Who Was Alive in 1855
57 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1855
Carl Friedrich GaussAge 78
Jacob GrimmAge 70
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 67
Michael FaradayAge 64
Charles BabbageAge 64
Heinrich HeineAge 58
Victor HugoAge 53
Alexandre DumasAge 53
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 52
George SandAge 51
Hans Christian AndersenAge 50
Abraham LincolnAge 46
Charles DarwinAge 46
Robert SchumannAge 45
Franz LisztAge 44
Charles DickensAge 43
Giuseppe VerdiAge 42
Richard WagnerAge 42
Søren KierkegaardAge 42
Otto von BismarckAge 40
Charlotte BrontëAge 39
Frederick DouglassAge 37
Karl MarxAge 37
Herman MelvilleAge 36
Queen VictoriaAge 36
Walt WhitmanAge 36
Susan B. AnthonyAge 35
Florence NightingaleAge 35
Friedrich EngelsAge 35
Fyodor DostoevskyAge 34
Charles BaudelaireAge 34
Harriet TubmanAge about 33
Louis PasteurAge 33
Gregor MendelAge 33
Jules VerneAge 27
Leo TolstoyAge 27
Henrik IbsenAge 27
Emily DickinsonAge 25
Sitting BullAge about 24
James Clerk MaxwellAge 24
Alfred NobelAge 22
Dmitri MendeleevAge 21
Mark TwainAge 20
Andrew CarnegieAge 20
John D. RockefellerAge 16
Claude MonetAge 15
Pyotr TchaikovskyAge 15
Émile ZolaAge 15
Pierre-Auguste RenoirAge 14
Friedrich NietzscheAge 11
Sarah BernhardtAge 11
Thomas EdisonAge 8
Alexander Graham BellAge 8
Paul GauguinAge 7
Antoni GaudíAge 3
Vincent van GoghAge 2
Oscar WildeAge 1
Also Born in 1855
American businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer (1855–1916)
Vice President of the United States from 1909 to 1912
Italian poet and classical scholar (1855–1912)
Died in 1855
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Mathematician called the Prince of Mathematicians
Søren Kierkegaard
Danish philosopher, father of existentialism
Charlotte Brontë
Author of Jane Eyre, eldest Brontë sister
Also Died in 1855
German polymath and scholar (1777–1855)
Danish philosopher and theologian (1813–1855)
English novelist and poet (1816–1855)
PoIish writer and activist (1798–1855)
French writer, poet, essayist and translator (1808–1855)
Russian fleet commander (1802–1855)
French mathematician (1803–1855)
English naturalist and artist (1789–1855)
President of Mexico from 1851 to 1853
Sources
- 1855 — 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