Who Was Alive in 1818

48 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1818

John AdamsAge 83

1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership

Second US president and Founding Father

James WattAge 82

1736–1819 · Science & Invention

Improved the steam engine

Thomas JeffersonAge 75

1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership

Author of the Declaration of Independence

Francisco GoyaAge 72

1746–1828 · Art

Spanish Romantic painter

Edward JennerAge 69

1749–1823 · Science & Invention

Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine

Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 69

1749–1832 · Literature

German poet and author of Faust

James MadisonAge 67

1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership

Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution

HokusaiAge 58

1760–1849 · Art

The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker

Andrew JacksonAge 51

1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership

Seventh President of the United States

John Quincy AdamsAge 51

1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership

Sixth President of the United States

Napoleon BonaparteAge 49

1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership

Emperor of France, military genius

Ludwig van BeethovenAge 48

1770–1827 · Music

Symphonies composed while going deaf

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 48

1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought

German idealist philosopher

Carl Friedrich GaussAge 41

1777–1855 · Science & Invention

Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians

Niccolò PaganiniAge 36

1782–1840 · Music

Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist

Simón BolívarAge 35

1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership

Liberator of South America

Jacob GrimmAge 33

1785–1863 · Literature

Grimm's Fairy Tales

Shaka ZuluAge about 31

1787–1828 · Politics & Leadership

Founder of the Zulu Kingdom

Lord ByronAge 30

1788–1824 · Literature

Romantic poet of Don Juan and Childe Harold

Arthur SchopenhauerAge 30

1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought

German philosopher of pessimism

Michael FaradayAge 27

1791–1867 · Science & Invention

Electromagnetic induction

Charles BabbageAge 27

1791–1871 · Science & Invention

Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine

Franz SchubertAge 21

1797–1828 · Music

Composer of lieder and the Unfinished Symphony

Mary ShelleyAge 21

1797–1851 · Literature

Author of Frankenstein

Heinrich HeineAge 21

1797–1856 · Literature

German Romantic poet

Alexander PushkinAge 19

1799–1837 · Literature

Father of Russian literature

Honoré de BalzacAge 19

1799–1850 · Literature

French novelist of La Comédie humaine

Victor HugoAge 16

1802–1885 · Literature

Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

Alexandre DumasAge 16

1802–1870 · Literature

Author of The Three Musketeers

Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 15

1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought

Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance

George SandAge 14

1804–1876 · Literature

French novelist famous under a male pen name

Hans Christian AndersenAge 13

1805–1875 · Literature

The Little Mermaid, fairy tales

Abraham LincolnAge 9

1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership

16th US President, ended slavery

Charles DarwinAge 9

1809–1882 · Science & Invention

Theory of evolution by natural selection

Edgar Allan PoeAge 9

1809–1849 · Literature

Master of the macabre, The Raven

Frédéric ChopinAge 8

1810–1849 · Music

Romantic piano virtuoso

Robert SchumannAge 8

1810–1856 · Music

Romantic composer and influential music critic

Franz LisztAge 7

1811–1886 · Music

Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies

Charles DickensAge 6

1812–1870 · Literature

A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist

Giuseppe VerdiAge 5

1813–1901 · Music

La Traviata, Aida — operatic master

Richard WagnerAge 5

1813–1883 · Music

Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera

Søren KierkegaardAge 5

1813–1855 · Philosophy & Thought

Danish philosopher, father of existentialism

Otto von BismarckAge 3

1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership

Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor

Ada LovelaceAge 3

1815–1852 · Science & Invention

Often called the first computer programmer

Charlotte BrontëAge 2

1816–1855 · Literature

Author of Jane Eyre, eldest Brontë sister

Emily BrontëAge 0

1818–1848 · Literature

Wuthering Heights

Frederick DouglassAge 0

1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change

Abolitionist, orator, writer

Karl MarxAge 0

1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought

Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto

Born in 1818

Karl Marx

1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought

Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto

Emily Brontë

1818–1848 · Literature

Wuthering Heights

Frederick Douglass

1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change

Abolitionist, orator, writer

Also Born in 1818

Ivan Turgenev

1818–1883 · born November 9

Russian writer (1818–1883)

James Prescott Joule

1818–1889 · born December 24

English physicist (1818–1889)

Alexander II of Russia

1818–1881 · born April 29

Emperor of Russia from 1855 to 1881

Ignaz Semmelweis

1818–1865 · born July 1

Early pioneer of antiseptic procedures

Charles Gounod

1818–1893 · born June 17

French composer (1818–1893)

Christian IX

1818–1906 · born April 8

King of Denmark from 1863 to 1906

Jacob Burckhardt

1818–1897 · born May 25

Swiss historian (1818–1897)

Leconte de Lisle

1818–1894 · born October 22

French poet (1818–1894)

Mary Todd Lincoln

1818–1882 · born December 13

First Lady of the United States from 1861 to 1865

Lewis H. Morgan

1818–1881 · born November 21

American anthropologist (1818–1881)

Maria Mitchell

1818–1889 · born August 1

American astronomer (1818–1889)

Adolf Anderssen

1818–1879 · born July 6

German chess player (1818–1879)

Also Died in 1818

Abigail Adams

1744–1818 · died October 28

First Lady of the United States from 1797 to 1801

Gaspard Monge

1746–1818 · died July 28

French mathematician (1746–1818)

Charles XIII

1748–1818 · died February 5

King of Sweden from 1809 to 1818

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

1744–1818 · died November 17

Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1761 to 1818

Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly

1761–1818 · died May 26

Russian general (1761–1818)

Paul Revere

1735–1818 · died May 10

American silversmith and military officer (1735–1818)

Caspar Wessel

1745–1818 · died March 25

Danish–Norwegian mathematician and cartographer

Sources

1818 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
John Adams — Wikipedia
James Watt — Wikipedia
Thomas Jefferson — Wikipedia
Francisco Goya — Wikipedia
Edward Jenner — Wikipedia
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Wikipedia
James Madison — Wikipedia
Hokusai — Wikipedia
Andrew Jackson — Wikipedia
John Quincy Adams — Wikipedia
Napoleon — Wikipedia
Ludwig van Beethoven — Wikipedia
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel — Wikipedia
Carl Friedrich Gauss — Wikipedia
Niccolò Paganini — Wikipedia
Simón Bolívar — Wikipedia
Jacob Grimm — Wikipedia
Shaka — Wikipedia
Lord Byron — Wikipedia
Arthur Schopenhauer — Wikipedia
Michael Faraday — Wikipedia
Charles Babbage — Wikipedia
Franz Schubert — Wikipedia
Mary Shelley — Wikipedia
Heinrich Heine — Wikipedia
Alexander Pushkin — Wikipedia
Honoré de Balzac — Wikipedia
Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
Alexandre Dumas — Wikipedia
Ralph Waldo Emerson — Wikipedia
George Sand — Wikipedia
Hans Christian Andersen — Wikipedia
Abraham Lincoln — Wikipedia
Charles Darwin — Wikipedia
Edgar Allan Poe — Wikipedia
Frédéric Chopin — Wikipedia
Robert Schumann — Wikipedia
Franz Liszt — Wikipedia
Charles Dickens — Wikipedia
Giuseppe Verdi — Wikipedia
Richard Wagner — Wikipedia
Søren Kierkegaard — Wikipedia
Otto von Bismarck — Wikipedia
Ada Lovelace — Wikipedia
Charlotte Brontë — Wikipedia
Emily Brontë — Wikipedia
Frederick Douglass — Wikipedia
Karl Marx — Wikipedia

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