Famous People Who Died In 1852

Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1852. This list includes people like Ada Lovelace, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Louis Braille and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, military leaders, mathematicians and poets who died in 1852. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & Russia and many more countries.
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 1 
Ada Lovelace
(Countess of Lovelace)
Ada Lovelace
38
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 10, 1815
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: London
Died: November 27
 2 
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
(Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1828 - 1830, 1834))
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
13
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 1, 1769
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: September 14
 3 
Henry Clay
(Political Leader)
Henry Clay
6
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 12, 1777
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Hanover County, Virginia, United States
Died: June 29
 4 
Louis Braille
(Inventor of Braille)
Louis Braille
40
Birthdate: January 4, 1809
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Coupvray
Died: January 6
 5 
Daniel Webster
(Former United States Senator)
Daniel Webster
8
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 18, 1782
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Salisbury, New Hampshire, United States
Died: October 24
 6 
Nikolai Gogol
(Russian Novelist, Short Story Writer and Playwright)
Nikolai Gogol
4
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 1, 1809
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Velyki Sorochyntsi, Ukraine
Died: March 4
 7 
Thomas Moore
(Irish Poet and Singer Known for His Lyrics to the Popular Song ‘The Last Rose of Summer’)
Thomas Moore
2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: May 28, 1779
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: March 25
 8 
Louisa Adams
(Former First Lady of the United States)
Louisa Adams
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 12, 1775
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom
Died: May 15
 9 
Amir Kabir
(Chancellor of Persia)
Amir Kabir
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 9, 1807
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Hezaveh, Iran
Died: January 10
 10 
Friedrich Froebel
(Pedagogue)
Friedrich Froebel
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 21, 1782
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Oberweißbach, Germany
Died: June 21
 11 
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
(Russian Cartographer, Naval Officer, and Explorer)
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 20, 1778
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Lahetaguse
Died: January 25
 12 
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn
(German Gymnastics Educator)
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 11, 1778
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Lanz, Germany
Died: October 15
 13 
Augustus Pugin
(English Architect and Designer Known for His Pioneering Role in the Gothic Revival Style of Architecture)
Augustus Pugin
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 1, 1812
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Keppel Street, Bloomsbury, London, England
Died: September 14
 14 
Frances Wright
(Writer, Philosopher)
Frances Wright
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 6, 1795
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Dundee
Died: December 13
 15 
Margaret Taylor
(Former First Lady of the United States)
Margaret Taylor
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 21, 1788
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Calvert County, Maryland, United States
Died: August 14
 16 
Gideon Mantell
(British Geologist and Palaeontologist)
Gideon Mantell
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: February 3, 1790
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Lewes, Sussex, England
Died: November 10
 17 
Horatio Greenough
(Sculptor)
Horatio Greenough
0
Birthdate: September 6, 1805
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: December 18
 18 
Johan Gadolin
(Finnish Physicist, Chemist, and Mineralogist Who Achieved Popularity for His Description of Yttrium)
Johan Gadolin
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: June 5, 1760
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Turku, Finland
Died: August 15
 19 
Omar Ali Saifuddin II
(23rd Sultan of Brunei)
Omar Ali Saifuddin II
0
Birthdate: February 3, 1799
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Died: November 20
 20 
Vasily Zhukovsky
(Russian Poet)
Vasily Zhukovsky
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 9, 1783
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Mishenskoe, Russia
Died: April 24
 21 
Sara Coleridge
(Author)
Sara Coleridge
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 23, 1802
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Cumberland, England
Died: May 3
 22 
Hendrik Potgieter
(South African Politician)
Hendrik Potgieter
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 19, 1792
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Graaff-Reinet, South Africa
Died: December 16
 23 
Gotthold Eisenstein
(Mathematician)
Gotthold Eisenstein
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: April 16, 1823
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: October 11
 24 
Karl Bryullov
(Russian Painter)
Karl Bryullov
0
Birthdate: December 12, 1799
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: June 11
 25 
John McKinley
(Jurist)
John McKinley
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: May 1, 1780
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Culpeper County, Virginia, United States
Died: July 19
 26 
Pavel Andreyevich Fedotov
(Painter)
Pavel Andreyevich Fedotov
0
Birthdate: July 4, 1815
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: November 26
 27 
Ján Kollár
(Slovak Poet Who Played an Important Part in the National and Literary Revival of the Slavs)
Ján Kollár
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 29, 1793
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Mošovce, Slovakia
Died: January 24
 28 
John Lloyd Stephens
(Academic, Journalist, Archaeologist)
John Lloyd Stephens
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 28, 1805
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Shrewsbury, New Jersey
Died: October 13
 29 
Andrew Jackson Downing
Andrew Jackson Downing
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 31, 1815
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Newburgh, New York, United States
Died: July 28
 30 
Hosea Ballou
(Former Universalist clergyman, theological writer)
Hosea Ballou
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 30, 1771
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Richmond, New Hampshire, United States
Died: June 6
 31 
George William Evans
(Explorer)
George William Evans
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 5, 1780
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Warwick, England
Died: October 16
 32 
John Vanderlyn
(Painter)
John Vanderlyn
0
Birthdate: October 15, 1776
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kingston, New York, United States
Died: September 23
 33 
John Howard Payne
(Actor)
John Howard Payne
0
Birthdate: June 9, 1791
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: April 10
 34 
Mary Anne Clarke
(Author)
Mary Anne Clarke
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 3, 1776
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: London, England
Died: June 21
 35 
Rose Philippine Duchesne
(Sister)
Rose Philippine Duchesne
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 29, 1769
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Grenoble, France
Died: November 18
 36 
Marie of Hesse-Kassel
(Queen)
Marie of Hesse-Kassel
1
Birthdate: October 28, 1767
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Hanau, Germany
Died: March 22
 37 
Edward Bransfield
(Explorer)
Edward Bransfield
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1785 AD
Birthplace: Ballinacurra, County Cork, Ireland
Died: October 31
 38 
Eli Terry
(Inventor)
Eli Terry
0
Birthdate: April 13, 1772
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: East Windsor, Connecticut, United States
Died: February 24
 39 
Philander Chase
(Bishop)
Philander Chase
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 14, 1775
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Cornish, New Hampshire, United States
Died: September 20
 40 
Matthias Castrén
(Finnish Nationalist and Pioneer in the Study of Arctic and Siberian Uralic and Altaic Languages)
Matthias Castrén
0
Birthdate: December 2, 1813
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Tervola, Finland
Died: May 7
 41 
Feng Yunshan
(Chinese Political leader)
Feng Yunshan
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 1815 AD
Birthplace: Guangdong, China
Died: June 10
 42 
Vincenzo Gioberti
(Philosopher)
Vincenzo Gioberti
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 5, 1801
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Turin, Italy
Died: October 26
 43 
Gaspard Gourgaud
(Soldier)
Gaspard Gourgaud
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 14, 1783
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Versailles, France
Died: July 25
 44 
Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg
(Duke of Leuchtenberg (28 March 1835 – 1 November 1852))
Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 1, 1817
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Died: November 1
 45 
Prince Paul of Württemberg
(Prince)
Prince Paul of Württemberg
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 19, 1785
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: April 16
 46 
Alexander Parris
(American Architect)
Alexander Parris
0
Listed In: Architects
Birthdate: November 24, 1780
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Halifax, Massachusetts, United States
Died: June 16
 47 
Simeon North
(Manufacturer)
Simeon North
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 13, 1765
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Berlin, Connecticut, United States
Died: August 25
 48 
Maria Gertrudis Barceló
(Mexican Businesswoman)
Maria Gertrudis Barceló
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: 1800 AD
Birthplace: Sonora, Mexico
Died: January 17
 49 
David Wilkinson
(Engineer)
David Wilkinson
0
Birthdate: January 5, 1771
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Smithfield, Rhode Island, United States
Died: February 3
 50 
Sarah Pierce
(Teacher)
Sarah Pierce
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 26, 1767
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Died: January 19