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Who Was Alive in 1866

68 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1866

Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 75
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 75
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 64
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre DumasAge 64
1802–1870 · Literature
Author of The Three Musketeers
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 63
1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought
Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance
George Sand
George SandAge 62
1804–1876 · Literature
French novelist famous under a male pen name
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian AndersenAge 61
1805–1875 · Literature
The Little Mermaid, fairy tales
Charles Darwin
Charles DarwinAge 57
1809–1882 · Science & Invention
Theory of evolution by natural selection
Franz Liszt
Franz LisztAge 55
1811–1886 · Music
Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies
Charles Dickens
Charles DickensAge 54
1812–1870 · Literature
A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe VerdiAge 53
1813–1901 · Music
La Traviata, Aida — operatic master
Richard Wagner
Richard WagnerAge 53
1813–1883 · Music
Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera
Otto von Bismarck
Otto von BismarckAge 51
1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership
Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor
Frederick Douglass
Frederick DouglassAge 48
1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change
Abolitionist, orator, writer
Karl Marx
Karl MarxAge 48
1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto
Herman Melville
Herman MelvilleAge 47
1819–1891 · Literature
Moby-Dick
Queen Victoria
Queen VictoriaAge 47
1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership
Longest-reigning British monarch of her era
Walt Whitman
Walt WhitmanAge 47
1819–1892 · Literature
Leaves of Grass, father of free verse
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. AnthonyAge 46
1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change
Women's suffrage pioneer
Florence Nightingale
Florence NightingaleAge 46
1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change
Founder of modern nursing
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich EngelsAge 46
1820–1895 · Philosophy & Thought
Co-author of The Communist Manifesto with Marx
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor DostoevskyAge 45
1821–1881 · Literature
Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov
Charles Baudelaire
Charles BaudelaireAge 45
1821–1867 · Literature
French poet of Les Fleurs du mal
Harriet Tubman
Harriet TubmanAge about 44
1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change
Underground Railroad conductor
Louis Pasteur
Louis PasteurAge 44
1822–1895 · Science & Invention
Germ theory, pasteurization
Gregor Mendel
Gregor MendelAge 44
1822–1884 · Science & Invention
Father of genetics
Jules Verne
Jules VerneAge 38
1828–1905 · Literature
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Leo Tolstoy
Leo TolstoyAge 38
1828–1910 · Literature
War and Peace, Anna Karenina
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik IbsenAge 38
1828–1906 · Literature
Norwegian playwright of A Doll's House
Emily Dickinson
Emily DickinsonAge 36
1830–1886 · Literature
Reclusive poetic genius
Sitting Bull
Sitting BullAge about 35
1831–1890 · Politics & Leadership
Lakota leader who defeated Custer at Little Bighorn
James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk MaxwellAge 35
1831–1879 · Science & Invention
Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism
Alfred Nobel
Alfred NobelAge 33
1833–1896 · Science & Invention
Invented dynamite, founded Nobel Prizes
Dmitri Mendeleev
Dmitri MendeleevAge 32
1834–1907 · Science & Invention
Created the periodic table of elements
Mark Twain
Mark TwainAge 31
1835–1910 · Literature
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew CarnegieAge 31
1835–1919 · Business & Industry
Steel magnate, philanthropist
John D. Rockefeller
John D. RockefellerAge 27
1839–1937 · Business & Industry
Standard Oil tycoon, among the richest Americans in history
Claude Monet
Claude MonetAge 26
1840–1926 · Art
Water Lilies, father of Impressionism
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pyotr TchaikovskyAge 26
1840–1893 · Music
Swan Lake, The Nutcracker
Émile Zola
Émile ZolaAge 26
1840–1902 · Literature
French novelist who wrote J'Accuse
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste RenoirAge 25
1841–1919 · Art
Impressionist painter of joyful scenes
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich NietzscheAge 22
1844–1900 · Philosophy & Thought
"God is dead," Beyond Good and Evil
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah BernhardtAge 22
1844–1923 · Film & Entertainment
French stage actress of worldwide fame
Thomas Edison
Thomas EdisonAge 19
1847–1931 · Science & Invention
Light bulb, phonograph, 1000+ patents
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham BellAge 19
1847–1922 · Science & Invention
Invented the telephone
Paul Gauguin
Paul GauguinAge 18
1848–1903 · Art
Post-Impressionist painter of Tahiti
Antoni Gaudí
Antoni GaudíAge 14
1852–1926 · Art
Sagrada Família architect
Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van GoghAge 13
1853–1890 · Art
Starry Night, post-Impressionist icon
Oscar Wilde
Oscar WildeAge 12
1854–1900 · Literature
The Picture of Dorian Gray, wit and charm
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund FreudAge 10
1856–1939 · Philosophy & Thought
Father of psychoanalysis
Nikola Tesla
Nikola TeslaAge 10
1856–1943 · Science & Invention
AC electricity, visionary inventor
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow WilsonAge 10
1856–1924 · Politics & Leadership
28th US President, League of Nations
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard ShawAge 10
1856–1950 · Literature
Irish playwright of Pygmalion
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore RooseveltAge 8
1858–1919 · Politics & Leadership
26th US President, Rough Rider
Emmeline Pankhurst
Emmeline PankhurstAge 8
1858–1928 · Activism & Social Change
British suffragette leader
Max Planck
Max PlanckAge 8
1858–1947 · Science & Invention
Father of quantum theory
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan DoyleAge 7
1859–1930 · Literature
Creator of Sherlock Holmes
Anton Chekhov
Anton ChekhovAge 6
1860–1904 · Literature
Russian playwright and short-story master
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath TagoreAge 5
1861–1941 · Literature
First non-European Nobel laureate in Literature
Gustav Klimt
Gustav KlimtAge 4
1862–1918 · Art
The Kiss, Art Nouveau master
Claude Debussy
Claude DebussyAge 4
1862–1918 · Music
Clair de Lune, Impressionist music
David Hilbert
David HilbertAge 4
1862–1943 · Science & Invention
German mathematician of Hilbert's problems
Henry Ford
Henry FordAge 3
1863–1947 · Business & Industry
Assembly line, Model T automobile
Edvard Munch
Edvard MunchAge 3
1863–1944 · Art
The Scream
Max Weber
Max WeberAge 2
1864–1920 · Philosophy & Thought
A founder of modern sociology
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard KiplingAge 1
1865–1936 · Literature
Author of The Jungle Book, Nobel laureate
H.G. Wells
H.G. WellsAge 0
1866–1946 · Literature
The War of the Worlds, science fiction pioneer
Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-senAge 0
1866–1925 · Politics & Leadership
Father of the Republic of China

Born in 1866

H.G. Wells
H.G. Wells
1866–1946 · Literature
The War of the Worlds, science fiction pioneer
Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen
1866–1925 · Politics & Leadership
Father of the Republic of China

Also Born in 1866

1866–1944 · born January 29
French author (1866–1944)
1866–1944 · born December 16
Russian painter and art theorist (1866–1944)
1866–1954 · born August 12
Spanish dramatist (1866–1954)
1866–1943 · born July 28
English writer and illustrator (1866–1943)
1866–1952 · born February 25
Italian philosopher (1866–1952)
1866–1925 · born May 17
French composer and pianist (1866–1925)
1866–1945 · born September 25
American biologist (1866–1945)
1866–1937 · born October 12
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1924; 1929–1935)
1866–1919 · born December 12
Swiss chemist (1866–1919)
1866–1936 · born September 21
French bacteriologist who received the Nobel Prize in Medicine (1866–1936)
1866–1931 · born January 15
Swedish bishop
1866–1924 · born April 1
Italian composer, pianist, and conductor (1866–1924)

Also Died in 1866

1826–1866 · died July 20
German mathematician (1826–1866)
1786–1866 · died June 7
Suquamish and Duwamish chief (c. 1780–1866)
1790–1866 · died December 1
British surveyor and geographer (1790–1866)
1802–1866 · died November 14
King of Portugal from 1828 to 1834
1794–1866 · died March 6
English polymath (1794–1866)
1798–1866 · died January 15
Italian statesman, novelist, and painter (1798–1866)
1846–1866 · died August 29
Japanese samurai, daimyo and Military ruler of Japan from 1858 to 1866

Sources

  1. 1866 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. Michael Faraday — Wikipedia
  3. Charles Babbage — Wikipedia
  4. Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
  5. Alexandre Dumas — Wikipedia
  6. Ralph Waldo Emerson — Wikipedia
  7. George Sand — Wikipedia
  8. Hans Christian Andersen — Wikipedia
  9. Charles Darwin — Wikipedia
  10. Franz Liszt — Wikipedia
  11. Charles Dickens — Wikipedia
  12. Giuseppe Verdi — Wikipedia
  13. Richard Wagner — Wikipedia
  14. Otto von Bismarck — Wikipedia
  15. Frederick Douglass — Wikipedia
  16. Karl Marx — Wikipedia
  17. Herman Melville — Wikipedia
  18. Queen Victoria — Wikipedia
  19. Walt Whitman — Wikipedia
  20. Susan B. Anthony — Wikipedia
  21. Florence Nightingale — Wikipedia
  22. Friedrich Engels — Wikipedia
  23. Fyodor Dostoevsky — Wikipedia
  24. Charles Baudelaire — Wikipedia
  25. Harriet Tubman — Wikipedia
  26. Louis Pasteur — Wikipedia
  27. Gregor Mendel — Wikipedia
  28. Jules Verne — Wikipedia
  29. Leo Tolstoy — Wikipedia
  30. Henrik Ibsen — Wikipedia
  31. Emily Dickinson — Wikipedia
  32. Sitting Bull — Wikipedia
  33. James Clerk Maxwell — Wikipedia
  34. Alfred Nobel — Wikipedia
  35. Dmitri Mendeleev — Wikipedia
  36. Mark Twain — Wikipedia
  37. Andrew Carnegie — Wikipedia
  38. John D. Rockefeller — Wikipedia
  39. Claude Monet — Wikipedia
  40. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Wikipedia
  41. Émile Zola — Wikipedia
  42. Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Wikipedia
  43. Friedrich Nietzsche — Wikipedia
  44. Sarah Bernhardt — Wikipedia
  45. Thomas Edison — Wikipedia
  46. Alexander Graham Bell — Wikipedia
  47. Paul Gauguin — Wikipedia
  48. Antoni Gaudí — Wikipedia
  49. Vincent van Gogh — Wikipedia
  50. Oscar Wilde — Wikipedia
  51. Sigmund Freud — Wikipedia
  52. Nikola Tesla — Wikipedia
  53. Woodrow Wilson — Wikipedia
  54. George Bernard Shaw — Wikipedia
  55. Theodore Roosevelt — Wikipedia
  56. Emmeline Pankhurst — Wikipedia
  57. Max Planck — Wikipedia
  58. Arthur Conan Doyle — Wikipedia
  59. Anton Chekhov — Wikipedia
  60. Rabindranath Tagore — Wikipedia
  61. Gustav Klimt — Wikipedia
  62. Claude Debussy — Wikipedia
  63. David Hilbert — Wikipedia
  64. Henry Ford — Wikipedia
  65. Edvard Munch — Wikipedia
  66. Max Weber — Wikipedia
  67. Rudyard Kipling — Wikipedia
  68. H. G. Wells — Wikipedia
  69. Sun Yat-sen — Wikipedia
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