Who Was Alive in 1842
58 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1842
HokusaiAge 82
Andrew JacksonAge 75
John Quincy AdamsAge 75
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 65
Jacob GrimmAge 57
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 54
Michael FaradayAge 51
Charles BabbageAge 51
Mary ShelleyAge 45
Heinrich HeineAge 45
Honoré de BalzacAge 43
Victor HugoAge 40
Alexandre DumasAge 40
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 39
George SandAge 38
Hans Christian AndersenAge 37
Abraham LincolnAge 33
Charles DarwinAge 33
Edgar Allan PoeAge 33
Frédéric ChopinAge 32
Robert SchumannAge 32
Franz LisztAge 31
Charles DickensAge 30
Giuseppe VerdiAge 29
Richard WagnerAge 29
Søren KierkegaardAge 29
Otto von BismarckAge 27
Ada LovelaceAge 27
Charlotte BrontëAge 26
Emily BrontëAge 24
Frederick DouglassAge 24
Karl MarxAge 24
Herman MelvilleAge 23
Queen VictoriaAge 23
Walt WhitmanAge 23
Susan B. AnthonyAge 22
Florence NightingaleAge 22
Friedrich EngelsAge 22
Fyodor DostoevskyAge 21
Charles BaudelaireAge 21
Harriet TubmanAge about 20
Louis PasteurAge 20
Gregor MendelAge 20
Jules VerneAge 14
Leo TolstoyAge 14
Henrik IbsenAge 14
Emily DickinsonAge 12
Sitting BullAge about 11
James Clerk MaxwellAge 11
Alfred NobelAge 9
Dmitri MendeleevAge 8
Mark TwainAge 7
Andrew CarnegieAge 7
John D. RockefellerAge 3
Claude MonetAge 2
Pyotr TchaikovskyAge 2
Émile ZolaAge 2
Pierre-Auguste RenoirAge 1
Also Born in 1842
American philosopher and psychologist (1842–1910)
Russian anarchist (1842–1921)
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1876 to 1909
American writer (1842 – c. 1914)
British physicist (1842–1919)
French Symbolist poet (1842–1898)
British economist (1842–1924)
German author (1842–1912)
French astronomer and author (1842–1925)
French composer (1842–1912)
British chemist and physicist (1842–1923)
19th-century Russian war artist
Also Died in 1842
French writer (1783–1842)
German poet and novelist (1778–1842)
Italian composer (1760–1842)
French explorer and naval officer (1790–1842)
First Lady of the United States from 1841 to 1842
Sources
- 1842 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
- Hokusai — Wikipedia
- Andrew Jackson — Wikipedia
- John Quincy Adams — Wikipedia
- Carl Friedrich Gauss — 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
- Claude Monet — Wikipedia
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Wikipedia
- Émile Zola — Wikipedia
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Wikipedia