Who Was Alive in 1865

67 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1865

Michael FaradayAge 74

1791–1867 · Science & Invention

Electromagnetic induction

Charles BabbageAge 74

1791–1871 · Science & Invention

Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine

Victor HugoAge 63

1802–1885 · Literature

Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

Alexandre DumasAge 63

1802–1870 · Literature

Author of The Three Musketeers

Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 62

1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought

Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance

George SandAge 61

1804–1876 · Literature

French novelist famous under a male pen name

Hans Christian AndersenAge 60

1805–1875 · Literature

The Little Mermaid, fairy tales

Abraham LincolnAge 56

1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership

16th US President, ended slavery

Charles DarwinAge 56

1809–1882 · Science & Invention

Theory of evolution by natural selection

Franz LisztAge 54

1811–1886 · Music

Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies

Charles DickensAge 53

1812–1870 · Literature

A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist

Giuseppe VerdiAge 52

1813–1901 · Music

La Traviata, Aida — operatic master

Richard WagnerAge 52

1813–1883 · Music

Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera

Otto von BismarckAge 50

1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership

Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor

Frederick DouglassAge 47

1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change

Abolitionist, orator, writer

Karl MarxAge 47

1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought

Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto

Herman MelvilleAge 46

1819–1891 · Literature

Moby-Dick

Queen VictoriaAge 46

1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership

Longest-reigning British monarch of her era

Walt WhitmanAge 46

1819–1892 · Literature

Leaves of Grass, father of free verse

Susan B. AnthonyAge 45

1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change

Women's suffrage pioneer

Florence NightingaleAge 45

1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change

Founder of modern nursing

Friedrich EngelsAge 45

1820–1895 · Philosophy & Thought

Co-author of The Communist Manifesto with Marx

Fyodor DostoevskyAge 44

1821–1881 · Literature

Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov

Charles BaudelaireAge 44

1821–1867 · Literature

French poet of Les Fleurs du mal

Harriet TubmanAge about 43

1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change

Underground Railroad conductor

Louis PasteurAge 43

1822–1895 · Science & Invention

Germ theory, pasteurization

Gregor MendelAge 43

1822–1884 · Science & Invention

Father of genetics

Jules VerneAge 37

1828–1905 · Literature

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Leo TolstoyAge 37

1828–1910 · Literature

War and Peace, Anna Karenina

Henrik IbsenAge 37

1828–1906 · Literature

Norwegian playwright of A Doll's House

Emily DickinsonAge 35

1830–1886 · Literature

Reclusive poetic genius

Sitting BullAge about 34

1831–1890 · Politics & Leadership

Lakota leader who defeated Custer at Little Bighorn

James Clerk MaxwellAge 34

1831–1879 · Science & Invention

Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism

Alfred NobelAge 32

1833–1896 · Science & Invention

Invented dynamite, founded Nobel Prizes

Dmitri MendeleevAge 31

1834–1907 · Science & Invention

Created the periodic table of elements

Mark TwainAge 30

1835–1910 · Literature

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Andrew CarnegieAge 30

1835–1919 · Business & Industry

Steel magnate, philanthropist

John D. RockefellerAge 26

1839–1937 · Business & Industry

Standard Oil tycoon, among the richest Americans in history

Claude MonetAge 25

1840–1926 · Art

Water Lilies, father of Impressionism

Pyotr TchaikovskyAge 25

1840–1893 · Music

Swan Lake, The Nutcracker

Émile ZolaAge 25

1840–1902 · Literature

French novelist who wrote J'Accuse

Pierre-Auguste RenoirAge 24

1841–1919 · Art

Impressionist painter of joyful scenes

Friedrich NietzscheAge 21

1844–1900 · Philosophy & Thought

"God is dead," Beyond Good and Evil

Sarah BernhardtAge 21

1844–1923 · Film & Entertainment

French stage actress of worldwide fame

Thomas EdisonAge 18

1847–1931 · Science & Invention

Light bulb, phonograph, 1000+ patents

Alexander Graham BellAge 18

1847–1922 · Science & Invention

Invented the telephone

Paul GauguinAge 17

1848–1903 · Art

Post-Impressionist painter of Tahiti

Antoni GaudíAge 13

1852–1926 · Art

Sagrada Família architect

Vincent van GoghAge 12

1853–1890 · Art

Starry Night, post-Impressionist icon

Oscar WildeAge 11

1854–1900 · Literature

The Picture of Dorian Gray, wit and charm

Sigmund FreudAge 9

1856–1939 · Philosophy & Thought

Father of psychoanalysis

Nikola TeslaAge 9

1856–1943 · Science & Invention

AC electricity, visionary inventor

Woodrow WilsonAge 9

1856–1924 · Politics & Leadership

28th US President, League of Nations

George Bernard ShawAge 9

1856–1950 · Literature

Irish playwright of Pygmalion

Theodore RooseveltAge 7

1858–1919 · Politics & Leadership

26th US President, Rough Rider

Emmeline PankhurstAge 7

1858–1928 · Activism & Social Change

British suffragette leader

Max PlanckAge 7

1858–1947 · Science & Invention

Father of quantum theory

Arthur Conan DoyleAge 6

1859–1930 · Literature

Creator of Sherlock Holmes

Anton ChekhovAge 5

1860–1904 · Literature

Russian playwright and short-story master

Rabindranath TagoreAge 4

1861–1941 · Literature

First non-European Nobel laureate in Literature

Gustav KlimtAge 3

1862–1918 · Art

The Kiss, Art Nouveau master

Claude DebussyAge 3

1862–1918 · Music

Clair de Lune, Impressionist music

David HilbertAge 3

1862–1943 · Science & Invention

German mathematician of Hilbert's problems

Henry FordAge 2

1863–1947 · Business & Industry

Assembly line, Model T automobile

1864–1920 · Philosophy & Thought

A founder of modern sociology

Rudyard KiplingAge 0

1865–1936 · Literature

Author of The Jungle Book, Nobel laureate

Born in 1865

Rudyard Kipling

1865–1936 · Literature

Author of The Jungle Book, Nobel laureate

Also Born in 1865

Rudyard Kipling

1865–1936 · born December 30

English writer and poet (1865–1936)

W. B. Yeats

1865–1939 · born June 13

Irish poet and playwright (1865–1939)

Warren G. Harding

1865–1923 · born November 2

President of the United States from 1921 to 1923

George V

1865–1936 · born June 3

King of the United Kingdom from 1910 to 1936

Jean Sibelius

1865–1957 · born December 8

Finnish composer (1865–1957)

Pieter Zeeman

1865–1943 · born May 25

Dutch physicist (1865–1943)

Charles G. Dawes

1865–1951 · born August 27

Vice President of the United States from 1925 to 1929

Erich Ludendorff

1865–1937 · born April 9

German general and politician (1865–1937)

Richard Adolf Zsigmondy

1865–1929 · born April 1

Austrian-born chemist (1865–1929)

Arthur Harden

1865–1940 · born October 12

British biochemist (1865–1940)

Ferdinand I of Romania

1865–1927 · born August 24

King of Romania from 1914 to 1927

Sven Hedin

1865–1952 · born February 19

Swedish geographer, explorer, photographer, and illustrator (1865–1952)

Died in 1865

Abraham Lincoln

1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership

16th US President, ended slavery

Also Died in 1865

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

1809–1865 · died January 19

French philosopher and anarchist (1809–1865)

William Rowan Hamilton

1805–1865 · died September 2

Irish mathematician and physicist (1805–1865)

Ignaz Semmelweis

1818–1865 · died August 13

Early pioneer of antiseptic procedures

Leopold I of Belgium

1790–1865 · died December 10

King of the Belgians from 1831 to 1865

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

1784–1865 · died October 18

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1855–1858, 1859–1865)

Elizabeth Gaskell

1810–1865 · died November 12

English novelist, biographer, and short story writer (1810–1865)

John Wilkes Booth

1838–1865 · died April 26

American stage actor and assassin (1838–1865)

Robert FitzRoy

1805–1865 · died April 30

Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

Johann Franz Encke

1791–1865 · died August 26

German astronomer (1791–1865)

Edmond François Valentin About

1828–1865 · died January 16

French writer (1828–1885)

Heinrich Barth

1821–1865 · died November 25

German explorer (1821–1865)

Notable World Events in 1865

1865 Abolition of slavery in the United States

Sources

1865 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
Michael Faraday — Wikipedia
Charles Babbage — Wikipedia
Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
Alexandre Dumas — Wikipedia
Ralph Waldo Emerson — Wikipedia
George Sand — Wikipedia
Hans Christian Andersen — Wikipedia
Abraham Lincoln — Wikipedia
Charles Darwin — 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
Theodore Roosevelt — Wikipedia
Emmeline Pankhurst — Wikipedia
Max Planck — Wikipedia
Arthur Conan Doyle — Wikipedia
Anton Chekhov — Wikipedia
Rabindranath Tagore — Wikipedia
Gustav Klimt — Wikipedia
Claude Debussy — Wikipedia
David Hilbert — Wikipedia
Henry Ford — Wikipedia
Edvard Munch — Wikipedia
Max Weber — Wikipedia
Rudyard Kipling — Wikipedia

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