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Who Was Alive in 1826

55 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1826

John Adams
John AdamsAge 91
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 83
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 80
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 77
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
James Madison
James MadisonAge 75
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
Hokusai
HokusaiAge 66
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 59
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 59
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 56
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 56
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 49
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò PaganiniAge 44
1782–1840 · Music
Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist
Simón Bolívar
Simón BolívarAge 43
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America
Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 41
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Shaka Zulu
Shaka ZuluAge about 39
1787–1828 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of the Zulu Kingdom
Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 38
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism
Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 35
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 35
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
Franz Schubert
Franz SchubertAge 29
1797–1828 · Music
Composer of lieder and the Unfinished Symphony
Mary Shelley
Mary ShelleyAge 29
1797–1851 · Literature
Author of Frankenstein
Heinrich Heine
Heinrich HeineAge 29
1797–1856 · Literature
German Romantic poet
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander PushkinAge 27
1799–1837 · Literature
Father of Russian literature
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de BalzacAge 27
1799–1850 · Literature
French novelist of La Comédie humaine
Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 24
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre DumasAge 24
1802–1870 · Literature
Author of The Three Musketeers
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 23
1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought
Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance
George Sand
George SandAge 22
1804–1876 · Literature
French novelist famous under a male pen name
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian AndersenAge 21
1805–1875 · Literature
The Little Mermaid, fairy tales
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham LincolnAge 17
1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership
16th US President, ended slavery
Charles Darwin
Charles DarwinAge 17
1809–1882 · Science & Invention
Theory of evolution by natural selection
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan PoeAge 17
1809–1849 · Literature
Master of the macabre, The Raven
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric ChopinAge 16
1810–1849 · Music
Romantic piano virtuoso
Robert Schumann
Robert SchumannAge 16
1810–1856 · Music
Romantic composer and influential music critic
Franz Liszt
Franz LisztAge 15
1811–1886 · Music
Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies
Charles Dickens
Charles DickensAge 14
1812–1870 · Literature
A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe VerdiAge 13
1813–1901 · Music
La Traviata, Aida — operatic master
Richard Wagner
Richard WagnerAge 13
1813–1883 · Music
Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera
Søren Kierkegaard
Søren KierkegaardAge 13
1813–1855 · Philosophy & Thought
Danish philosopher, father of existentialism
Otto von Bismarck
Otto von BismarckAge 11
1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership
Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor
Ada Lovelace
Ada LovelaceAge 11
1815–1852 · Science & Invention
Often called the first computer programmer
Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte BrontëAge 10
1816–1855 · Literature
Author of Jane Eyre, eldest Brontë sister
Emily Brontë
Emily BrontëAge 8
1818–1848 · Literature
Wuthering Heights
Frederick Douglass
Frederick DouglassAge 8
1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change
Abolitionist, orator, writer
Karl Marx
Karl MarxAge 8
1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto
Herman Melville
Herman MelvilleAge 7
1819–1891 · Literature
Moby-Dick
Queen Victoria
Queen VictoriaAge 7
1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership
Longest-reigning British monarch of her era
Walt Whitman
Walt WhitmanAge 7
1819–1892 · Literature
Leaves of Grass, father of free verse
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. AnthonyAge 6
1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change
Women's suffrage pioneer
Florence Nightingale
Florence NightingaleAge 6
1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change
Founder of modern nursing
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich EngelsAge 6
1820–1895 · Philosophy & Thought
Co-author of The Communist Manifesto with Marx
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor DostoevskyAge 5
1821–1881 · Literature
Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov
Charles Baudelaire
Charles BaudelaireAge 5
1821–1867 · Literature
French poet of Les Fleurs du mal
Harriet Tubman
Harriet TubmanAge about 4
1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change
Underground Railroad conductor
Louis Pasteur
Louis PasteurAge 4
1822–1895 · Science & Invention
Germ theory, pasteurization
Gregor Mendel
Gregor MendelAge 4
1822–1884 · Science & Invention
Father of genetics

Also Born in 1826

1826–1866 · born September 17
German mathematician (1826–1866)
1826–1890 · born November 24
Italian writer (1826–1890)
1826–1872 · born May 3
King of Sweden and Norway from 1859 to 1872
1826–1889 · born January 27
Russian author and satirist (1826–1889)
1826–1920 · born May 5
Empress of the French from 1853 to 1870
1826–1898 · born April 6
French Symbolist painter (1826–1898)
1826–1900 · born May 4
American landscape painter (1826–1900)

Died in 1826

Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
John Adams
John Adams
1735–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Second US president and Founding Father

Also Died in 1826

1735–1826 · died July 4
Founding Father, U.S. president 1797 to 1801
1766–1826 · died June 3
Russian writer, historian, poet and critic (1766–1826)
1786–1826 · died June 5
German composer (1786–1826)
1746–1826 · died July 22
Italian Catholic priest, mathematician and astronomer (1746–1826)
1787–1826 · died June 7
German physicist (1787–1826)
1781–1826 · died July 5
British colonial official (1781–1826)
1781–1826 · died August 13
French physician (1781–1826)
1797–1826 · died December 11
Empress of Brazil (1822–1826) and Queen of Portugal (1826)
1745–1826 · died October 25
French psychiatrist (1745–1826)

Sources

  1. 1826 — 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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