Who Was Alive in 1820
53 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1820
John AdamsAge 85
Thomas JeffersonAge 77
Francisco GoyaAge 74
Edward JennerAge 71
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 71
James MadisonAge 69
HokusaiAge 60
Andrew JacksonAge 53
John Quincy AdamsAge 53
Napoleon BonaparteAge 51
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 50
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 50
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 43
Niccolò PaganiniAge 38
Simón BolívarAge 37
Jacob GrimmAge 35
Shaka ZuluAge about 33
Lord ByronAge 32
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 32
Michael FaradayAge 29
Charles BabbageAge 29
Franz SchubertAge 23
Mary ShelleyAge 23
Heinrich HeineAge 23
Alexander PushkinAge 21
Honoré de BalzacAge 21
Victor HugoAge 18
Alexandre DumasAge 18
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 17
George SandAge 16
Hans Christian AndersenAge 15
Abraham LincolnAge 11
Charles DarwinAge 11
Edgar Allan PoeAge 11
Frédéric ChopinAge 10
Robert SchumannAge 10
Franz LisztAge 9
Charles DickensAge 8
Giuseppe VerdiAge 7
Richard WagnerAge 7
Søren KierkegaardAge 7
Otto von BismarckAge 5
Ada LovelaceAge 5
Charlotte BrontëAge 4
Emily BrontëAge 2
Frederick DouglassAge 2
Karl MarxAge 2
Herman MelvilleAge 1
Queen VictoriaAge 1
Walt WhitmanAge 1
Susan B. AnthonyAge 0
Florence NightingaleAge 0
Friedrich EngelsAge 0
Born in 1820
Friedrich Engels
Co-author of The Communist Manifesto with Marx
Florence Nightingale
Founder of modern nursing
Susan B. Anthony
Women's suffrage pioneer
Also Born in 1820
German philosopher and socialist (1820–1895)
English philosopher and political theorist (1820–1903)
English novelist and poet (1820–1849)
King of Italy from 1861 to 1878
United States Army general (1820–1891)
Dutch writer (1820–187)
French photographer and balloonist (1820–1910)
Swedish opera singer (1820–1887)
Irish physicist (1820–1893)
First Lady of the United States from 1844 to 1845
Also Died in 1820
King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820
English naturalist and botanist (1743–1820)
Argentine military leader, politician, and lawyer (1770–1820)
Emperor of China from 1796 to 1820
American pioneer and frontiersman (1734–1820)
Founding emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty (r. 1802–04)
American-born British painter (1738–1820)
Sources
- 1820 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
- John Adams — 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
- Herman Melville — Wikipedia
- Queen Victoria — Wikipedia
- Walt Whitman — Wikipedia
- Susan B. Anthony — Wikipedia
- Florence Nightingale — Wikipedia
- Friedrich Engels — Wikipedia