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Who Was Alive in 1822

57 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1822

John Adams
John AdamsAge 87
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 79
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 76
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 73
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 73
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
James Madison
James MadisonAge 71
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
Hokusai
HokusaiAge 62
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 55
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 55
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 52
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 52
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 45
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò PaganiniAge 40
1782–1840 · Music
Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist
Simón Bolívar
Simón BolívarAge 39
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America
Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 37
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Shaka Zulu
Shaka ZuluAge about 35
1787–1828 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of the Zulu Kingdom
Lord Byron
Lord ByronAge 34
1788–1824 · Literature
Romantic poet of Don Juan and Childe Harold
Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 34
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism
Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 31
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 31
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
Franz Schubert
Franz SchubertAge 25
1797–1828 · Music
Composer of lieder and the Unfinished Symphony
Mary Shelley
Mary ShelleyAge 25
1797–1851 · Literature
Author of Frankenstein
Heinrich Heine
Heinrich HeineAge 25
1797–1856 · Literature
German Romantic poet
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander PushkinAge 23
1799–1837 · Literature
Father of Russian literature
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de BalzacAge 23
1799–1850 · Literature
French novelist of La Comédie humaine
Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 20
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre DumasAge 20
1802–1870 · Literature
Author of The Three Musketeers
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 19
1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought
Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance
George Sand
George SandAge 18
1804–1876 · Literature
French novelist famous under a male pen name
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian AndersenAge 17
1805–1875 · Literature
The Little Mermaid, fairy tales
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham LincolnAge 13
1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership
16th US President, ended slavery
Charles Darwin
Charles DarwinAge 13
1809–1882 · Science & Invention
Theory of evolution by natural selection
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan PoeAge 13
1809–1849 · Literature
Master of the macabre, The Raven
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric ChopinAge 12
1810–1849 · Music
Romantic piano virtuoso
Robert Schumann
Robert SchumannAge 12
1810–1856 · Music
Romantic composer and influential music critic
Franz Liszt
Franz LisztAge 11
1811–1886 · Music
Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies
Charles Dickens
Charles DickensAge 10
1812–1870 · Literature
A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe VerdiAge 9
1813–1901 · Music
La Traviata, Aida — operatic master
Richard Wagner
Richard WagnerAge 9
1813–1883 · Music
Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera
Søren Kierkegaard
Søren KierkegaardAge 9
1813–1855 · Philosophy & Thought
Danish philosopher, father of existentialism
Otto von Bismarck
Otto von BismarckAge 7
1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership
Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor
Ada Lovelace
Ada LovelaceAge 7
1815–1852 · Science & Invention
Often called the first computer programmer
Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte BrontëAge 6
1816–1855 · Literature
Author of Jane Eyre, eldest Brontë sister
Emily Brontë
Emily BrontëAge 4
1818–1848 · Literature
Wuthering Heights
Frederick Douglass
Frederick DouglassAge 4
1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change
Abolitionist, orator, writer
Karl Marx
Karl MarxAge 4
1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto
Herman Melville
Herman MelvilleAge 3
1819–1891 · Literature
Moby-Dick
Queen Victoria
Queen VictoriaAge 3
1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership
Longest-reigning British monarch of her era
Walt Whitman
Walt WhitmanAge 3
1819–1892 · Literature
Leaves of Grass, father of free verse
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. AnthonyAge 2
1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change
Women's suffrage pioneer
Florence Nightingale
Florence NightingaleAge 2
1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change
Founder of modern nursing
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich EngelsAge 2
1820–1895 · Philosophy & Thought
Co-author of The Communist Manifesto with Marx
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor DostoevskyAge 1
1821–1881 · Literature
Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov
Charles Baudelaire
Charles BaudelaireAge 1
1821–1867 · Literature
French poet of Les Fleurs du mal
Harriet Tubman
Harriet TubmanAge about 0
1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change
Underground Railroad conductor
Louis Pasteur
Louis PasteurAge 0
1822–1895 · Science & Invention
Germ theory, pasteurization
Gregor Mendel
Gregor MendelAge 0
1822–1884 · Science & Invention
Father of genetics

Born in 1822

Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur
1822–1895 · Science & Invention
Germ theory, pasteurization
Gregor Mendel
Gregor Mendel
1822–1884 · Science & Invention
Father of genetics
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman
1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change
Underground Railroad conductor

Also Born in 1822

1822–1885 · born April 27
Civil War general, U.S. president from 1869 to 1877
1822–1893 · born October 4
President of the United States from 1877 to 1881
1822–1888 · born January 2
German physicist and mathematician (1822–1888)
1822–1912 · born May 20
French economist and pacifist (1822–1912)
1822–1890 · born January 6
German businessman and archaeologist (1822–1890)
1822–1888 · born December 24
English poet and cultural critic (1822–1888)
1822–1911 · born February 16
British eugenicist, polymath, and behavioural geneticist (1822–1911)
1822–1890 · born December 10
Belgian-French composer and organist (1822–1890)
1822–1896 · born May 26
French writer and critic (1822–1896)
1822–1882 · born March 8
Polish pharmacist, engineer, businessman, inventor and philanthropist

Also Died in 1822

1792–1822 · died July 8
English poet (1792–1822)
1738–1822 · died August 25
German-British astronomer and composer (1738–1822)
1776–1822 · died June 25
German author (1776–1822)
1757–1822 · died October 13
Italian Neoclassical sculptor (1757–1822)
1749–1822 · died August 19
French mathematician and astronomer (1749–1822)

Sources

  1. 1822 — 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. Ludwig van Beethoven — Wikipedia
  12. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel — Wikipedia
  13. Carl Friedrich Gauss — Wikipedia
  14. Niccolò Paganini — Wikipedia
  15. Simón Bolívar — Wikipedia
  16. Jacob Grimm — Wikipedia
  17. Shaka — Wikipedia
  18. Lord Byron — Wikipedia
  19. Arthur Schopenhauer — Wikipedia
  20. Michael Faraday — Wikipedia
  21. Charles Babbage — Wikipedia
  22. Franz Schubert — Wikipedia
  23. Mary Shelley — Wikipedia
  24. Heinrich Heine — Wikipedia
  25. Alexander Pushkin — Wikipedia
  26. Honoré de Balzac — Wikipedia
  27. Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
  28. Alexandre Dumas — Wikipedia
  29. Ralph Waldo Emerson — Wikipedia
  30. George Sand — Wikipedia
  31. Hans Christian Andersen — Wikipedia
  32. Abraham Lincoln — Wikipedia
  33. Charles Darwin — Wikipedia
  34. Edgar Allan Poe — Wikipedia
  35. Frédéric Chopin — Wikipedia
  36. Robert Schumann — Wikipedia
  37. Franz Liszt — Wikipedia
  38. Charles Dickens — Wikipedia
  39. Giuseppe Verdi — Wikipedia
  40. Richard Wagner — Wikipedia
  41. Søren Kierkegaard — Wikipedia
  42. Otto von Bismarck — Wikipedia
  43. Ada Lovelace — Wikipedia
  44. Charlotte Brontë — Wikipedia
  45. Emily Brontë — Wikipedia
  46. Frederick Douglass — Wikipedia
  47. Karl Marx — Wikipedia
  48. Herman Melville — Wikipedia
  49. Queen Victoria — Wikipedia
  50. Walt Whitman — Wikipedia
  51. Susan B. Anthony — Wikipedia
  52. Florence Nightingale — Wikipedia
  53. Friedrich Engels — Wikipedia
  54. Fyodor Dostoevsky — Wikipedia
  55. Charles Baudelaire — Wikipedia
  56. Harriet Tubman — Wikipedia
  57. Louis Pasteur — Wikipedia
  58. Gregor Mendel — Wikipedia
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