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Who Was Alive in 1896

106 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1896

Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe VerdiAge 83
1813–1901 · Music
La Traviata, Aida — operatic master
Otto von Bismarck
Otto von BismarckAge 81
1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership
Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor
Queen Victoria
Queen VictoriaAge 77
1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership
Longest-reigning British monarch of her era
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. AnthonyAge 76
1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change
Women's suffrage pioneer
Florence Nightingale
Florence NightingaleAge 76
1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change
Founder of modern nursing
Harriet Tubman
Harriet TubmanAge about 74
1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change
Underground Railroad conductor
Jules Verne
Jules VerneAge 68
1828–1905 · Literature
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Leo Tolstoy
Leo TolstoyAge 68
1828–1910 · Literature
War and Peace, Anna Karenina
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik IbsenAge 68
1828–1906 · Literature
Norwegian playwright of A Doll's House
Alfred Nobel
Alfred NobelAge 63
1833–1896 · Science & Invention
Invented dynamite, founded Nobel Prizes
Dmitri Mendeleev
Dmitri MendeleevAge 62
1834–1907 · Science & Invention
Created the periodic table of elements
Mark Twain
Mark TwainAge 61
1835–1910 · Literature
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew CarnegieAge 61
1835–1919 · Business & Industry
Steel magnate, philanthropist
John D. Rockefeller
John D. RockefellerAge 57
1839–1937 · Business & Industry
Standard Oil tycoon, among the richest Americans in history
Claude Monet
Claude MonetAge 56
1840–1926 · Art
Water Lilies, father of Impressionism
Émile Zola
Émile ZolaAge 56
1840–1902 · Literature
French novelist who wrote J'Accuse
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste RenoirAge 55
1841–1919 · Art
Impressionist painter of joyful scenes
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich NietzscheAge 52
1844–1900 · Philosophy & Thought
"God is dead," Beyond Good and Evil
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah BernhardtAge 52
1844–1923 · Film & Entertainment
French stage actress of worldwide fame
Thomas Edison
Thomas EdisonAge 49
1847–1931 · Science & Invention
Light bulb, phonograph, 1000+ patents
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham BellAge 49
1847–1922 · Science & Invention
Invented the telephone
Paul Gauguin
Paul GauguinAge 48
1848–1903 · Art
Post-Impressionist painter of Tahiti
Antoni Gaudí
Antoni GaudíAge 44
1852–1926 · Art
Sagrada Família architect
Oscar Wilde
Oscar WildeAge 42
1854–1900 · Literature
The Picture of Dorian Gray, wit and charm
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund FreudAge 40
1856–1939 · Philosophy & Thought
Father of psychoanalysis
Nikola Tesla
Nikola TeslaAge 40
1856–1943 · Science & Invention
AC electricity, visionary inventor
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow WilsonAge 40
1856–1924 · Politics & Leadership
28th US President, League of Nations
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard ShawAge 40
1856–1950 · Literature
Irish playwright of Pygmalion
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore RooseveltAge 38
1858–1919 · Politics & Leadership
26th US President, Rough Rider
Emmeline Pankhurst
Emmeline PankhurstAge 38
1858–1928 · Activism & Social Change
British suffragette leader
Max Planck
Max PlanckAge 38
1858–1947 · Science & Invention
Father of quantum theory
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan DoyleAge 37
1859–1930 · Literature
Creator of Sherlock Holmes
Anton Chekhov
Anton ChekhovAge 36
1860–1904 · Literature
Russian playwright and short-story master
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath TagoreAge 35
1861–1941 · Literature
First non-European Nobel laureate in Literature
Gustav Klimt
Gustav KlimtAge 34
1862–1918 · Art
The Kiss, Art Nouveau master
Claude Debussy
Claude DebussyAge 34
1862–1918 · Music
Clair de Lune, Impressionist music
David Hilbert
David HilbertAge 34
1862–1943 · Science & Invention
German mathematician of Hilbert's problems
Henry Ford
Henry FordAge 33
1863–1947 · Business & Industry
Assembly line, Model T automobile
Edvard Munch
Edvard MunchAge 33
1863–1944 · Art
The Scream
Max Weber
Max WeberAge 32
1864–1920 · Philosophy & Thought
A founder of modern sociology
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard KiplingAge 31
1865–1936 · Literature
Author of The Jungle Book, Nobel laureate
H.G. Wells
H.G. WellsAge 30
1866–1946 · Literature
The War of the Worlds, science fiction pioneer
Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-senAge 30
1866–1925 · Politics & Leadership
Father of the Republic of China
Marie Curie
Marie CurieAge 29
1867–1934 · Science & Invention
Radioactivity, first woman Nobel laureate
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd WrightAge 29
1867–1959 · Art
American architect of Fallingwater
Scott Joplin
Scott JoplinAge 28
1868–1917 · Music
King of Ragtime
Maxim Gorky
Maxim GorkyAge 28
1868–1936 · Literature
Russian writer of The Lower Depths
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma GandhiAge 27
1869–1948 · Politics & Leadership
Nonviolent independence leader of India
Grigori Rasputin
Grigori RasputinAge 27
1869–1916 · Politics & Leadership
Mystic who influenced the Russian royal family
Henri Matisse
Henri MatisseAge 27
1869–1954 · Art
Leader of Fauvism, master of color and cut-outs
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir LeninAge 26
1870–1924 · Politics & Leadership
Bolshevik leader of the October Revolution
Marcel Proust
Marcel ProustAge 25
1871–1922 · Literature
In Search of Lost Time
Orville Wright
Orville WrightAge 25
1871–1948 · Science & Invention
Co-inventor of the airplane
Rosa Luxemburg
Rosa LuxemburgAge 25
1871–1919 · Activism & Social Change
Marxist theorist and revolutionary
Ernest Rutherford
Ernest RutherfordAge 25
1871–1937 · Science & Invention
Father of nuclear physics
Roald Amundsen
Roald AmundsenAge 24
1872–1928 · Exploration
First to reach the South Pole
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand RussellAge 24
1872–1970 · Philosophy & Thought
Logician, philosopher and Nobel laureate
Ernest Shackleton
Ernest ShackletonAge 22
1874–1922 · Exploration
Heroic Antarctic explorer, Endurance expedition
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo MarconiAge 22
1874–1937 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of long-distance radio
Winston Churchill
Winston ChurchillAge 22
1874–1965 · Politics & Leadership
British PM who led WWII effort
Harry Houdini
Harry HoudiniAge 22
1874–1926 · Film & Entertainment
Legendary escape artist & illusionist
Carl Jung
Carl JungAge 21
1875–1961 · Philosophy & Thought
Analytical psychology, archetypes
Albert Schweitzer
Albert SchweitzerAge 21
1875–1965 · Philosophy & Thought
Nobel Peace Prize physician, theologian and organist
Thomas Mann
Thomas MannAge 21
1875–1955 · Literature
German novelist of The Magic Mountain
Pancho Villa
Pancho VillaAge 18
1878–1923 · Politics & Leadership
Mexican revolutionary general
Lise Meitner
Lise MeitnerAge 18
1878–1968 · Science & Invention
Discovered nuclear fission, overlooked for Nobel
Joseph Stalin
Joseph StalinAge 18
1878–1953 · Politics & Leadership
Leader of the Soviet Union 1924–1953
Albert Einstein
Albert EinsteinAge 17
1879–1955 · Science & Invention
Theory of relativity, E=mc²
Leon Trotsky
Leon TrotskyAge 17
1879–1940 · Politics & Leadership
Russian revolutionary, founder of the Red Army
Helen Keller
Helen KellerAge 16
1880–1968 · Activism & Social Change
Deafblind author and activist, The Story of My Life
Pablo Picasso
Pablo PicassoAge 15
1881–1973 · Art
Cubism, Guernica, most prolific artist
Alexander Fleming
Alexander FlemingAge 15
1881–1955 · Science & Invention
Discovered penicillin
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal AtatürkAge 15
1881–1938 · Politics & Leadership
Founder and first president of modern Turkey
Virginia Woolf
Virginia WoolfAge 14
1882–1941 · Literature
Mrs Dalloway, modernist pioneer
James Joyce
James JoyceAge 14
1882–1941 · Literature
Ulysses, literary revolutionary
Igor Stravinsky
Igor StravinskyAge 14
1882–1971 · Music
The Rite of Spring, modern classical
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. RooseveltAge 14
1882–1945 · Politics & Leadership
32nd US President, New Deal, WWII leader
Coco Chanel
Coco ChanelAge 13
1883–1971 · Business & Industry
Fashion icon, Chanel No. 5
Franz Kafka
Franz KafkaAge 13
1883–1924 · Literature
The Metamorphosis, surreal fiction
Benito Mussolini
Benito MussoliniAge 13
1883–1945 · Politics & Leadership
Fascist dictator of Italy 1922–1943
John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard KeynesAge 13
1883–1946 · Philosophy & Thought
Economist who founded Keynesian economics
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor RooseveltAge 12
1884–1962 · Activism & Social Change
First Lady, UN delegate, human rights champion
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. TrumanAge 12
1884–1972 · Politics & Leadership
33rd US president at the end of World War II
Niels Bohr
Niels BohrAge 11
1885–1962 · Science & Invention
Atomic model, quantum mechanics pioneer
Diego Rivera
Diego RiveraAge 10
1886–1957 · Art
Mexican muralist, political artist
Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin SchrödingerAge 9
1887–1961 · Science & Invention
Schrödinger's cat, wave equation
Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'KeeffeAge 9
1887–1986 · Art
Mother of American modernism
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shekAge 9
1887–1975 · Politics & Leadership
Nationalist leader of the Republic of China
Le Corbusier
Le CorbusierAge 9
1887–1965 · Art
Pioneer of modern architecture
T. S. Eliot
T. S. EliotAge 8
1888–1965 · Literature
The Waste Land, Nobel-winning modernist poet
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie ChaplinAge 7
1889–1977 · Film & Entertainment
The Tramp, silent film legend
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal NehruAge 7
1889–1964 · Politics & Leadership
First Prime Minister of independent India
Adolf Hitler
Adolf HitlerAge 7
1889–1945 · Politics & Leadership
Nazi dictator of Germany 1933–1945
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig WittgensteinAge 7
1889–1951 · Philosophy & Thought
Philosopher of logic and language
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi MinhAge 6
1890–1969 · Politics & Leadership
Revolutionary leader of Vietnam
Agatha Christie
Agatha ChristieAge 6
1890–1976 · Literature
Best-selling mystery novelist ever
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. EisenhowerAge 6
1890–1969 · Politics & Leadership
WWII Supreme Commander, 34th US President
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de GaulleAge 6
1890–1970 · Politics & Leadership
Leader of Free France, French President
Haile Selassie
Haile SelassieAge 4
1892–1975 · Politics & Leadership
Emperor of Ethiopia, Rastafari symbol
J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. TolkienAge 4
1892–1973 · Literature
The Lord of the Rings, Middle-earth
Mao Zedong
Mao ZedongAge 3
1893–1976 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of the People's Republic of China
Aldous Huxley
Aldous HuxleyAge 2
1894–1963 · Literature
Author of the dystopian novel Brave New World
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita KhrushchevAge 2
1894–1971 · Politics & Leadership
Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Babe Ruth
Babe RuthAge 1
1895–1948 · Sports
Baseball's Sultan of Swat
Buster Keaton
Buster KeatonAge 1
1895–1966 · Film & Entertainment
Silent film comedian, The General
F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott FitzgeraldAge 0
1896–1940 · Literature
The Great Gatsby

Born in 1896

F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald
1896–1940 · Literature
The Great Gatsby

Also Born in 1896

1896–1974 · born December 1
Soviet military leader (1896–1974)
1896–1980 · born August 9
Swiss psychologist (1896–1980)
1896–1981 · born October 12
Italian writer (1896–1981)
1896–1966 · born February 19
French co-founder of Surrealism (1896–1966)
1896–1957 · born August 15
Czech-American biochemist (1896–1957)
1896–1963 · born April 28
Romanian-French poet (1896–1963)
1896–1934 · born November 17
Soviet psychologist (1896–1934)
1896–1968 · born July 16
UN Secretary-General from 1946 to 1952
1896–1977 · born September 1
Indian spiritual teacher (1896–1977)
1896–1948 · born September 4
French artist (1896–1948)
1896–1958 · born June 7
Hungarian politician and leader of the 1956 revolution (1896–1958)
1896–1990 · born September 25
President of Italy from 1978 to 1985

Died in 1896

Alfred Nobel
Alfred Nobel
1833–1896 · Science & Invention
Invented dynamite, founded Nobel Prizes

Also Died in 1896

1811–1896 · died July 1
American abolitionist and author (1811-1896)
1844–1896 · died January 8
French poet (1844–1896)
1824–1896 · died October 11
Austrian composer (1824–1896)
1861–1896 · died December 30
Filipino nationalist, writer, and polymath (1861–1896)
1819–1896 · died May 20
German pianist and composer (1819–1896)
1834–1896 · died October 3
English textile artist, author, and socialist (1834–1896)
1829–1896 · died July 13
German organic chemist (1829–1896)
1848–1896 · died August 10
German aviation pioneer (1848–1896)
1819–1896 · died September 18
French physicist (1819–1896)
1822–1896 · died July 16
French writer and critic (1822–1896)
1872–1896 · died November 23
Japanese writer (1872–1896)
1861–1896 · died May 7
American con artist and murderer (1861–1896)

Notable World Events in 1896

Sources

  1. 1896 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. Giuseppe Verdi — Wikipedia
  3. Otto von Bismarck — Wikipedia
  4. Queen Victoria — Wikipedia
  5. Susan B. Anthony — Wikipedia
  6. Florence Nightingale — Wikipedia
  7. Harriet Tubman — Wikipedia
  8. Jules Verne — Wikipedia
  9. Leo Tolstoy — Wikipedia
  10. Henrik Ibsen — Wikipedia
  11. Alfred Nobel — Wikipedia
  12. Dmitri Mendeleev — Wikipedia
  13. Mark Twain — Wikipedia
  14. Andrew Carnegie — Wikipedia
  15. John D. Rockefeller — Wikipedia
  16. Claude Monet — Wikipedia
  17. Émile Zola — Wikipedia
  18. Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Wikipedia
  19. Friedrich Nietzsche — Wikipedia
  20. Sarah Bernhardt — Wikipedia
  21. Thomas Edison — Wikipedia
  22. Alexander Graham Bell — Wikipedia
  23. Paul Gauguin — Wikipedia
  24. Antoni Gaudí — Wikipedia
  25. Oscar Wilde — Wikipedia
  26. Sigmund Freud — Wikipedia
  27. Nikola Tesla — Wikipedia
  28. Woodrow Wilson — Wikipedia
  29. George Bernard Shaw — Wikipedia
  30. Theodore Roosevelt — Wikipedia
  31. Emmeline Pankhurst — Wikipedia
  32. Max Planck — Wikipedia
  33. Arthur Conan Doyle — Wikipedia
  34. Anton Chekhov — Wikipedia
  35. Rabindranath Tagore — Wikipedia
  36. Gustav Klimt — Wikipedia
  37. Claude Debussy — Wikipedia
  38. David Hilbert — Wikipedia
  39. Henry Ford — Wikipedia
  40. Edvard Munch — Wikipedia
  41. Max Weber — Wikipedia
  42. Rudyard Kipling — Wikipedia
  43. H. G. Wells — Wikipedia
  44. Sun Yat-sen — Wikipedia
  45. Marie Curie — Wikipedia
  46. Frank Lloyd Wright — Wikipedia
  47. Scott Joplin — Wikipedia
  48. Maxim Gorky — Wikipedia
  49. Mahatma Gandhi — Wikipedia
  50. Grigori Rasputin — Wikipedia
  51. Henri Matisse — Wikipedia
  52. Vladimir Lenin — Wikipedia
  53. Marcel Proust — Wikipedia
  54. Wright brothers — Wikipedia
  55. Rosa Luxemburg — Wikipedia
  56. Ernest Rutherford — Wikipedia
  57. Roald Amundsen — Wikipedia
  58. Bertrand Russell — Wikipedia
  59. Ernest Shackleton — Wikipedia
  60. Guglielmo Marconi — Wikipedia
  61. Winston Churchill — Wikipedia
  62. Harry Houdini — Wikipedia
  63. Carl Jung — Wikipedia
  64. Albert Schweitzer — Wikipedia
  65. Thomas Mann — Wikipedia
  66. Pancho Villa — Wikipedia
  67. Lise Meitner — Wikipedia
  68. Joseph Stalin — Wikipedia
  69. Albert Einstein — Wikipedia
  70. Leon Trotsky — Wikipedia
  71. Helen Keller — Wikipedia
  72. Pablo Picasso — Wikipedia
  73. Alexander Fleming — Wikipedia
  74. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk — Wikipedia
  75. Virginia Woolf — Wikipedia
  76. James Joyce — Wikipedia
  77. Igor Stravinsky — Wikipedia
  78. Franklin D. Roosevelt — Wikipedia
  79. Coco Chanel — Wikipedia
  80. Franz Kafka — Wikipedia
  81. Benito Mussolini — Wikipedia
  82. John Maynard Keynes — Wikipedia
  83. Eleanor Roosevelt — Wikipedia
  84. Harry S. Truman — Wikipedia
  85. Niels Bohr — Wikipedia
  86. Diego Rivera — Wikipedia
  87. Erwin Schrödinger — Wikipedia
  88. Georgia O'Keeffe — Wikipedia
  89. Chiang Kai-shek — Wikipedia
  90. Le Corbusier — Wikipedia
  91. T. S. Eliot — Wikipedia
  92. Charlie Chaplin — Wikipedia
  93. Jawaharlal Nehru — Wikipedia
  94. Adolf Hitler — Wikipedia
  95. Ludwig Wittgenstein — Wikipedia
  96. Ho Chi Minh — Wikipedia
  97. Agatha Christie — Wikipedia
  98. Dwight D. Eisenhower — Wikipedia
  99. Charles de Gaulle — Wikipedia
  100. Haile Selassie — Wikipedia
  101. J. R. R. Tolkien — Wikipedia
  102. Mao Zedong — Wikipedia
  103. Aldous Huxley — Wikipedia
  104. Nikita Khrushchev — Wikipedia
  105. Babe Ruth — Wikipedia
  106. Buster Keaton — Wikipedia
  107. F. Scott Fitzgerald — Wikipedia
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