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Who Was Alive in 1819

51 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1819

John Adams
John AdamsAge 84
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
James Watt
James WattAge 83
1736–1819 · Science & Invention
Improved the steam engine
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 76
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 73
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 70
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 70
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
James Madison
James MadisonAge 68
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
Hokusai
HokusaiAge 59
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 52
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 52
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon BonaparteAge 50
1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership
Emperor of France, military genius
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 49
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 49
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 42
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò PaganiniAge 37
1782–1840 · Music
Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist
Simón Bolívar
Simón BolívarAge 36
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America
Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 34
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Shaka Zulu
Shaka ZuluAge about 32
1787–1828 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of the Zulu Kingdom
Lord Byron
Lord ByronAge 31
1788–1824 · Literature
Romantic poet of Don Juan and Childe Harold
Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 31
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism
Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 28
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 28
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
Franz Schubert
Franz SchubertAge 22
1797–1828 · Music
Composer of lieder and the Unfinished Symphony
Mary Shelley
Mary ShelleyAge 22
1797–1851 · Literature
Author of Frankenstein
Heinrich Heine
Heinrich HeineAge 22
1797–1856 · Literature
German Romantic poet
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander PushkinAge 20
1799–1837 · Literature
Father of Russian literature
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de BalzacAge 20
1799–1850 · Literature
French novelist of La Comédie humaine
Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 17
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre DumasAge 17
1802–1870 · Literature
Author of The Three Musketeers
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 16
1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought
Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance
George Sand
George SandAge 15
1804–1876 · Literature
French novelist famous under a male pen name
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian AndersenAge 14
1805–1875 · Literature
The Little Mermaid, fairy tales
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham LincolnAge 10
1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership
16th US President, ended slavery
Charles Darwin
Charles DarwinAge 10
1809–1882 · Science & Invention
Theory of evolution by natural selection
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan PoeAge 10
1809–1849 · Literature
Master of the macabre, The Raven
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric ChopinAge 9
1810–1849 · Music
Romantic piano virtuoso
Robert Schumann
Robert SchumannAge 9
1810–1856 · Music
Romantic composer and influential music critic
Franz Liszt
Franz LisztAge 8
1811–1886 · Music
Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies
Charles Dickens
Charles DickensAge 7
1812–1870 · Literature
A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe VerdiAge 6
1813–1901 · Music
La Traviata, Aida — operatic master
Richard Wagner
Richard WagnerAge 6
1813–1883 · Music
Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera
Søren Kierkegaard
Søren KierkegaardAge 6
1813–1855 · Philosophy & Thought
Danish philosopher, father of existentialism
Otto von Bismarck
Otto von BismarckAge 4
1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership
Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor
Ada Lovelace
Ada LovelaceAge 4
1815–1852 · Science & Invention
Often called the first computer programmer
Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte BrontëAge 3
1816–1855 · Literature
Author of Jane Eyre, eldest Brontë sister
Emily Brontë
Emily BrontëAge 1
1818–1848 · Literature
Wuthering Heights
Frederick Douglass
Frederick DouglassAge 1
1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change
Abolitionist, orator, writer
Karl Marx
Karl MarxAge 1
1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto
Herman Melville
Herman MelvilleAge 0
1819–1891 · Literature
Moby-Dick
Queen Victoria
Queen VictoriaAge 0
1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership
Longest-reigning British monarch of her era
Walt Whitman
Walt WhitmanAge 0
1819–1892 · Literature
Leaves of Grass, father of free verse

Born in 1819

Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria
1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership
Longest-reigning British monarch of her era
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman
1819–1892 · Literature
Leaves of Grass, father of free verse
Herman Melville
Herman Melville
1819–1891 · Literature
Moby-Dick

Also Born in 1819

1819–1880 · born November 22
English novelist and poet (1819–1880)
1819–1900 · born February 8
English polymath (1819–1900)
1819–1880 · born June 20
German-born French composer (1819–1880)
1819–1877 · born June 10
French realist painter (1819–1877)
1819–1896 · born September 13
German pianist and composer (1819–1896)
1819–1850 · born October 20
Iranian prophet (1819–1850)
1819–1868 · born September 18
French physicist (1819–1868)
1819–1898 · born December 30
German journalist, novelist and poet
1819–1892 · born June 5
British mathematician and astronomer (1819–1892)
1819–1890 · born July 19
Swiss poet and writer
1819–1896 · born September 23
French physicist (1819–1896)
1819–1903 · born August 13
British mathematician and physicist (1819–1903)

Died in 1819

James Watt
James Watt
1736–1819 · Science & Invention
Improved the steam engine

Also Died in 1819

1742–1819 · died September 12
Prussian field marshal (1742–1819)
1756–1819 · died May 8
King of Hawaii from 1795 to 1819
1749–1819 · died December 15
British chemist and botanist (1749-1819)
1751–1819 · died October 6
King of Sardinia from 1796 to 1802

Sources

  1. 1819 — 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. Carl Friedrich Gauss — Wikipedia
  16. Niccolò Paganini — Wikipedia
  17. Simón Bolívar — Wikipedia
  18. Jacob Grimm — Wikipedia
  19. Shaka — Wikipedia
  20. Lord Byron — Wikipedia
  21. Arthur Schopenhauer — Wikipedia
  22. Michael Faraday — Wikipedia
  23. Charles Babbage — Wikipedia
  24. Franz Schubert — Wikipedia
  25. Mary Shelley — Wikipedia
  26. Heinrich Heine — Wikipedia
  27. Alexander Pushkin — Wikipedia
  28. Honoré de Balzac — Wikipedia
  29. Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
  30. Alexandre Dumas — Wikipedia
  31. Ralph Waldo Emerson — Wikipedia
  32. George Sand — Wikipedia
  33. Hans Christian Andersen — Wikipedia
  34. Abraham Lincoln — Wikipedia
  35. Charles Darwin — Wikipedia
  36. Edgar Allan Poe — Wikipedia
  37. Frédéric Chopin — Wikipedia
  38. Robert Schumann — Wikipedia
  39. Franz Liszt — Wikipedia
  40. Charles Dickens — Wikipedia
  41. Giuseppe Verdi — Wikipedia
  42. Richard Wagner — Wikipedia
  43. Søren Kierkegaard — Wikipedia
  44. Otto von Bismarck — Wikipedia
  45. Ada Lovelace — Wikipedia
  46. Charlotte Brontë — Wikipedia
  47. Emily Brontë — Wikipedia
  48. Frederick Douglass — Wikipedia
  49. Karl Marx — Wikipedia
  50. Herman Melville — Wikipedia
  51. Queen Victoria — Wikipedia
  52. Walt Whitman — Wikipedia
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