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Who Was Alive in 1853

56 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1853

Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 76
1777–1855 · Science & Invention
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 68
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 65
1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought
German philosopher of pessimism
Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 62
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 62
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
Heinrich Heine
Heinrich HeineAge 56
1797–1856 · Literature
German Romantic poet
Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 51
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre DumasAge 51
1802–1870 · Literature
Author of The Three Musketeers
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 50
1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought
Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance
George Sand
George SandAge 49
1804–1876 · Literature
French novelist famous under a male pen name
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian AndersenAge 48
1805–1875 · Literature
The Little Mermaid, fairy tales
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham LincolnAge 44
1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership
16th US President, ended slavery
Charles Darwin
Charles DarwinAge 44
1809–1882 · Science & Invention
Theory of evolution by natural selection
Robert Schumann
Robert SchumannAge 43
1810–1856 · Music
Romantic composer and influential music critic
Franz Liszt
Franz LisztAge 42
1811–1886 · Music
Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies
Charles Dickens
Charles DickensAge 41
1812–1870 · Literature
A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe VerdiAge 40
1813–1901 · Music
La Traviata, Aida — operatic master
Richard Wagner
Richard WagnerAge 40
1813–1883 · Music
Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera
Søren Kierkegaard
Søren KierkegaardAge 40
1813–1855 · Philosophy & Thought
Danish philosopher, father of existentialism
Otto von Bismarck
Otto von BismarckAge 38
1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership
Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor
Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte BrontëAge 37
1816–1855 · Literature
Author of Jane Eyre, eldest Brontë sister
Frederick Douglass
Frederick DouglassAge 35
1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change
Abolitionist, orator, writer
Karl Marx
Karl MarxAge 35
1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto
Herman Melville
Herman MelvilleAge 34
1819–1891 · Literature
Moby-Dick
Queen Victoria
Queen VictoriaAge 34
1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership
Longest-reigning British monarch of her era
Walt Whitman
Walt WhitmanAge 34
1819–1892 · Literature
Leaves of Grass, father of free verse
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. AnthonyAge 33
1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change
Women's suffrage pioneer
Florence Nightingale
Florence NightingaleAge 33
1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change
Founder of modern nursing
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich EngelsAge 33
1820–1895 · Philosophy & Thought
Co-author of The Communist Manifesto with Marx
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor DostoevskyAge 32
1821–1881 · Literature
Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov
Charles Baudelaire
Charles BaudelaireAge 32
1821–1867 · Literature
French poet of Les Fleurs du mal
Harriet Tubman
Harriet TubmanAge about 31
1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change
Underground Railroad conductor
Louis Pasteur
Louis PasteurAge 31
1822–1895 · Science & Invention
Germ theory, pasteurization
Gregor Mendel
Gregor MendelAge 31
1822–1884 · Science & Invention
Father of genetics
Jules Verne
Jules VerneAge 25
1828–1905 · Literature
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Leo Tolstoy
Leo TolstoyAge 25
1828–1910 · Literature
War and Peace, Anna Karenina
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik IbsenAge 25
1828–1906 · Literature
Norwegian playwright of A Doll's House
Emily Dickinson
Emily DickinsonAge 23
1830–1886 · Literature
Reclusive poetic genius
Sitting Bull
Sitting BullAge about 22
1831–1890 · Politics & Leadership
Lakota leader who defeated Custer at Little Bighorn
James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk MaxwellAge 22
1831–1879 · Science & Invention
Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism
Alfred Nobel
Alfred NobelAge 20
1833–1896 · Science & Invention
Invented dynamite, founded Nobel Prizes
Dmitri Mendeleev
Dmitri MendeleevAge 19
1834–1907 · Science & Invention
Created the periodic table of elements
Mark Twain
Mark TwainAge 18
1835–1910 · Literature
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew CarnegieAge 18
1835–1919 · Business & Industry
Steel magnate, philanthropist
John D. Rockefeller
John D. RockefellerAge 14
1839–1937 · Business & Industry
Standard Oil tycoon, among the richest Americans in history
Claude Monet
Claude MonetAge 13
1840–1926 · Art
Water Lilies, father of Impressionism
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pyotr TchaikovskyAge 13
1840–1893 · Music
Swan Lake, The Nutcracker
Émile Zola
Émile ZolaAge 13
1840–1902 · Literature
French novelist who wrote J'Accuse
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste RenoirAge 12
1841–1919 · Art
Impressionist painter of joyful scenes
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich NietzscheAge 9
1844–1900 · Philosophy & Thought
"God is dead," Beyond Good and Evil
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah BernhardtAge 9
1844–1923 · Film & Entertainment
French stage actress of worldwide fame
Thomas Edison
Thomas EdisonAge 6
1847–1931 · Science & Invention
Light bulb, phonograph, 1000+ patents
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham BellAge 6
1847–1922 · Science & Invention
Invented the telephone
Paul Gauguin
Paul GauguinAge 5
1848–1903 · Art
Post-Impressionist painter of Tahiti
Antoni Gaudí
Antoni GaudíAge 1
1852–1926 · Art
Sagrada Família architect
Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van GoghAge 0
1853–1890 · Art
Starry Night, post-Impressionist icon

Born in 1853

Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh
1853–1890 · Art
Starry Night, post-Impressionist icon

Also Born in 1853

1853–1928 · born July 18
Dutch physicist (1853–1928)
1853–1895 · born January 28
Cuban national hero (1853–1895)
1853–1902 · born July 5
British mining magnate and politician (1853–1902)
1853–1926 · born September 21
Dutch physicist (1853–1926)
1853–1932 · born September 2
German chemist and philosopher (1853–1932)
1853–1910 · born September 20
King of Siam from 1868 to 1910
1853–1927 · born September 16
German biochemist and pioneer in the study of genetics
1853–1921 · born July 27
Russian writer (1853–1921)
1853–1900 · born January 28
Russian philosopher and Christian mystic (1853–1900)
1853–1926 · born September 1
Russian and Soviet general (1853–1926)
1853–1919 · born May 28
Swedish painter (1853–1919)
1853–1915 · born April 4
French writer (1858–1915)

Also Died in 1853

1803–1853 · died March 17
Austrian mathematician and physicist (1803–1853)
1786–1853 · died October 2
French physicist and astronomer (1786–1853)
1773–1853 · died April 28
German poet, writer, and critic (1773–1853)

Notable World Events in 1853

Sources

  1. 1853 — 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. Charlotte Brontë — Wikipedia
  23. Frederick Douglass — Wikipedia
  24. Karl Marx — Wikipedia
  25. Herman Melville — Wikipedia
  26. Queen Victoria — Wikipedia
  27. Walt Whitman — Wikipedia
  28. Susan B. Anthony — Wikipedia
  29. Florence Nightingale — Wikipedia
  30. Friedrich Engels — Wikipedia
  31. Fyodor Dostoevsky — Wikipedia
  32. Charles Baudelaire — Wikipedia
  33. Harriet Tubman — Wikipedia
  34. Louis Pasteur — Wikipedia
  35. Gregor Mendel — Wikipedia
  36. Jules Verne — Wikipedia
  37. Leo Tolstoy — Wikipedia
  38. Henrik Ibsen — Wikipedia
  39. Emily Dickinson — Wikipedia
  40. Sitting Bull — Wikipedia
  41. James Clerk Maxwell — Wikipedia
  42. Alfred Nobel — Wikipedia
  43. Dmitri Mendeleev — Wikipedia
  44. Mark Twain — Wikipedia
  45. Andrew Carnegie — Wikipedia
  46. John D. Rockefeller — Wikipedia
  47. Claude Monet — Wikipedia
  48. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Wikipedia
  49. Émile Zola — Wikipedia
  50. Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Wikipedia
  51. Friedrich Nietzsche — Wikipedia
  52. Sarah Bernhardt — Wikipedia
  53. Thomas Edison — Wikipedia
  54. Alexander Graham Bell — Wikipedia
  55. Paul Gauguin — Wikipedia
  56. Antoni Gaudí — Wikipedia
  57. Vincent van Gogh — Wikipedia
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