TIMELINER

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Who Was Alive in 1829

32 of 328 historical figures were alive in 1829

Hokusai
HokusaiAge 69
1760–1849 · Art
The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò PaganiniAge 47
1782–1840 · Music
Virtuoso violinist, the Devil's violinist
Simón Bolívar
Simón BolívarAge 46
1783–1830 · Politics & Leadership
Liberator of South America
Jacob Grimm
Jacob GrimmAge 44
1785–1863 · Literature
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Michael Faraday
Michael FaradayAge 38
1791–1867 · Science & Invention
Electromagnetic induction
Charles Babbage
Charles BabbageAge 38
1791–1871 · Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander PushkinAge 30
1799–1837 · Literature
Father of Russian literature
Victor Hugo
Victor HugoAge 27
1802–1885 · Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian AndersenAge 24
1805–1875 · Literature
The Little Mermaid, fairy tales
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham LincolnAge 20
1809–1865 · Politics & Leadership
16th US President, ended slavery
Charles Darwin
Charles DarwinAge 20
1809–1882 · Science & Invention
Theory of evolution by natural selection
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan PoeAge 20
1809–1849 · Literature
Master of the macabre, The Raven
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric ChopinAge 19
1810–1849 · Music
Romantic piano virtuoso
Charles Dickens
Charles DickensAge 17
1812–1870 · Literature
A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe VerdiAge 16
1813–1901 · Music
La Traviata, Aida — operatic master
Richard Wagner
Richard WagnerAge 16
1813–1883 · Music
Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera
Otto von Bismarck
Otto von BismarckAge 14
1815–1898 · Politics & Leadership
Unified Germany, the Iron Chancellor
Ada Lovelace
Ada LovelaceAge 14
1815–1852 · Science & Invention
First computer programmer
Emily Brontë
Emily BrontëAge 11
1818–1848 · Literature
Wuthering Heights
Frederick Douglass
Frederick DouglassAge 11
1818–1895 · Activism & Social Change
Abolitionist, orator, writer
Karl Marx
Karl MarxAge 11
1818–1883 · Philosophy & Thought
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto
Herman Melville
Herman MelvilleAge 10
1819–1891 · Literature
Moby-Dick
Queen Victoria
Queen VictoriaAge 10
1819–1901 · Politics & Leadership
Longest-reigning British monarch of her era
Walt Whitman
Walt WhitmanAge 10
1819–1892 · Literature
Leaves of Grass, father of free verse
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. AnthonyAge 9
1820–1906 · Activism & Social Change
Women's suffrage pioneer
Florence Nightingale
Florence NightingaleAge 9
1820–1910 · Activism & Social Change
Founder of modern nursing
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor DostoevskyAge 8
1821–1881 · Literature
Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov
Harriet Tubman
Harriet TubmanAge 7
1822–1913 · Activism & Social Change
Underground Railroad conductor
Louis Pasteur
Louis PasteurAge 7
1822–1895 · Science & Invention
Germ theory, pasteurization
Gregor Mendel
Gregor MendelAge 7
1822–1884 · Science & Invention
Father of genetics
Jules Verne
Jules VerneAge 1
1828–1905 · Literature
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Leo Tolstoy
Leo TolstoyAge 1
1828–1910 · Literature
War and Peace, Anna Karenina
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