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Who Was Alive in 1851

56 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1851

Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 74
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 66
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 63
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism
Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 60
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 60
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
Mary Shelley
Mary ShelleyAge 54
1797–1851 · Literature
Author of Frankenstein
Heinrich Heine
Heinrich HeineAge 54
1797–1856 · Literature
German Romantic poet
Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 49
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre DumasAge 49
1802–1870 · Literature
Author of The Three Musketeers
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 48
1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought
Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance
George Sand
George SandAge 47
1804–1876 · Literature
French novelist famous under a male pen name
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian AndersenAge 46
1805–1875 · Literature
The Little Mermaid, fairy tales
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham LincolnAge 42
1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership
16th US President, ended slavery
Charles Darwin
Charles DarwinAge 42
1809–1882 · Science & Invention
Theory of evolution by natural selection
Robert Schumann
Robert SchumannAge 41
1810–1856 · Music
Romantic composer and influential music critic
Franz Liszt
Franz LisztAge 40
1811–1886 · Music
Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies
Charles Dickens
Charles DickensAge 39
1812–1870 · Literature
A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe VerdiAge 38
1813–1901 · Music
La Traviata, Aida — operatic master
Richard Wagner
Richard WagnerAge 38
1813–1883 · Music
Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera
Søren Kierkegaard
Søren KierkegaardAge 38
1813–1855 · Philosophy & Thought
Danish philosopher, father of existentialism
Otto von Bismarck
Otto von BismarckAge 36
1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership
Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor
Ada Lovelace
Ada LovelaceAge 36
1815–1852 · Science & Invention
Often called the first computer programmer
Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte BrontëAge 35
1816–1855 · Literature
Author of Jane Eyre, eldest Brontë sister
Frederick Douglass
Frederick DouglassAge 33
1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change
Abolitionist, orator, writer
Karl Marx
Karl MarxAge 33
1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto
Herman Melville
Herman MelvilleAge 32
1819–1891 · Literature
Moby-Dick
Queen Victoria
Queen VictoriaAge 32
1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership
Longest-reigning British monarch of her era
Walt Whitman
Walt WhitmanAge 32
1819–1892 · Literature
Leaves of Grass, father of free verse
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. AnthonyAge 31
1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change
Women's suffrage pioneer
Florence Nightingale
Florence NightingaleAge 31
1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change
Founder of modern nursing
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich EngelsAge 31
1820–1895 · Philosophy & Thought
Co-author of The Communist Manifesto with Marx
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor DostoevskyAge 30
1821–1881 · Literature
Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov
Charles Baudelaire
Charles BaudelaireAge 30
1821–1867 · Literature
French poet of Les Fleurs du mal
Harriet Tubman
Harriet TubmanAge about 29
1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change
Underground Railroad conductor
Louis Pasteur
Louis PasteurAge 29
1822–1895 · Science & Invention
Germ theory, pasteurization
Gregor Mendel
Gregor MendelAge 29
1822–1884 · Science & Invention
Father of genetics
Jules Verne
Jules VerneAge 23
1828–1905 · Literature
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Leo Tolstoy
Leo TolstoyAge 23
1828–1910 · Literature
War and Peace, Anna Karenina
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik IbsenAge 23
1828–1906 · Literature
Norwegian playwright of A Doll's House
Emily Dickinson
Emily DickinsonAge 21
1830–1886 · Literature
Reclusive poetic genius
Sitting Bull
Sitting BullAge about 20
1831–1890 · Politics & Leadership
Lakota leader who defeated Custer at Little Bighorn
James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk MaxwellAge 20
1831–1879 · Science & Invention
Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism
Alfred Nobel
Alfred NobelAge 18
1833–1896 · Science & Invention
Invented dynamite, founded Nobel Prizes
Dmitri Mendeleev
Dmitri MendeleevAge 17
1834–1907 · Science & Invention
Created the periodic table of elements
Mark Twain
Mark TwainAge 16
1835–1910 · Literature
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew CarnegieAge 16
1835–1919 · Business & Industry
Steel magnate, philanthropist
John D. Rockefeller
John D. RockefellerAge 12
1839–1937 · Business & Industry
Standard Oil tycoon, among the richest Americans in history
Claude Monet
Claude MonetAge 11
1840–1926 · Art
Water Lilies, father of Impressionism
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pyotr TchaikovskyAge 11
1840–1893 · Music
Swan Lake, The Nutcracker
Émile Zola
Émile ZolaAge 11
1840–1902 · Literature
French novelist who wrote J'Accuse
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste RenoirAge 10
1841–1919 · Art
Impressionist painter of joyful scenes
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich NietzscheAge 7
1844–1900 · Philosophy & Thought
"God is dead," Beyond Good and Evil
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah BernhardtAge 7
1844–1923 · Film & Entertainment
French stage actress of worldwide fame
Thomas Edison
Thomas EdisonAge 4
1847–1931 · Science & Invention
Light bulb, phonograph, 1000+ patents
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham BellAge 4
1847–1922 · Science & Invention
Invented the telephone
Paul Gauguin
Paul GauguinAge 3
1848–1903 · Art
Post-Impressionist painter of Tahiti

Also Born in 1851

1851–1929 · born October 2
French general and military theorist (1851–1929)
1851–1925 · born May 21
French statesman (1851–1925)
1851–1941 · born July 8
British archaeologist and scholar (1851–1941)

Died in 1851

Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley
1797–1851 · Literature
Author of Frankenstein

Also Died in 1851

1797–1851 · died February 1
English writer (1797–1851)
1777–1851 · died March 9
Danish chemist and physicist (1777–1851)
1789–1851 · died September 14
American writer (1789–1851)
1787–1851 · died July 10
French scientist, artist and photographer (1787–1851)
1785–1851 · died January 27
French-American ornithologist (1785–1851)
1804–1851 · died February 18
German mathematician (1804–1851)
1778–1851 · died October 19
French Madame Royale (1778–1851)
1769–1851 · died November 26
Prime Minister of France and French Marshal (1769–1851)
1767–1851 · died October 4
First Secretary of State of Spain
1779–1851 · died August 11
German naturalist (1779–1851)

Sources

  1. 1851 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. Carl Friedrich Gauss — Wikipedia
  3. Jacob Grimm — Wikipedia
  4. Arthur Schopenhauer — Wikipedia
  5. Michael Faraday — Wikipedia
  6. Charles Babbage — Wikipedia
  7. Mary Shelley — Wikipedia
  8. Heinrich Heine — Wikipedia
  9. Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
  10. Alexandre Dumas — Wikipedia
  11. Ralph Waldo Emerson — Wikipedia
  12. George Sand — Wikipedia
  13. Hans Christian Andersen — Wikipedia
  14. Abraham Lincoln — Wikipedia
  15. Charles Darwin — Wikipedia
  16. Robert Schumann — Wikipedia
  17. Franz Liszt — Wikipedia
  18. Charles Dickens — Wikipedia
  19. Giuseppe Verdi — Wikipedia
  20. Richard Wagner — Wikipedia
  21. Søren Kierkegaard — Wikipedia
  22. Otto von Bismarck — Wikipedia
  23. Ada Lovelace — Wikipedia
  24. Charlotte Brontë — Wikipedia
  25. Frederick Douglass — Wikipedia
  26. Karl Marx — Wikipedia
  27. Herman Melville — Wikipedia
  28. Queen Victoria — Wikipedia
  29. Walt Whitman — Wikipedia
  30. Susan B. Anthony — Wikipedia
  31. Florence Nightingale — Wikipedia
  32. Friedrich Engels — Wikipedia
  33. Fyodor Dostoevsky — Wikipedia
  34. Charles Baudelaire — Wikipedia
  35. Harriet Tubman — Wikipedia
  36. Louis Pasteur — Wikipedia
  37. Gregor Mendel — Wikipedia
  38. Jules Verne — Wikipedia
  39. Leo Tolstoy — Wikipedia
  40. Henrik Ibsen — Wikipedia
  41. Emily Dickinson — Wikipedia
  42. Sitting Bull — Wikipedia
  43. James Clerk Maxwell — Wikipedia
  44. Alfred Nobel — Wikipedia
  45. Dmitri Mendeleev — Wikipedia
  46. Mark Twain — Wikipedia
  47. Andrew Carnegie — Wikipedia
  48. John D. Rockefeller — Wikipedia
  49. Claude Monet — Wikipedia
  50. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Wikipedia
  51. Émile Zola — Wikipedia
  52. Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Wikipedia
  53. Friedrich Nietzsche — Wikipedia
  54. Sarah Bernhardt — Wikipedia
  55. Thomas Edison — Wikipedia
  56. Alexander Graham Bell — Wikipedia
  57. Paul Gauguin — Wikipedia
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