Who Was Alive in 1832

53 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1832

Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAge 83

1749–1832 · Literature

German poet and author of Faust

James MadisonAge 81

1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership

Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution

HokusaiAge 72

1760–1849 · Art

The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker

Andrew JacksonAge 65

1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership

Seventh President of the United States

John Quincy AdamsAge 65

1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership

Sixth President of the United States

Carl Friedrich GaussAge 55

1777–1855 · Science & Invention

Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians

Niccolò PaganiniAge 50

1782–1840 · Music

Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist

Jacob GrimmAge 47

1785–1863 · Literature

Grimm's Fairy Tales

Arthur SchopenhauerAge 44

1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought

German philosopher of pessimism

Michael FaradayAge 41

1791–1867 · Science & Invention

Electromagnetic induction

Charles BabbageAge 41

1791–1871 · Science & Invention

Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine

Mary ShelleyAge 35

1797–1851 · Literature

Author of Frankenstein

Heinrich HeineAge 35

1797–1856 · Literature

German Romantic poet

Alexander PushkinAge 33

1799–1837 · Literature

Father of Russian literature

Honoré de BalzacAge 33

1799–1850 · Literature

French novelist of La Comédie humaine

Victor HugoAge 30

1802–1885 · Literature

Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

Alexandre DumasAge 30

1802–1870 · Literature

Author of The Three Musketeers

Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 29

1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought

Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance

George SandAge 28

1804–1876 · Literature

French novelist famous under a male pen name

Hans Christian AndersenAge 27

1805–1875 · Literature

The Little Mermaid, fairy tales

Abraham LincolnAge 23

1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership

16th US President, ended slavery

Charles DarwinAge 23

1809–1882 · Science & Invention

Theory of evolution by natural selection

Edgar Allan PoeAge 23

1809–1849 · Literature

Master of the macabre, The Raven

Frédéric ChopinAge 22

1810–1849 · Music

Romantic piano virtuoso

Robert SchumannAge 22

1810–1856 · Music

Romantic composer and influential music critic

Franz LisztAge 21

1811–1886 · Music

Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies

Charles DickensAge 20

1812–1870 · Literature

A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist

Giuseppe VerdiAge 19

1813–1901 · Music

La Traviata, Aida — operatic master

Richard WagnerAge 19

1813–1883 · Music

Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera

Søren KierkegaardAge 19

1813–1855 · Philosophy & Thought

Danish philosopher, father of existentialism

Otto von BismarckAge 17

1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership

Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor

Ada LovelaceAge 17

1815–1852 · Science & Invention

Often called the first computer programmer

Charlotte BrontëAge 16

1816–1855 · Literature

Author of Jane Eyre, eldest Brontë sister

Emily BrontëAge 14

1818–1848 · Literature

Wuthering Heights

Frederick DouglassAge 14

1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change

Abolitionist, orator, writer

Karl MarxAge 14

1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought

Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto

Herman MelvilleAge 13

1819–1891 · Literature

Moby-Dick

Queen VictoriaAge 13

1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership

Longest-reigning British monarch of her era

Walt WhitmanAge 13

1819–1892 · Literature

Leaves of Grass, father of free verse

Susan B. AnthonyAge 12

1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change

Women's suffrage pioneer

Florence NightingaleAge 12

1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change

Founder of modern nursing

Friedrich EngelsAge 12

1820–1895 · Philosophy & Thought

Co-author of The Communist Manifesto with Marx

Fyodor DostoevskyAge 11

1821–1881 · Literature

Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov

Charles BaudelaireAge 11

1821–1867 · Literature

French poet of Les Fleurs du mal

Harriet TubmanAge about 10

1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change

Underground Railroad conductor

Louis PasteurAge 10

1822–1895 · Science & Invention

Germ theory, pasteurization

Gregor MendelAge 10

1822–1884 · Science & Invention

Father of genetics

Jules VerneAge 4

1828–1905 · Literature

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Leo TolstoyAge 4

1828–1910 · Literature

War and Peace, Anna Karenina

Henrik IbsenAge 4

1828–1906 · Literature

Norwegian playwright of A Doll's House

Emily DickinsonAge 2

1830–1886 · Literature

Reclusive poetic genius

Sitting BullAge about 1

1831–1890 · Politics & Leadership

Lakota leader who defeated Custer at Little Bighorn

James Clerk MaxwellAge 1

1831–1879 · Science & Invention

Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism

Also Born in 1832

Lewis Carroll

1832–1898 · born January 27

British author and scholar (1832–1898)

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

1832–1910 · born December 8

Norwegian writer (1832–1910)

Édouard Manet

1832–1883 · born January 23

French painter (1832–1883)

Louisa May Alcott

1832–1888 · born November 29

American novelist (1832–1888)

Gustave Eiffel

1832–1923 · born December 15

French civil engineer (1832–1923)

Wilhelm Wundt

1832–1920 · born August 16

German founder of psychology (1832–1920)

José Echegaray

1832–1916 · born April 19

Spanish politician, engineer, and scientist

Gustave Doré

1832–1883 · born January 6

French illustrator and painter (1832–1883)

Maximilian I of Mexico

1832–1867 · born July 6

Emperor of Mexico from 1864 to 1867

William Crookes

1832–1919 · born June 17

English chemist and physicist (1832–1919)

Wilhelm Busch

1832–1908 · born April 15

German humorist, poet, illustrator, and painter (1832–1908)

Nicolaus Otto

1832–1891 · born June 10

Inventor of the internal combustion engine

Died in 1832

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

1749–1832 · Literature

German poet and author of Faust

Also Died in 1832

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

1749–1832 · died March 22

German writer and polymath (1749–1832)

Walter Scott

1771–1832 · died September 21

Scottish novelist (1771–1832)

Jeremy Bentham

1749–1832 · died June 6

English philosopher and jurist (1748–1832)

Évariste Galois

1811–1832 · died May 31

French mathematician (1811–1832)

Georges Cuvier

1769–1832 · died May 13

French paleontologist (1769–1832)

Jean-François Champollion

1790–1832 · died March 4

French classical scholar, decipherer of Egyptian hieroglyphs (1790–1832)

Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot

1796–1832 · died August 24

French physicist and engineer (1796–1832)

Napoleon II

1811–1832 · died July 22

Son of Napoleon I (1811–1832)

Jean-Baptiste Say

1767–1832 · died November 15

French economist and businessman (1767–1832)

Muzio Clementi

1752–1832 · died March 10

Italian composer and pianist (1752–1832)

George Crabbe

1754–1832 · died February 3

English poet, surgeon, and clergyman (1754–1832)

Sources

1832 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Wikipedia
James Madison — Wikipedia
Hokusai — Wikipedia
Andrew Jackson — Wikipedia
John Quincy Adams — Wikipedia
Carl Friedrich Gauss — Wikipedia
Niccolò Paganini — Wikipedia
Jacob Grimm — Wikipedia
Arthur Schopenhauer — Wikipedia
Michael Faraday — Wikipedia
Charles Babbage — Wikipedia
Mary Shelley — Wikipedia
Heinrich Heine — Wikipedia
Alexander Pushkin — Wikipedia
Honoré de Balzac — Wikipedia
Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
Alexandre Dumas — Wikipedia
Ralph Waldo Emerson — Wikipedia
George Sand — Wikipedia
Hans Christian Andersen — Wikipedia
Abraham Lincoln — Wikipedia
Charles Darwin — Wikipedia
Edgar Allan Poe — Wikipedia
Frédéric Chopin — Wikipedia
Robert Schumann — Wikipedia
Franz Liszt — Wikipedia
Charles Dickens — Wikipedia
Giuseppe Verdi — Wikipedia
Richard Wagner — Wikipedia
Søren Kierkegaard — Wikipedia
Otto von Bismarck — Wikipedia
Ada Lovelace — Wikipedia
Charlotte Brontë — Wikipedia
Emily Brontë — Wikipedia
Frederick Douglass — Wikipedia
Karl Marx — Wikipedia
Herman Melville — Wikipedia
Queen Victoria — Wikipedia
Walt Whitman — Wikipedia
Susan B. Anthony — Wikipedia
Florence Nightingale — Wikipedia
Friedrich Engels — Wikipedia
Fyodor Dostoevsky — Wikipedia
Charles Baudelaire — Wikipedia
Harriet Tubman — Wikipedia
Louis Pasteur — Wikipedia
Gregor Mendel — Wikipedia
Jules Verne — Wikipedia
Leo Tolstoy — Wikipedia
Henrik Ibsen — Wikipedia
Emily Dickinson — Wikipedia
Sitting Bull — Wikipedia
James Clerk Maxwell — Wikipedia

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