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Who Was Alive in 1869

73 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1869

Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 78
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 67
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre DumasAge 67
1802–1870 · Literature
Author of The Three Musketeers
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 66
1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought
Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance
George Sand
George SandAge 65
1804–1876 · Literature
French novelist famous under a male pen name
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian AndersenAge 64
1805–1875 · Literature
The Little Mermaid, fairy tales
Charles Darwin
Charles DarwinAge 60
1809–1882 · Science & Invention
Theory of evolution by natural selection
Franz Liszt
Franz LisztAge 58
1811–1886 · Music
Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies
Charles Dickens
Charles DickensAge 57
1812–1870 · Literature
A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe VerdiAge 56
1813–1901 · Music
La Traviata, Aida — operatic master
Richard Wagner
Richard WagnerAge 56
1813–1883 · Music
Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera
Otto von Bismarck
Otto von BismarckAge 54
1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership
Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor
Frederick Douglass
Frederick DouglassAge 51
1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change
Abolitionist, orator, writer
Karl Marx
Karl MarxAge 51
1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto
Herman Melville
Herman MelvilleAge 50
1819–1891 · Literature
Moby-Dick
Queen Victoria
Queen VictoriaAge 50
1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership
Longest-reigning British monarch of her era
Walt Whitman
Walt WhitmanAge 50
1819–1892 · Literature
Leaves of Grass, father of free verse
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. AnthonyAge 49
1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change
Women's suffrage pioneer
Florence Nightingale
Florence NightingaleAge 49
1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change
Founder of modern nursing
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich EngelsAge 49
1820–1895 · Philosophy & Thought
Co-author of The Communist Manifesto with Marx
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor DostoevskyAge 48
1821–1881 · Literature
Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov
Harriet Tubman
Harriet TubmanAge about 47
1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change
Underground Railroad conductor
Louis Pasteur
Louis PasteurAge 47
1822–1895 · Science & Invention
Germ theory, pasteurization
Gregor Mendel
Gregor MendelAge 47
1822–1884 · Science & Invention
Father of genetics
Jules Verne
Jules VerneAge 41
1828–1905 · Literature
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Leo Tolstoy
Leo TolstoyAge 41
1828–1910 · Literature
War and Peace, Anna Karenina
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik IbsenAge 41
1828–1906 · Literature
Norwegian playwright of A Doll's House
Emily Dickinson
Emily DickinsonAge 39
1830–1886 · Literature
Reclusive poetic genius
Sitting Bull
Sitting BullAge about 38
1831–1890 · Politics & Leadership
Lakota leader who defeated Custer at Little Bighorn
James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk MaxwellAge 38
1831–1879 · Science & Invention
Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism
Alfred Nobel
Alfred NobelAge 36
1833–1896 · Science & Invention
Invented dynamite, founded Nobel Prizes
Dmitri Mendeleev
Dmitri MendeleevAge 35
1834–1907 · Science & Invention
Created the periodic table of elements
Mark Twain
Mark TwainAge 34
1835–1910 · Literature
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew CarnegieAge 34
1835–1919 · Business & Industry
Steel magnate, philanthropist
John D. Rockefeller
John D. RockefellerAge 30
1839–1937 · Business & Industry
Standard Oil tycoon, among the richest Americans in history
Claude Monet
Claude MonetAge 29
1840–1926 · Art
Water Lilies, father of Impressionism
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pyotr TchaikovskyAge 29
1840–1893 · Music
Swan Lake, The Nutcracker
Émile Zola
Émile ZolaAge 29
1840–1902 · Literature
French novelist who wrote J'Accuse
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste RenoirAge 28
1841–1919 · Art
Impressionist painter of joyful scenes
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich NietzscheAge 25
1844–1900 · Philosophy & Thought
"God is dead," Beyond Good and Evil
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah BernhardtAge 25
1844–1923 · Film & Entertainment
French stage actress of worldwide fame
Thomas Edison
Thomas EdisonAge 22
1847–1931 · Science & Invention
Light bulb, phonograph, 1000+ patents
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham BellAge 22
1847–1922 · Science & Invention
Invented the telephone
Paul Gauguin
Paul GauguinAge 21
1848–1903 · Art
Post-Impressionist painter of Tahiti
Antoni Gaudí
Antoni GaudíAge 17
1852–1926 · Art
Sagrada Família architect
Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van GoghAge 16
1853–1890 · Art
Starry Night, post-Impressionist icon
Oscar Wilde
Oscar WildeAge 15
1854–1900 · Literature
The Picture of Dorian Gray, wit and charm
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund FreudAge 13
1856–1939 · Philosophy & Thought
Father of psychoanalysis
Nikola Tesla
Nikola TeslaAge 13
1856–1943 · Science & Invention
AC electricity, visionary inventor
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow WilsonAge 13
1856–1924 · Politics & Leadership
28th US President, League of Nations
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard ShawAge 13
1856–1950 · Literature
Irish playwright of Pygmalion
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore RooseveltAge 11
1858–1919 · Politics & Leadership
26th US President, Rough Rider
Emmeline Pankhurst
Emmeline PankhurstAge 11
1858–1928 · Activism & Social Change
British suffragette leader
Max Planck
Max PlanckAge 11
1858–1947 · Science & Invention
Father of quantum theory
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan DoyleAge 10
1859–1930 · Literature
Creator of Sherlock Holmes
Anton Chekhov
Anton ChekhovAge 9
1860–1904 · Literature
Russian playwright and short-story master
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath TagoreAge 8
1861–1941 · Literature
First non-European Nobel laureate in Literature
Gustav Klimt
Gustav KlimtAge 7
1862–1918 · Art
The Kiss, Art Nouveau master
Claude Debussy
Claude DebussyAge 7
1862–1918 · Music
Clair de Lune, Impressionist music
David Hilbert
David HilbertAge 7
1862–1943 · Science & Invention
German mathematician of Hilbert's problems
Henry Ford
Henry FordAge 6
1863–1947 · Business & Industry
Assembly line, Model T automobile
Edvard Munch
Edvard MunchAge 6
1863–1944 · Art
The Scream
Max Weber
Max WeberAge 5
1864–1920 · Philosophy & Thought
A founder of modern sociology
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard KiplingAge 4
1865–1936 · Literature
Author of The Jungle Book, Nobel laureate
H.G. Wells
H.G. WellsAge 3
1866–1946 · Literature
The War of the Worlds, science fiction pioneer
Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-senAge 3
1866–1925 · Politics & Leadership
Father of the Republic of China
Marie Curie
Marie CurieAge 2
1867–1934 · Science & Invention
Radioactivity, first woman Nobel laureate
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd WrightAge 2
1867–1959 · Art
American architect of Fallingwater
Scott Joplin
Scott JoplinAge 1
1868–1917 · Music
King of Ragtime
Maxim Gorky
Maxim GorkyAge 1
1868–1936 · Literature
Russian writer of The Lower Depths
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma GandhiAge 0
1869–1948 · Politics & Leadership
Nonviolent independence leader of India
Grigori Rasputin
Grigori RasputinAge 0
1869–1916 · Politics & Leadership
Mystic who influenced the Russian royal family
Henri Matisse
Henri MatisseAge 0
1869–1954 · Art
Leader of Fauvism, master of color and cut-outs

Born in 1869

Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
1869–1948 · Politics & Leadership
Nonviolent independence leader of India
Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
1869–1954 · Art
Leader of Fauvism, master of color and cut-outs
Grigori Rasputin
Grigori Rasputin
1869–1916 · Politics & Leadership
Mystic who influenced the Russian royal family

Also Born in 1869

1869–1954 · born December 31
French artist (1869–1954)
1869–1951 · born November 22
French author and Nobel laureate (1869–1951)
1869–1940 · born June 27
Russian-born anarchist (1869–1940)
1869–1940 · born March 18
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940
1869–1937 · born November 30
Swedish engineer and inventor (1869–1937)
1869–1947 · born November 11
King of Italy from 1900 to 1946
1869–1964 · born March 22
Filipino revolutionary leader (1869–1964)
1869–1930 · born September 3
Slovene-Austrian Nobel prize laureate and scientist (1869–1930)
1869–1941 · born June 27
German embryologist (1869–1941)
1869–1938 · born September 17
Norwegian diplomat and Nobel Peace Prize recipient (1869–1938)
1869–1935 · born September 26
Armenian composer and priest (1869–1935)
1869–1934 · born November 9
Canadian-American actress (1868–1934)

Also Died in 1869

1804–1869 · died October 8
President of the United States from 1853 to 1857
1803–1869 · died March 8
French Romantic composer and conductor (1803–1869)
1797–1869 · died February 15
Indian poet (1797–1869)
1804–1869 · died October 13
French literary critic (1804–1869)
1799–1869 · died October 23
British statesman (1799–1869)
1787–1869 · died July 28
Czech biologist and physiologist (1787–1869)
1813–1869 · died January 17
Russian composer (1813–1869)

Notable World Events in 1869

Sources

  1. 1869 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. Charles Babbage — Wikipedia
  3. Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
  4. Alexandre Dumas — Wikipedia
  5. Ralph Waldo Emerson — Wikipedia
  6. George Sand — Wikipedia
  7. Hans Christian Andersen — Wikipedia
  8. Charles Darwin — Wikipedia
  9. Franz Liszt — Wikipedia
  10. Charles Dickens — Wikipedia
  11. Giuseppe Verdi — Wikipedia
  12. Richard Wagner — Wikipedia
  13. Otto von Bismarck — Wikipedia
  14. Frederick Douglass — Wikipedia
  15. Karl Marx — Wikipedia
  16. Herman Melville — Wikipedia
  17. Queen Victoria — Wikipedia
  18. Walt Whitman — Wikipedia
  19. Susan B. Anthony — Wikipedia
  20. Florence Nightingale — Wikipedia
  21. Friedrich Engels — Wikipedia
  22. Fyodor Dostoevsky — Wikipedia
  23. Harriet Tubman — Wikipedia
  24. Louis Pasteur — Wikipedia
  25. Gregor Mendel — Wikipedia
  26. Jules Verne — Wikipedia
  27. Leo Tolstoy — Wikipedia
  28. Henrik Ibsen — Wikipedia
  29. Emily Dickinson — Wikipedia
  30. Sitting Bull — Wikipedia
  31. James Clerk Maxwell — Wikipedia
  32. Alfred Nobel — Wikipedia
  33. Dmitri Mendeleev — Wikipedia
  34. Mark Twain — Wikipedia
  35. Andrew Carnegie — Wikipedia
  36. John D. Rockefeller — Wikipedia
  37. Claude Monet — Wikipedia
  38. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Wikipedia
  39. Émile Zola — Wikipedia
  40. Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Wikipedia
  41. Friedrich Nietzsche — Wikipedia
  42. Sarah Bernhardt — Wikipedia
  43. Thomas Edison — Wikipedia
  44. Alexander Graham Bell — Wikipedia
  45. Paul Gauguin — Wikipedia
  46. Antoni Gaudí — Wikipedia
  47. Vincent van Gogh — Wikipedia
  48. Oscar Wilde — Wikipedia
  49. Sigmund Freud — Wikipedia
  50. Nikola Tesla — Wikipedia
  51. Woodrow Wilson — Wikipedia
  52. George Bernard Shaw — Wikipedia
  53. Theodore Roosevelt — Wikipedia
  54. Emmeline Pankhurst — Wikipedia
  55. Max Planck — Wikipedia
  56. Arthur Conan Doyle — Wikipedia
  57. Anton Chekhov — Wikipedia
  58. Rabindranath Tagore — Wikipedia
  59. Gustav Klimt — Wikipedia
  60. Claude Debussy — Wikipedia
  61. David Hilbert — Wikipedia
  62. Henry Ford — Wikipedia
  63. Edvard Munch — Wikipedia
  64. Max Weber — Wikipedia
  65. Rudyard Kipling — Wikipedia
  66. H. G. Wells — Wikipedia
  67. Sun Yat-sen — Wikipedia
  68. Marie Curie — Wikipedia
  69. Frank Lloyd Wright — Wikipedia
  70. Scott Joplin — Wikipedia
  71. Maxim Gorky — Wikipedia
  72. Mahatma Gandhi — Wikipedia
  73. Grigori Rasputin — Wikipedia
  74. Henri Matisse — Wikipedia
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