TIMELINER

History's most surprising connections

Who Was Alive in 1819

31 of 328 historical figures were alive in 1819

James Watt
James WattAge 83
1736–1819 · Science & Invention
Improved the steam engine
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas JeffersonAge 76
1743–1826 · Politics & Leadership
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 73
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
Edward Jenner
Edward JennerAge 70
1749–1823 · Science & Invention
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine
Hokusai
HokusaiAge 59
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon BonaparteAge 50
1769–1821 · Politics & Leadership
Emperor of France, military genius
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 49
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò PaganiniAge 37
1782–1840 · Music
Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist
Simón Bolívar
Simón BolívarAge 36
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America
Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 34
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Shaka Zulu
Shaka ZuluAge 32
1787–1828 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of the Zulu Kingdom
Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 28
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 28
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander PushkinAge 20
1799–1837 · Literature
Father of Russian literature
Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 17
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian AndersenAge 14
1805–1875 · Literature
The Little Mermaid, fairy tales
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham LincolnAge 10
1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership
16th US President, ended slavery
Charles Darwin
Charles DarwinAge 10
1809–1882 · Science & Invention
Theory of evolution by natural selection
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan PoeAge 10
1809–1849 · Literature
Master of the macabre, The Raven
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric ChopinAge 9
1810–1849 · Music
Romantic piano virtuoso
Charles Dickens
Charles DickensAge 7
1812–1870 · Literature
A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe VerdiAge 6
1813–1901 · Music
La Traviata, Aida — operatic master
Richard Wagner
Richard WagnerAge 6
1813–1883 · Music
Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera
Otto von Bismarck
Otto von BismarckAge 4
1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership
Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor
Ada Lovelace
Ada LovelaceAge 4
1815–1852 · Science & Invention
First computer programmer
Emily Brontë
Emily BrontëAge 1
1818–1848 · Literature
Wuthering Heights
Frederick Douglass
Frederick DouglassAge 1
1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change
Abolitionist, orator, writer
Karl Marx
Karl MarxAge 1
1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto
Herman Melville
Herman MelvilleAge 0
1819–1891 · Literature
Moby-Dick
Queen Victoria
Queen VictoriaAge 0
1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership
Longest-reigning British monarch of her era
Walt Whitman
Walt WhitmanAge 0
1819–1892 · Literature
Leaves of Grass, father of free verse
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