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Who Was Alive in 1825

55 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1825

John Adams
John AdamsAge 90
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
 Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 82
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
 Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 79
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 76
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
 James Madison
James MadisonAge 74
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
 Hokusai
HokusaiAge 65
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
 Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 58
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
 John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 58
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
 Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 55
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 55
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
 Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 48
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
 Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò PaganiniAge 43
1782–1840 · Music
Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist
 Simón Bolívar
Simón BolívarAge 42
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America
 Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 40
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
 Shaka Zulu
Shaka ZuluAge about 38
1787–1828 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of the Zulu Kingdom
 Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 37
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism
 Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 34
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
 Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 34
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
 Franz Schubert
Franz SchubertAge 28
1797–1828 · Music
Composer of lieder and the Unfinished Symphony
 Mary Shelley
Mary ShelleyAge 28
1797–1851 · Literature
Author of Frankenstein
 Heinrich Heine
Heinrich HeineAge 28
1797–1856 · Literature
German Romantic poet
 Alexander Pushkin
Alexander PushkinAge 26
1799–1837 · Literature
Father of Russian literature
 Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de BalzacAge 26
1799–1850 · Literature
French novelist of La Comédie humaine
 Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 23
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
 Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre DumasAge 23
1802–1870 · Literature
Author of The Three Musketeers
 Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 22
1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought
Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance
 George Sand
George SandAge 21
1804–1876 · Literature
French novelist famous under a male pen name
 Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian AndersenAge 20
1805–1875 · Literature
The Little Mermaid, fairy tales
 Abraham Lincoln
Abraham LincolnAge 16
1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership
16th US President, ended slavery
 Charles Darwin
Charles DarwinAge 16
1809–1882 · Science & Invention
Theory of evolution by natural selection
 Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan PoeAge 16
1809–1849 · Literature
Master of the macabre, The Raven
 Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric ChopinAge 15
1810–1849 · Music
Romantic piano virtuoso
 Robert Schumann
Robert SchumannAge 15
1810–1856 · Music
Romantic composer and influential music critic
 Franz Liszt
Franz LisztAge 14
1811–1886 · Music
Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies
 Charles Dickens
Charles DickensAge 13
1812–1870 · Literature
A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist
 Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe VerdiAge 12
1813–1901 · Music
La Traviata, Aida — operatic master
 Richard Wagner
Richard WagnerAge 12
1813–1883 · Music
Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera
 Søren Kierkegaard
Søren KierkegaardAge 12
1813–1855 · Philosophy & Thought
Danish philosopher, father of existentialism
 Otto von Bismarck
Otto von BismarckAge 10
1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership
Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor
 Ada Lovelace
Ada LovelaceAge 10
1815–1852 · Science & Invention
Often called the first computer programmer
 Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte BrontëAge 9
1816–1855 · Literature
Author of Jane Eyre, eldest Brontë sister
 Emily Brontë
Emily BrontëAge 7
1818–1848 · Literature
Wuthering Heights
 Frederick Douglass
Frederick DouglassAge 7
1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change
Abolitionist, orator, writer
 Karl Marx
Karl MarxAge 7
1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto
 Herman Melville
Herman MelvilleAge 6
1819–1891 · Literature
Moby-Dick
 Queen Victoria
Queen VictoriaAge 6
1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership
Longest-reigning British monarch of her era
 Walt Whitman
Walt WhitmanAge 6
1819–1892 · Literature
Leaves of Grass, father of free verse
 Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. AnthonyAge 5
1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change
Women's suffrage pioneer
 Florence Nightingale
Florence NightingaleAge 5
1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change
Founder of modern nursing
 Friedrich Engels
Friedrich EngelsAge 5
1820–1895 · Philosophy & Thought
Co-author of The Communist Manifesto with Marx
 Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor DostoevskyAge 4
1821–1881 · Literature
Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov
 Charles Baudelaire
Charles BaudelaireAge 4
1821–1867 · Literature
French poet of Les Fleurs du mal
 Harriet Tubman
Harriet TubmanAge about 3
1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change
Underground Railroad conductor
 Louis Pasteur
Louis PasteurAge 3
1822–1895 · Science & Invention
Germ theory, pasteurization
 Gregor Mendel
Gregor MendelAge 3
1822–1884 · Science & Invention
Father of genetics

Also Born in 1825

Thomas Henry Huxley
1825–1895 · born May 4
English biologist (1825–1895)
Johann Strauss II
1825–1899 · born October 25
Austrian composer (1825–1899)
Pedro II of Brazil
1825–1891 · born December 2
Emperor of Brazil from 1831 to 1889
Ferdinand Lassalle
1825–1864 · born April 11
German jurist and socialist (1825–1864)
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
1825–1905 · born November 30
French academic painter (1825–1905)
Jean-Martin Charcot
1825–1893 · born November 29
French neurologist (1825–1893)
Paul Kruger
1825–1904 · born October 10
South African politician (1825–1904)
Johann Jakob Balmer
1825–1898 · born May 1
Swiss mathematician (1825–1898)

Also Died in 1825

Jacques-Louis David
1748–1825 · died December 29
French painter (1748–1825)
Antonio Salieri
1750–1825 · died May 7
Italian composer and teacher (1750–1825)
Jean Paul
1763–1825 · died November 14
German Romantic writer (1763–1825)
Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
1751–1825 · died January 4
King of Naples and Sicily (r. 1759–1799; 1799–1806; 1815–1825)
Eli Whitney
1765–1825 · died January 8
American inventor (1765–1825)

Notable World Events in 1825

1825 First public railway opens in England

Sources

  1. 1825 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. John Adams — Wikipedia
  3. Thomas Jefferson — Wikipedia
  4. Francisco Goya — Wikipedia
  5. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Wikipedia
  6. James Madison — Wikipedia
  7. Hokusai — Wikipedia
  8. Andrew Jackson — Wikipedia
  9. John Quincy Adams — Wikipedia
  10. Ludwig van Beethoven — Wikipedia
  11. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel — Wikipedia
  12. Carl Friedrich Gauss — Wikipedia
  13. Niccolò Paganini — Wikipedia
  14. Simón Bolívar — Wikipedia
  15. Jacob Grimm — Wikipedia
  16. Shaka — Wikipedia
  17. Arthur Schopenhauer — Wikipedia
  18. Michael Faraday — Wikipedia
  19. Charles Babbage — Wikipedia
  20. Franz Schubert — Wikipedia
  21. Mary Shelley — Wikipedia
  22. Heinrich Heine — Wikipedia
  23. Alexander Pushkin — Wikipedia
  24. Honoré de Balzac — Wikipedia
  25. Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
  26. Alexandre Dumas — Wikipedia
  27. Ralph Waldo Emerson — Wikipedia
  28. George Sand — Wikipedia
  29. Hans Christian Andersen — Wikipedia
  30. Abraham Lincoln — Wikipedia
  31. Charles Darwin — Wikipedia
  32. Edgar Allan Poe — Wikipedia
  33. Frédéric Chopin — Wikipedia
  34. Robert Schumann — Wikipedia
  35. Franz Liszt — Wikipedia
  36. Charles Dickens — Wikipedia
  37. Giuseppe Verdi — Wikipedia
  38. Richard Wagner — Wikipedia
  39. Søren Kierkegaard — Wikipedia
  40. Otto von Bismarck — Wikipedia
  41. Ada Lovelace — Wikipedia
  42. Charlotte Brontë — Wikipedia
  43. Emily Brontë — Wikipedia
  44. Frederick Douglass — Wikipedia
  45. Karl Marx — Wikipedia
  46. Herman Melville — Wikipedia
  47. Queen Victoria — Wikipedia
  48. Walt Whitman — Wikipedia
  49. Susan B. Anthony — Wikipedia
  50. Florence Nightingale — Wikipedia
  51. Friedrich Engels — Wikipedia
  52. Fyodor Dostoevsky — Wikipedia
  53. Charles Baudelaire — Wikipedia
  54. Harriet Tubman — Wikipedia
  55. Louis Pasteur — Wikipedia
  56. Gregor Mendel — Wikipedia
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