Who Was Alive in 1846

59 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1846

HokusaiAge 86

1760–1849 · Art

The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker

John Quincy AdamsAge 79

1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership

Sixth President of the United States

Carl Friedrich GaussAge 69

1777–1855 · Science & Invention

Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians

Jacob GrimmAge 61

1785–1863 · Literature

Grimm's Fairy Tales

Arthur SchopenhauerAge 58

1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought

German philosopher of pessimism

Michael FaradayAge 55

1791–1867 · Science & Invention

Electromagnetic induction

Charles BabbageAge 55

1791–1871 · Science & Invention

Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine

Mary ShelleyAge 49

1797–1851 · Literature

Author of Frankenstein

Heinrich HeineAge 49

1797–1856 · Literature

German Romantic poet

Honoré de BalzacAge 47

1799–1850 · Literature

French novelist of La Comédie humaine

Victor HugoAge 44

1802–1885 · Literature

Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

Alexandre DumasAge 44

1802–1870 · Literature

Author of The Three Musketeers

Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 43

1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought

Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance

George SandAge 42

1804–1876 · Literature

French novelist famous under a male pen name

Hans Christian AndersenAge 41

1805–1875 · Literature

The Little Mermaid, fairy tales

Abraham LincolnAge 37

1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership

16th US President, ended slavery

Charles DarwinAge 37

1809–1882 · Science & Invention

Theory of evolution by natural selection

Edgar Allan PoeAge 37

1809–1849 · Literature

Master of the macabre, The Raven

Frédéric ChopinAge 36

1810–1849 · Music

Romantic piano virtuoso

Robert SchumannAge 36

1810–1856 · Music

Romantic composer and influential music critic

Franz LisztAge 35

1811–1886 · Music

Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies

Charles DickensAge 34

1812–1870 · Literature

A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist

Giuseppe VerdiAge 33

1813–1901 · Music

La Traviata, Aida — operatic master

Richard WagnerAge 33

1813–1883 · Music

Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera

Søren KierkegaardAge 33

1813–1855 · Philosophy & Thought

Danish philosopher, father of existentialism

Otto von BismarckAge 31

1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership

Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor

Ada LovelaceAge 31

1815–1852 · Science & Invention

Often called the first computer programmer

Charlotte BrontëAge 30

1816–1855 · Literature

Author of Jane Eyre, eldest Brontë sister

Emily BrontëAge 28

1818–1848 · Literature

Wuthering Heights

Frederick DouglassAge 28

1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change

Abolitionist, orator, writer

Karl MarxAge 28

1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought

Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto

Herman MelvilleAge 27

1819–1891 · Literature

Moby-Dick

Queen VictoriaAge 27

1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership

Longest-reigning British monarch of her era

Walt WhitmanAge 27

1819–1892 · Literature

Leaves of Grass, father of free verse

Susan B. AnthonyAge 26

1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change

Women's suffrage pioneer

Florence NightingaleAge 26

1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change

Founder of modern nursing

Friedrich EngelsAge 26

1820–1895 · Philosophy & Thought

Co-author of The Communist Manifesto with Marx

Fyodor DostoevskyAge 25

1821–1881 · Literature

Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov

Charles BaudelaireAge 25

1821–1867 · Literature

French poet of Les Fleurs du mal

Harriet TubmanAge about 24

1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change

Underground Railroad conductor

Louis PasteurAge 24

1822–1895 · Science & Invention

Germ theory, pasteurization

Gregor MendelAge 24

1822–1884 · Science & Invention

Father of genetics

Jules VerneAge 18

1828–1905 · Literature

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Leo TolstoyAge 18

1828–1910 · Literature

War and Peace, Anna Karenina

Henrik IbsenAge 18

1828–1906 · Literature

Norwegian playwright of A Doll's House

Emily DickinsonAge 16

1830–1886 · Literature

Reclusive poetic genius

Sitting BullAge about 15

1831–1890 · Politics & Leadership

Lakota leader who defeated Custer at Little Bighorn

James Clerk MaxwellAge 15

1831–1879 · Science & Invention

Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism

Alfred NobelAge 13

1833–1896 · Science & Invention

Invented dynamite, founded Nobel Prizes

Dmitri MendeleevAge 12

1834–1907 · Science & Invention

Created the periodic table of elements

Mark TwainAge 11

1835–1910 · Literature

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Andrew CarnegieAge 11

1835–1919 · Business & Industry

Steel magnate, philanthropist

John D. RockefellerAge 7

1839–1937 · Business & Industry

Standard Oil tycoon, among the richest Americans in history

Claude MonetAge 6

1840–1926 · Art

Water Lilies, father of Impressionism

Pyotr TchaikovskyAge 6

1840–1893 · Music

Swan Lake, The Nutcracker

Émile ZolaAge 6

1840–1902 · Literature

French novelist who wrote J'Accuse

Pierre-Auguste RenoirAge 5

1841–1919 · Art

Impressionist painter of joyful scenes

Friedrich NietzscheAge 2

1844–1900 · Philosophy & Thought

"God is dead," Beyond Good and Evil

Sarah BernhardtAge 2

1844–1923 · Film & Entertainment

French stage actress of worldwide fame

Also Born in 1846

Henryk Sienkiewicz

1846–1916 · born May 5

Polish epic writer (1846–1916)

Rudolf Christoph Eucken

1846–1926 · born January 5

19th/20th-century German philosopher (1846–1926)

Comte de Lautréamont

1846–1870 · born April 4

Uruguayan-born French author (1846–1870)

Peter Carl Fabergé

1846–1920 · born May 30

Russian jeweller (1846–1920)

George Westinghouse

1846–1914 · born October 6

American engineer, inventor, and businessman (1846–1914)

Also Died in 1846

Pope Gregory XVI

1765–1846 · died June 1

Head of the Catholic Church from 1831 to 1846

Emperor Ninkō

1800–1846 · died February 21

Emperor of Japan from 1817 to 1846

Sources

1846 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
Hokusai — 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
Friedrich Nietzsche — Wikipedia
Sarah Bernhardt — Wikipedia

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