Who Was Alive in 1854

57 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1854

Carl Friedrich GaussAge 77

1777–1855 · Science & Invention

Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians

Jacob GrimmAge 69

1785–1863 · Literature

Grimm's Fairy Tales

Arthur SchopenhauerAge 66

1788–1860 · Philosophy & Thought

German philosopher of pessimism

Michael FaradayAge 63

1791–1867 · Science & Invention

Electromagnetic induction

Charles BabbageAge 63

1791–1871 · Science & Invention

Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine

Heinrich HeineAge 57

1797–1856 · Literature

German Romantic poet

Victor HugoAge 52

1802–1885 · Literature

Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

Alexandre DumasAge 52

1802–1870 · Literature

Author of The Three Musketeers

Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 51

1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought

Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance

George SandAge 50

1804–1876 · Literature

French novelist famous under a male pen name

Hans Christian AndersenAge 49

1805–1875 · Literature

The Little Mermaid, fairy tales

Abraham LincolnAge 45

1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership

16th US President, ended slavery

Charles DarwinAge 45

1809–1882 · Science & Invention

Theory of evolution by natural selection

Robert SchumannAge 44

1810–1856 · Music

Romantic composer and influential music critic

Franz LisztAge 43

1811–1886 · Music

Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies

Charles DickensAge 42

1812–1870 · Literature

A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist

Giuseppe VerdiAge 41

1813–1901 · Music

La Traviata, Aida — operatic master

Richard WagnerAge 41

1813–1883 · Music

Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera

Søren KierkegaardAge 41

1813–1855 · Philosophy & Thought

Danish philosopher, father of existentialism

Otto von BismarckAge 39

1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership

Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor

Charlotte BrontëAge 38

1816–1855 · Literature

Author of Jane Eyre, eldest Brontë sister

Frederick DouglassAge 36

1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change

Abolitionist, orator, writer

Karl MarxAge 36

1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought

Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto

Herman MelvilleAge 35

1819–1891 · Literature

Moby-Dick

Queen VictoriaAge 35

1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership

Longest-reigning British monarch of her era

Walt WhitmanAge 35

1819–1892 · Literature

Leaves of Grass, father of free verse

Susan B. AnthonyAge 34

1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change

Women's suffrage pioneer

Florence NightingaleAge 34

1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change

Founder of modern nursing

Friedrich EngelsAge 34

1820–1895 · Philosophy & Thought

Co-author of The Communist Manifesto with Marx

Fyodor DostoevskyAge 33

1821–1881 · Literature

Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov

Charles BaudelaireAge 33

1821–1867 · Literature

French poet of Les Fleurs du mal

Harriet TubmanAge about 32

1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change

Underground Railroad conductor

Louis PasteurAge 32

1822–1895 · Science & Invention

Germ theory, pasteurization

Gregor MendelAge 32

1822–1884 · Science & Invention

Father of genetics

Jules VerneAge 26

1828–1905 · Literature

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Leo TolstoyAge 26

1828–1910 · Literature

War and Peace, Anna Karenina

Henrik IbsenAge 26

1828–1906 · Literature

Norwegian playwright of A Doll's House

Emily DickinsonAge 24

1830–1886 · Literature

Reclusive poetic genius

Sitting BullAge about 23

1831–1890 · Politics & Leadership

Lakota leader who defeated Custer at Little Bighorn

James Clerk MaxwellAge 23

1831–1879 · Science & Invention

Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism

Alfred NobelAge 21

1833–1896 · Science & Invention

Invented dynamite, founded Nobel Prizes

Dmitri MendeleevAge 20

1834–1907 · Science & Invention

Created the periodic table of elements

Mark TwainAge 19

1835–1910 · Literature

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Andrew CarnegieAge 19

1835–1919 · Business & Industry

Steel magnate, philanthropist

John D. RockefellerAge 15

1839–1937 · Business & Industry

Standard Oil tycoon, among the richest Americans in history

Claude MonetAge 14

1840–1926 · Art

Water Lilies, father of Impressionism

Pyotr TchaikovskyAge 14

1840–1893 · Music

Swan Lake, The Nutcracker

Émile ZolaAge 14

1840–1902 · Literature

French novelist who wrote J'Accuse

Pierre-Auguste RenoirAge 13

1841–1919 · Art

Impressionist painter of joyful scenes

Friedrich NietzscheAge 10

1844–1900 · Philosophy & Thought

"God is dead," Beyond Good and Evil

Sarah BernhardtAge 10

1844–1923 · Film & Entertainment

French stage actress of worldwide fame

Thomas EdisonAge 7

1847–1931 · Science & Invention

Light bulb, phonograph, 1000+ patents

Alexander Graham BellAge 7

1847–1922 · Science & Invention

Invented the telephone

Paul GauguinAge 6

1848–1903 · Art

Post-Impressionist painter of Tahiti

Antoni GaudíAge 2

1852–1926 · Art

Sagrada Família architect

Vincent van GoghAge 1

1853–1890 · Art

Starry Night, post-Impressionist icon

Oscar WildeAge 0

1854–1900 · Literature

The Picture of Dorian Gray, wit and charm

Born in 1854

Oscar Wilde

1854–1900 · Literature

The Picture of Dorian Gray, wit and charm

Also Born in 1854

Arthur Rimbaud

1854–1891 · born October 20

French poet (1854–1891)

Henri Poincaré

1854–1912 · born April 29

French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912)

Pope Benedict XV

1854–1922 · born November 21

Head of the Catholic Church from 1914 to 1922

Emil von Behring

1854–1917 · born March 15

German physiologist (1854–1917)

Paul Ehrlich

1854–1915 · born March 14

German physician and scientist (1854–1915)

Paul Sabatier

1854–1941 · born November 5

French chemist (1854–1941)

Karl Kautsky

1854–1938 · born October 16

Austro-German Marxist theorist (1854–1938)

George Eastman

1854–1932 · born July 12

American entrepreneur, inventor, and photographer (1854–1932)

James George Frazer

1854–1941 · born January 1

Scottish social anthropologist and folklorist (1854–1941)

Leoš Janáček

1854–1928 · born July 3

Czech composer (1854–1928)

Henri La Fontaine

1854–1943 · born April 22

Belgian politician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1854–1943)

Thomas R. Marshall

1854–1925 · born March 14

Vice President of the United States from 1913 to 1921

Also Died in 1854

Georg Ohm

1789–1854 · died July 6

German mathematician and physicist (1789–1854)

Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey

1768–1854 · died April 29

British peer, Lord lieutenant and politician

Sources

1854 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
Carl Friedrich Gauss — Wikipedia
Jacob Grimm — Wikipedia
Arthur Schopenhauer — Wikipedia
Michael Faraday — Wikipedia
Charles Babbage — Wikipedia
Heinrich Heine — 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
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
Antoni Gaudí — Wikipedia
Vincent van Gogh — Wikipedia
Oscar Wilde — Wikipedia

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