Who Was Alive in 1872
77 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1872
Victor HugoAge 70
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 69
George SandAge 68
Hans Christian AndersenAge 67
Charles DarwinAge 63
Franz LisztAge 61
Giuseppe VerdiAge 59
Richard WagnerAge 59
Otto von BismarckAge 57
Frederick DouglassAge 54
Karl MarxAge 54
Herman MelvilleAge 53
Queen VictoriaAge 53
Walt WhitmanAge 53
Susan B. AnthonyAge 52
Florence NightingaleAge 52
Friedrich EngelsAge 52
Fyodor DostoevskyAge 51
Harriet TubmanAge about 50
Louis PasteurAge 50
Gregor MendelAge 50
Jules VerneAge 44
Leo TolstoyAge 44
Henrik IbsenAge 44
Emily DickinsonAge 42
Sitting BullAge about 41
James Clerk MaxwellAge 41
Alfred NobelAge 39
Dmitri MendeleevAge 38
Mark TwainAge 37
Andrew CarnegieAge 37
John D. RockefellerAge 33
Claude MonetAge 32
Pyotr TchaikovskyAge 32
Émile ZolaAge 32
Pierre-Auguste RenoirAge 31
Friedrich NietzscheAge 28
Sarah BernhardtAge 28
Thomas EdisonAge 25
Alexander Graham BellAge 25
Paul GauguinAge 24
Antoni GaudíAge 20
Vincent van GoghAge 19
Oscar WildeAge 18
Sigmund FreudAge 16
Nikola TeslaAge 16
Woodrow WilsonAge 16
George Bernard ShawAge 16
Theodore RooseveltAge 14
Emmeline PankhurstAge 14
Max PlanckAge 14
Arthur Conan DoyleAge 13
Anton ChekhovAge 12
Rabindranath TagoreAge 11
Gustav KlimtAge 10
Claude DebussyAge 10
David HilbertAge 10
Henry FordAge 9
Edvard MunchAge 9
Max WeberAge 8
Rudyard KiplingAge 7
H.G. WellsAge 6
Sun Yat-senAge 6
Marie CurieAge 5
Frank Lloyd WrightAge 5
Scott JoplinAge 4
Maxim GorkyAge 4
Mahatma GandhiAge 3
Grigori RasputinAge 3
Henri MatisseAge 3
Vladimir LeninAge 2
Marcel ProustAge 1
Orville WrightAge 1
Rosa LuxemburgAge 1
Ernest RutherfordAge 1
Roald AmundsenAge 0
Bertrand RussellAge 0
Born in 1872
Roald Amundsen
First to reach the South Pole
Bertrand Russell
Logician, philosopher and Nobel laureate
Also Born in 1872
English philosopher and logician (1872–1970)
President of the United States from 1923 to 1929
Indian yogi (1872–1950)
Dutch painter (1872–1944)
Russian composer and pianist (1872–1915)
French politician (1872–1950)
King of Norway from 1905 to 1957
German chemist (1872–1942)
British politician and Nobel Laureate
Russian military and political leader (1872–1947)
French physicist (1872–1946)
Russian art critic and impresario (1872–1929)
Also Died in 1872
German philosopher and anthropologist (1804–1872)
Italian activist, politician, journalist and philosopher (1805–1872)
American inventor and painter (1791–1872)
French poet, dramatist and novelist (1811–1872)
President of Mexico from 1858 to 1872
King of Sweden and Norway from 1859 to 1872
Austrian writer (1791–1872)
National writer of Finland (1834–1872)
Russian lexicographer (1801–1872)
American politician (1801–1872)
Scottish scientist (1780–1872)
Danish Lutheran pastor, theologian, hymn-writer and educator (1783–1872)
Sources
- 1872 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
- Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
- Ralph Waldo Emerson — Wikipedia
- George Sand — Wikipedia
- Hans Christian Andersen — Wikipedia
- Charles Darwin — Wikipedia
- Franz Liszt — 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
- 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
- H. G. Wells — Wikipedia
- Sun Yat-sen — Wikipedia
- Marie Curie — Wikipedia
- Frank Lloyd Wright — Wikipedia
- Scott Joplin — Wikipedia
- Maxim Gorky — Wikipedia
- Mahatma Gandhi — Wikipedia
- Grigori Rasputin — Wikipedia
- Henri Matisse — Wikipedia
- Vladimir Lenin — Wikipedia
- Marcel Proust — Wikipedia
- Wright brothers — Wikipedia
- Rosa Luxemburg — Wikipedia
- Ernest Rutherford — Wikipedia
- Roald Amundsen — Wikipedia
- Bertrand Russell — Wikipedia