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Who Was Alive in 1849

60 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1849

Hokusai
HokusaiAge 89
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 72
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 64
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 61
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism
Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 58
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 58
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
Mary Shelley
Mary ShelleyAge 52
1797–1851 · Literature
Author of Frankenstein
Heinrich Heine
Heinrich HeineAge 52
1797–1856 · Literature
German Romantic poet
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de BalzacAge 50
1799–1850 · Literature
French novelist of La Comédie humaine
Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 47
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre DumasAge 47
1802–1870 · Literature
Author of The Three Musketeers
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 46
1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought
Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance
George Sand
George SandAge 45
1804–1876 · Literature
French novelist famous under a male pen name
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian AndersenAge 44
1805–1875 · Literature
The Little Mermaid, fairy tales
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham LincolnAge 40
1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership
16th US President, ended slavery
Charles Darwin
Charles DarwinAge 40
1809–1882 · Science & Invention
Theory of evolution by natural selection
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan PoeAge 40
1809–1849 · Literature
Master of the macabre, The Raven
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric ChopinAge 39
1810–1849 · Music
Romantic piano virtuoso
Robert Schumann
Robert SchumannAge 39
1810–1856 · Music
Romantic composer and influential music critic
Franz Liszt
Franz LisztAge 38
1811–1886 · Music
Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies
Charles Dickens
Charles DickensAge 37
1812–1870 · Literature
A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe VerdiAge 36
1813–1901 · Music
La Traviata, Aida — operatic master
Richard Wagner
Richard WagnerAge 36
1813–1883 · Music
Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera
Søren Kierkegaard
Søren KierkegaardAge 36
1813–1855 · Philosophy & Thought
Danish philosopher, father of existentialism
Otto von Bismarck
Otto von BismarckAge 34
1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership
Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor
Ada Lovelace
Ada LovelaceAge 34
1815–1852 · Science & Invention
Often called the first computer programmer
Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte BrontëAge 33
1816–1855 · Literature
Author of Jane Eyre, eldest Brontë sister
Frederick Douglass
Frederick DouglassAge 31
1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change
Abolitionist, orator, writer
Karl Marx
Karl MarxAge 31
1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto
Herman Melville
Herman MelvilleAge 30
1819–1891 · Literature
Moby-Dick
Queen Victoria
Queen VictoriaAge 30
1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership
Longest-reigning British monarch of her era
Walt Whitman
Walt WhitmanAge 30
1819–1892 · Literature
Leaves of Grass, father of free verse
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. AnthonyAge 29
1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change
Women's suffrage pioneer
Florence Nightingale
Florence NightingaleAge 29
1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change
Founder of modern nursing
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich EngelsAge 29
1820–1895 · Philosophy & Thought
Co-author of The Communist Manifesto with Marx
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor DostoevskyAge 28
1821–1881 · Literature
Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov
Charles Baudelaire
Charles BaudelaireAge 28
1821–1867 · Literature
French poet of Les Fleurs du mal
Harriet Tubman
Harriet TubmanAge about 27
1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change
Underground Railroad conductor
Louis Pasteur
Louis PasteurAge 27
1822–1895 · Science & Invention
Germ theory, pasteurization
Gregor Mendel
Gregor MendelAge 27
1822–1884 · Science & Invention
Father of genetics
Jules Verne
Jules VerneAge 21
1828–1905 · Literature
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Leo Tolstoy
Leo TolstoyAge 21
1828–1910 · Literature
War and Peace, Anna Karenina
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik IbsenAge 21
1828–1906 · Literature
Norwegian playwright of A Doll's House
Emily Dickinson
Emily DickinsonAge 19
1830–1886 · Literature
Reclusive poetic genius
Sitting Bull
Sitting BullAge about 18
1831–1890 · Politics & Leadership
Lakota leader who defeated Custer at Little Bighorn
James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk MaxwellAge 18
1831–1879 · Science & Invention
Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism
Alfred Nobel
Alfred NobelAge 16
1833–1896 · Science & Invention
Invented dynamite, founded Nobel Prizes
Dmitri Mendeleev
Dmitri MendeleevAge 15
1834–1907 · Science & Invention
Created the periodic table of elements
Mark Twain
Mark TwainAge 14
1835–1910 · Literature
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew CarnegieAge 14
1835–1919 · Business & Industry
Steel magnate, philanthropist
John D. Rockefeller
John D. RockefellerAge 10
1839–1937 · Business & Industry
Standard Oil tycoon, among the richest Americans in history
Claude Monet
Claude MonetAge 9
1840–1926 · Art
Water Lilies, father of Impressionism
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pyotr TchaikovskyAge 9
1840–1893 · Music
Swan Lake, The Nutcracker
Émile Zola
Émile ZolaAge 9
1840–1902 · Literature
French novelist who wrote J'Accuse
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste RenoirAge 8
1841–1919 · Art
Impressionist painter of joyful scenes
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich NietzscheAge 5
1844–1900 · Philosophy & Thought
"God is dead," Beyond Good and Evil
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah BernhardtAge 5
1844–1923 · Film & Entertainment
French stage actress of worldwide fame
Thomas Edison
Thomas EdisonAge 2
1847–1931 · Science & Invention
Light bulb, phonograph, 1000+ patents
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham BellAge 2
1847–1922 · Science & Invention
Invented the telephone
Paul Gauguin
Paul GauguinAge 1
1848–1903 · Art
Post-Impressionist painter of Tahiti

Also Born in 1849

1849–1936 · born September 26
Russian physiologist (1849–1936)
1849–1912 · born January 22
Swedish writer and painter (1849–1912)
1849–1924 · born November 24
British-American novelist (1849–1924)
1849–1925 · born April 25
German mathematician (1849–1925)
1849–1929 · born May 3
Chancellor of the German Empire from 1900 to 1909
1849–1920 · born January 18
Prime Minister of Australia from 1901 to 1903
1849–1915 · born June 29
Prime Minister of the Russian Empire from 1905 to 1906
1849–1945 · born December 6
German field marshal (1849–1945)

Died in 1849

Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
1809–1849 · Literature
Master of the macabre, The Raven
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric Chopin
1810–1849 · Music
Romantic piano virtuoso
Hokusai
Hokusai
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker

Also Died in 1849

1795–1849 · died June 15
President of the United States from 1845 to 1849
1820–1849 · died May 28
English novelist and poet (1820–1849)
1800–1849 · died February 8
Slovene poet (1800-1849)
1769–1849 · died August 2
Ruler of Egypt from 1805 to 1848
1773–1849 · died June 10
Scottish botanist (1773–1858)
1809–1849 · died April 3
Polish Romantic poet (1809–1849)
1804–1849 · died September 25
Austrian composer (1804–1849)
1798–1849 · died July 28
King of Sardinia from 1831 to 1849
1792–1849 · died December 2
Queen of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 1830 to 1837
1777–1849 · died May 11
French salon-holder (1777–1849)

Sources

  1. 1849 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. Hokusai — Wikipedia
  3. Carl Friedrich Gauss — Wikipedia
  4. Jacob Grimm — Wikipedia
  5. Arthur Schopenhauer — Wikipedia
  6. Michael Faraday — Wikipedia
  7. Charles Babbage — Wikipedia
  8. Mary Shelley — Wikipedia
  9. Heinrich Heine — Wikipedia
  10. Honoré de Balzac — Wikipedia
  11. Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
  12. Alexandre Dumas — Wikipedia
  13. Ralph Waldo Emerson — Wikipedia
  14. George Sand — Wikipedia
  15. Hans Christian Andersen — Wikipedia
  16. Abraham Lincoln — Wikipedia
  17. Charles Darwin — Wikipedia
  18. Edgar Allan Poe — Wikipedia
  19. Frédéric Chopin — Wikipedia
  20. Robert Schumann — Wikipedia
  21. Franz Liszt — Wikipedia
  22. Charles Dickens — Wikipedia
  23. Giuseppe Verdi — Wikipedia
  24. Richard Wagner — Wikipedia
  25. Søren Kierkegaard — Wikipedia
  26. Otto von Bismarck — Wikipedia
  27. Ada Lovelace — Wikipedia
  28. Charlotte Brontë — Wikipedia
  29. Frederick Douglass — Wikipedia
  30. Karl Marx — Wikipedia
  31. Herman Melville — Wikipedia
  32. Queen Victoria — Wikipedia
  33. Walt Whitman — Wikipedia
  34. Susan B. Anthony — Wikipedia
  35. Florence Nightingale — Wikipedia
  36. Friedrich Engels — Wikipedia
  37. Fyodor Dostoevsky — Wikipedia
  38. Charles Baudelaire — Wikipedia
  39. Harriet Tubman — Wikipedia
  40. Louis Pasteur — Wikipedia
  41. Gregor Mendel — Wikipedia
  42. Jules Verne — Wikipedia
  43. Leo Tolstoy — Wikipedia
  44. Henrik Ibsen — Wikipedia
  45. Emily Dickinson — Wikipedia
  46. Sitting Bull — Wikipedia
  47. James Clerk Maxwell — Wikipedia
  48. Alfred Nobel — Wikipedia
  49. Dmitri Mendeleev — Wikipedia
  50. Mark Twain — Wikipedia
  51. Andrew Carnegie — Wikipedia
  52. John D. Rockefeller — Wikipedia
  53. Claude Monet — Wikipedia
  54. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Wikipedia
  55. Émile Zola — Wikipedia
  56. Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Wikipedia
  57. Friedrich Nietzsche — Wikipedia
  58. Sarah Bernhardt — Wikipedia
  59. Thomas Edison — Wikipedia
  60. Alexander Graham Bell — Wikipedia
  61. Paul Gauguin — Wikipedia
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