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Who Was Alive in 1827

53 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1827

Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 81
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 78
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
James Madison
James MadisonAge 76
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
Hokusai
HokusaiAge 67
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 60
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 60
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 57
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 57
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 50
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò PaganiniAge 45
1782–1840 · Music
Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist
Simón Bolívar
Simón BolívarAge 44
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America
Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 42
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Shaka Zulu
Shaka ZuluAge about 40
1787–1828 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of the Zulu Kingdom
Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 39
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism
Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 36
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 36
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
Franz Schubert
Franz SchubertAge 30
1797–1828 · Music
Composer of lieder and the Unfinished Symphony
Mary Shelley
Mary ShelleyAge 30
1797–1851 · Literature
Author of Frankenstein
Heinrich Heine
Heinrich HeineAge 30
1797–1856 · Literature
German Romantic poet
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander PushkinAge 28
1799–1837 · Literature
Father of Russian literature
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de BalzacAge 28
1799–1850 · Literature
French novelist of La Comédie humaine
Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 25
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre DumasAge 25
1802–1870 · Literature
Author of The Three Musketeers
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 24
1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought
Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance
George Sand
George SandAge 23
1804–1876 · Literature
French novelist famous under a male pen name
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian AndersenAge 22
1805–1875 · Literature
The Little Mermaid, fairy tales
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham LincolnAge 18
1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership
16th US President, ended slavery
Charles Darwin
Charles DarwinAge 18
1809–1882 · Science & Invention
Theory of evolution by natural selection
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan PoeAge 18
1809–1849 · Literature
Master of the macabre, The Raven
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric ChopinAge 17
1810–1849 · Music
Romantic piano virtuoso
Robert Schumann
Robert SchumannAge 17
1810–1856 · Music
Romantic composer and influential music critic
Franz Liszt
Franz LisztAge 16
1811–1886 · Music
Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies
Charles Dickens
Charles DickensAge 15
1812–1870 · Literature
A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe VerdiAge 14
1813–1901 · Music
La Traviata, Aida — operatic master
Richard Wagner
Richard WagnerAge 14
1813–1883 · Music
Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera
Søren Kierkegaard
Søren KierkegaardAge 14
1813–1855 · Philosophy & Thought
Danish philosopher, father of existentialism
Otto von Bismarck
Otto von BismarckAge 12
1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership
Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor
Ada Lovelace
Ada LovelaceAge 12
1815–1852 · Science & Invention
Often called the first computer programmer
Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte BrontëAge 11
1816–1855 · Literature
Author of Jane Eyre, eldest Brontë sister
Emily Brontë
Emily BrontëAge 9
1818–1848 · Literature
Wuthering Heights
Frederick Douglass
Frederick DouglassAge 9
1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change
Abolitionist, orator, writer
Karl Marx
Karl MarxAge 9
1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto
Herman Melville
Herman MelvilleAge 8
1819–1891 · Literature
Moby-Dick
Queen Victoria
Queen VictoriaAge 8
1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership
Longest-reigning British monarch of her era
Walt Whitman
Walt WhitmanAge 8
1819–1892 · Literature
Leaves of Grass, father of free verse
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. AnthonyAge 7
1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change
Women's suffrage pioneer
Florence Nightingale
Florence NightingaleAge 7
1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change
Founder of modern nursing
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich EngelsAge 7
1820–1895 · Philosophy & Thought
Co-author of The Communist Manifesto with Marx
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor DostoevskyAge 6
1821–1881 · Literature
Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov
Charles Baudelaire
Charles BaudelaireAge 6
1821–1867 · Literature
French poet of Les Fleurs du mal
Harriet Tubman
Harriet TubmanAge about 5
1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change
Underground Railroad conductor
Louis Pasteur
Louis PasteurAge 5
1822–1895 · Science & Invention
Germ theory, pasteurization
Gregor Mendel
Gregor MendelAge 5
1822–1884 · Science & Invention
Father of genetics

Also Born in 1827

1827–1912 · born April 5
English scientist, surgeon and antiseptic pioneer (1827–1912)
1827–1901 · born June 12
Swiss novelist (1827–1901)
1827–1892 · born August 5
President of Brazil from 1889 to 1891
1827–1901 · born October 16
Swiss Symbolist painter (1827–1901)
1827–1915 · born November 26
American author and co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (1827–1915)
1827–1907 · born October 25
French chemist and politician (1827–1907)
1827–1910 · born April 2
Pre-Raphaelite English artist (1827–1910)
1827–1864 · born May 4
English explorer and army officer (1827–1864)

Died in 1827

Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf

Also Died in 1827

1757–1827 · died August 12
English poet and artist (1757–1827)
1749–1827 · died March 5
French polymath (1749–1827)
1745–1827 · died March 5
Italian chemist and physicist (1745–1827)
1778–1827 · died October 10
Italian writer, revolutionary and poet (1778–1827)
1788–1827 · died July 14
French optical physicist (1788–1827)
1770–1827 · died August 8
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1827
1756–1827 · died April 3
German physicist, mathematician and musician
1750–1827 · died May 5
Ruler of Saxony from 1763 to 1827

Sources

  1. 1827 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. Francisco Goya — Wikipedia
  3. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Wikipedia
  4. James Madison — Wikipedia
  5. Hokusai — Wikipedia
  6. Andrew Jackson — Wikipedia
  7. John Quincy Adams — Wikipedia
  8. Ludwig van Beethoven — Wikipedia
  9. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel — Wikipedia
  10. Carl Friedrich Gauss — Wikipedia
  11. Niccolò Paganini — Wikipedia
  12. Simón Bolívar — Wikipedia
  13. Jacob Grimm — Wikipedia
  14. Shaka — Wikipedia
  15. Arthur Schopenhauer — Wikipedia
  16. Michael Faraday — Wikipedia
  17. Charles Babbage — Wikipedia
  18. Franz Schubert — Wikipedia
  19. Mary Shelley — Wikipedia
  20. Heinrich Heine — Wikipedia
  21. Alexander Pushkin — Wikipedia
  22. Honoré de Balzac — Wikipedia
  23. Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
  24. Alexandre Dumas — Wikipedia
  25. Ralph Waldo Emerson — Wikipedia
  26. George Sand — Wikipedia
  27. Hans Christian Andersen — Wikipedia
  28. Abraham Lincoln — Wikipedia
  29. Charles Darwin — Wikipedia
  30. Edgar Allan Poe — Wikipedia
  31. Frédéric Chopin — Wikipedia
  32. Robert Schumann — Wikipedia
  33. Franz Liszt — Wikipedia
  34. Charles Dickens — Wikipedia
  35. Giuseppe Verdi — Wikipedia
  36. Richard Wagner — Wikipedia
  37. Søren Kierkegaard — Wikipedia
  38. Otto von Bismarck — Wikipedia
  39. Ada Lovelace — Wikipedia
  40. Charlotte Brontë — Wikipedia
  41. Emily Brontë — Wikipedia
  42. Frederick Douglass — Wikipedia
  43. Karl Marx — Wikipedia
  44. Herman Melville — Wikipedia
  45. Queen Victoria — Wikipedia
  46. Walt Whitman — Wikipedia
  47. Susan B. Anthony — Wikipedia
  48. Florence Nightingale — Wikipedia
  49. Friedrich Engels — Wikipedia
  50. Fyodor Dostoevsky — Wikipedia
  51. Charles Baudelaire — Wikipedia
  52. Harriet Tubman — Wikipedia
  53. Louis Pasteur — Wikipedia
  54. Gregor Mendel — Wikipedia
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