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Who Was Alive in 1829

52 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1829

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 80
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
James Madison
James MadisonAge 78
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
Hokusai
HokusaiAge 69
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 62
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 62
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 59
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 52
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò PaganiniAge 47
1782–1840 · Music
Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist
Simón Bolívar
Simón BolívarAge 46
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America
Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 44
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 41
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism
Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 38
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 38
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
Mary Shelley
Mary ShelleyAge 32
1797–1851 · Literature
Author of Frankenstein
Heinrich Heine
Heinrich HeineAge 32
1797–1856 · Literature
German Romantic poet
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander PushkinAge 30
1799–1837 · Literature
Father of Russian literature
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de BalzacAge 30
1799–1850 · Literature
French novelist of La Comédie humaine
Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 27
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre DumasAge 27
1802–1870 · Literature
Author of The Three Musketeers
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 26
1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought
Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance
George Sand
George SandAge 25
1804–1876 · Literature
French novelist famous under a male pen name
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian AndersenAge 24
1805–1875 · Literature
The Little Mermaid, fairy tales
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham LincolnAge 20
1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership
16th US President, ended slavery
Charles Darwin
Charles DarwinAge 20
1809–1882 · Science & Invention
Theory of evolution by natural selection
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan PoeAge 20
1809–1849 · Literature
Master of the macabre, The Raven
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric ChopinAge 19
1810–1849 · Music
Romantic piano virtuoso
Robert Schumann
Robert SchumannAge 19
1810–1856 · Music
Romantic composer and influential music critic
Franz Liszt
Franz LisztAge 18
1811–1886 · Music
Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies
Charles Dickens
Charles DickensAge 17
1812–1870 · Literature
A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe VerdiAge 16
1813–1901 · Music
La Traviata, Aida — operatic master
Richard Wagner
Richard WagnerAge 16
1813–1883 · Music
Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera
Søren Kierkegaard
Søren KierkegaardAge 16
1813–1855 · Philosophy & Thought
Danish philosopher, father of existentialism
Otto von Bismarck
Otto von BismarckAge 14
1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership
Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor
Ada Lovelace
Ada LovelaceAge 14
1815–1852 · Science & Invention
Often called the first computer programmer
Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte BrontëAge 13
1816–1855 · Literature
Author of Jane Eyre, eldest Brontë sister
Emily Brontë
Emily BrontëAge 11
1818–1848 · Literature
Wuthering Heights
Frederick Douglass
Frederick DouglassAge 11
1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change
Abolitionist, orator, writer
Karl Marx
Karl MarxAge 11
1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto
Herman Melville
Herman MelvilleAge 10
1819–1891 · Literature
Moby-Dick
Queen Victoria
Queen VictoriaAge 10
1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership
Longest-reigning British monarch of her era
Walt Whitman
Walt WhitmanAge 10
1819–1892 · Literature
Leaves of Grass, father of free verse
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. AnthonyAge 9
1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change
Women's suffrage pioneer
Florence Nightingale
Florence NightingaleAge 9
1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change
Founder of modern nursing
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich EngelsAge 9
1820–1895 · Philosophy & Thought
Co-author of The Communist Manifesto with Marx
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor DostoevskyAge 8
1821–1881 · Literature
Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov
Charles Baudelaire
Charles BaudelaireAge 8
1821–1867 · Literature
French poet of Les Fleurs du mal
Harriet Tubman
Harriet TubmanAge about 7
1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change
Underground Railroad conductor
Louis Pasteur
Louis PasteurAge 7
1822–1895 · Science & Invention
Germ theory, pasteurization
Gregor Mendel
Gregor MendelAge 7
1822–1884 · Science & Invention
Father of genetics
Jules Verne
Jules VerneAge 1
1828–1905 · Literature
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Leo Tolstoy
Leo TolstoyAge 1
1828–1910 · Literature
War and Peace, Anna Karenina
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik IbsenAge 1
1828–1906 · Literature
Norwegian playwright of A Doll's House

Also Born in 1829

1829–1886 · born October 5
President of the United States from 1881 to 1885
1829–1909 · born June 16
Leader of the Bedonkohe Apache (1829–1909)
1829–1896 · born September 7
German organic chemist (1829–1896)
1829–1907 · born January 21
King of Sweden (1872–1907) and Norway (1872–1905)
1829–1907 · born October 15
American astronomer (1829–1907)
1829–1894 · born November 28
Russian pianist, composer and conductor (1829–1894)
1829–1896 · born June 8
British painter and illustrator (1829–1896)

Also Died in 1829

1744–1829 · died December 18
French naturalist (1744–1829)
1778–1829 · died May 29
British chemist and inventor (1778–1829)
1802–1829 · died April 6
Norwegian mathematician (1802–1829)
1760–1829 · died February 10
Head of the Catholic Church from 1823 to 1829
1773–1829 · died May 10
English polymath (1773–1829)
1795–1829 · died February 11
Russian diplomat, playwright, poet and composer (1795-1829)
1745–1829 · died May 17
American Founding Father (1745–1829)
1751–1829 · died October 29
Sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1751–1829)
1755–1829 · died January 29
French politician, nobleman and military officer (1755-1829)
1763–1829 · died November 14
French pharmacist and chemist (1763–1829)
1753–1829 · died January 6
Czech historian and philologist (1753–1829)

Sources

  1. 1829 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Wikipedia
  3. James Madison — Wikipedia
  4. Hokusai — Wikipedia
  5. Andrew Jackson — Wikipedia
  6. John Quincy Adams — Wikipedia
  7. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel — Wikipedia
  8. Carl Friedrich Gauss — Wikipedia
  9. Niccolò Paganini — Wikipedia
  10. Simón Bolívar — Wikipedia
  11. Jacob Grimm — Wikipedia
  12. Arthur Schopenhauer — Wikipedia
  13. Michael Faraday — Wikipedia
  14. Charles Babbage — Wikipedia
  15. Mary Shelley — Wikipedia
  16. Heinrich Heine — Wikipedia
  17. Alexander Pushkin — Wikipedia
  18. Honoré de Balzac — Wikipedia
  19. Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
  20. Alexandre Dumas — Wikipedia
  21. Ralph Waldo Emerson — Wikipedia
  22. George Sand — Wikipedia
  23. Hans Christian Andersen — Wikipedia
  24. Abraham Lincoln — Wikipedia
  25. Charles Darwin — Wikipedia
  26. Edgar Allan Poe — Wikipedia
  27. Frédéric Chopin — Wikipedia
  28. Robert Schumann — Wikipedia
  29. Franz Liszt — Wikipedia
  30. Charles Dickens — Wikipedia
  31. Giuseppe Verdi — Wikipedia
  32. Richard Wagner — Wikipedia
  33. Søren Kierkegaard — Wikipedia
  34. Otto von Bismarck — Wikipedia
  35. Ada Lovelace — Wikipedia
  36. Charlotte Brontë — Wikipedia
  37. Emily Brontë — Wikipedia
  38. Frederick Douglass — Wikipedia
  39. Karl Marx — Wikipedia
  40. Herman Melville — Wikipedia
  41. Queen Victoria — Wikipedia
  42. Walt Whitman — Wikipedia
  43. Susan B. Anthony — Wikipedia
  44. Florence Nightingale — Wikipedia
  45. Friedrich Engels — Wikipedia
  46. Fyodor Dostoevsky — Wikipedia
  47. Charles Baudelaire — Wikipedia
  48. Harriet Tubman — Wikipedia
  49. Louis Pasteur — Wikipedia
  50. Gregor Mendel — Wikipedia
  51. Jules Verne — Wikipedia
  52. Leo Tolstoy — Wikipedia
  53. Henrik Ibsen — Wikipedia
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