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Who Was Alive in 1870

74 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1870

Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 79
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 68
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre DumasAge 68
1802–1870 · Literature
Author of The Three Musketeers
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 67
1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought
Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance
George Sand
George SandAge 66
1804–1876 · Literature
French novelist famous under a male pen name
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian AndersenAge 65
1805–1875 · Literature
The Little Mermaid, fairy tales
Charles Darwin
Charles DarwinAge 61
1809–1882 · Science & Invention
Theory of evolution by natural selection
Franz Liszt
Franz LisztAge 59
1811–1886 · Music
Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies
Charles Dickens
Charles DickensAge 58
1812–1870 · Literature
A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe VerdiAge 57
1813–1901 · Music
La Traviata, Aida — operatic master
Richard Wagner
Richard WagnerAge 57
1813–1883 · Music
Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera
Otto von Bismarck
Otto von BismarckAge 55
1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership
Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor
Frederick Douglass
Frederick DouglassAge 52
1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change
Abolitionist, orator, writer
Karl Marx
Karl MarxAge 52
1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto
Herman Melville
Herman MelvilleAge 51
1819–1891 · Literature
Moby-Dick
Queen Victoria
Queen VictoriaAge 51
1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership
Longest-reigning British monarch of her era
Walt Whitman
Walt WhitmanAge 51
1819–1892 · Literature
Leaves of Grass, father of free verse
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. AnthonyAge 50
1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change
Women's suffrage pioneer
Florence Nightingale
Florence NightingaleAge 50
1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change
Founder of modern nursing
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich EngelsAge 50
1820–1895 · Philosophy & Thought
Co-author of The Communist Manifesto with Marx
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor DostoevskyAge 49
1821–1881 · Literature
Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov
Harriet Tubman
Harriet TubmanAge about 48
1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change
Underground Railroad conductor
Louis Pasteur
Louis PasteurAge 48
1822–1895 · Science & Invention
Germ theory, pasteurization
Gregor Mendel
Gregor MendelAge 48
1822–1884 · Science & Invention
Father of genetics
Jules Verne
Jules VerneAge 42
1828–1905 · Literature
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Leo Tolstoy
Leo TolstoyAge 42
1828–1910 · Literature
War and Peace, Anna Karenina
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik IbsenAge 42
1828–1906 · Literature
Norwegian playwright of A Doll's House
Emily Dickinson
Emily DickinsonAge 40
1830–1886 · Literature
Reclusive poetic genius
Sitting Bull
Sitting BullAge about 39
1831–1890 · Politics & Leadership
Lakota leader who defeated Custer at Little Bighorn
James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk MaxwellAge 39
1831–1879 · Science & Invention
Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism
Alfred Nobel
Alfred NobelAge 37
1833–1896 · Science & Invention
Invented dynamite, founded Nobel Prizes
Dmitri Mendeleev
Dmitri MendeleevAge 36
1834–1907 · Science & Invention
Created the periodic table of elements
Mark Twain
Mark TwainAge 35
1835–1910 · Literature
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew CarnegieAge 35
1835–1919 · Business & Industry
Steel magnate, philanthropist
John D. Rockefeller
John D. RockefellerAge 31
1839–1937 · Business & Industry
Standard Oil tycoon, among the richest Americans in history
Claude Monet
Claude MonetAge 30
1840–1926 · Art
Water Lilies, father of Impressionism
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pyotr TchaikovskyAge 30
1840–1893 · Music
Swan Lake, The Nutcracker
Émile Zola
Émile ZolaAge 30
1840–1902 · Literature
French novelist who wrote J'Accuse
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste RenoirAge 29
1841–1919 · Art
Impressionist painter of joyful scenes
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich NietzscheAge 26
1844–1900 · Philosophy & Thought
"God is dead," Beyond Good and Evil
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah BernhardtAge 26
1844–1923 · Film & Entertainment
French stage actress of worldwide fame
Thomas Edison
Thomas EdisonAge 23
1847–1931 · Science & Invention
Light bulb, phonograph, 1000+ patents
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham BellAge 23
1847–1922 · Science & Invention
Invented the telephone
Paul Gauguin
Paul GauguinAge 22
1848–1903 · Art
Post-Impressionist painter of Tahiti
Antoni Gaudí
Antoni GaudíAge 18
1852–1926 · Art
Sagrada Família architect
Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van GoghAge 17
1853–1890 · Art
Starry Night, post-Impressionist icon
Oscar Wilde
Oscar WildeAge 16
1854–1900 · Literature
The Picture of Dorian Gray, wit and charm
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund FreudAge 14
1856–1939 · Philosophy & Thought
Father of psychoanalysis
Nikola Tesla
Nikola TeslaAge 14
1856–1943 · Science & Invention
AC electricity, visionary inventor
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow WilsonAge 14
1856–1924 · Politics & Leadership
28th US President, League of Nations
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard ShawAge 14
1856–1950 · Literature
Irish playwright of Pygmalion
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore RooseveltAge 12
1858–1919 · Politics & Leadership
26th US President, Rough Rider
Emmeline Pankhurst
Emmeline PankhurstAge 12
1858–1928 · Activism & Social Change
British suffragette leader
Max Planck
Max PlanckAge 12
1858–1947 · Science & Invention
Father of quantum theory
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan DoyleAge 11
1859–1930 · Literature
Creator of Sherlock Holmes
Anton Chekhov
Anton ChekhovAge 10
1860–1904 · Literature
Russian playwright and short-story master
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath TagoreAge 9
1861–1941 · Literature
First non-European Nobel laureate in Literature
Gustav Klimt
Gustav KlimtAge 8
1862–1918 · Art
The Kiss, Art Nouveau master
Claude Debussy
Claude DebussyAge 8
1862–1918 · Music
Clair de Lune, Impressionist music
David Hilbert
David HilbertAge 8
1862–1943 · Science & Invention
German mathematician of Hilbert's problems
Henry Ford
Henry FordAge 7
1863–1947 · Business & Industry
Assembly line, Model T automobile
Edvard Munch
Edvard MunchAge 7
1863–1944 · Art
The Scream
Max Weber
Max WeberAge 6
1864–1920 · Philosophy & Thought
A founder of modern sociology
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard KiplingAge 5
1865–1936 · Literature
Author of The Jungle Book, Nobel laureate
H.G. Wells
H.G. WellsAge 4
1866–1946 · Literature
The War of the Worlds, science fiction pioneer
Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-senAge 4
1866–1925 · Politics & Leadership
Father of the Republic of China
Marie Curie
Marie CurieAge 3
1867–1934 · Science & Invention
Radioactivity, first woman Nobel laureate
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd WrightAge 3
1867–1959 · Art
American architect of Fallingwater
Scott Joplin
Scott JoplinAge 2
1868–1917 · Music
King of Ragtime
Maxim Gorky
Maxim GorkyAge 2
1868–1936 · Literature
Russian writer of The Lower Depths
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma GandhiAge 1
1869–1948 · Politics & Leadership
Nonviolent independence leader of India
Grigori Rasputin
Grigori RasputinAge 1
1869–1916 · Politics & Leadership
Mystic who influenced the Russian royal family
Henri Matisse
Henri MatisseAge 1
1869–1954 · Art
Leader of Fauvism, master of color and cut-outs
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir LeninAge 0
1870–1924 · Politics & Leadership
Bolshevik leader of the October Revolution

Born in 1870

Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
1870–1924 · Politics & Leadership
Bolshevik leader of the October Revolution

Also Born in 1870

1870–1924 · born April 22
Leader of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924
1870–1953 · born October 22
Russian author (1870–1953)
1870–1937 · born February 7
Austrian psychotherapist (1870–1937)
1870–1952 · born August 31
Italian physician and educator (1870–1952)
1870–1961 · born June 13
Belgian scientist and Nobel laureate (1870–1961)
1870–1947 · born September 26
King of Denmark (1912–1947) and Iceland (1918–1944)
1870–1956 · born November 27
President of Finland from 1946 to 1956
1870–1930 · born January 8
Prime Minister of Spain from 1923 to 1930
1870–1950 · born December 14
Austrian statesman (1870–1950)
1870–1933 · born December 10
Austrian and Czechoslovak architect and theorist of modern architecture
1870–1918 · born August 18
Imperial Russian Army general (1870–1918)
1870–1936 · born November 21
Russian-American anarchist and writer (1870–1936)

Died in 1870

Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
1812–1870 · Literature
A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas
1802–1870 · Literature
Author of The Three Musketeers

Also Died in 1870

1802–1870 · died December 5
French writer and dramatist (1802–1870)
1807–1870 · died October 12
Confederate States Army general (1807–1870)
1803–1870 · died September 23
French writer, archaeologist and historian (1803–1870)
1812–1870 · died January 21
Russian author and revolutionary (1812–1870)
1836–1870 · died December 22
Spanish poet and writer (1836–1870)
1846–1870 · died November 24
Uruguayan-born French author (1846–1870)
1841–1870 · died November 28
French painter (1841–1870)
1801–1870 · died August 14
United States Navy admiral (1801–1870)
1830–1870 · died June 20
French writer (1830–1870)
1802–1870 · died April 4
German chemist and physicist (1802–1870)
1801–1870 · died April 11
General and first constitutional president of Argentina

Sources

  1. 1870 — 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
  75. Vladimir Lenin — Wikipedia
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