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Who Was Alive in 1848

62 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1848

Hokusai
HokusaiAge 88
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy AdamsAge 81
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 71
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 63
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 60
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism
Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 57
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 57
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
Mary Shelley
Mary ShelleyAge 51
1797–1851 · Literature
Author of Frankenstein
Heinrich Heine
Heinrich HeineAge 51
1797–1856 · Literature
German Romantic poet
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de BalzacAge 49
1799–1850 · Literature
French novelist of La Comédie humaine
Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 46
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre DumasAge 46
1802–1870 · Literature
Author of The Three Musketeers
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 45
1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought
Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance
George Sand
George SandAge 44
1804–1876 · Literature
French novelist famous under a male pen name
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian AndersenAge 43
1805–1875 · Literature
The Little Mermaid, fairy tales
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham LincolnAge 39
1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership
16th US President, ended slavery
Charles Darwin
Charles DarwinAge 39
1809–1882 · Science & Invention
Theory of evolution by natural selection
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan PoeAge 39
1809–1849 · Literature
Master of the macabre, The Raven
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric ChopinAge 38
1810–1849 · Music
Romantic piano virtuoso
Robert Schumann
Robert SchumannAge 38
1810–1856 · Music
Romantic composer and influential music critic
Franz Liszt
Franz LisztAge 37
1811–1886 · Music
Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies
Charles Dickens
Charles DickensAge 36
1812–1870 · Literature
A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe VerdiAge 35
1813–1901 · Music
La Traviata, Aida — operatic master
Richard Wagner
Richard WagnerAge 35
1813–1883 · Music
Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera
Søren Kierkegaard
Søren KierkegaardAge 35
1813–1855 · Philosophy & Thought
Danish philosopher, father of existentialism
Otto von Bismarck
Otto von BismarckAge 33
1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership
Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor
Ada Lovelace
Ada LovelaceAge 33
1815–1852 · Science & Invention
Often called the first computer programmer
Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte BrontëAge 32
1816–1855 · Literature
Author of Jane Eyre, eldest Brontë sister
Emily Brontë
Emily BrontëAge 30
1818–1848 · Literature
Wuthering Heights
Frederick Douglass
Frederick DouglassAge 30
1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change
Abolitionist, orator, writer
Karl Marx
Karl MarxAge 30
1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto
Herman Melville
Herman MelvilleAge 29
1819–1891 · Literature
Moby-Dick
Queen Victoria
Queen VictoriaAge 29
1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership
Longest-reigning British monarch of her era
Walt Whitman
Walt WhitmanAge 29
1819–1892 · Literature
Leaves of Grass, father of free verse
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. AnthonyAge 28
1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change
Women's suffrage pioneer
Florence Nightingale
Florence NightingaleAge 28
1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change
Founder of modern nursing
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich EngelsAge 28
1820–1895 · Philosophy & Thought
Co-author of The Communist Manifesto with Marx
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor DostoevskyAge 27
1821–1881 · Literature
Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov
Charles Baudelaire
Charles BaudelaireAge 27
1821–1867 · Literature
French poet of Les Fleurs du mal
Harriet Tubman
Harriet TubmanAge about 26
1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change
Underground Railroad conductor
Louis Pasteur
Louis PasteurAge 26
1822–1895 · Science & Invention
Germ theory, pasteurization
Gregor Mendel
Gregor MendelAge 26
1822–1884 · Science & Invention
Father of genetics
Jules Verne
Jules VerneAge 20
1828–1905 · Literature
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Leo Tolstoy
Leo TolstoyAge 20
1828–1910 · Literature
War and Peace, Anna Karenina
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik IbsenAge 20
1828–1906 · Literature
Norwegian playwright of A Doll's House
Emily Dickinson
Emily DickinsonAge 18
1830–1886 · Literature
Reclusive poetic genius
Sitting Bull
Sitting BullAge about 17
1831–1890 · Politics & Leadership
Lakota leader who defeated Custer at Little Bighorn
James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk MaxwellAge 17
1831–1879 · Science & Invention
Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism
Alfred Nobel
Alfred NobelAge 15
1833–1896 · Science & Invention
Invented dynamite, founded Nobel Prizes
Dmitri Mendeleev
Dmitri MendeleevAge 14
1834–1907 · Science & Invention
Created the periodic table of elements
Mark Twain
Mark TwainAge 13
1835–1910 · Literature
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew CarnegieAge 13
1835–1919 · Business & Industry
Steel magnate, philanthropist
John D. Rockefeller
John D. RockefellerAge 9
1839–1937 · Business & Industry
Standard Oil tycoon, among the richest Americans in history
Claude Monet
Claude MonetAge 8
1840–1926 · Art
Water Lilies, father of Impressionism
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pyotr TchaikovskyAge 8
1840–1893 · Music
Swan Lake, The Nutcracker
Émile Zola
Émile ZolaAge 8
1840–1902 · Literature
French novelist who wrote J'Accuse
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste RenoirAge 7
1841–1919 · Art
Impressionist painter of joyful scenes
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich NietzscheAge 4
1844–1900 · Philosophy & Thought
"God is dead," Beyond Good and Evil
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah BernhardtAge 4
1844–1923 · Film & Entertainment
French stage actress of worldwide fame
Thomas Edison
Thomas EdisonAge 1
1847–1931 · Science & Invention
Light bulb, phonograph, 1000+ patents
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham BellAge 1
1847–1922 · Science & Invention
Invented the telephone
Paul Gauguin
Paul GauguinAge 0
1848–1903 · Art
Post-Impressionist painter of Tahiti

Born in 1848

Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin
1848–1903 · Art
Post-Impressionist painter of Tahiti

Also Born in 1848

1848–1917 · born February 16
French writer, art critic and journalist (1848–1917)
1848–1903 · born June 7
French artist (1848–1903)
1848–1925 · born November 8
German philosopher, logician, and mathematician (1848–1925)
1848–1930 · born July 25
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905
1848–1923 · born July 15
Italian polymath (1848–1923)
1848–1896 · born May 23
German aviation pioneer (1848–1896)
1848–1926 · born May 15
Russian painter (1848–1926)
1848–1906 · born April 29
Indian painter (1848–1906)
1848–1907 · born February 5
French novelist and art critic (1848–1907)
1848–1935 · born February 16
Dutch botanist (1848–1935)
1848–1894 · born August 19
French painter (1848–1894)
1848–1916 · born January 24
Russian artist (1848–1916)

Died in 1848

John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams
1767–1848 · Politics & Leadership
Sixth President of the United States
Emily Brontë
Emily Brontë
1818–1848 · Literature
Wuthering Heights

Also Died in 1848

1767–1848 · died February 23
President of the United States from 1825 to 1829
1768–1848 · died July 4
French writer, politician and historian (1768–1848)
1779–1848 · died August 7
Swedish chemist (1779–1848)
1797–1848 · died April 8
Italian opera composer (1797–1848)
1781–1848 · died August 12
English mechanical and civil engineer (1781–1848)
1750–1848 · died January 9
German-British astronomer (1750–1848)
1781–1848 · died December 18
Bohemian polymath (1781–1848)
1786–1848 · died January 20
King of Denmark from 1839 to 1848
1779–1848 · died November 24
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834; 1835–1841)
1763–1848 · died March 29
German-born American businessman (1763–1848)
1797–1848 · died May 24
German composer and writer (1797–1848)

Notable World Events in 1848

Sources

  1. 1848 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. Hokusai — Wikipedia
  3. John Quincy Adams — Wikipedia
  4. Carl Friedrich Gauss — Wikipedia
  5. Jacob Grimm — Wikipedia
  6. Arthur Schopenhauer — Wikipedia
  7. Michael Faraday — Wikipedia
  8. Charles Babbage — Wikipedia
  9. Mary Shelley — Wikipedia
  10. Heinrich Heine — Wikipedia
  11. Honoré de Balzac — Wikipedia
  12. Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
  13. Alexandre Dumas — Wikipedia
  14. Ralph Waldo Emerson — Wikipedia
  15. George Sand — Wikipedia
  16. Hans Christian Andersen — Wikipedia
  17. Abraham Lincoln — Wikipedia
  18. Charles Darwin — Wikipedia
  19. Edgar Allan Poe — Wikipedia
  20. Frédéric Chopin — Wikipedia
  21. Robert Schumann — Wikipedia
  22. Franz Liszt — Wikipedia
  23. Charles Dickens — Wikipedia
  24. Giuseppe Verdi — Wikipedia
  25. Richard Wagner — Wikipedia
  26. Søren Kierkegaard — Wikipedia
  27. Otto von Bismarck — Wikipedia
  28. Ada Lovelace — Wikipedia
  29. Charlotte Brontë — Wikipedia
  30. Emily Brontë — Wikipedia
  31. Frederick Douglass — Wikipedia
  32. Karl Marx — Wikipedia
  33. Herman Melville — Wikipedia
  34. Queen Victoria — Wikipedia
  35. Walt Whitman — Wikipedia
  36. Susan B. Anthony — Wikipedia
  37. Florence Nightingale — Wikipedia
  38. Friedrich Engels — Wikipedia
  39. Fyodor Dostoevsky — Wikipedia
  40. Charles Baudelaire — Wikipedia
  41. Harriet Tubman — Wikipedia
  42. Louis Pasteur — Wikipedia
  43. Gregor Mendel — Wikipedia
  44. Jules Verne — Wikipedia
  45. Leo Tolstoy — Wikipedia
  46. Henrik Ibsen — Wikipedia
  47. Emily Dickinson — Wikipedia
  48. Sitting Bull — Wikipedia
  49. James Clerk Maxwell — Wikipedia
  50. Alfred Nobel — Wikipedia
  51. Dmitri Mendeleev — Wikipedia
  52. Mark Twain — Wikipedia
  53. Andrew Carnegie — Wikipedia
  54. John D. Rockefeller — Wikipedia
  55. Claude Monet — Wikipedia
  56. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Wikipedia
  57. Émile Zola — Wikipedia
  58. Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Wikipedia
  59. Friedrich Nietzsche — Wikipedia
  60. Sarah Bernhardt — Wikipedia
  61. Thomas Edison — Wikipedia
  62. Alexander Graham Bell — Wikipedia
  63. Paul Gauguin — Wikipedia
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