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Who Was Alive in 1876

83 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1876

Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 74
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 73
1803–1882 · Philosophy & Thought
Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance
George Sand
George SandAge 72
1804–1876 · Literature
French novelist famous under a male pen name
Charles Darwin
Charles DarwinAge 67
1809–1882 · Science & Invention
Theory of evolution by natural selection
Franz Liszt
Franz LisztAge 65
1811–1886 · Music
Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe VerdiAge 63
1813–1901 · Music
La Traviata, Aida — operatic master
Richard Wagner
Richard WagnerAge 63
1813–1883 · Music
Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera
Otto von Bismarck
Otto von BismarckAge 61
1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership
Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor
Frederick Douglass
Frederick DouglassAge 58
1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change
Abolitionist, orator, writer
Karl Marx
Karl MarxAge 58
1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto
Herman Melville
Herman MelvilleAge 57
1819–1891 · Literature
Moby-Dick
Queen Victoria
Queen VictoriaAge 57
1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership
Longest-reigning British monarch of her era
Walt Whitman
Walt WhitmanAge 57
1819–1892 · Literature
Leaves of Grass, father of free verse
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. AnthonyAge 56
1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change
Women's suffrage pioneer
Florence Nightingale
Florence NightingaleAge 56
1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change
Founder of modern nursing
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich EngelsAge 56
1820–1895 · Philosophy & Thought
Co-author of The Communist Manifesto with Marx
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor DostoevskyAge 55
1821–1881 · Literature
Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov
Harriet Tubman
Harriet TubmanAge about 54
1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change
Underground Railroad conductor
Louis Pasteur
Louis PasteurAge 54
1822–1895 · Science & Invention
Germ theory, pasteurization
Gregor Mendel
Gregor MendelAge 54
1822–1884 · Science & Invention
Father of genetics
Jules Verne
Jules VerneAge 48
1828–1905 · Literature
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Leo Tolstoy
Leo TolstoyAge 48
1828–1910 · Literature
War and Peace, Anna Karenina
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik IbsenAge 48
1828–1906 · Literature
Norwegian playwright of A Doll's House
Emily Dickinson
Emily DickinsonAge 46
1830–1886 · Literature
Reclusive poetic genius
Sitting Bull
Sitting BullAge about 45
1831–1890 · Politics & Leadership
Lakota leader who defeated Custer at Little Bighorn
James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk MaxwellAge 45
1831–1879 · Science & Invention
Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism
Alfred Nobel
Alfred NobelAge 43
1833–1896 · Science & Invention
Invented dynamite, founded Nobel Prizes
Dmitri Mendeleev
Dmitri MendeleevAge 42
1834–1907 · Science & Invention
Created the periodic table of elements
Mark Twain
Mark TwainAge 41
1835–1910 · Literature
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew CarnegieAge 41
1835–1919 · Business & Industry
Steel magnate, philanthropist
John D. Rockefeller
John D. RockefellerAge 37
1839–1937 · Business & Industry
Standard Oil tycoon, among the richest Americans in history
Claude Monet
Claude MonetAge 36
1840–1926 · Art
Water Lilies, father of Impressionism
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pyotr TchaikovskyAge 36
1840–1893 · Music
Swan Lake, The Nutcracker
Émile Zola
Émile ZolaAge 36
1840–1902 · Literature
French novelist who wrote J'Accuse
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste RenoirAge 35
1841–1919 · Art
Impressionist painter of joyful scenes
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich NietzscheAge 32
1844–1900 · Philosophy & Thought
"God is dead," Beyond Good and Evil
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah BernhardtAge 32
1844–1923 · Film & Entertainment
French stage actress of worldwide fame
Thomas Edison
Thomas EdisonAge 29
1847–1931 · Science & Invention
Light bulb, phonograph, 1000+ patents
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham BellAge 29
1847–1922 · Science & Invention
Invented the telephone
Paul Gauguin
Paul GauguinAge 28
1848–1903 · Art
Post-Impressionist painter of Tahiti
Antoni Gaudí
Antoni GaudíAge 24
1852–1926 · Art
Sagrada Família architect
Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van GoghAge 23
1853–1890 · Art
Starry Night, post-Impressionist icon
Oscar Wilde
Oscar WildeAge 22
1854–1900 · Literature
The Picture of Dorian Gray, wit and charm
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund FreudAge 20
1856–1939 · Philosophy & Thought
Father of psychoanalysis
Nikola Tesla
Nikola TeslaAge 20
1856–1943 · Science & Invention
AC electricity, visionary inventor
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow WilsonAge 20
1856–1924 · Politics & Leadership
28th US President, League of Nations
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard ShawAge 20
1856–1950 · Literature
Irish playwright of Pygmalion
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore RooseveltAge 18
1858–1919 · Politics & Leadership
26th US President, Rough Rider
Emmeline Pankhurst
Emmeline PankhurstAge 18
1858–1928 · Activism & Social Change
British suffragette leader
Max Planck
Max PlanckAge 18
1858–1947 · Science & Invention
Father of quantum theory
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan DoyleAge 17
1859–1930 · Literature
Creator of Sherlock Holmes
Anton Chekhov
Anton ChekhovAge 16
1860–1904 · Literature
Russian playwright and short-story master
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath TagoreAge 15
1861–1941 · Literature
First non-European Nobel laureate in Literature
Gustav Klimt
Gustav KlimtAge 14
1862–1918 · Art
The Kiss, Art Nouveau master
Claude Debussy
Claude DebussyAge 14
1862–1918 · Music
Clair de Lune, Impressionist music
David Hilbert
David HilbertAge 14
1862–1943 · Science & Invention
German mathematician of Hilbert's problems
Henry Ford
Henry FordAge 13
1863–1947 · Business & Industry
Assembly line, Model T automobile
Edvard Munch
Edvard MunchAge 13
1863–1944 · Art
The Scream
Max Weber
Max WeberAge 12
1864–1920 · Philosophy & Thought
A founder of modern sociology
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard KiplingAge 11
1865–1936 · Literature
Author of The Jungle Book, Nobel laureate
H.G. Wells
H.G. WellsAge 10
1866–1946 · Literature
The War of the Worlds, science fiction pioneer
Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-senAge 10
1866–1925 · Politics & Leadership
Father of the Republic of China
Marie Curie
Marie CurieAge 9
1867–1934 · Science & Invention
Radioactivity, first woman Nobel laureate
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd WrightAge 9
1867–1959 · Art
American architect of Fallingwater
Scott Joplin
Scott JoplinAge 8
1868–1917 · Music
King of Ragtime
Maxim Gorky
Maxim GorkyAge 8
1868–1936 · Literature
Russian writer of The Lower Depths
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma GandhiAge 7
1869–1948 · Politics & Leadership
Nonviolent independence leader of India
Grigori Rasputin
Grigori RasputinAge 7
1869–1916 · Politics & Leadership
Mystic who influenced the Russian royal family
Henri Matisse
Henri MatisseAge 7
1869–1954 · Art
Leader of Fauvism, master of color and cut-outs
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir LeninAge 6
1870–1924 · Politics & Leadership
Bolshevik leader of the October Revolution
Marcel Proust
Marcel ProustAge 5
1871–1922 · Literature
In Search of Lost Time
Orville Wright
Orville WrightAge 5
1871–1948 · Science & Invention
Co-inventor of the airplane
Rosa Luxemburg
Rosa LuxemburgAge 5
1871–1919 · Activism & Social Change
Marxist theorist and revolutionary
Ernest Rutherford
Ernest RutherfordAge 5
1871–1937 · Science & Invention
Father of nuclear physics
Roald Amundsen
Roald AmundsenAge 4
1872–1928 · Exploration
First to reach the South Pole
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand RussellAge 4
1872–1970 · Philosophy & Thought
Logician, philosopher and Nobel laureate
Ernest Shackleton
Ernest ShackletonAge 2
1874–1922 · Exploration
Heroic Antarctic explorer, Endurance expedition
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo MarconiAge 2
1874–1937 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of long-distance radio
Winston Churchill
Winston ChurchillAge 2
1874–1965 · Politics & Leadership
British PM who led WWII effort
Harry Houdini
Harry HoudiniAge 2
1874–1926 · Film & Entertainment
Legendary escape artist & illusionist
Carl Jung
Carl JungAge 1
1875–1961 · Philosophy & Thought
Analytical psychology, archetypes
Albert Schweitzer
Albert SchweitzerAge 1
1875–1965 · Philosophy & Thought
Nobel Peace Prize physician, theologian and organist
Thomas Mann
Thomas MannAge 1
1875–1955 · Literature
German novelist of The Magic Mountain

Also Born in 1876

1876–1967 · born January 5
Chancellor of West Germany from 1949 to 1963
1876–1916 · born January 12
American author, journalist, and social activist (1876–1916)
1876–1958 · born March 2
Head of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958
1876–1948 · born December 25
Founder and 1st Governor-General of Pakistan (1876–1948)
1876–1917 · born August 7
Dutch exotic dancer (1876–1917)
1876–1954 · born January 23
German chemist (1876–1954)
1876–1944 · born December 22
Italian poet (1876–1944)
1876–1941 · born September 13
American writer (1876–1941)
1876–1935 · born September 6
Scottish biochemist and physiologist (1876–1935)
1876–1957 · born February 19
Romanian sculptor, photographer and painter (1876–1957)
1876–1973 · born December 29
Catalan cellist and conductor (1876–1973)
1876–1960 · born April 24
German admiral (1876–1960)

Died in 1876

George Sand
George Sand
1804–1876 · Literature
French novelist famous under a male pen name

Also Died in 1876

1804–1876 · died June 8
French novelist and memoirist (1804–1876)
1830–1876 · died June 4
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1861 to 1876
1794–1876 · died June 21
President of Mexico many times, 1833 to 1855
1839–1876 · died June 25
United States cavalry commander (1839–1876)
1847–1876 · died June 1
Bulgarian poet and revolutionary (1848-1876)
1805–1876 · died March 5
Franco-German romantic author and historian (1805–1876)
1810–1876 · died January 15
First Lady of the United States from 1865 to 1869
1790–1876 · died September 5
First President of Chile

Notable World Events in 1876

Sources

  1. 1876 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
  3. Ralph Waldo Emerson — Wikipedia
  4. George Sand — Wikipedia
  5. Charles Darwin — Wikipedia
  6. Franz Liszt — Wikipedia
  7. Giuseppe Verdi — Wikipedia
  8. Richard Wagner — Wikipedia
  9. Otto von Bismarck — Wikipedia
  10. Frederick Douglass — Wikipedia
  11. Karl Marx — Wikipedia
  12. Herman Melville — Wikipedia
  13. Queen Victoria — Wikipedia
  14. Walt Whitman — Wikipedia
  15. Susan B. Anthony — Wikipedia
  16. Florence Nightingale — Wikipedia
  17. Friedrich Engels — Wikipedia
  18. Fyodor Dostoevsky — Wikipedia
  19. Harriet Tubman — Wikipedia
  20. Louis Pasteur — Wikipedia
  21. Gregor Mendel — Wikipedia
  22. Jules Verne — Wikipedia
  23. Leo Tolstoy — Wikipedia
  24. Henrik Ibsen — Wikipedia
  25. Emily Dickinson — Wikipedia
  26. Sitting Bull — Wikipedia
  27. James Clerk Maxwell — Wikipedia
  28. Alfred Nobel — Wikipedia
  29. Dmitri Mendeleev — Wikipedia
  30. Mark Twain — Wikipedia
  31. Andrew Carnegie — Wikipedia
  32. John D. Rockefeller — Wikipedia
  33. Claude Monet — Wikipedia
  34. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Wikipedia
  35. Émile Zola — Wikipedia
  36. Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Wikipedia
  37. Friedrich Nietzsche — Wikipedia
  38. Sarah Bernhardt — Wikipedia
  39. Thomas Edison — Wikipedia
  40. Alexander Graham Bell — Wikipedia
  41. Paul Gauguin — Wikipedia
  42. Antoni Gaudí — Wikipedia
  43. Vincent van Gogh — Wikipedia
  44. Oscar Wilde — Wikipedia
  45. Sigmund Freud — Wikipedia
  46. Nikola Tesla — Wikipedia
  47. Woodrow Wilson — Wikipedia
  48. George Bernard Shaw — Wikipedia
  49. Theodore Roosevelt — Wikipedia
  50. Emmeline Pankhurst — Wikipedia
  51. Max Planck — Wikipedia
  52. Arthur Conan Doyle — Wikipedia
  53. Anton Chekhov — Wikipedia
  54. Rabindranath Tagore — Wikipedia
  55. Gustav Klimt — Wikipedia
  56. Claude Debussy — Wikipedia
  57. David Hilbert — Wikipedia
  58. Henry Ford — Wikipedia
  59. Edvard Munch — Wikipedia
  60. Max Weber — Wikipedia
  61. Rudyard Kipling — Wikipedia
  62. H. G. Wells — Wikipedia
  63. Sun Yat-sen — Wikipedia
  64. Marie Curie — Wikipedia
  65. Frank Lloyd Wright — Wikipedia
  66. Scott Joplin — Wikipedia
  67. Maxim Gorky — Wikipedia
  68. Mahatma Gandhi — Wikipedia
  69. Grigori Rasputin — Wikipedia
  70. Henri Matisse — Wikipedia
  71. Vladimir Lenin — Wikipedia
  72. Marcel Proust — Wikipedia
  73. Wright brothers — Wikipedia
  74. Rosa Luxemburg — Wikipedia
  75. Ernest Rutherford — Wikipedia
  76. Roald Amundsen — Wikipedia
  77. Bertrand Russell — Wikipedia
  78. Ernest Shackleton — Wikipedia
  79. Guglielmo Marconi — Wikipedia
  80. Winston Churchill — Wikipedia
  81. Harry Houdini — Wikipedia
  82. Carl Jung — Wikipedia
  83. Albert Schweitzer — Wikipedia
  84. Thomas Mann — Wikipedia
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