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Who Was Alive in 1828

55 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1828

Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 82
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 79
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
James Madison
James MadisonAge 77
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
Hokusai
HokusaiAge 68
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 61
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 61
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 58
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 51
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò PaganiniAge 46
1782–1840 · Music
Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist
Simón Bolívar
Simón BolívarAge 45
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America
Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 43
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Shaka Zulu
Shaka ZuluAge about 41
1787–1828 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of the Zulu Kingdom
Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 40
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism
Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 37
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 37
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
Franz Schubert
Franz SchubertAge 31
1797–1828 · Music
Composer of lieder and the Unfinished Symphony
Mary Shelley
Mary ShelleyAge 31
1797–1851 · Literature
Author of Frankenstein
Heinrich Heine
Heinrich HeineAge 31
1797–1856 · Literature
German Romantic poet
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander PushkinAge 29
1799–1837 · Literature
Father of Russian literature
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de BalzacAge 29
1799–1850 · Literature
French novelist of La Comédie humaine
Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 26
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre DumasAge 26
1802–1870 · Literature
Author of The Three Musketeers
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 25
1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought
Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance
George Sand
George SandAge 24
1804–1876 · Literature
French novelist famous under a male pen name
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian AndersenAge 23
1805–1875 · Literature
The Little Mermaid, fairy tales
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham LincolnAge 19
1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership
16th US President, ended slavery
Charles Darwin
Charles DarwinAge 19
1809–1882 · Science & Invention
Theory of evolution by natural selection
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan PoeAge 19
1809–1849 · Literature
Master of the macabre, The Raven
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric ChopinAge 18
1810–1849 · Music
Romantic piano virtuoso
Robert Schumann
Robert SchumannAge 18
1810–1856 · Music
Romantic composer and influential music critic
Franz Liszt
Franz LisztAge 17
1811–1886 · Music
Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies
Charles Dickens
Charles DickensAge 16
1812–1870 · Literature
A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe VerdiAge 15
1813–1901 · Music
La Traviata, Aida — operatic master
Richard Wagner
Richard WagnerAge 15
1813–1883 · Music
Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera
Søren Kierkegaard
Søren KierkegaardAge 15
1813–1855 · Philosophy & Thought
Danish philosopher, father of existentialism
Otto von Bismarck
Otto von BismarckAge 13
1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership
Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor
Ada Lovelace
Ada LovelaceAge 13
1815–1852 · Science & Invention
Often called the first computer programmer
Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte BrontëAge 12
1816–1855 · Literature
Author of Jane Eyre, eldest Brontë sister
Emily Brontë
Emily BrontëAge 10
1818–1848 · Literature
Wuthering Heights
Frederick Douglass
Frederick DouglassAge 10
1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change
Abolitionist, orator, writer
Karl Marx
Karl MarxAge 10
1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto
Herman Melville
Herman MelvilleAge 9
1819–1891 · Literature
Moby-Dick
Queen Victoria
Queen VictoriaAge 9
1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership
Longest-reigning British monarch of her era
Walt Whitman
Walt WhitmanAge 9
1819–1892 · Literature
Leaves of Grass, father of free verse
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. AnthonyAge 8
1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change
Women's suffrage pioneer
Florence Nightingale
Florence NightingaleAge 8
1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change
Founder of modern nursing
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich EngelsAge 8
1820–1895 · Philosophy & Thought
Co-author of The Communist Manifesto with Marx
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor DostoevskyAge 7
1821–1881 · Literature
Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov
Charles Baudelaire
Charles BaudelaireAge 7
1821–1867 · Literature
French poet of Les Fleurs du mal
Harriet Tubman
Harriet TubmanAge about 6
1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change
Underground Railroad conductor
Louis Pasteur
Louis PasteurAge 6
1822–1895 · Science & Invention
Germ theory, pasteurization
Gregor Mendel
Gregor MendelAge 6
1822–1884 · Science & Invention
Father of genetics
Jules Verne
Jules VerneAge 0
1828–1905 · Literature
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Leo Tolstoy
Leo TolstoyAge 0
1828–1910 · Literature
War and Peace, Anna Karenina
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik IbsenAge 0
1828–1906 · Literature
Norwegian playwright of A Doll's House

Born in 1828

Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
1828–1910 · Literature
War and Peace, Anna Karenina
Jules Verne
Jules Verne
1828–1905 · Literature
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen
1828–1906 · Literature
Norwegian playwright of A Doll's House

Also Born in 1828

1828–1906 · born March 20
Norwegian playwright (1828–1906)
1828–1910 · born May 8
Swiss co-founder of the Red Cross (1828–1910)
1828–1882 · born May 12
English poet and artist (1828–1882)
1828–1908 · born March 18
English politician (1828–1908)
1828–1909 · born February 12
British novelist and poet (1828–1909)

Died in 1828

Francisco Goya
Francisco Goya
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert
1797–1828 · Music
Composer of lieder and the Unfinished Symphony
Shaka Zulu
Shaka Zulu
1787–1828 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of the Zulu Kingdom

Also Died in 1828

1797–1828 · died November 19
Austrian composer (1797–1828)
1766–1828 · died December 22
English chemist and physicist (1766–1828)
1770–1828 · died December 4
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1812 to 1827
1792–1828 · died January 31
Greek revolutionary and commander (1792–1828)
1753–1828 · died November 8
English engraver and natural history author (1753–1828)

Sources

  1. 1828 — 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. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel — Wikipedia
  9. Carl Friedrich Gauss — Wikipedia
  10. Niccolò Paganini — Wikipedia
  11. Simón Bolívar — Wikipedia
  12. Jacob Grimm — Wikipedia
  13. Shaka — Wikipedia
  14. Arthur Schopenhauer — Wikipedia
  15. Michael Faraday — Wikipedia
  16. Charles Babbage — Wikipedia
  17. Franz Schubert — Wikipedia
  18. Mary Shelley — Wikipedia
  19. Heinrich Heine — Wikipedia
  20. Alexander Pushkin — Wikipedia
  21. Honoré de Balzac — Wikipedia
  22. Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
  23. Alexandre Dumas — Wikipedia
  24. Ralph Waldo Emerson — Wikipedia
  25. George Sand — Wikipedia
  26. Hans Christian Andersen — Wikipedia
  27. Abraham Lincoln — Wikipedia
  28. Charles Darwin — Wikipedia
  29. Edgar Allan Poe — Wikipedia
  30. Frédéric Chopin — Wikipedia
  31. Robert Schumann — Wikipedia
  32. Franz Liszt — Wikipedia
  33. Charles Dickens — Wikipedia
  34. Giuseppe Verdi — Wikipedia
  35. Richard Wagner — Wikipedia
  36. Søren Kierkegaard — Wikipedia
  37. Otto von Bismarck — Wikipedia
  38. Ada Lovelace — Wikipedia
  39. Charlotte Brontë — Wikipedia
  40. Emily Brontë — Wikipedia
  41. Frederick Douglass — Wikipedia
  42. Karl Marx — Wikipedia
  43. Herman Melville — Wikipedia
  44. Queen Victoria — Wikipedia
  45. Walt Whitman — Wikipedia
  46. Susan B. Anthony — Wikipedia
  47. Florence Nightingale — Wikipedia
  48. Friedrich Engels — Wikipedia
  49. Fyodor Dostoevsky — Wikipedia
  50. Charles Baudelaire — Wikipedia
  51. Harriet Tubman — Wikipedia
  52. Louis Pasteur — Wikipedia
  53. Gregor Mendel — Wikipedia
  54. Jules Verne — Wikipedia
  55. Leo Tolstoy — Wikipedia
  56. Henrik Ibsen — Wikipedia
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