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Who Was Alive in 1830

53 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1830

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 81
1749–1832 · Literature
German poet and author of Faust
James Madison
James MadisonAge 79
1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership
Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution
Hokusai
HokusaiAge 70
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
Andrew Jackson
Andrew JacksonAge 63
1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership
Seventh President of the United States
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 63
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelAge 60
1770–1831 · Philosophy & Thought
German idealist philosopher
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 53
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò PaganiniAge 48
1782–1840 · Music
Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist
Simón Bolívar
Simón BolívarAge 47
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America
Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 45
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 42
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism
Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 39
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 39
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
Mary Shelley
Mary ShelleyAge 33
1797–1851 · Literature
Author of Frankenstein
Heinrich Heine
Heinrich HeineAge 33
1797–1856 · Literature
German Romantic poet
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander PushkinAge 31
1799–1837 · Literature
Father of Russian literature
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de BalzacAge 31
1799–1850 · Literature
French novelist of La Comédie humaine
Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 28
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre DumasAge 28
1802–1870 · Literature
Author of The Three Musketeers
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 27
1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought
Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance
George Sand
George SandAge 26
1804–1876 · Literature
French novelist famous under a male pen name
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian AndersenAge 25
1805–1875 · Literature
The Little Mermaid, fairy tales
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham LincolnAge 21
1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership
16th US President, ended slavery
Charles Darwin
Charles DarwinAge 21
1809–1882 · Science & Invention
Theory of evolution by natural selection
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan PoeAge 21
1809–1849 · Literature
Master of the macabre, The Raven
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric ChopinAge 20
1810–1849 · Music
Romantic piano virtuoso
Robert Schumann
Robert SchumannAge 20
1810–1856 · Music
Romantic composer and influential music critic
Franz Liszt
Franz LisztAge 19
1811–1886 · Music
Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies
Charles Dickens
Charles DickensAge 18
1812–1870 · Literature
A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe VerdiAge 17
1813–1901 · Music
La Traviata, Aida — operatic master
Richard Wagner
Richard WagnerAge 17
1813–1883 · Music
Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera
Søren Kierkegaard
Søren KierkegaardAge 17
1813–1855 · Philosophy & Thought
Danish philosopher, father of existentialism
Otto von Bismarck
Otto von BismarckAge 15
1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership
Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor
Ada Lovelace
Ada LovelaceAge 15
1815–1852 · Science & Invention
Often called the first computer programmer
Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte BrontëAge 14
1816–1855 · Literature
Author of Jane Eyre, eldest Brontë sister
Emily Brontë
Emily BrontëAge 12
1818–1848 · Literature
Wuthering Heights
Frederick Douglass
Frederick DouglassAge 12
1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change
Abolitionist, orator, writer
Karl Marx
Karl MarxAge 12
1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto
Herman Melville
Herman MelvilleAge 11
1819–1891 · Literature
Moby-Dick
Queen Victoria
Queen VictoriaAge 11
1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership
Longest-reigning British monarch of her era
Walt Whitman
Walt WhitmanAge 11
1819–1892 · Literature
Leaves of Grass, father of free verse
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. AnthonyAge 10
1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change
Women's suffrage pioneer
Florence Nightingale
Florence NightingaleAge 10
1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change
Founder of modern nursing
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich EngelsAge 10
1820–1895 · Philosophy & Thought
Co-author of The Communist Manifesto with Marx
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor DostoevskyAge 9
1821–1881 · Literature
Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov
Charles Baudelaire
Charles BaudelaireAge 9
1821–1867 · Literature
French poet of Les Fleurs du mal
Harriet Tubman
Harriet TubmanAge about 8
1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change
Underground Railroad conductor
Louis Pasteur
Louis PasteurAge 8
1822–1895 · Science & Invention
Germ theory, pasteurization
Gregor Mendel
Gregor MendelAge 8
1822–1884 · Science & Invention
Father of genetics
Jules Verne
Jules VerneAge 2
1828–1905 · Literature
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Leo Tolstoy
Leo TolstoyAge 2
1828–1910 · Literature
War and Peace, Anna Karenina
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik IbsenAge 2
1828–1906 · Literature
Norwegian playwright of A Doll's House
Emily Dickinson
Emily DickinsonAge 0
1830–1886 · Literature
Reclusive poetic genius

Born in 1830

Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
1830–1886 · Literature
Reclusive poetic genius

Also Born in 1830

1830–1914 · born September 8
French Provençal writer and lexicographer (1830–1914)
1830–1914 · born March 15
German writer and translator (1830–1914)
1830–1916 · born August 18
Habsburg monarch from 1848 to 1916
1830–1903 · born July 10
Danish-French painter (1830–1903)
1830–1915 · born September 15
President of Mexico from 1876 to 1911
1830–1904 · born October 10
Queen of Spain from 1833 to 1868
1830–1916 · born September 13
Austrian writer (1830–1916)
1830–1903 · born February 3
British statesman (1830–1903)
1830–1894 · born December 5
English poet (1830–1894)
1830–1904 · born April 9
English photographer (1830–1904)
1830–1905 · born March 15
French geographer, writer and anarchist (1830–1905)

Died in 1830

Simón Bolívar
Simón Bolívar
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America

Also Died in 1830

1768–1830 · died May 16
French mathematician and physicist (1768–1830)
1762–1830 · died June 26
King of the United Kingdom from 1820 to 1830
1767–1830 · died December 8
Swiss-French politician and writer (1767–1830)
1795–1830 · died June 4
President of Peru and Bolivia (1795–1830)
1748–1830 · died November 18
German philosopher and founder of the Bavarian Illuminati (1748–1830)
1778–1830 · died September 18
19th-century English essayist and critic (1778-1830)
1777–1830 · died November 8
King of the Two Sicilies from 1825 to 1830

Sources

  1. 1830 — 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
  54. Emily Dickinson — Wikipedia
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