Who Was Alive in 1838

54 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1838

HokusaiAge 78

1760–1849 · Art

The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker

Andrew JacksonAge 71

1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership

Seventh President of the United States

John Quincy AdamsAge 71

1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership

Sixth President of the United States

Carl Friedrich GaussAge 61

1777–1855 · Science & Invention

Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians

Niccolò PaganiniAge 56

1782–1840 · Music

Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist

Jacob GrimmAge 53

1785–1863 · Literature

Grimm's Fairy Tales

Arthur SchopenhauerAge 50

1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought

German philosopher of pessimism

Michael FaradayAge 47

1791–1867 · Science & Invention

Electromagnetic induction

Charles BabbageAge 47

1791–1871 · Science & Invention

Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine

Mary ShelleyAge 41

1797–1851 · Literature

Author of Frankenstein

Heinrich HeineAge 41

1797–1856 · Literature

German Romantic poet

Honoré de BalzacAge 39

1799–1850 · Literature

French novelist of La Comédie humaine

Victor HugoAge 36

1802–1885 · Literature

Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

Alexandre DumasAge 36

1802–1870 · Literature

Author of The Three Musketeers

Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 35

1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought

Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance

George SandAge 34

1804–1876 · Literature

French novelist famous under a male pen name

Hans Christian AndersenAge 33

1805–1875 · Literature

The Little Mermaid, fairy tales

Abraham LincolnAge 29

1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership

16th US President, ended slavery

Charles DarwinAge 29

1809–1882 · Science & Invention

Theory of evolution by natural selection

Edgar Allan PoeAge 29

1809–1849 · Literature

Master of the macabre, The Raven

Frédéric ChopinAge 28

1810–1849 · Music

Romantic piano virtuoso

Robert SchumannAge 28

1810–1856 · Music

Romantic composer and influential music critic

Franz LisztAge 27

1811–1886 · Music

Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies

Charles DickensAge 26

1812–1870 · Literature

A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist

Giuseppe VerdiAge 25

1813–1901 · Music

La Traviata, Aida — operatic master

Richard WagnerAge 25

1813–1883 · Music

Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera

Søren KierkegaardAge 25

1813–1855 · Philosophy & Thought

Danish philosopher, father of existentialism

Otto von BismarckAge 23

1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership

Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor

Ada LovelaceAge 23

1815–1852 · Science & Invention

Often called the first computer programmer

Charlotte BrontëAge 22

1816–1855 · Literature

Author of Jane Eyre, eldest Brontë sister

Emily BrontëAge 20

1818–1848 · Literature

Wuthering Heights

Frederick DouglassAge 20

1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change

Abolitionist, orator, writer

Karl MarxAge 20

1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought

Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto

Herman MelvilleAge 19

1819–1891 · Literature

Moby-Dick

Queen VictoriaAge 19

1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership

Longest-reigning British monarch of her era

Walt WhitmanAge 19

1819–1892 · Literature

Leaves of Grass, father of free verse

Susan B. AnthonyAge 18

1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change

Women's suffrage pioneer

Florence NightingaleAge 18

1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change

Founder of modern nursing

Friedrich EngelsAge 18

1820–1895 · Philosophy & Thought

Co-author of The Communist Manifesto with Marx

Fyodor DostoevskyAge 17

1821–1881 · Literature

Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov

Charles BaudelaireAge 17

1821–1867 · Literature

French poet of Les Fleurs du mal

Harriet TubmanAge about 16

1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change

Underground Railroad conductor

Louis PasteurAge 16

1822–1895 · Science & Invention

Germ theory, pasteurization

Gregor MendelAge 16

1822–1884 · Science & Invention

Father of genetics

Jules VerneAge 10

1828–1905 · Literature

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Leo TolstoyAge 10

1828–1910 · Literature

War and Peace, Anna Karenina

Henrik IbsenAge 10

1828–1906 · Literature

Norwegian playwright of A Doll's House

Emily DickinsonAge 8

1830–1886 · Literature

Reclusive poetic genius

Sitting BullAge about 7

1831–1890 · Politics & Leadership

Lakota leader who defeated Custer at Little Bighorn

James Clerk MaxwellAge 7

1831–1879 · Science & Invention

Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism

Alfred NobelAge 5

1833–1896 · Science & Invention

Invented dynamite, founded Nobel Prizes

Dmitri MendeleevAge 4

1834–1907 · Science & Invention

Created the periodic table of elements

Mark TwainAge 3

1835–1910 · Literature

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Andrew CarnegieAge 3

1835–1919 · Business & Industry

Steel magnate, philanthropist

Also Born in 1838

Georges Bizet

1838–1875 · born October 25

French composer (1838–1875)

Ernst Mach

1838–1916 · born February 18

Austrian physicist, philosopher and university educator (1838–1916)

Liliʻuokalani

1838–1917 · born September 2

Queen of Hawaii from 1891 to 1893

Henry Adams

1838–1918 · born February 16

American historian (1838–1918)

John Wilkes Booth

1838–1865 · born May 10

American stage actor and assassin (1838–1865)

Jan Matejko

1838–1893 · born June 24

Polish painter (1838–1893)

John Muir

1838–1914 · born April 21

Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)

Émile Loubet

1838–1929 · born December 31

President of France from 1899 to 1906

Ferdinand von Zeppelin

1838–1917 · born July 8

German general and airship pioneer (1838–1917)

Léon Gambetta

1838–1882 · born April 2

French politician (1838–1882)

Victoria Woodhull

1838–1927 · born September 23

American women's suffrage activist (1838–1927)

Franz Brentano

1838–1917 · born January 16

Austrian Catholic priest and philosopher (1838–1917)

Also Died in 1838

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

1754–1838 · died May 17

French secularized clergyman, statesman, and diplomat (1754–1838)

Adelbert von Chamisso

1781–1838 · died August 21

German poet and botanist (1781–1838)

Lorenzo Da Ponte

1749–1838 · died August 17

Italian librettist, professor, and Roman Catholic priest (1749–1838)

Pierre Louis Dulong

1785–1838 · died July 19

French scientist (1785–1838)

William Clark

1770–1838 · died September 1

American explorer and territorial governor (1770–1838)

Notable World Events in 1838

1838 First photograph of a person taken

Sources

1838 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
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
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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