Who Was Alive in 1835

56 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1835

James MadisonAge 84

1751–1836 · Politics & Leadership

Fourth US president, Father of the Constitution

HokusaiAge 75

1760–1849 · Art

The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker

Andrew JacksonAge 68

1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership

Seventh President of the United States

John Quincy AdamsAge 68

1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership

Sixth President of the United States

Carl Friedrich GaussAge 58

1777–1855 · Science & Invention

Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians

Niccolò PaganiniAge 53

1782–1840 · Music

Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist

Jacob GrimmAge 50

1785–1863 · Literature

Grimm's Fairy Tales

Arthur SchopenhauerAge 47

1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought

German philosopher of pessimism

Michael FaradayAge 44

1791–1867 · Science & Invention

Electromagnetic induction

Charles BabbageAge 44

1791–1871 · Science & Invention

Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine

Mary ShelleyAge 38

1797–1851 · Literature

Author of Frankenstein

Heinrich HeineAge 38

1797–1856 · Literature

German Romantic poet

Alexander PushkinAge 36

1799–1837 · Literature

Father of Russian literature

Honoré de BalzacAge 36

1799–1850 · Literature

French novelist of La Comédie humaine

Victor HugoAge 33

1802–1885 · Literature

Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

Alexandre DumasAge 33

1802–1870 · Literature

Author of The Three Musketeers

Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 32

1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought

Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance

George SandAge 31

1804–1876 · Literature

French novelist famous under a male pen name

Hans Christian AndersenAge 30

1805–1875 · Literature

The Little Mermaid, fairy tales

Abraham LincolnAge 26

1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership

16th US President, ended slavery

Charles DarwinAge 26

1809–1882 · Science & Invention

Theory of evolution by natural selection

Edgar Allan PoeAge 26

1809–1849 · Literature

Master of the macabre, The Raven

Frédéric ChopinAge 25

1810–1849 · Music

Romantic piano virtuoso

Robert SchumannAge 25

1810–1856 · Music

Romantic composer and influential music critic

Franz LisztAge 24

1811–1886 · Music

Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies

Charles DickensAge 23

1812–1870 · Literature

A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist

Giuseppe VerdiAge 22

1813–1901 · Music

La Traviata, Aida — operatic master

Richard WagnerAge 22

1813–1883 · Music

Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera

Søren KierkegaardAge 22

1813–1855 · Philosophy & Thought

Danish philosopher, father of existentialism

Otto von BismarckAge 20

1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership

Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor

Ada LovelaceAge 20

1815–1852 · Science & Invention

Often called the first computer programmer

Charlotte BrontëAge 19

1816–1855 · Literature

Author of Jane Eyre, eldest Brontë sister

Emily BrontëAge 17

1818–1848 · Literature

Wuthering Heights

Frederick DouglassAge 17

1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change

Abolitionist, orator, writer

Karl MarxAge 17

1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought

Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto

Herman MelvilleAge 16

1819–1891 · Literature

Moby-Dick

Queen VictoriaAge 16

1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership

Longest-reigning British monarch of her era

Walt WhitmanAge 16

1819–1892 · Literature

Leaves of Grass, father of free verse

Susan B. AnthonyAge 15

1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change

Women's suffrage pioneer

Florence NightingaleAge 15

1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change

Founder of modern nursing

Friedrich EngelsAge 15

1820–1895 · Philosophy & Thought

Co-author of The Communist Manifesto with Marx

Fyodor DostoevskyAge 14

1821–1881 · Literature

Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov

Charles BaudelaireAge 14

1821–1867 · Literature

French poet of Les Fleurs du mal

Harriet TubmanAge about 13

1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change

Underground Railroad conductor

Louis PasteurAge 13

1822–1895 · Science & Invention

Germ theory, pasteurization

Gregor MendelAge 13

1822–1884 · Science & Invention

Father of genetics

Jules VerneAge 7

1828–1905 · Literature

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Leo TolstoyAge 7

1828–1910 · Literature

War and Peace, Anna Karenina

Henrik IbsenAge 7

1828–1906 · Literature

Norwegian playwright of A Doll's House

Emily DickinsonAge 5

1830–1886 · Literature

Reclusive poetic genius

Sitting BullAge about 4

1831–1890 · Politics & Leadership

Lakota leader who defeated Custer at Little Bighorn

James Clerk MaxwellAge 4

1831–1879 · Science & Invention

Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism

Alfred NobelAge 2

1833–1896 · Science & Invention

Invented dynamite, founded Nobel Prizes

Dmitri MendeleevAge 1

1834–1907 · Science & Invention

Created the periodic table of elements

Mark TwainAge 0

1835–1910 · Literature

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Andrew CarnegieAge 0

1835–1919 · Business & Industry

Steel magnate, philanthropist

Born in 1835

Mark Twain

1835–1910 · Literature

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Andrew Carnegie

1835–1919 · Business & Industry

Steel magnate, philanthropist

Also Born in 1835

Giosuè Carducci

1835–1907 · born July 27

Italian poet and teacher (1835–1907)

Pope Pius X

1835–1914 · born June 2

Head of the Catholic Church from 1903 to 1914

Empress Dowager Cixi

1835–1908 · born November 29

Regent of China from 1861 to 1908

Leopold II of Belgium

1835–1909 · born April 9

King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909

Camille Saint-Saëns

1835–1921 · born October 9

French composer (1835–1921)

Adolf von Baeyer

1835–1917 · born October 31

German chemist (1835–1917)

Samuel Butler

1835–1902 · born December 4

English novelist and critic (1835–1902)

Giovanni Schiaparelli

1835–1910 · born March 14

Italian astronomer and science historian (1835–1910)

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

1835–1908 · born February 13

Indian religious leader and founder of the Ahmadiyya community (1835–1908)

Also Died in 1835

Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor

1768–1835 · died March 2

Holy Roman Emperor (1792–1806), Emperor of Austria (1804–1835)

Vincenzo Bellini

1801–1835 · died September 23

Italian opera composer (1801–1835)

John Marshall

1755–1835 · died July 6

Chief Justice of the United States from 1801 to 1835

John Nash

1752–1835 · died May 13

British architect (1752–1835)

Sources

1835 — 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
Mark Twain — Wikipedia
Andrew Carnegie — Wikipedia

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