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Who Was Alive in 1817

46 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1817

John Adams
John AdamsAge 82
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
 James Watt
James WattAge 81
1736–1819 · Science & Invention
Improved the steam engine
 Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 74
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
 Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 71
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
 Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 68
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 68
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
 James Madison
James MadisonAge 66
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
 Hokusai
HokusaiAge 57
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
 Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 50
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
 John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 50
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
 Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon BonaparteAge 48
1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership
Emperor of France, military genius
 Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 47
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 47
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
 Jane Austen
Jane AustenAge 42
1775–1817 · Literature
Pride and Prejudice
 Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 40
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
 Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò PaganiniAge 35
1782–1840 · Music
Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist
 Simón Bolívar
Simón BolívarAge 34
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America
 Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 32
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
 Shaka Zulu
Shaka ZuluAge about 30
1787–1828 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of the Zulu Kingdom
 Lord Byron
Lord ByronAge 29
1788–1824 · Literature
Romantic poet of Don Juan and Childe Harold
 Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 29
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism
 Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 26
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
 Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 26
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
 Franz Schubert
Franz SchubertAge 20
1797–1828 · Music
Composer of lieder and the Unfinished Symphony
 Mary Shelley
Mary ShelleyAge 20
1797–1851 · Literature
Author of Frankenstein
 Heinrich Heine
Heinrich HeineAge 20
1797–1856 · Literature
German Romantic poet
 Alexander Pushkin
Alexander PushkinAge 18
1799–1837 · Literature
Father of Russian literature
 Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de BalzacAge 18
1799–1850 · Literature
French novelist of La Comédie humaine
 Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 15
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
 Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre DumasAge 15
1802–1870 · Literature
Author of The Three Musketeers
 Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 14
1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought
Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance
 George Sand
George SandAge 13
1804–1876 · Literature
French novelist famous under a male pen name
 Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian AndersenAge 12
1805–1875 · Literature
The Little Mermaid, fairy tales
 Abraham Lincoln
Abraham LincolnAge 8
1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership
16th US President, ended slavery
 Charles Darwin
Charles DarwinAge 8
1809–1882 · Science & Invention
Theory of evolution by natural selection
 Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan PoeAge 8
1809–1849 · Literature
Master of the macabre, The Raven
 Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric ChopinAge 7
1810–1849 · Music
Romantic piano virtuoso
 Robert Schumann
Robert SchumannAge 7
1810–1856 · Music
Romantic composer and influential music critic
 Franz Liszt
Franz LisztAge 6
1811–1886 · Music
Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies
 Charles Dickens
Charles DickensAge 5
1812–1870 · Literature
A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist
 Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe VerdiAge 4
1813–1901 · Music
La Traviata, Aida — operatic master
 Richard Wagner
Richard WagnerAge 4
1813–1883 · Music
Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera
 Søren Kierkegaard
Søren KierkegaardAge 4
1813–1855 · Philosophy & Thought
Danish philosopher, father of existentialism
 Otto von Bismarck
Otto von BismarckAge 2
1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership
Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor
 Ada Lovelace
Ada LovelaceAge 2
1815–1852 · Science & Invention
Often called the first computer programmer
 Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte BrontëAge 1
1816–1855 · Literature
Author of Jane Eyre, eldest Brontë sister

Also Born in 1817

Henry David Thoreau
1817–1862 · born July 12
American philosopher (1817–1862)
Theodor Mommsen
1817–1903 · born November 30
German classical scholar and historian (1817–1903)
Ivan Aivazovsky
1817–1900 · born July 29
Russian-Armenian marine painter (1817–1900)
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy
1817–1875 · born September 5
Russian poet, novelist, and playwright
Syed Ahmad Khan
1817–1898 · born October 17
Indian reformer and social activist (1817–1898)
Joseph Dalton Hooker
1817–1911 · born June 30
British botanist and explorer (1817–1911)

Died in 1817

Jane Austen
Jane Austen
1775–1817 · Literature
Pride and Prejudice

Also Died in 1817

Germaine de Staël
1766–1817 · died July 14
French novelist and woman of letters (1766–1817)
Charles Messier
1730–1817 · died April 12
18th- and 19th-century French astronomer
Tadeusz Kościuszko
1746–1817 · died October 15
Polish military leader (1746–1817)
André Masséna
1758–1817 · died April 4
French Marshal (1758–1817)
Martin Heinrich Klaproth
1743–1817 · died January 1
German chemist (1743–1817)
Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin
1727–1817 · died October 26
Chemist, physician and botanist from the Netherlands
William Bligh
1754–1817 · died December 7
Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator (1754–1817)

Sources

  1. 1817 — 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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