Who Was Alive in 1856
58 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1856
Jacob GrimmAge 71
Arthur SchopenhauerAge 68
Michael FaradayAge 65
Charles BabbageAge 65
Heinrich HeineAge 59
Victor HugoAge 54
Alexandre DumasAge 54
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 53
George SandAge 52
Hans Christian AndersenAge 51
Abraham LincolnAge 47
Charles DarwinAge 47
Robert SchumannAge 46
Franz LisztAge 45
Charles DickensAge 44
Giuseppe VerdiAge 43
Richard WagnerAge 43
Otto von BismarckAge 41
Frederick DouglassAge 38
Karl MarxAge 38
Herman MelvilleAge 37
Queen VictoriaAge 37
Walt WhitmanAge 37
Susan B. AnthonyAge 36
Florence NightingaleAge 36
Friedrich EngelsAge 36
Fyodor DostoevskyAge 35
Charles BaudelaireAge 35
Harriet TubmanAge about 34
Louis PasteurAge 34
Gregor MendelAge 34
Jules VerneAge 28
Leo TolstoyAge 28
Henrik IbsenAge 28
Emily DickinsonAge 26
Sitting BullAge about 25
James Clerk MaxwellAge 25
Alfred NobelAge 23
Dmitri MendeleevAge 22
Mark TwainAge 21
Andrew CarnegieAge 21
John D. RockefellerAge 17
Claude MonetAge 16
Pyotr TchaikovskyAge 16
Émile ZolaAge 16
Pierre-Auguste RenoirAge 15
Friedrich NietzscheAge 12
Sarah BernhardtAge 12
Thomas EdisonAge 9
Alexander Graham BellAge 9
Paul GauguinAge 8
Antoni GaudíAge 4
Vincent van GoghAge 3
Oscar WildeAge 2
Sigmund FreudAge 0
Nikola TeslaAge 0
Woodrow WilsonAge 0
George Bernard ShawAge 0
Born in 1856
Sigmund Freud
Father of psychoanalysis
Nikola Tesla
AC electricity, visionary inventor
Woodrow Wilson
28th US President, League of Nations
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright of Pygmalion
Also Born in 1856
Irish writer (1856–1950)
British physicist (1856–1940)
Leader of Vichy France from 1940 to 1944
Ukrainian poet and writer (1856–1916)
American author (1856–1919)
Russian Marxist theorist and philosopher (1856–1918)
Chancellor of the German Empire from 1909 to 1917
American explorer (1856–1920)
American educator, author, orator and adviser (1856–1915)
American painter (1856–1925)
Indian self-rule activist (1856–1920)
American architect (1856–1924)
Died in 1856
Also Died in 1856
German writer and literary critic (1797–1856)
German composer, pianist and critic (1810–1856)
Russian mathematician (1792–1856)
Italian scientist (1776–1856)
German philosopher (1806–1856)
French composer (1803–1856)
Slovak revolutionary, philosopher, politician and writer (1815–1856)
French painter (1797–1856)
Spiritual leader of Tibet from 1842 to 1855
Sources
- 1856 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
- 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
- Otto von Bismarck — 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
- Sigmund Freud — Wikipedia
- Nikola Tesla — Wikipedia
- Woodrow Wilson — Wikipedia
- George Bernard Shaw — Wikipedia