Who Was Alive in 1839

55 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1839

HokusaiAge 79

1760–1849 · Art

The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker

Andrew JacksonAge 72

1767–1845 · Politics & Leadership

Seventh President of the United States

John Quincy AdamsAge 72

1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership

Sixth President of the United States

Carl Friedrich GaussAge 62

1777–1855 · Science & Invention

Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians

Niccolò PaganiniAge 57

1782–1840 · Music

Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist

Jacob GrimmAge 54

1785–1863 · Literature

Grimm's Fairy Tales

Arthur SchopenhauerAge 51

1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought

German philosopher of pessimism

Michael FaradayAge 48

1791–1867 · Science & Invention

Electromagnetic induction

Charles BabbageAge 48

1791–1871 · Science & Invention

Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine

Mary ShelleyAge 42

1797–1851 · Literature

Author of Frankenstein

Heinrich HeineAge 42

1797–1856 · Literature

German Romantic poet

Honoré de BalzacAge 40

1799–1850 · Literature

French novelist of La Comédie humaine

Victor HugoAge 37

1802–1885 · Literature

Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

Alexandre DumasAge 37

1802–1870 · Literature

Author of The Three Musketeers

Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 36

1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought

Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance

George SandAge 35

1804–1876 · Literature

French novelist famous under a male pen name

Hans Christian AndersenAge 34

1805–1875 · Literature

The Little Mermaid, fairy tales

Abraham LincolnAge 30

1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership

16th US President, ended slavery

Charles DarwinAge 30

1809–1882 · Science & Invention

Theory of evolution by natural selection

Edgar Allan PoeAge 30

1809–1849 · Literature

Master of the macabre, The Raven

Frédéric ChopinAge 29

1810–1849 · Music

Romantic piano virtuoso

Robert SchumannAge 29

1810–1856 · Music

Romantic composer and influential music critic

Franz LisztAge 28

1811–1886 · Music

Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies

Charles DickensAge 27

1812–1870 · Literature

A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist

Giuseppe VerdiAge 26

1813–1901 · Music

La Traviata, Aida — operatic master

Richard WagnerAge 26

1813–1883 · Music

Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera

Søren KierkegaardAge 26

1813–1855 · Philosophy & Thought

Danish philosopher, father of existentialism

Otto von BismarckAge 24

1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership

Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor

Ada LovelaceAge 24

1815–1852 · Science & Invention

Often called the first computer programmer

Charlotte BrontëAge 23

1816–1855 · Literature

Author of Jane Eyre, eldest Brontë sister

Emily BrontëAge 21

1818–1848 · Literature

Wuthering Heights

Frederick DouglassAge 21

1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change

Abolitionist, orator, writer

Karl MarxAge 21

1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought

Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto

Herman MelvilleAge 20

1819–1891 · Literature

Moby-Dick

Queen VictoriaAge 20

1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership

Longest-reigning British monarch of her era

Walt WhitmanAge 20

1819–1892 · Literature

Leaves of Grass, father of free verse

Susan B. AnthonyAge 19

1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change

Women's suffrage pioneer

Florence NightingaleAge 19

1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change

Founder of modern nursing

Friedrich EngelsAge 19

1820–1895 · Philosophy & Thought

Co-author of The Communist Manifesto with Marx

Fyodor DostoevskyAge 18

1821–1881 · Literature

Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov

Charles BaudelaireAge 18

1821–1867 · Literature

French poet of Les Fleurs du mal

Harriet TubmanAge about 17

1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change

Underground Railroad conductor

Louis PasteurAge 17

1822–1895 · Science & Invention

Germ theory, pasteurization

Gregor MendelAge 17

1822–1884 · Science & Invention

Father of genetics

Jules VerneAge 11

1828–1905 · Literature

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Leo TolstoyAge 11

1828–1910 · Literature

War and Peace, Anna Karenina

Henrik IbsenAge 11

1828–1906 · Literature

Norwegian playwright of A Doll's House

Emily DickinsonAge 9

1830–1886 · Literature

Reclusive poetic genius

Sitting BullAge about 8

1831–1890 · Politics & Leadership

Lakota leader who defeated Custer at Little Bighorn

James Clerk MaxwellAge 8

1831–1879 · Science & Invention

Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism

Alfred NobelAge 6

1833–1896 · Science & Invention

Invented dynamite, founded Nobel Prizes

Dmitri MendeleevAge 5

1834–1907 · Science & Invention

Created the periodic table of elements

Mark TwainAge 4

1835–1910 · Literature

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Andrew CarnegieAge 4

1835–1919 · Business & Industry

Steel magnate, philanthropist

John D. RockefellerAge 0

1839–1937 · Business & Industry

Standard Oil tycoon, among the richest Americans in history

Born in 1839

John D. Rockefeller

1839–1937 · Business & Industry

Standard Oil tycoon, among the richest Americans in history

Also Born in 1839

Paul Cézanne

1839–1906 · born January 19

French painter (1839–1906)

Sully Prudhomme

1839–1907 · born March 16

French poet (1839–1907)

Modest Mussorgsky

1839–1881 · born March 21

Russian composer (1839–1881)

Charles Sanders Peirce

1839–1914 · born September 10

American scientist (1839–1914)

Alfred Sisley

1839–1899 · born October 30

19th-century French painter

Josiah Willard Gibbs

1839–1903 · born February 11

American scientist (1839–1903)

Henry George

1839–1897 · born September 2

American political economist (1839–1897)

George Armstrong Custer

1839–1876 · born December 5

United States cavalry commander (1839–1876)

Jamsetji Tata

1839–1904 · born March 3

Indian industrialist (1839–1904)

Nikolay Przhevalsky

1839–1888 · born April 12

Polish-Russian explorer (1839–1888)

Carol I of Romania

1839–1914 · born April 20

Monarch of Romania from 1866 to 1914

Also Died in 1839

Mahmud II

1785–1839 · died July 1

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 to 1839

Ranjit Singh

1780–1839 · died June 27

Sikh Maharaja from 1801 to 1839

Sources

1839 — 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
John D. Rockefeller — Wikipedia

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