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Who Was Alive in 1816

46 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1816

John Adams
John AdamsAge 81
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
James Watt
James WattAge 80
1736–1819 · Science & Invention
Improved the steam engine
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 73
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 70
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 67
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 67
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
James Madison
James MadisonAge 65
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
Hokusai
HokusaiAge 56
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 49
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 49
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon BonaparteAge 47
1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership
Emperor of France, military genius
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 46
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 46
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
Jane Austen
Jane AustenAge 41
1775–1817 · Literature
Pride and Prejudice
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 39
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò PaganiniAge 34
1782–1840 · Music
Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist
Simón Bolívar
Simón BolívarAge 33
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America
Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 31
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Shaka Zulu
Shaka ZuluAge about 29
1787–1828 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of the Zulu Kingdom
Lord Byron
Lord ByronAge 28
1788–1824 · Literature
Romantic poet of Don Juan and Childe Harold
Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 28
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism
Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 25
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 25
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
Franz Schubert
Franz SchubertAge 19
1797–1828 · Music
Composer of lieder and the Unfinished Symphony
Mary Shelley
Mary ShelleyAge 19
1797–1851 · Literature
Author of Frankenstein
Heinrich Heine
Heinrich HeineAge 19
1797–1856 · Literature
German Romantic poet
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander PushkinAge 17
1799–1837 · Literature
Father of Russian literature
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de BalzacAge 17
1799–1850 · Literature
French novelist of La Comédie humaine
Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 14
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre DumasAge 14
1802–1870 · Literature
Author of The Three Musketeers
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 13
1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought
Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance
George Sand
George SandAge 12
1804–1876 · Literature
French novelist famous under a male pen name
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian AndersenAge 11
1805–1875 · Literature
The Little Mermaid, fairy tales
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham LincolnAge 7
1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership
16th US President, ended slavery
Charles Darwin
Charles DarwinAge 7
1809–1882 · Science & Invention
Theory of evolution by natural selection
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan PoeAge 7
1809–1849 · Literature
Master of the macabre, The Raven
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric ChopinAge 6
1810–1849 · Music
Romantic piano virtuoso
Robert Schumann
Robert SchumannAge 6
1810–1856 · Music
Romantic composer and influential music critic
Franz Liszt
Franz LisztAge 5
1811–1886 · Music
Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies
Charles Dickens
Charles DickensAge 4
1812–1870 · Literature
A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe VerdiAge 3
1813–1901 · Music
La Traviata, Aida — operatic master
Richard Wagner
Richard WagnerAge 3
1813–1883 · Music
Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera
Søren Kierkegaard
Søren KierkegaardAge 3
1813–1855 · Philosophy & Thought
Danish philosopher, father of existentialism
Otto von Bismarck
Otto von BismarckAge 1
1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership
Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor
Ada Lovelace
Ada LovelaceAge 1
1815–1852 · Science & Invention
Often called the first computer programmer
Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte BrontëAge 0
1816–1855 · Literature
Author of Jane Eyre, eldest Brontë sister

Born in 1816

Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte Brontë
1816–1855 · Literature
Author of Jane Eyre, eldest Brontë sister

Also Born in 1816

1816–1855 · born April 21
English novelist and poet (1816–1855)
1816–1892 · born December 13
German electrical engineer, inventor and industrialist (1816–1892)
1816–1888 · born September 11
German optician and optical instrument maker (1816–1888)
1816–1882 · born July 14
French diplomat and writer (1816–1882)

Also Died in 1816

1743–1816 · died July 20
Russian poet (1743–1816)
1751–1816 · died July 7
Anglo-Irish playwright, writer and politician (1751–1816)
1750–1816 · died July 14
Venezuelan military leader (1750–1816)
1740–1816 · died June 5
Italian Classical era composer (1740–1816)
1723–1816 · died February 22
Scottish philosopher and historian (1723–1816)
1754–1816 · died October 30
Ruler of Württemberg from 1797 to 1816
1752–1816 · died November 6
American Founding Father and politician

Sources

  1. 1816 — 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
  45. Otto von Bismarck — Wikipedia
  46. Ada Lovelace — Wikipedia
  47. Charlotte Brontë — Wikipedia
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