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Who Was Alive in 1852

56 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1852

Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 75
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 67
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 64
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism
Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 61
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 61
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
Heinrich Heine
Heinrich HeineAge 55
1797–1856 · Literature
German Romantic poet
Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 50
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre DumasAge 50
1802–1870 · Literature
Author of The Three Musketeers
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 49
1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought
Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance
George Sand
George SandAge 48
1804–1876 · Literature
French novelist famous under a male pen name
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian AndersenAge 47
1805–1875 · Literature
The Little Mermaid, fairy tales
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham LincolnAge 43
1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership
16th US President, ended slavery
Charles Darwin
Charles DarwinAge 43
1809–1882 · Science & Invention
Theory of evolution by natural selection
Robert Schumann
Robert SchumannAge 42
1810–1856 · Music
Romantic composer and influential music critic
Franz Liszt
Franz LisztAge 41
1811–1886 · Music
Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies
Charles Dickens
Charles DickensAge 40
1812–1870 · Literature
A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe VerdiAge 39
1813–1901 · Music
La Traviata, Aida — operatic master
Richard Wagner
Richard WagnerAge 39
1813–1883 · Music
Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera
Søren Kierkegaard
Søren KierkegaardAge 39
1813–1855 · Philosophy & Thought
Danish philosopher, father of existentialism
Otto von Bismarck
Otto von BismarckAge 37
1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership
Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor
Ada Lovelace
Ada LovelaceAge 37
1815–1852 · Science & Invention
Often called the first computer programmer
Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte BrontëAge 36
1816–1855 · Literature
Author of Jane Eyre, eldest Brontë sister
Frederick Douglass
Frederick DouglassAge 34
1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change
Abolitionist, orator, writer
Karl Marx
Karl MarxAge 34
1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto
Herman Melville
Herman MelvilleAge 33
1819–1891 · Literature
Moby-Dick
Queen Victoria
Queen VictoriaAge 33
1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership
Longest-reigning British monarch of her era
Walt Whitman
Walt WhitmanAge 33
1819–1892 · Literature
Leaves of Grass, father of free verse
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. AnthonyAge 32
1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change
Women's suffrage pioneer
Florence Nightingale
Florence NightingaleAge 32
1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change
Founder of modern nursing
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich EngelsAge 32
1820–1895 · Philosophy & Thought
Co-author of The Communist Manifesto with Marx
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor DostoevskyAge 31
1821–1881 · Literature
Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov
Charles Baudelaire
Charles BaudelaireAge 31
1821–1867 · Literature
French poet of Les Fleurs du mal
Harriet Tubman
Harriet TubmanAge about 30
1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change
Underground Railroad conductor
Louis Pasteur
Louis PasteurAge 30
1822–1895 · Science & Invention
Germ theory, pasteurization
Gregor Mendel
Gregor MendelAge 30
1822–1884 · Science & Invention
Father of genetics
Jules Verne
Jules VerneAge 24
1828–1905 · Literature
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Leo Tolstoy
Leo TolstoyAge 24
1828–1910 · Literature
War and Peace, Anna Karenina
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik IbsenAge 24
1828–1906 · Literature
Norwegian playwright of A Doll's House
Emily Dickinson
Emily DickinsonAge 22
1830–1886 · Literature
Reclusive poetic genius
Sitting Bull
Sitting BullAge about 21
1831–1890 · Politics & Leadership
Lakota leader who defeated Custer at Little Bighorn
James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk MaxwellAge 21
1831–1879 · Science & Invention
Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism
Alfred Nobel
Alfred NobelAge 19
1833–1896 · Science & Invention
Invented dynamite, founded Nobel Prizes
Dmitri Mendeleev
Dmitri MendeleevAge 18
1834–1907 · Science & Invention
Created the periodic table of elements
Mark Twain
Mark TwainAge 17
1835–1910 · Literature
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew CarnegieAge 17
1835–1919 · Business & Industry
Steel magnate, philanthropist
John D. Rockefeller
John D. RockefellerAge 13
1839–1937 · Business & Industry
Standard Oil tycoon, among the richest Americans in history
Claude Monet
Claude MonetAge 12
1840–1926 · Art
Water Lilies, father of Impressionism
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pyotr TchaikovskyAge 12
1840–1893 · Music
Swan Lake, The Nutcracker
Émile Zola
Émile ZolaAge 12
1840–1902 · Literature
French novelist who wrote J'Accuse
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste RenoirAge 11
1841–1919 · Art
Impressionist painter of joyful scenes
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich NietzscheAge 8
1844–1900 · Philosophy & Thought
"God is dead," Beyond Good and Evil
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah BernhardtAge 8
1844–1923 · Film & Entertainment
French stage actress of worldwide fame
Thomas Edison
Thomas EdisonAge 5
1847–1931 · Science & Invention
Light bulb, phonograph, 1000+ patents
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham BellAge 5
1847–1922 · Science & Invention
Invented the telephone
Paul Gauguin
Paul GauguinAge 4
1848–1903 · Art
Post-Impressionist painter of Tahiti
Antoni Gaudí
Antoni GaudíAge 0
1852–1926 · Art
Sagrada Família architect

Born in 1852

Antoni Gaudí
Antoni Gaudí
1852–1926 · Art
Sagrada Família architect

Also Born in 1852

1852–1908 · born December 15
French physicist (1852–1908)
1852–1911 · born August 30
Dutch physical and organic chemist (1852–1911)
1852–1912 · born November 3
Emperor of Japan from 1867 to 1912
1852–1934 · born May 1
Spanish neuroscientist (1852–1934)
1852–1916 · born October 2
Scottish chemist (1852–1916)
1852–1928 · born September 12
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916
1852–1907 · born September 28
French chemist and pharmacist (1852–1907)
1852–1918 · born May 11
Vice President of the United States from 1905 to 1909
1852–1926 · born January 11
Chancellor of Germany from 1920 to 1921
1852–1909 · born November 21
Spanish composer and classical guitarist (1852–1909)

Died in 1852

Ada Lovelace
Ada Lovelace
1815–1852 · Science & Invention
Often called the first computer programmer

Also Died in 1852

1809–1852 · died March 4
Ukrainian-Russian writer (1809–1852)
1769–1852 · died September 14
British Army officer and statesman (1769–1852)
1809–1852 · died January 6
French educator and inventor of braille (1809–1852)
1783–1852 · died April 24
Russian poet (1783–1852)
1779–1852 · died February 25
Irish poet, singer and songwriter (1779–1852)
1778–1852 · died January 25
Russian Navy officer, cartographer, and explorer (1778–1852)
1799–1852 · died June 11
Russian painter (1799–1852)
1760–1852 · died August 15
Finnish chemist (1760–1852)
1782–1852 · died October 24
American lawyer and statesman (1782–1852)
1823–1852 · died October 11
German mathematician (1823–1852)
1790–1852 · died November 10
British scientist and obstetrician

Sources

  1. 1852 — 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. Heinrich Heine — Wikipedia
  8. Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
  9. Alexandre Dumas — Wikipedia
  10. Ralph Waldo Emerson — Wikipedia
  11. George Sand — Wikipedia
  12. Hans Christian Andersen — Wikipedia
  13. Abraham Lincoln — Wikipedia
  14. Charles Darwin — Wikipedia
  15. Robert Schumann — Wikipedia
  16. Franz Liszt — Wikipedia
  17. Charles Dickens — Wikipedia
  18. Giuseppe Verdi — Wikipedia
  19. Richard Wagner — Wikipedia
  20. Søren Kierkegaard — Wikipedia
  21. Otto von Bismarck — Wikipedia
  22. Ada Lovelace — Wikipedia
  23. Charlotte Brontë — Wikipedia
  24. Frederick Douglass — Wikipedia
  25. Karl Marx — Wikipedia
  26. Herman Melville — Wikipedia
  27. Queen Victoria — Wikipedia
  28. Walt Whitman — Wikipedia
  29. Susan B. Anthony — Wikipedia
  30. Florence Nightingale — Wikipedia
  31. Friedrich Engels — Wikipedia
  32. Fyodor Dostoevsky — Wikipedia
  33. Charles Baudelaire — Wikipedia
  34. Harriet Tubman — Wikipedia
  35. Louis Pasteur — Wikipedia
  36. Gregor Mendel — Wikipedia
  37. Jules Verne — Wikipedia
  38. Leo Tolstoy — Wikipedia
  39. Henrik Ibsen — Wikipedia
  40. Emily Dickinson — Wikipedia
  41. Sitting Bull — Wikipedia
  42. James Clerk Maxwell — Wikipedia
  43. Alfred Nobel — Wikipedia
  44. Dmitri Mendeleev — Wikipedia
  45. Mark Twain — Wikipedia
  46. Andrew Carnegie — Wikipedia
  47. John D. Rockefeller — Wikipedia
  48. Claude Monet — Wikipedia
  49. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Wikipedia
  50. Émile Zola — Wikipedia
  51. Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Wikipedia
  52. Friedrich Nietzsche — Wikipedia
  53. Sarah Bernhardt — Wikipedia
  54. Thomas Edison — Wikipedia
  55. Alexander Graham Bell — Wikipedia
  56. Paul Gauguin — Wikipedia
  57. Antoni Gaudí — Wikipedia
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