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Who Was Alive in 1886

95 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1886

Franz Liszt
Franz LisztAge 75
1811–1886 · Music
Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe VerdiAge 73
1813–1901 · Music
La Traviata, Aida — operatic master
Otto von Bismarck
Otto von BismarckAge 71
1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership
Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor
Frederick Douglass
Frederick DouglassAge 68
1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change
Abolitionist, orator, writer
Herman Melville
Herman MelvilleAge 67
1819–1891 · Literature
Moby-Dick
Queen Victoria
Queen VictoriaAge 67
1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership
Longest-reigning British monarch of her era
Walt Whitman
Walt WhitmanAge 67
1819–1892 · Literature
Leaves of Grass, father of free verse
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. AnthonyAge 66
1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change
Women's suffrage pioneer
Florence Nightingale
Florence NightingaleAge 66
1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change
Founder of modern nursing
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich EngelsAge 66
1820–1895 · Philosophy & Thought
Co-author of The Communist Manifesto with Marx
Harriet Tubman
Harriet TubmanAge about 64
1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change
Underground Railroad conductor
Louis Pasteur
Louis PasteurAge 64
1822–1895 · Science & Invention
Germ theory, pasteurization
Jules Verne
Jules VerneAge 58
1828–1905 · Literature
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Leo Tolstoy
Leo TolstoyAge 58
1828–1910 · Literature
War and Peace, Anna Karenina
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik IbsenAge 58
1828–1906 · Literature
Norwegian playwright of A Doll's House
Emily Dickinson
Emily DickinsonAge 56
1830–1886 · Literature
Reclusive poetic genius
Sitting Bull
Sitting BullAge about 55
1831–1890 · Politics & Leadership
Lakota leader who defeated Custer at Little Bighorn
Alfred Nobel
Alfred NobelAge 53
1833–1896 · Science & Invention
Invented dynamite, founded Nobel Prizes
Dmitri Mendeleev
Dmitri MendeleevAge 52
1834–1907 · Science & Invention
Created the periodic table of elements
Mark Twain
Mark TwainAge 51
1835–1910 · Literature
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew CarnegieAge 51
1835–1919 · Business & Industry
Steel magnate, philanthropist
John D. Rockefeller
John D. RockefellerAge 47
1839–1937 · Business & Industry
Standard Oil tycoon, among the richest Americans in history
Claude Monet
Claude MonetAge 46
1840–1926 · Art
Water Lilies, father of Impressionism
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pyotr TchaikovskyAge 46
1840–1893 · Music
Swan Lake, The Nutcracker
Émile Zola
Émile ZolaAge 46
1840–1902 · Literature
French novelist who wrote J'Accuse
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste RenoirAge 45
1841–1919 · Art
Impressionist painter of joyful scenes
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich NietzscheAge 42
1844–1900 · Philosophy & Thought
"God is dead," Beyond Good and Evil
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah BernhardtAge 42
1844–1923 · Film & Entertainment
French stage actress of worldwide fame
Thomas Edison
Thomas EdisonAge 39
1847–1931 · Science & Invention
Light bulb, phonograph, 1000+ patents
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham BellAge 39
1847–1922 · Science & Invention
Invented the telephone
Paul Gauguin
Paul GauguinAge 38
1848–1903 · Art
Post-Impressionist painter of Tahiti
Antoni Gaudí
Antoni GaudíAge 34
1852–1926 · Art
Sagrada Família architect
Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van GoghAge 33
1853–1890 · Art
Starry Night, post-Impressionist icon
Oscar Wilde
Oscar WildeAge 32
1854–1900 · Literature
The Picture of Dorian Gray, wit and charm
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund FreudAge 30
1856–1939 · Philosophy & Thought
Father of psychoanalysis
Nikola Tesla
Nikola TeslaAge 30
1856–1943 · Science & Invention
AC electricity, visionary inventor
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow WilsonAge 30
1856–1924 · Politics & Leadership
28th US President, League of Nations
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard ShawAge 30
1856–1950 · Literature
Irish playwright of Pygmalion
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore RooseveltAge 28
1858–1919 · Politics & Leadership
26th US President, Rough Rider
Emmeline Pankhurst
Emmeline PankhurstAge 28
1858–1928 · Activism & Social Change
British suffragette leader
Max Planck
Max PlanckAge 28
1858–1947 · Science & Invention
Father of quantum theory
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan DoyleAge 27
1859–1930 · Literature
Creator of Sherlock Holmes
Anton Chekhov
Anton ChekhovAge 26
1860–1904 · Literature
Russian playwright and short-story master
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath TagoreAge 25
1861–1941 · Literature
First non-European Nobel laureate in Literature
Gustav Klimt
Gustav KlimtAge 24
1862–1918 · Art
The Kiss, Art Nouveau master
Claude Debussy
Claude DebussyAge 24
1862–1918 · Music
Clair de Lune, Impressionist music
David Hilbert
David HilbertAge 24
1862–1943 · Science & Invention
German mathematician of Hilbert's problems
Henry Ford
Henry FordAge 23
1863–1947 · Business & Industry
Assembly line, Model T automobile
Edvard Munch
Edvard MunchAge 23
1863–1944 · Art
The Scream
Max Weber
Max WeberAge 22
1864–1920 · Philosophy & Thought
A founder of modern sociology
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard KiplingAge 21
1865–1936 · Literature
Author of The Jungle Book, Nobel laureate
H.G. Wells
H.G. WellsAge 20
1866–1946 · Literature
The War of the Worlds, science fiction pioneer
Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-senAge 20
1866–1925 · Politics & Leadership
Father of the Republic of China
Marie Curie
Marie CurieAge 19
1867–1934 · Science & Invention
Radioactivity, first woman Nobel laureate
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd WrightAge 19
1867–1959 · Art
American architect of Fallingwater
Scott Joplin
Scott JoplinAge 18
1868–1917 · Music
King of Ragtime
Maxim Gorky
Maxim GorkyAge 18
1868–1936 · Literature
Russian writer of The Lower Depths
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma GandhiAge 17
1869–1948 · Politics & Leadership
Nonviolent independence leader of India
Grigori Rasputin
Grigori RasputinAge 17
1869–1916 · Politics & Leadership
Mystic who influenced the Russian royal family
Henri Matisse
Henri MatisseAge 17
1869–1954 · Art
Leader of Fauvism, master of color and cut-outs
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir LeninAge 16
1870–1924 · Politics & Leadership
Bolshevik leader of the October Revolution
Marcel Proust
Marcel ProustAge 15
1871–1922 · Literature
In Search of Lost Time
Orville Wright
Orville WrightAge 15
1871–1948 · Science & Invention
Co-inventor of the airplane
Rosa Luxemburg
Rosa LuxemburgAge 15
1871–1919 · Activism & Social Change
Marxist theorist and revolutionary
Ernest Rutherford
Ernest RutherfordAge 15
1871–1937 · Science & Invention
Father of nuclear physics
Roald Amundsen
Roald AmundsenAge 14
1872–1928 · Exploration
First to reach the South Pole
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand RussellAge 14
1872–1970 · Philosophy & Thought
Logician, philosopher and Nobel laureate
Ernest Shackleton
Ernest ShackletonAge 12
1874–1922 · Exploration
Heroic Antarctic explorer, Endurance expedition
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo MarconiAge 12
1874–1937 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of long-distance radio
Winston Churchill
Winston ChurchillAge 12
1874–1965 · Politics & Leadership
British PM who led WWII effort
Harry Houdini
Harry HoudiniAge 12
1874–1926 · Film & Entertainment
Legendary escape artist & illusionist
Carl Jung
Carl JungAge 11
1875–1961 · Philosophy & Thought
Analytical psychology, archetypes
Albert Schweitzer
Albert SchweitzerAge 11
1875–1965 · Philosophy & Thought
Nobel Peace Prize physician, theologian and organist
Thomas Mann
Thomas MannAge 11
1875–1955 · Literature
German novelist of The Magic Mountain
Pancho Villa
Pancho VillaAge 8
1878–1923 · Politics & Leadership
Mexican revolutionary general
Lise Meitner
Lise MeitnerAge 8
1878–1968 · Science & Invention
Discovered nuclear fission, overlooked for Nobel
Joseph Stalin
Joseph StalinAge 8
1878–1953 · Politics & Leadership
Leader of the Soviet Union 1924–1953
Albert Einstein
Albert EinsteinAge 7
1879–1955 · Science & Invention
Theory of relativity, E=mc²
Leon Trotsky
Leon TrotskyAge 7
1879–1940 · Politics & Leadership
Russian revolutionary, founder of the Red Army
Helen Keller
Helen KellerAge 6
1880–1968 · Activism & Social Change
Deafblind author and activist, The Story of My Life
Pablo Picasso
Pablo PicassoAge 5
1881–1973 · Art
Cubism, Guernica, most prolific artist
Alexander Fleming
Alexander FlemingAge 5
1881–1955 · Science & Invention
Discovered penicillin
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal AtatürkAge 5
1881–1938 · Politics & Leadership
Founder and first president of modern Turkey
Virginia Woolf
Virginia WoolfAge 4
1882–1941 · Literature
Mrs Dalloway, modernist pioneer
James Joyce
James JoyceAge 4
1882–1941 · Literature
Ulysses, literary revolutionary
Igor Stravinsky
Igor StravinskyAge 4
1882–1971 · Music
The Rite of Spring, modern classical
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. RooseveltAge 4
1882–1945 · Politics & Leadership
32nd US President, New Deal, WWII leader
Coco Chanel
Coco ChanelAge 3
1883–1971 · Business & Industry
Fashion icon, Chanel No. 5
Franz Kafka
Franz KafkaAge 3
1883–1924 · Literature
The Metamorphosis, surreal fiction
Benito Mussolini
Benito MussoliniAge 3
1883–1945 · Politics & Leadership
Fascist dictator of Italy 1922–1943
John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard KeynesAge 3
1883–1946 · Philosophy & Thought
Economist who founded Keynesian economics
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor RooseveltAge 2
1884–1962 · Activism & Social Change
First Lady, UN delegate, human rights champion
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. TrumanAge 2
1884–1972 · Politics & Leadership
33rd US president at the end of World War II
Niels Bohr
Niels BohrAge 1
1885–1962 · Science & Invention
Atomic model, quantum mechanics pioneer
Diego Rivera
Diego RiveraAge 0
1886–1957 · Art
Mexican muralist, political artist

Born in 1886

Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera
1886–1957 · Art
Mexican muralist, political artist

Also Born in 1886

1886–1973 · born October 16
Prime Minister of Israel (1948–1953; 1955–1963)
1886–1969 · born March 27
German-American architect (1886–1969)
1886–1941 · born May 17
King of Spain from 1886 to 1931
1886–1978 · born December 3
Swedish physicist (1886–1978)
1886–1968 · born May 10
Swiss Protestant theologian (1886–1968)
1886–1963 · born June 29
Prime Minister of France from 1947 to 1948
1886–1977 · born September 26
British physiologist (1886–1977)
1886–1944 · born April 16
German communist politician (1886–1944)
1886–1982 · born November 20
German-Austrian ethologist (1886–1982)
1886–1944 · born July 6
French historian (1886–1944)
1886–1966 · born September 16
German-French sculptor and poet (1886–1966)
1886–1975 · born September 13
English chemist and Nobel laureate (1886–1975)

Died in 1886

Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
1830–1886 · Literature
Reclusive poetic genius
Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt
1811–1886 · Music
Piano virtuoso, composer of the Hungarian Rhapsodies

Also Died in 1886

1829–1886 · died November 18
President of the United States from 1881 to 1885
1811–1886 · died July 31
Hungarian composer and pianist (1811–1886)
1795–1886 · died May 23
German historian (1795–1886)
1823–1886 · died June 14
Russian playwright (1823–1886)
1843–1886 · died August 11
Estonian poet (1843–1886)
1834–1886 · died January 16
Italian opera composer (1834–1886)
1834–1886 · died October 21
Argentine writer (1834–1886)

Sources

  1. 1886 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. Franz Liszt — Wikipedia
  3. Giuseppe Verdi — Wikipedia
  4. Otto von Bismarck — Wikipedia
  5. Frederick Douglass — Wikipedia
  6. Herman Melville — Wikipedia
  7. Queen Victoria — Wikipedia
  8. Walt Whitman — Wikipedia
  9. Susan B. Anthony — Wikipedia
  10. Florence Nightingale — Wikipedia
  11. Friedrich Engels — Wikipedia
  12. Harriet Tubman — Wikipedia
  13. Louis Pasteur — Wikipedia
  14. Jules Verne — Wikipedia
  15. Leo Tolstoy — Wikipedia
  16. Henrik Ibsen — Wikipedia
  17. Emily Dickinson — Wikipedia
  18. Sitting Bull — Wikipedia
  19. Alfred Nobel — Wikipedia
  20. Dmitri Mendeleev — Wikipedia
  21. Mark Twain — Wikipedia
  22. Andrew Carnegie — Wikipedia
  23. John D. Rockefeller — Wikipedia
  24. Claude Monet — Wikipedia
  25. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Wikipedia
  26. Émile Zola — Wikipedia
  27. Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Wikipedia
  28. Friedrich Nietzsche — Wikipedia
  29. Sarah Bernhardt — Wikipedia
  30. Thomas Edison — Wikipedia
  31. Alexander Graham Bell — Wikipedia
  32. Paul Gauguin — Wikipedia
  33. Antoni Gaudí — Wikipedia
  34. Vincent van Gogh — Wikipedia
  35. Oscar Wilde — Wikipedia
  36. Sigmund Freud — Wikipedia
  37. Nikola Tesla — Wikipedia
  38. Woodrow Wilson — Wikipedia
  39. George Bernard Shaw — Wikipedia
  40. Theodore Roosevelt — Wikipedia
  41. Emmeline Pankhurst — Wikipedia
  42. Max Planck — Wikipedia
  43. Arthur Conan Doyle — Wikipedia
  44. Anton Chekhov — Wikipedia
  45. Rabindranath Tagore — Wikipedia
  46. Gustav Klimt — Wikipedia
  47. Claude Debussy — Wikipedia
  48. David Hilbert — Wikipedia
  49. Henry Ford — Wikipedia
  50. Edvard Munch — Wikipedia
  51. Max Weber — Wikipedia
  52. Rudyard Kipling — Wikipedia
  53. H. G. Wells — Wikipedia
  54. Sun Yat-sen — Wikipedia
  55. Marie Curie — Wikipedia
  56. Frank Lloyd Wright — Wikipedia
  57. Scott Joplin — Wikipedia
  58. Maxim Gorky — Wikipedia
  59. Mahatma Gandhi — Wikipedia
  60. Grigori Rasputin — Wikipedia
  61. Henri Matisse — Wikipedia
  62. Vladimir Lenin — Wikipedia
  63. Marcel Proust — Wikipedia
  64. Wright brothers — Wikipedia
  65. Rosa Luxemburg — Wikipedia
  66. Ernest Rutherford — Wikipedia
  67. Roald Amundsen — Wikipedia
  68. Bertrand Russell — Wikipedia
  69. Ernest Shackleton — Wikipedia
  70. Guglielmo Marconi — Wikipedia
  71. Winston Churchill — Wikipedia
  72. Harry Houdini — Wikipedia
  73. Carl Jung — Wikipedia
  74. Albert Schweitzer — Wikipedia
  75. Thomas Mann — Wikipedia
  76. Pancho Villa — Wikipedia
  77. Lise Meitner — Wikipedia
  78. Joseph Stalin — Wikipedia
  79. Albert Einstein — Wikipedia
  80. Leon Trotsky — Wikipedia
  81. Helen Keller — Wikipedia
  82. Pablo Picasso — Wikipedia
  83. Alexander Fleming — Wikipedia
  84. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk — Wikipedia
  85. Virginia Woolf — Wikipedia
  86. James Joyce — Wikipedia
  87. Igor Stravinsky — Wikipedia
  88. Franklin D. Roosevelt — Wikipedia
  89. Coco Chanel — Wikipedia
  90. Franz Kafka — Wikipedia
  91. Benito Mussolini — Wikipedia
  92. John Maynard Keynes — Wikipedia
  93. Eleanor Roosevelt — Wikipedia
  94. Harry S. Truman — Wikipedia
  95. Niels Bohr — Wikipedia
  96. Diego Rivera — Wikipedia
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