles Dickens
Charles DickensAge 2
1812–1870 · Literature
A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist
 Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe VerdiAge 1
1813–1901 · Music
La Traviata, Aida — operatic master
 Richard Wagner
Richard WagnerAge 1
1813–1883 · Music
Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera
 Søren Kierkegaard
Søren KierkegaardAge 1
1813–1855 · Philosophy & Thought
Danish philosopher, father of existentialism

Also Born in 1814

Mikhail Bakunin
1814–1876 · born May 30
Russian revolutionary anarchist (1814–1876)
Taras Shevchenko
1814–1861 · born March 9
Ukrainian poet and artist (1814–1861)
Mikhail Lermontov
1814–1841 · born October 15
Russian writer, poet and painter (1814–1841)
Samuel Colt
1814–1862 · born July 19
American industrialist and inventor (1814–1862)
Jean-François Millet
1814–1875 · born October 4
French painter (1814–1875)
Adolphe Sax
1814–1894 · born November 6
Belgian musical instrument inventor (1814–1894)
Anders Jonas Ångström
1814–1874 · born August 13
Swedish physicist (1814–1874)
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc
1814–1879 · born January 27
French architect and author (1814–1879)
James Joseph Sylvester
1814–1897 · born September 3
English mathematician (1814–1897)

Also Died in 1814

Johann Gottlieb Fichte
1762–1814 · died January 27
German philosopher (1762–1814)
Marquis de Sade
1740–1814 · died December 2
French writer and nobleman (1740–1814)
Joséphine de Beauharnais
1763–1814 · died May 29
Empress of the French from 1804 to 1810
Elbridge Gerry
1744–1814 · died November 23
Founding Father, U.S. vice president (1813–1814)
Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
1737–1814 · died January 21
French writer and botanist (1737–1814)
Matthew Flinders
1774–1814 · died July 19
Royal Navy officer, navigator and cartographer (1774–1814)
Maria Carolina of Austria
1752–1814 · died September 8
Queen of Naples and Sicily from 1768 to 1814
Joseph-Ignace Guillotin
1738–1814 · died March 26
French physician, politician and freemason (1738 – 1814)
Benjamin Thompson
1753–1814 · died August 21
British military officer, scientist and inventor
Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne
1735–1814 · died December 13
Habsburg Austrian field marshal, writer and intellectual (1735–1814)

Sources

  1. 1814 — 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
  41. Charles Dickens — Wikipedia
  42. Giuseppe Verdi — Wikipedia
  43. Richard Wagner — Wikipedia
  44. Søren Kierkegaard — Wikipedia
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