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History's most surprising connections

Who Was Alive in 1827

33 of 328 historical figures were alive in 1827

Francisco Goya
Francisco GoyaAge 81
1746–1828 · Art
Spanish Romantic painter
Hokusai
HokusaiAge 67
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van BeethovenAge 57
1770–1827 · Music
Symphonies composed while going deaf
Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò PaganiniAge 45
1782–1840 · Music
Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist
Simón Bolívar
Simón BolívarAge 44
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America
Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 42
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Shaka Zulu
Shaka ZuluAge 40
1787–1828 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of the Zulu Kingdom
Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 36
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 36
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander PushkinAge 28
1799–1837 · Literature
Father of Russian literature
Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 25
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian AndersenAge 22
1805–1875 · Literature
The Little Mermaid, fairy tales
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham LincolnAge 18
1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership
16th US President, ended slavery
Charles Darwin
Charles DarwinAge 18
1809–1882 · Science & Invention
Theory of evolution by natural selection
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan PoeAge 18
1809–1849 · Literature
Master of the macabre, The Raven
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric ChopinAge 17
1810–1849 · Music
Romantic piano virtuoso
Charles Dickens
Charles DickensAge 15
1812–1870 · Literature
A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe VerdiAge 14
1813–1901 · Music
La Traviata, Aida — operatic master
Richard Wagner
Richard WagnerAge 14
1813–1883 · Music
Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera
Otto von Bismarck
Otto von BismarckAge 12
1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership
Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor
Ada Lovelace
Ada LovelaceAge 12
1815–1852 · Science & Invention
First computer programmer
Emily Brontë
Emily BrontëAge 9
1818–1848 · Literature
Wuthering Heights
Frederick Douglass
Frederick DouglassAge 9
1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change
Abolitionist, orator, writer
Karl Marx
Karl MarxAge 9
1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto
Herman Melville
Herman MelvilleAge 8
1819–1891 · Literature
Moby-Dick
Queen Victoria
Queen VictoriaAge 8
1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership
Longest-reigning British monarch of her era
Walt Whitman
Walt WhitmanAge 8
1819–1892 · Literature
Leaves of Grass, father of free verse
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. AnthonyAge 7
1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change
Women's suffrage pioneer
Florence Nightingale
Florence NightingaleAge 7
1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change
Founder of modern nursing
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor DostoevskyAge 6
1821–1881 · Literature
Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov
Harriet Tubman
Harriet TubmanAge 5
1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change
Underground Railroad conductor
Louis Pasteur
Louis PasteurAge 5
1822–1895 · Science & Invention
Germ theory, pasteurization
Gregor Mendel
Gregor MendelAge 5
1822–1884 · Science & Invention
Father of genetics
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