Famous People Who Died In 1857
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Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1857. This list includes people like Mangal Pandey, Auguste Comte, Augustin-Louis Cauchy, Mikhail Glinka, Alfred de Musset and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include poets, novelists, mathematicians and explorers who died in 1857. This list includes people from France, United Kingdom and many more countries.
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Birthdate: September 25, 1784
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: United States
Died: February 6
2
Auguste Comte(French Philosopher and Founder of Sociology and Positivism )
Birthdate: January 19, 1798
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Montpellier, France
Died: September 5
3
Mangal Pandey(Indian Soldier Who Played an Important Role During the Time of the Indian Rebellion of 1857)
Birthdate: July 19, 1827
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Nagwa, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died: April 8
Birthdate: August 21, 1789
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paris
Died: May 23
5
Mikhail Glinka(Russian Composer Who is Regarded as the Fountainhead of Russian Classical Music)
Birthdate: June 1, 1804
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Yelninsky District, Smolensk Oblast, Russia
Died: February 15
6
Carl Czerny
(Austrian Pianist and Composer Known for His Pedagogical Works for the Piano)
Birthdate: February 21, 1791
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: July 15
7
Alfred de Musset(French Writer Best Known for His Autobiographical Novel ‘The Confession of a Child of the Century’)
Birthdate: December 11, 1810
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: May 2
8
George Cayley
(British Engineer, Inventor and Aviator Known for Designing First Successful Human Glider)
Birthdate: December 27, 1773
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
Died: December 15
9
David Thompson
(Canadian Fur Trader, Surveyor and Cartographer)
Birthdate: April 30, 1770
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Westminster, England
Died: February 10
10
John Nicholson
(Colonial official)
Birthdate: December 11, 1822
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: September 23
11
Francis Beaufort
(Irish Hydrographer Who was the Creator of the Beaufort Scale for Indicating Wind Force)
Birthdate: May 27, 1774
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Navan, County Meath, Ireland
Died: December 17
12
Eugène François Vidocq
(French Criminal Turned Criminalist - Regarded as the 'First Private Detective')
Birthdate: July 24, 1775
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Arras, France
Died: May 11
Birthdate: January 26, 1804
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: August 3
14
Agustina de Aragon
(Military officer)
Birthdate: March 4, 1786
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Reus, Spain
Died: May 29
15
Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
(Princess)
Birthdate: February 14, 1822
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: November 10
16
Rufus Wilmot Griswold
(Journalist, Writer, Literary critic, Poet)
Birthdate: February 13, 1815
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Benson
Died: August 27
17
William Brown
(military personnel)
Birthdate: June 22, 1777
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Foxford
Died: March 3
18
Henry Montgomery Lawrence
(Surveyor in British India Who Founded Military-Style Boarding Schools in India)
Birthdate: June 28, 1806
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Matara, Sri Lanka
Died: July 4
19
Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff
(Known for His Novel ‘Aus Dem Leben Eines Taugenichts’)
Birthdate: March 10, 1788
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Łubowice, Poland
Died: November 26
20
William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst
(British Diplomat and Former Governor-General of India)
Birthdate: January 14, 1773
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bath, England
Died: March 13
21
Alcide d'Orbigny
(French Paleontologist Known for His Pathbreaking Exploration of South American Natural History)
Birthdate: September 6, 1802
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Coueron, France
Died: June 30
22
Manuel Oribe
(Former 2nd Constitutional President of Uruguay)
Birthdate: August 26, 1792
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Montevideo, Uruguay
Died: November 12
23
Elisha Kent Kane
(Explorer)
Birthdate: February 3, 1820
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: February 16
24
Louis-Jacques Thenard
(French Chemist Who Discovered Thenard’s Blue, a Pigment Used in the Colouring of Porcelain)
Birthdate: May 4, 1777
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Aube, France
Died: June 21
25
Preston Brooks
(Politician)
Birthdate: August 5, 1819
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Edgefield County, South Carolina
Died: January 27
26
Houkje Gerrits Bouma
(Dutch Speed Skater)
Birthdate: January 12, 1788
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Akkerwoude, Netherlands
Died: August 8
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Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh
(Princess)
Birthdate: April 25, 1776
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Buckingham House, London, England
Died: April 30
28
Louis-Eugène Cavaignac
(General)
Birthdate: October 15, 1802
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: October 28
29
Douglas William Jerrold
(Dramatist)
Birthdate: January 3, 1803
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London, England
Died: June 8
30
Manuel José Quintana
(Poet)
Birthdate: April 11, 1772
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Died: March 11
31
Patrick Mahoney
(Armed force officer)
Birthdate: 1827 AD
Birthplace: Waterford
Died: October 30
32
Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg
(Princess)
Birthdate: April 22, 1780
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kirchheimbolanden, Germany
Died: January 2
33
Dolores Veintimilla
(Ecuadorian Poet Best Remembered for Her Poem, 'Quejas')
Birthdate: 1829 AD
Birthplace: Quito, Ecuador
Died: May 23
34
Charles Lucien Bonaparte
(French Ornithologist and Naturalist)
Birthdate: May 24, 1803
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: July 29
Birthdate: February 6, 1800
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 23
36
Eduard von Feuchtersleben
(Writer)
Birthdate: 1798 AD
Birthplace: Kraków, Poland
Died: 1857 AD
Birthdate: January 19, 1782
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Cotes des Neiges, Canada
Died: August 3
38
Pierre-Jean de Béranger
(Poet)
Birthdate: August 19, 1780
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: July 16
39
James Gillespie Birney
(Politician)
Birthdate: February 4, 1792
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Danville, Kentucky, United States
Died: November 25
40
Frederick Scott Archer
(British Photographer and Sculptor Best Known for Having Invented the Photographic 'Collodion Process')
Birthdate: 1813 AD
Birthplace: Bishop’s Stortford, England
Died: May 1
41
Henry Havelock
(Military personnel)
Birthdate: April 5, 1795
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland, England
Died: November 24
42
Peer Ali Khan
(Indian Revolutionary Known for His Leading Role in the Organization of the Great Revolt of 1857)
Birthdate: 1812 AD
Birthplace: Uttar Pradesh, India
Died: July 7
43
William L. Marcy
(Politician)
Birthdate: December 12, 1786
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States
Died: July 4
44
Abe Masahiro
(Chief Senior Councillor)
Birthdate: December 3, 1819
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Died: August 6
45
Marquis de Custine
(Writer)
Birthdate: March 18, 1790
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Niderviller, France
Died: September 25
46
Thomas Crawford
(Sculptor)
Birthdate: March 22, 1814
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: October 10
Birthdate: April 23, 1794
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Shaoyang, China
Died: March 26
48
William Conybeare
(Geologist)
Birthdate: June 7, 1787
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: London, England
Died: August 12
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Daniele Manin
(Political leader)
Birthdate: May 13, 1804
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Died: September 22
50
William Scoresby
(Explorer)
Birthdate: October 5, 1789
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cropton, Yorkshire, England
Died: March 21