Who Was Alive in 1834

54 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1834

James MadisonAge 83

1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership

Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution

HokusaiAge 74

1760–1849 · Art

The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker

Andrew JacksonAge 67

1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership

Seventh President of the United States

John Quincy AdamsAge 67

1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership

Sixth President of the United States

Carl Friedrich GaussAge 57

1777–1855 · Science & Invention

Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians

Niccolò PaganiniAge 52

1782–1840 · Music

Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist

Jacob GrimmAge 49

1785–1863 · Literature

Grimm's Fairy Tales

Arthur SchopenhauerAge 46

1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought

German philosopher of pessimism

Michael FaradayAge 43

1791–1867 · Science & Invention

Electromagnetic induction

Charles BabbageAge 43

1791–1871 · Science & Invention

Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine

Mary ShelleyAge 37

1797–1851 · Literature

Author of Frankenstein

Heinrich HeineAge 37

1797–1856 · Literature

German Romantic poet

Alexander PushkinAge 35

1799–1837 · Literature

Father of Russian literature

Honoré de BalzacAge 35

1799–1850 · Literature

French novelist of La Comédie humaine

Victor HugoAge 32

1802–1885 · Literature

Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

Alexandre DumasAge 32

1802–1870 · Literature

Author of The Three Musketeers

Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 31

1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought

Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance

George SandAge 30

1804–1876 · Literature

French novelist famous under a male pen name

Hans Christian AndersenAge 29

1805–1875 · Literature

The Little Mermaid, fairy tales

Abraham LincolnAge 25

1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership

16th US President, ended slavery

Charles DarwinAge 25

1809–1882 · Science & Invention

Theory of evolution by natural selection

Edgar Allan PoeAge 25

1809–1849 · Literature

Master of the macabre, The Raven

Frédéric ChopinAge 24

1810–1849 · Music

Romantic piano virtuoso

Robert SchumannAge 24

1810–1856 · Music

Romantic composer and influential music critic

Franz LisztAge 23

1811–1886 · Music

Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies

Charles DickensAge 22

1812–1870 · Literature

A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist

Giuseppe VerdiAge 21

1813–1901 · Music

La Traviata, Aida — operatic master

Richard WagnerAge 21

1813–1883 · Music

Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera

Søren KierkegaardAge 21

1813–1855 · Philosophy & Thought

Danish philosopher, father of existentialism

Otto von BismarckAge 19

1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership

Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor

Ada LovelaceAge 19

1815–1852 · Science & Invention

Often called the first computer programmer

Charlotte BrontëAge 18

1816–1855 · Literature

Author of Jane Eyre, eldest Brontë sister

Emily BrontëAge 16

1818–1848 · Literature

Wuthering Heights

Frederick DouglassAge 16

1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change

Abolitionist, orator, writer

Karl MarxAge 16

1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought

Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto

Herman MelvilleAge 15

1819–1891 · Literature

Moby-Dick

Queen VictoriaAge 15

1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership

Longest-reigning British monarch of her era

Walt WhitmanAge 15

1819–1892 · Literature

Leaves of Grass, father of free verse

Susan B. AnthonyAge 14

1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change

Women's suffrage pioneer

Florence NightingaleAge 14

1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change

Founder of modern nursing

Friedrich EngelsAge 14

1820–1895 · Philosophy & Thought

Co-author of The Communist Manifesto with Marx

Fyodor DostoevskyAge 13

1821–1881 · Literature

Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov

Charles BaudelaireAge 13

1821–1867 · Literature

French poet of Les Fleurs du mal

Harriet TubmanAge about 12

1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change

Underground Railroad conductor

Louis PasteurAge 12

1822–1895 · Science & Invention

Germ theory, pasteurization

Gregor MendelAge 12

1822–1884 · Science & Invention

Father of genetics

Jules VerneAge 6

1828–1905 · Literature

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Leo TolstoyAge 6

1828–1910 · Literature

War and Peace, Anna Karenina

Henrik IbsenAge 6

1828–1906 · Literature

Norwegian playwright of A Doll's House

Emily DickinsonAge 4

1830–1886 · Literature

Reclusive poetic genius

Sitting BullAge about 3

1831–1890 · Politics & Leadership

Lakota leader who defeated Custer at Little Bighorn

James Clerk MaxwellAge 3

1831–1879 · Science & Invention

Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism

Alfred NobelAge 1

1833–1896 · Science & Invention

Invented dynamite, founded Nobel Prizes

Dmitri MendeleevAge 0

1834–1907 · Science & Invention

Created the periodic table of elements

Born in 1834

Dmitri Mendeleev

1834–1907 · Science & Invention

Created the periodic table of elements

Also Born in 1834

Edgar Degas

1834–1917 · born July 19

French Impressionist artist (1834–1917)

Ernst Haeckel

1834–1919 · born February 16

German zoologist (1834–1919)

William Morris

1834–1896 · born March 24

English textile artist, author, and socialist (1834–1896)

Gottlieb Daimler

1834–1900 · born March 17

German engineer, industrialist and automotive pioneer (1834–1900)

James McNeill Whistler

1834–1903 · born July 11

American painter (1834–1903)

Jan Neruda

1834–1891 · born July 9

Czech poet, theater reviewer, publicist, journalist and writer

Aleksis Kivi

1834–1872 · born October 10

National writer of Finland (1834–1872)

John Venn

1834–1923 · born August 4

English logician and philosopher (1834–1923)

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi

1834–1904 · born August 2

French sculptor and painter (1834–1904)

John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton

1834–1902 · born January 10

English historian and politician (1834–1902)

Léon Walras

1834–1910 · born December 16

French mathematical economist (1834–1910)

Also Died in 1834

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

1772–1834 · died July 25

English poet, literary critic and philosopher (1773–1834)

Thomas Robert Malthus

1766–1834 · died December 23

English Christian priest and political economist (1766–1834)

Thomas Robert Malthus

1766–1834 · died December 29

English Christian priest and political economist (1766–1834)

Pedro I of Brazil

1798–1834 · died September 24

Emperor of Brazil (1822–31) and King of Portugal (1826)

Friedrich Schleiermacher

1768–1834 · died February 12

German theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar (1768–1834)

Charles Lamb

1775–1834 · died December 27

English essayist, poet, and antiquarian (1775–1834)

Joseph Marie Jacquard

1752–1834 · died August 7

French weaver, merchant, and inventor (1752–1834)

William Carey

1761–1834 · died June 9

English Baptist missionary and a Particular Baptist minister (1761–1834)

William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville

1759–1834 · died January 12

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1806 to 1807

Thomas Telford

1757–1834 · died September 2

Scottish civil engineer (1757–1834)

François-Adrien Boieldieu

1775–1834 · died October 8

French composer (1775–1834)

Sources

1834 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
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
Alfred Nobel — Wikipedia
Dmitri Mendeleev — Wikipedia

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