Who Was Alive in 1850
57 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1850
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 73
Jacob GrimmAge 65
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 62
Michael FaradayAge 59
Charles BabbageAge 59
Mary ShelleyAge 53
Heinrich HeineAge 53
Honoré de BalzacAge 51
Victor HugoAge 48
Alexandre DumasAge 48
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 47
George SandAge 46
Hans Christian AndersenAge 45
Abraham LincolnAge 41
Charles DarwinAge 41
Robert SchumannAge 40
Franz LisztAge 39
Charles DickensAge 38
Giuseppe VerdiAge 37
Richard WagnerAge 37
Søren KierkegaardAge 37
Otto von BismarckAge 35
Ada LovelaceAge 35
Charlotte BrontëAge 34
Frederick DouglassAge 32
Karl MarxAge 32
Herman MelvilleAge 31
Queen VictoriaAge 31
Walt WhitmanAge 31
Susan B. AnthonyAge 30
Florence NightingaleAge 30
Friedrich EngelsAge 30
Fyodor DostoevskyAge 29
Charles BaudelaireAge 29
Harriet TubmanAge about 28
Louis PasteurAge 28
Gregor MendelAge 28
Jules VerneAge 22
Leo TolstoyAge 22
Henrik IbsenAge 22
Emily DickinsonAge 20
Sitting BullAge about 19
James Clerk MaxwellAge 19
Alfred NobelAge 17
Dmitri MendeleevAge 16
Mark TwainAge 15
Andrew CarnegieAge 15
John D. RockefellerAge 11
Claude MonetAge 10
Pyotr TchaikovskyAge 10
Émile ZolaAge 10
Pierre-Auguste RenoirAge 9
Friedrich NietzscheAge 6
Sarah BernhardtAge 6
Thomas EdisonAge 3
Alexander Graham BellAge 3
Paul GauguinAge 2
Also Born in 1850
French writer (1850–1893)
Scottish novelist and poet (1850–1894)
Romanian poet, novelist and journalist (1850–1889)
French physiologist, Nobel laureate and spiritualist (1850–1935)
British mathematician and electrical engineer (1850–1925)
French naval officer, novelist, and Turkophile
British army officer and colonial administrator (1850–1916)
Writer and translator (1850–1904)
Died in 1850
Also Died in 1850
French novelist and playwright (1799–1850)
President of the United States from 1849 to 1850
English Romantic poet (1770–1850)
Argentine general and leader (1778–1850)
French chemist and physicist (1778–1850)
King of the French from 1830 to 1848
Iranian prophet (1819–1850)
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835; 1841–1846)
Vice President of the United States from 1825 to 1832
American writer and women's activist (1810–1850)
French wax museum founder (1761–1850)
Vice President of the United States from 1837 to 1841
Sources
- 1850 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Thomas Edison — Wikipedia
- Alexander Graham Bell — Wikipedia
- Paul Gauguin — Wikipedia