Famous People Who Died In 1849

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Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1849. This list includes people like Edgar Allan Poe, Frédéric Chopin, Delphine LaLaurie, James K. Polk, Anne Brontë and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, poets, composers and artists who died in 1849. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Poland & France and many more countries.
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 1 
Edgar Allan Poe
(Writer and Poet - Widely Regarded as a Central Figure of Romanticism in the United States)
Edgar Allan Poe
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Birthdate: January 19, 1809
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: October 7
 2 
Frédéric Chopin
(Polish Composer and Virtuoso Pianist of the Romantic Period)
Frédéric Chopin
17
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: March 1, 1810
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Żelazowa Wola, Poland
Died: October 17
 3 
James K. Polk
(11th President of the United States)
James K. Polk
6
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 2, 1795
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Pineville, North Carolina, United States
Died: June 15
 4 
Katsushika Hokusai
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Birthdate: October 31, 1760
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Edo, Tokyo, Japan
Died: May 10
 5 
Muhammad Ali of Egypt
(Ottoman Governor of Egypt)
Muhammad Ali of Egypt
8
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 4, 1769
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kavala, Greece
Died: August 2
 6 
Dolley Madison
(Wife of James Madison, the Fourth President of the United States)
Dolley Madison
4
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 20, 1768
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Guilford County
Died: July 12
 7 
Anne Brontë
(Writer)
Anne Brontë
4
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 17, 1820
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Thornton, West Yorkshire
Died: May 28
 8 
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
(Former Queen Consort of the United Kingdom and Hanover (1830 - 1837))
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 13, 1792
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Meiningen, Germany
Died: December 2
 9 
France Prešeren
(Poet, Lawyer, Writer, Poet lawyer)
France Prešeren
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: December 3, 1800
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Vrba
Died: February 8
 10 
Albert Gallatin
(Politician, Diplomat)
Albert Gallatin
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 29, 1761
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Geneva
Died: August 12
 11 
Sándor Petőfi
(Former Hungary's national poet, and was one of the key figures of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848)
Sándor Petőfi
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 1, 1823
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kiskőrös, Hungary
Died: July 31
 12 
Maria Edgeworth
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 1, 1768
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Blackbourton, England
Died: May 22
 13 
Delphine LaLaurie
(New Orleans Socialite and Serial Killer Who Tortured and Murdered Slaves in Her Household)
Delphine LaLaurie
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 19, 1780
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Died: December 7
 14 
Mary Lyon
(Pioneer in Women's Education)
Mary Lyon
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 28, 1797
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Buckland
Died: March 5
 15 
Juliette Récamier
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 3, 1777
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Lyon, France
Died: May 11
 16 
Juliusz Słowacki
(Polish Romantic Poet)
Juliusz Słowacki
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 4, 1809
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Kremenets', Ukraine
Died: April 3
 17 
William II of the Netherlands
(Former King of the Netherlands (1840 - 1849))
William II of the Netherlands
0
Birthdate: December 6, 1792
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: The Hague, Netherlands
Died: March 17
Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 20, 1821
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Modena, Italy
Died: December 15
 19 
Anita Garibaldi
(Giuseppe Garibaldi's wife)
Anita Garibaldi
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 30, 1821
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Laguna, State of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Died: August 4
 20 
Goffredo Mameli
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 5, 1827
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Genoa, Italy
Died: July 6
Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 8, 1798
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: St. Petersburg, Russian
Died: September 9
Charles Albert of Sardinia
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Birthdate: October 2, 1798
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Turin, Italy
Died: July 28
James Clarence Mangan
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 1, 1803
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: June 20
 24 
Hartley Coleridge
(British Poet, Biographer and Essayist Best Known for His Sonnets and for a Lyrical Play Entitled Prometheus)
Hartley Coleridge
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 19, 1796
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Clevedon, Somerset, England
Died: January 6
 25 
Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner
(German Chemist Best Known for Inventing the First Lighter)
Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner
1
Birthdate: December 13, 1780
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Hof, Germany
Died: March 24
 26 
Marie Dorval
(Actress)
Marie Dorval
1
Birthdate: January 6, 1798
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Lorient, France
Died: May 20
 27 
Thomas Robert Bugeaud
(Marshal of France)
Thomas Robert Bugeaud
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 15, 1784
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Limoges, France
Died: June 10
 28 
Johann Strauss I
(composer of the Romantic Period. He was famous for his light music)
Johann Strauss I
2
Birthdate: March 14, 1804
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: September 25
 29 
Nathan Read
(Former United States Representative, Engineer and Inventor of the High-Pressure Steam Engine)
Nathan Read
0
Birthdate: July 2, 1759
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Warren, Massachusetts, United States
Died: January 20
 30 
John Fielden
(Industrialist)
John Fielden
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 17, 1784
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Todmorden, England
Died: May 29
 31 
Joao Maria Ferreira do Amaral
(Politician, Military personnel)
Joao Maria Ferreira do Amaral
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 4, 1803
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Lisbon, Portugal
Died: August 22
 32 
János Damjanich
(Former general of the Hungarian Revolutionary Army in 1848)
János Damjanich
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 8, 1804
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Sunja, Croatia
Died: October 6
 33 
Ruan Yuan
(Official)
Ruan Yuan
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 21, 1764
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Yizheng, China
Died: November 27
 34 
Carlo Rossi
(Former architect who worked in Imperial Russia)
Carlo Rossi
0
Listed In: Architects
Birthdate: 1775 AD
Birthplace: Naples, Italy
Died: April 18
 35 
William Miller
(Preacher)
William Miller
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 15, 1782
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States
Died: December 20
 36 
Otto Nicolai
(composer)
Otto Nicolai
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: June 8, 1810
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Königsberg
Died: May 11
 37 
William Etty
(Painter)
William Etty
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Birthdate: March 10, 1787
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: York
Died: November 13
 38 
Lajos Batthyány
(Statesman)
Lajos Batthyány
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 10, 1807
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bratislava, Slovakia
Died: October 6
 39 
Jacob Perkins
(American Inventor, Mechanical Engineer and Physicist Known for His Inventing of 'Refrigerator')
Jacob Perkins
1
Birthdate: July 9, 1766
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
Died: July 30
 40 
Marc Isambard Brunel
(French-British Engineer Who Constructed the 'Thames Tunnel')
Marc Isambard Brunel
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Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: April 25, 1769
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Hacqueville, Normandy, France
Died: December 12
 41 
Elijah Johnson
(Colonial agent)
Elijah Johnson
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1789 AD
Birthplace: Liberia
Died: April 3
 42 
Ernő Kiss
(Former Lieutenant-general who is considered one of the 13 Martyrs of Arad)
Ernő Kiss
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 13, 1799
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Timișoara, Romania
Died: October 6
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
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Listed In:
Birthdate: September 1, 1789
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Clonmel
Died: June 4
 44 
Vilmos Lázár
(Former honvéd colonel in the Hungarian Army)
Vilmos Lázár
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 24, 1817
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Zrenjanin, Serbia
Died: October 6
 45 
Friedrich Kalkbrenner
(First Pianist to Introduce Long and Rapid Octave Passages in Both Hands)
Friedrich Kalkbrenner
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: November 2, 1785
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: near Kassel, Germany
Died: June 10
 46 
Elias Parish Alvars
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: February 28, 1808
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Devon, England
Died: January 25
Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 30, 1842
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: July 10
George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 25, 1784
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Beckenham, Kent, England
Died: January 1
 49 
Ebenezer Elliott
(English Poet)
Ebenezer Elliott
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 17, 1781
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Rotherham, England
Died: December 1
 50 
Benjamin D'Urban
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 16, 1777
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Halesworth, England
Died: May 25