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Who Was Alive in 1821

55 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1821

John Adams
John AdamsAge 86
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 78
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 75
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 72
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 72
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
James Madison
James MadisonAge 70
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
Hokusai
HokusaiAge 61
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 54
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 54
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon BonaparteAge 52
1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership
Emperor of France, military genius
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 51
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 51
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 44
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò PaganiniAge 39
1782–1840 · Music
Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist
Simón Bolívar
Simón BolívarAge 38
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America
Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 36
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Shaka Zulu
Shaka ZuluAge about 34
1787–1828 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of the Zulu Kingdom
Lord Byron
Lord ByronAge 33
1788–1824 · Literature
Romantic poet of Don Juan and Childe Harold
Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 33
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism
Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 30
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 30
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
Franz Schubert
Franz SchubertAge 24
1797–1828 · Music
Composer of lieder and the Unfinished Symphony
Mary Shelley
Mary ShelleyAge 24
1797–1851 · Literature
Author of Frankenstein
Heinrich Heine
Heinrich HeineAge 24
1797–1856 · Literature
German Romantic poet
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander PushkinAge 22
1799–1837 · Literature
Father of Russian literature
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de BalzacAge 22
1799–1850 · Literature
French novelist of La Comédie humaine
Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 19
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre DumasAge 19
1802–1870 · Literature
Author of The Three Musketeers
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 18
1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought
Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance
George Sand
George SandAge 17
1804–1876 · Literature
French novelist famous under a male pen name
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian AndersenAge 16
1805–1875 · Literature
The Little Mermaid, fairy tales
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham LincolnAge 12
1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership
16th US President, ended slavery
Charles Darwin
Charles DarwinAge 12
1809–1882 · Science & Invention
Theory of evolution by natural selection
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan PoeAge 12
1809–1849 · Literature
Master of the macabre, The Raven
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric ChopinAge 11
1810–1849 · Music
Romantic piano virtuoso
Robert Schumann
Robert SchumannAge 11
1810–1856 · Music
Romantic composer and influential music critic
Franz Liszt
Franz LisztAge 10
1811–1886 · Music
Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies
Charles Dickens
Charles DickensAge 9
1812–1870 · Literature
A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe VerdiAge 8
1813–1901 · Music
La Traviata, Aida — operatic master
Richard Wagner
Richard WagnerAge 8
1813–1883 · Music
Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera
Søren Kierkegaard
Søren KierkegaardAge 8
1813–1855 · Philosophy & Thought
Danish philosopher, father of existentialism
Otto von Bismarck
Otto von BismarckAge 6
1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership
Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor
Ada Lovelace
Ada LovelaceAge 6
1815–1852 · Science & Invention
Often called the first computer programmer
Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte BrontëAge 5
1816–1855 · Literature
Author of Jane Eyre, eldest Brontë sister
Emily Brontë
Emily BrontëAge 3
1818–1848 · Literature
Wuthering Heights
Frederick Douglass
Frederick DouglassAge 3
1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change
Abolitionist, orator, writer
Karl Marx
Karl MarxAge 3
1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto
Herman Melville
Herman MelvilleAge 2
1819–1891 · Literature
Moby-Dick
Queen Victoria
Queen VictoriaAge 2
1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership
Longest-reigning British monarch of her era
Walt Whitman
Walt WhitmanAge 2
1819–1892 · Literature
Leaves of Grass, father of free verse
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. AnthonyAge 1
1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change
Women's suffrage pioneer
Florence Nightingale
Florence NightingaleAge 1
1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change
Founder of modern nursing
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich EngelsAge 1
1820–1895 · Philosophy & Thought
Co-author of The Communist Manifesto with Marx
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor DostoevskyAge 0
1821–1881 · Literature
Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov
Charles Baudelaire
Charles BaudelaireAge 0
1821–1867 · Literature
French poet of Les Fleurs du mal

Born in 1821

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky
1821–1881 · Literature
Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov
Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire
1821–1867 · Literature
French poet of Les Fleurs du mal

Also Born in 1821

1821–1867 · born April 9
French poet and critic (1821–1867)
1821–1880 · born December 12
French novelist (1821–1880)
1821–1878 · born December 10
Russian poet, critic, publisher (1821–1878)
1821–1894 · born August 31
German physicist and physiologist (1821–1894)
1821–1902 · born October 13
German doctor and polymath (1821–1902)
1821–1910 · born February 3
British-American physician (1821–1910)
1821–1890 · born March 19
British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar (1821–1890)
1821–1881 · born September 27
Swiss philosopher and poet (1821–1881)
1821–1895 · born August 16
English mathematician (1821–1895)
1821–1875 · born January 16
Vice President of the United States from 1857 to 1861
1821–1910 · born July 16
American founder of Christian Science (1821–1910)
1821–1912 · born December 25
American Civil War nurse and founder of the American Red Cross (1821–1912)

Died in 1821

Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte
1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership
Emperor of France, military genius

Also Died in 1821

1795–1821 · died February 23
English Romantic poet (1795–1821)
1753–1821 · died February 26
Savoyard political philosopher (1753–1821)

Sources

  1. 1821 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. John Adams — Wikipedia
  3. Thomas Jefferson — Wikipedia
  4. Francisco Goya — Wikipedia
  5. Edward Jenner — Wikipedia
  6. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Wikipedia
  7. James Madison — Wikipedia
  8. Hokusai — Wikipedia
  9. Andrew Jackson — Wikipedia
  10. John Quincy Adams — Wikipedia
  11. Napoleon — Wikipedia
  12. Ludwig van Beethoven — Wikipedia
  13. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel — Wikipedia
  14. Carl Friedrich Gauss — Wikipedia
  15. Niccolò Paganini — Wikipedia
  16. Simón Bolívar — Wikipedia
  17. Jacob Grimm — Wikipedia
  18. Shaka — Wikipedia
  19. Lord Byron — Wikipedia
  20. Arthur Schopenhauer — Wikipedia
  21. Michael Faraday — Wikipedia
  22. Charles Babbage — Wikipedia
  23. Franz Schubert — Wikipedia
  24. Mary Shelley — Wikipedia
  25. Heinrich Heine — Wikipedia
  26. Alexander Pushkin — Wikipedia
  27. Honoré de Balzac — Wikipedia
  28. Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
  29. Alexandre Dumas — Wikipedia
  30. Ralph Waldo Emerson — Wikipedia
  31. George Sand — Wikipedia
  32. Hans Christian Andersen — Wikipedia
  33. Abraham Lincoln — Wikipedia
  34. Charles Darwin — Wikipedia
  35. Edgar Allan Poe — Wikipedia
  36. Frédéric Chopin — Wikipedia
  37. Robert Schumann — Wikipedia
  38. Franz Liszt — Wikipedia
  39. Charles Dickens — Wikipedia
  40. Giuseppe Verdi — Wikipedia
  41. Richard Wagner — Wikipedia
  42. Søren Kierkegaard — Wikipedia
  43. Otto von Bismarck — Wikipedia
  44. Ada Lovelace — Wikipedia
  45. Charlotte Brontë — Wikipedia
  46. Emily Brontë — Wikipedia
  47. Frederick Douglass — Wikipedia
  48. Karl Marx — Wikipedia
  49. Herman Melville — Wikipedia
  50. Queen Victoria — Wikipedia
  51. Walt Whitman — Wikipedia
  52. Susan B. Anthony — Wikipedia
  53. Florence Nightingale — Wikipedia
  54. Friedrich Engels — Wikipedia
  55. Fyodor Dostoevsky — Wikipedia
  56. Charles Baudelaire — Wikipedia
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