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Who Was Alive in 1863

66 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1863

Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 78
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 72
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 72
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 61
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre DumasAge 61
1802–1870 · Literature
Author of The Three Musketeers
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 60
1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought
Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance
George Sand
George SandAge 59
1804–1876 · Literature
French novelist famous under a male pen name
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian AndersenAge 58
1805–1875 · Literature
The Little Mermaid, fairy tales
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham LincolnAge 54
1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership
16th US President, ended slavery
Charles Darwin
Charles DarwinAge 54
1809–1882 · Science & Invention
Theory of evolution by natural selection
Franz Liszt
Franz LisztAge 52
1811–1886 · Music
Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies
Charles Dickens
Charles DickensAge 51
1812–1870 · Literature
A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe VerdiAge 50
1813–1901 · Music
La Traviata, Aida — operatic master
Richard Wagner
Richard WagnerAge 50
1813–1883 · Music
Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera
Otto von Bismarck
Otto von BismarckAge 48
1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership
Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor
Frederick Douglass
Frederick DouglassAge 45
1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change
Abolitionist, orator, writer
Karl Marx
Karl MarxAge 45
1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto
Herman Melville
Herman MelvilleAge 44
1819–1891 · Literature
Moby-Dick
Queen Victoria
Queen VictoriaAge 44
1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership
Longest-reigning British monarch of her era
Walt Whitman
Walt WhitmanAge 44
1819–1892 · Literature
Leaves of Grass, father of free verse
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. AnthonyAge 43
1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change
Women's suffrage pioneer
Florence Nightingale
Florence NightingaleAge 43
1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change
Founder of modern nursing
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich EngelsAge 43
1820–1895 · Philosophy & Thought
Co-author of The Communist Manifesto with Marx
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor DostoevskyAge 42
1821–1881 · Literature
Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov
Charles Baudelaire
Charles BaudelaireAge 42
1821–1867 · Literature
French poet of Les Fleurs du mal
Harriet Tubman
Harriet TubmanAge about 41
1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change
Underground Railroad conductor
Louis Pasteur
Louis PasteurAge 41
1822–1895 · Science & Invention
Germ theory, pasteurization
Gregor Mendel
Gregor MendelAge 41
1822–1884 · Science & Invention
Father of genetics
Jules Verne
Jules VerneAge 35
1828–1905 · Literature
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Leo Tolstoy
Leo TolstoyAge 35
1828–1910 · Literature
War and Peace, Anna Karenina
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik IbsenAge 35
1828–1906 · Literature
Norwegian playwright of A Doll's House
Emily Dickinson
Emily DickinsonAge 33
1830–1886 · Literature
Reclusive poetic genius
Sitting Bull
Sitting BullAge about 32
1831–1890 · Politics & Leadership
Lakota leader who defeated Custer at Little Bighorn
James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk MaxwellAge 32
1831–1879 · Science & Invention
Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism
Alfred Nobel
Alfred NobelAge 30
1833–1896 · Science & Invention
Invented dynamite, founded Nobel Prizes
Dmitri Mendeleev
Dmitri MendeleevAge 29
1834–1907 · Science & Invention
Created the periodic table of elements
Mark Twain
Mark TwainAge 28
1835–1910 · Literature
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew CarnegieAge 28
1835–1919 · Business & Industry
Steel magnate, philanthropist
John D. Rockefeller
John D. RockefellerAge 24
1839–1937 · Business & Industry
Standard Oil tycoon, among the richest Americans in history
Claude Monet
Claude MonetAge 23
1840–1926 · Art
Water Lilies, father of Impressionism
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pyotr TchaikovskyAge 23
1840–1893 · Music
Swan Lake, The Nutcracker
Émile Zola
Émile ZolaAge 23
1840–1902 · Literature
French novelist who wrote J'Accuse
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste RenoirAge 22
1841–1919 · Art
Impressionist painter of joyful scenes
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich NietzscheAge 19
1844–1900 · Philosophy & Thought
"God is dead," Beyond Good and Evil
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah BernhardtAge 19
1844–1923 · Film & Entertainment
French stage actress of worldwide fame
Thomas Edison
Thomas EdisonAge 16
1847–1931 · Science & Invention
Light bulb, phonograph, 1000+ patents
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham BellAge 16
1847–1922 · Science & Invention
Invented the telephone
Paul Gauguin
Paul GauguinAge 15
1848–1903 · Art
Post-Impressionist painter of Tahiti
Antoni Gaudí
Antoni GaudíAge 11
1852–1926 · Art
Sagrada Família architect
Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van GoghAge 10
1853–1890 · Art
Starry Night, post-Impressionist icon
Oscar Wilde
Oscar WildeAge 9
1854–1900 · Literature
The Picture of Dorian Gray, wit and charm
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund FreudAge 7
1856–1939 · Philosophy & Thought
Father of psychoanalysis
Nikola Tesla
Nikola TeslaAge 7
1856–1943 · Science & Invention
AC electricity, visionary inventor
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow WilsonAge 7
1856–1924 · Politics & Leadership
28th US President, League of Nations
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard ShawAge 7
1856–1950 · Literature
Irish playwright of Pygmalion
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore RooseveltAge 5
1858–1919 · Politics & Leadership
26th US President, Rough Rider
Emmeline Pankhurst
Emmeline PankhurstAge 5
1858–1928 · Activism & Social Change
British suffragette leader
Max Planck
Max PlanckAge 5
1858–1947 · Science & Invention
Father of quantum theory
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan DoyleAge 4
1859–1930 · Literature
Creator of Sherlock Holmes
Anton Chekhov
Anton ChekhovAge 3
1860–1904 · Literature
Russian playwright and short-story master
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath TagoreAge 2
1861–1941 · Literature
First non-European Nobel laureate in Literature
Gustav Klimt
Gustav KlimtAge 1
1862–1918 · Art
The Kiss, Art Nouveau master
Claude Debussy
Claude DebussyAge 1
1862–1918 · Music
Clair de Lune, Impressionist music
David Hilbert
David HilbertAge 1
1862–1943 · Science & Invention
German mathematician of Hilbert's problems
Henry Ford
Henry FordAge 0
1863–1947 · Business & Industry
Assembly line, Model T automobile
Edvard Munch
Edvard MunchAge 0
1863–1944 · Art
The Scream

Born in 1863

Henry Ford
Henry Ford
1863–1947 · Business & Industry
Assembly line, Model T automobile
Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch
1863–1944 · Art
The Scream

Also Born in 1863

1863–1902 · born January 12
Indian monk and philosopher (1863–1902)
1863–1937 · born January 1
French educator and historian (1863–1937)
1863–1945 · born January 17
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922
1863–1938 · born March 12
Italian writer (1863–1938)
1863–1914 · born December 18
Heir to the Austrian throne (1863–1914)
1863–1938 · born January 17
Russian actor and theatre director (1863–1938)
1863–1952 · born December 16
Spanish American philosopher (1863–1952)
1863–1933 · born April 29
Greek poet and journalist (1863–1933)
1863–1945 · born March 12
Soviet geochemist (1863–1945)
1863–1945 · born December 7
Italian composer (1863–1945)
1863–1941 · born December 11
American astronomer (1863–1941)
1863–1937 · born October 16
British politician (1863–1937)

Died in 1863

Jacob Grimm
Jacob Grimm
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales

Also Died in 1863

1798–1863 · died August 13
French painter (1798–1863)
1811–1863 · died December 24
English novelist and illustrator (1811–1863)
1797–1863 · died September 17
French poet, playwright, and novelist (1797–1863)
1824–1863 · died May 10
Confederate States Army general (1824–1863)
1793–1863 · died July 26
American general and statesman (1793–1863)

Sources

  1. 1863 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. Jacob Grimm — Wikipedia
  3. Michael Faraday — Wikipedia
  4. Charles Babbage — Wikipedia
  5. Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
  6. Alexandre Dumas — Wikipedia
  7. Ralph Waldo Emerson — Wikipedia
  8. George Sand — Wikipedia
  9. Hans Christian Andersen — Wikipedia
  10. Abraham Lincoln — Wikipedia
  11. Charles Darwin — Wikipedia
  12. Franz Liszt — Wikipedia
  13. Charles Dickens — Wikipedia
  14. Giuseppe Verdi — Wikipedia
  15. Richard Wagner — Wikipedia
  16. Otto von Bismarck — Wikipedia
  17. Frederick Douglass — Wikipedia
  18. Karl Marx — Wikipedia
  19. Herman Melville — Wikipedia
  20. Queen Victoria — Wikipedia
  21. Walt Whitman — Wikipedia
  22. Susan B. Anthony — Wikipedia
  23. Florence Nightingale — Wikipedia
  24. Friedrich Engels — Wikipedia
  25. Fyodor Dostoevsky — Wikipedia
  26. Charles Baudelaire — Wikipedia
  27. Harriet Tubman — Wikipedia
  28. Louis Pasteur — Wikipedia
  29. Gregor Mendel — Wikipedia
  30. Jules Verne — Wikipedia
  31. Leo Tolstoy — Wikipedia
  32. Henrik Ibsen — Wikipedia
  33. Emily Dickinson — Wikipedia
  34. Sitting Bull — Wikipedia
  35. James Clerk Maxwell — Wikipedia
  36. Alfred Nobel — Wikipedia
  37. Dmitri Mendeleev — Wikipedia
  38. Mark Twain — Wikipedia
  39. Andrew Carnegie — Wikipedia
  40. John D. Rockefeller — Wikipedia
  41. Claude Monet — Wikipedia
  42. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Wikipedia
  43. Émile Zola — Wikipedia
  44. Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Wikipedia
  45. Friedrich Nietzsche — Wikipedia
  46. Sarah Bernhardt — Wikipedia
  47. Thomas Edison — Wikipedia
  48. Alexander Graham Bell — Wikipedia
  49. Paul Gauguin — Wikipedia
  50. Antoni Gaudí — Wikipedia
  51. Vincent van Gogh — Wikipedia
  52. Oscar Wilde — Wikipedia
  53. Sigmund Freud — Wikipedia
  54. Nikola Tesla — Wikipedia
  55. Woodrow Wilson — Wikipedia
  56. George Bernard Shaw — Wikipedia
  57. Theodore Roosevelt — Wikipedia
  58. Emmeline Pankhurst — Wikipedia
  59. Max Planck — Wikipedia
  60. Arthur Conan Doyle — Wikipedia
  61. Anton Chekhov — Wikipedia
  62. Rabindranath Tagore — Wikipedia
  63. Gustav Klimt — Wikipedia
  64. Claude Debussy — Wikipedia
  65. David Hilbert — Wikipedia
  66. Henry Ford — Wikipedia
  67. Edvard Munch — Wikipedia
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