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Who Was Alive in 1883

95 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1883

Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 81
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Franz Liszt
Franz LisztAge 72
1811–1886 · Music
Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe VerdiAge 70
1813–1901 · Music
La Traviata, Aida — operatic master
Richard Wagner
Richard WagnerAge 70
1813–1883 · Music
Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera
Otto von Bismarck
Otto von BismarckAge 68
1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership
Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor
Frederick Douglass
Frederick DouglassAge 65
1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change
Abolitionist, orator, writer
Karl Marx
Karl MarxAge 65
1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto
Herman Melville
Herman MelvilleAge 64
1819–1891 · Literature
Moby-Dick
Queen Victoria
Queen VictoriaAge 64
1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership
Longest-reigning British monarch of her era
Walt Whitman
Walt WhitmanAge 64
1819–1892 · Literature
Leaves of Grass, father of free verse
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. AnthonyAge 63
1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change
Women's suffrage pioneer
Florence Nightingale
Florence NightingaleAge 63
1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change
Founder of modern nursing
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich EngelsAge 63
1820–1895 · Philosophy & Thought
Co-author of The Communist Manifesto with Marx
Harriet Tubman
Harriet TubmanAge about 61
1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change
Underground Railroad conductor
Louis Pasteur
Louis PasteurAge 61
1822–1895 · Science & Invention
Germ theory, pasteurization
Gregor Mendel
Gregor MendelAge 61
1822–1884 · Science & Invention
Father of genetics
Jules Verne
Jules VerneAge 55
1828–1905 · Literature
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Leo Tolstoy
Leo TolstoyAge 55
1828–1910 · Literature
War and Peace, Anna Karenina
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik IbsenAge 55
1828–1906 · Literature
Norwegian playwright of A Doll's House
Emily Dickinson
Emily DickinsonAge 53
1830–1886 · Literature
Reclusive poetic genius
Sitting Bull
Sitting BullAge about 52
1831–1890 · Politics & Leadership
Lakota leader who defeated Custer at Little Bighorn
Alfred Nobel
Alfred NobelAge 50
1833–1896 · Science & Invention
Invented dynamite, founded Nobel Prizes
Dmitri Mendeleev
Dmitri MendeleevAge 49
1834–1907 · Science & Invention
Created the periodic table of elements
Mark Twain
Mark TwainAge 48
1835–1910 · Literature
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew CarnegieAge 48
1835–1919 · Business & Industry
Steel magnate, philanthropist
John D. Rockefeller
John D. RockefellerAge 44
1839–1937 · Business & Industry
Standard Oil tycoon, among the richest Americans in history
Claude Monet
Claude MonetAge 43
1840–1926 · Art
Water Lilies, father of Impressionism
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pyotr TchaikovskyAge 43
1840–1893 · Music
Swan Lake, The Nutcracker
Émile Zola
Émile ZolaAge 43
1840–1902 · Literature
French novelist who wrote J'Accuse
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste RenoirAge 42
1841–1919 · Art
Impressionist painter of joyful scenes
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich NietzscheAge 39
1844–1900 · Philosophy & Thought
"God is dead," Beyond Good and Evil
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah BernhardtAge 39
1844–1923 · Film & Entertainment
French stage actress of worldwide fame
Thomas Edison
Thomas EdisonAge 36
1847–1931 · Science & Invention
Light bulb, phonograph, 1000+ patents
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham BellAge 36
1847–1922 · Science & Invention
Invented the telephone
Paul Gauguin
Paul GauguinAge 35
1848–1903 · Art
Post-Impressionist painter of Tahiti
Antoni Gaudí
Antoni GaudíAge 31
1852–1926 · Art
Sagrada Família architect
Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van GoghAge 30
1853–1890 · Art
Starry Night, post-Impressionist icon
Oscar Wilde
Oscar WildeAge 29
1854–1900 · Literature
The Picture of Dorian Gray, wit and charm
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund FreudAge 27
1856–1939 · Philosophy & Thought
Father of psychoanalysis
Nikola Tesla
Nikola TeslaAge 27
1856–1943 · Science & Invention
AC electricity, visionary inventor
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow WilsonAge 27
1856–1924 · Politics & Leadership
28th US President, League of Nations
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard ShawAge 27
1856–1950 · Literature
Irish playwright of Pygmalion
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore RooseveltAge 25
1858–1919 · Politics & Leadership
26th US President, Rough Rider
Emmeline Pankhurst
Emmeline PankhurstAge 25
1858–1928 · Activism & Social Change
British suffragette leader
Max Planck
Max PlanckAge 25
1858–1947 · Science & Invention
Father of quantum theory
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan DoyleAge 24
1859–1930 · Literature
Creator of Sherlock Holmes
Anton Chekhov
Anton ChekhovAge 23
1860–1904 · Literature
Russian playwright and short-story master
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath TagoreAge 22
1861–1941 · Literature
First non-European Nobel laureate in Literature
Gustav Klimt
Gustav KlimtAge 21
1862–1918 · Art
The Kiss, Art Nouveau master
Claude Debussy
Claude DebussyAge 21
1862–1918 · Music
Clair de Lune, Impressionist music
David Hilbert
David HilbertAge 21
1862–1943 · Science & Invention
German mathematician of Hilbert's problems
Henry Ford
Henry FordAge 20
1863–1947 · Business & Industry
Assembly line, Model T automobile
Edvard Munch
Edvard MunchAge 20
1863–1944 · Art
The Scream
Max Weber
Max WeberAge 19
1864–1920 · Philosophy & Thought
A founder of modern sociology
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard KiplingAge 18
1865–1936 · Literature
Author of The Jungle Book, Nobel laureate
H.G. Wells
H.G. WellsAge 17
1866–1946 · Literature
The War of the Worlds, science fiction pioneer
Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-senAge 17
1866–1925 · Politics & Leadership
Father of the Republic of China
Marie Curie
Marie CurieAge 16
1867–1934 · Science & Invention
Radioactivity, first woman Nobel laureate
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd WrightAge 16
1867–1959 · Art
American architect of Fallingwater
Scott Joplin
Scott JoplinAge 15
1868–1917 · Music
King of Ragtime
Maxim Gorky
Maxim GorkyAge 15
1868–1936 · Literature
Russian writer of The Lower Depths
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma GandhiAge 14
1869–1948 · Politics & Leadership
Nonviolent independence leader of India
Grigori Rasputin
Grigori RasputinAge 14
1869–1916 · Politics & Leadership
Mystic who influenced the Russian royal family
Henri Matisse
Henri MatisseAge 14
1869–1954 · Art
Leader of Fauvism, master of color and cut-outs
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir LeninAge 13
1870–1924 · Politics & Leadership
Bolshevik leader of the October Revolution
Marcel Proust
Marcel ProustAge 12
1871–1922 · Literature
In Search of Lost Time
Orville Wright
Orville WrightAge 12
1871–1948 · Science & Invention
Co-inventor of the airplane
Rosa Luxemburg
Rosa LuxemburgAge 12
1871–1919 · Activism & Social Change
Marxist theorist and revolutionary
Ernest Rutherford
Ernest RutherfordAge 12
1871–1937 · Science & Invention
Father of nuclear physics
Roald Amundsen
Roald AmundsenAge 11
1872–1928 · Exploration
First to reach the South Pole
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand RussellAge 11
1872–1970 · Philosophy & Thought
Logician, philosopher and Nobel laureate
Ernest Shackleton
Ernest ShackletonAge 9
1874–1922 · Exploration
Heroic Antarctic explorer, Endurance expedition
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo MarconiAge 9
1874–1937 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of long-distance radio
Winston Churchill
Winston ChurchillAge 9
1874–1965 · Politics & Leadership
British PM who led WWII effort
Harry Houdini
Harry HoudiniAge 9
1874–1926 · Film & Entertainment
Legendary escape artist & illusionist
Carl Jung
Carl JungAge 8
1875–1961 · Philosophy & Thought
Analytical psychology, archetypes
Albert Schweitzer
Albert SchweitzerAge 8
1875–1965 · Philosophy & Thought
Nobel Peace Prize physician, theologian and organist
Thomas Mann
Thomas MannAge 8
1875–1955 · Literature
German novelist of The Magic Mountain
Pancho Villa
Pancho VillaAge 5
1878–1923 · Politics & Leadership
Mexican revolutionary general
Lise Meitner
Lise MeitnerAge 5
1878–1968 · Science & Invention
Discovered nuclear fission, overlooked for Nobel
Joseph Stalin
Joseph StalinAge 5
1878–1953 · Politics & Leadership
Leader of the Soviet Union 1924–1953
Albert Einstein
Albert EinsteinAge 4
1879–1955 · Science & Invention
Theory of relativity, E=mc²
Leon Trotsky
Leon TrotskyAge 4
1879–1940 · Politics & Leadership
Russian revolutionary, founder of the Red Army
Helen Keller
Helen KellerAge 3
1880–1968 · Activism & Social Change
Deafblind author and activist, The Story of My Life
Pablo Picasso
Pablo PicassoAge 2
1881–1973 · Art
Cubism, Guernica, most prolific artist
Alexander Fleming
Alexander FlemingAge 2
1881–1955 · Science & Invention
Discovered penicillin
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal AtatürkAge 2
1881–1938 · Politics & Leadership
Founder and first president of modern Turkey
Virginia Woolf
Virginia WoolfAge 1
1882–1941 · Literature
Mrs Dalloway, modernist pioneer
James Joyce
James JoyceAge 1
1882–1941 · Literature
Ulysses, literary revolutionary
Igor Stravinsky
Igor StravinskyAge 1
1882–1971 · Music
The Rite of Spring, modern classical
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. RooseveltAge 1
1882–1945 · Politics & Leadership
32nd US President, New Deal, WWII leader
Coco Chanel
Coco ChanelAge 0
1883–1971 · Business & Industry
Fashion icon, Chanel No. 5
Franz Kafka
Franz KafkaAge 0
1883–1924 · Literature
The Metamorphosis, surreal fiction
Benito Mussolini
Benito MussoliniAge 0
1883–1945 · Politics & Leadership
Fascist dictator of Italy 1922–1943
John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard KeynesAge 0
1883–1946 · Philosophy & Thought
Economist who founded Keynesian economics

Born in 1883

Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
1883–1924 · Literature
The Metamorphosis, surreal fiction
Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
1883–1945 · Politics & Leadership
Fascist dictator of Italy 1922–1943
John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes
1883–1946 · Philosophy & Thought
Economist who founded Keynesian economics
Coco Chanel
Coco Chanel
1883–1971 · Business & Industry
Fashion icon, Chanel No. 5

Also Born in 1883

1883–1945 · born July 29
Dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1943
1883–1946 · born June 5
British economist (1883–1946)
1883–1931 · born January 6
Lebanese American artist, poet, and writer (1883–1931)
1883–1967 · born January 3
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951
1883–1969 · born February 23
German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (1883–1969)
1883–1923 · born April 30
Czech humorist, satirist, writer and anarchist (1883–1923)
1883–1969 · born May 18
German-American architect (1883–1969)
1883–1957 · born February 18
Greek writer and philosopher (1883–1957)
1883–1955 · born May 9
Spanish philosopher and essayist (1883–1955)
1883–1945 · born January 10
Russian and Soviet writer (1883–1945)
1883–1986 · born May 16
President of Turkey (1950–1960)
1883–1950 · born February 8
Austrian-American economist (1883–1950)

Died in 1883

Karl Marx
Karl Marx
1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto
Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner
1813–1883 · Music
Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera

Also Died in 1883

1818–1883 · died September 3
Russian writer (1818–1883)
1832–1883 · died April 30
French painter (1832–1883)
1797–1883 · died November 26
American abolitionist (c. 1797–1883)
1832–1883 · died January 23
French illustrator and painter (1832–1883)
1824–1883 · died October 30
Indian philosopher and socio-religious reformer (1824–1883)
1818–1883 · died October 22
British novelist and tutor (1818–1883)
1801–1883 · died September 15
Belgian physicist (1801–1883)
1809–1883 · died June 14
English poet and translator (1809–1883)
1812–1883 · died January 24
German composer (1812–1883)

Sources

  1. 1883 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
  3. Franz Liszt — Wikipedia
  4. Giuseppe Verdi — Wikipedia
  5. Richard Wagner — Wikipedia
  6. Otto von Bismarck — Wikipedia
  7. Frederick Douglass — Wikipedia
  8. Karl Marx — Wikipedia
  9. Herman Melville — Wikipedia
  10. Queen Victoria — Wikipedia
  11. Walt Whitman — Wikipedia
  12. Susan B. Anthony — Wikipedia
  13. Florence Nightingale — Wikipedia
  14. Friedrich Engels — Wikipedia
  15. Harriet Tubman — Wikipedia
  16. Louis Pasteur — Wikipedia
  17. Gregor Mendel — Wikipedia
  18. Jules Verne — Wikipedia
  19. Leo Tolstoy — Wikipedia
  20. Henrik Ibsen — Wikipedia
  21. Emily Dickinson — Wikipedia
  22. Sitting Bull — Wikipedia
  23. Alfred Nobel — Wikipedia
  24. Dmitri Mendeleev — Wikipedia
  25. Mark Twain — Wikipedia
  26. Andrew Carnegie — Wikipedia
  27. John D. Rockefeller — Wikipedia
  28. Claude Monet — Wikipedia
  29. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Wikipedia
  30. Émile Zola — Wikipedia
  31. Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Wikipedia
  32. Friedrich Nietzsche — Wikipedia
  33. Sarah Bernhardt — Wikipedia
  34. Thomas Edison — Wikipedia
  35. Alexander Graham Bell — Wikipedia
  36. Paul Gauguin — Wikipedia
  37. Antoni Gaudí — Wikipedia
  38. Vincent van Gogh — Wikipedia
  39. Oscar Wilde — Wikipedia
  40. Sigmund Freud — Wikipedia
  41. Nikola Tesla — Wikipedia
  42. Woodrow Wilson — Wikipedia
  43. George Bernard Shaw — Wikipedia
  44. Theodore Roosevelt — Wikipedia
  45. Emmeline Pankhurst — Wikipedia
  46. Max Planck — Wikipedia
  47. Arthur Conan Doyle — Wikipedia
  48. Anton Chekhov — Wikipedia
  49. Rabindranath Tagore — Wikipedia
  50. Gustav Klimt — Wikipedia
  51. Claude Debussy — Wikipedia
  52. David Hilbert — Wikipedia
  53. Henry Ford — Wikipedia
  54. Edvard Munch — Wikipedia
  55. Max Weber — Wikipedia
  56. Rudyard Kipling — Wikipedia
  57. H. G. Wells — Wikipedia
  58. Sun Yat-sen — Wikipedia
  59. Marie Curie — Wikipedia
  60. Frank Lloyd Wright — Wikipedia
  61. Scott Joplin — Wikipedia
  62. Maxim Gorky — Wikipedia
  63. Mahatma Gandhi — Wikipedia
  64. Grigori Rasputin — Wikipedia
  65. Henri Matisse — Wikipedia
  66. Vladimir Lenin — Wikipedia
  67. Marcel Proust — Wikipedia
  68. Wright brothers — Wikipedia
  69. Rosa Luxemburg — Wikipedia
  70. Ernest Rutherford — Wikipedia
  71. Roald Amundsen — Wikipedia
  72. Bertrand Russell — Wikipedia
  73. Ernest Shackleton — Wikipedia
  74. Guglielmo Marconi — Wikipedia
  75. Winston Churchill — Wikipedia
  76. Harry Houdini — Wikipedia
  77. Carl Jung — Wikipedia
  78. Albert Schweitzer — Wikipedia
  79. Thomas Mann — Wikipedia
  80. Pancho Villa — Wikipedia
  81. Lise Meitner — Wikipedia
  82. Joseph Stalin — Wikipedia
  83. Albert Einstein — Wikipedia
  84. Leon Trotsky — Wikipedia
  85. Helen Keller — Wikipedia
  86. Pablo Picasso — Wikipedia
  87. Alexander Fleming — Wikipedia
  88. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk — Wikipedia
  89. Virginia Woolf — Wikipedia
  90. James Joyce — Wikipedia
  91. Igor Stravinsky — Wikipedia
  92. Franklin D. Roosevelt — Wikipedia
  93. Coco Chanel — Wikipedia
  94. Franz Kafka — Wikipedia
  95. Benito Mussolini — Wikipedia
  96. John Maynard Keynes — Wikipedia
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