Famous People Who Died In 1859
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Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1859. This list includes people like Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Alexander von Humboldt, Washington Irving, Alexis de Tocqueville, Horace Mann and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include mathematicians, diplomats, essayists and composers who died in 1859. This list includes people from Germany, United States, United Kingdom and many more countries.
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Birthdate: April 9, 1806
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Portsmouth, England
Died: September 15
Birthdate: April 3, 1783
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: New York City, New York
Died: November 28
Birthdate: May 4, 1796
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Franklin
Died: August 2
Birthdate: May 9, 1800
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Torrington, Connecticut, United States
Died: December 2
Birthdate: September 14, 1769
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Berlin
Died: May 6
6
Alexis de Tocqueville(Historian Known for His Works 'Democracy in America' & 'The Old Regime' & 'The Revolution')
Birthdate: July 29, 1805
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: April 16
Birthdate: November 20, 1799
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York City, New York
Died: October 17
Birthdate: May 15, 1773
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Koblenz, Germany
Died: June 11
Birthdate: October 19, 1784
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Southgate, London, England
Died: August 28
10
Wilhelm Grimm
(German Anthropologist, Author and One Half of the Popular Literary Duo, 'The Brothers Grimm')
Birthdate: February 24, 1786
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Hanau
Died: December 16
Birthdate: February 13, 1805
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Düren, Germany
Died: May 5
12
Robert Stephenson
(Engineer, Civil engineer, Politician)
Birthdate: October 16, 1803
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Willington Quay
Died: October 12
13
John Vianney
(French Catholic Priest)
Birthdate: May 8, 1786
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Dardilly, France
Died: August 4
Birthdate: August 7, 1779
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Quedlinburg, Germany
Died: September 28
15
Tantia Tope(One of the Best and Most Effective Rebel Generals in the Indian Struggle for Independence)
Birthdate: 1814 AD
Birthplace: Yeola, Pune, India
Died: April 18
Birthdate: May 19, 1824
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Bithoor
Died: 1859 AD
17
Josip Jelačić
(Croatian Lieutenant Field Marshal in the Imperial-Royal Army)
Birthdate: October 16, 1801
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Petrovaradin, Serbia
Died: May 20
Birthdate: July 4, 1799
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: July 8
19
Alfred Vail
(American Telegraph Pioneer and an Associate and Financial Backer of Samuel F.B. Morse)
Birthdate: September 25, 1807
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Morristown, New Jersey, United States
Died: January 18
20
Shields Green
(Activist, Sailor)
Birthdate: 1836 AD
Birthplace: South Carolina, United States
Died: December 16
21
Mirabeau B. Lamar
(Politician)
Birthdate: August 16, 1798
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Louisville, Georgia, United States
Died: December 19
22
Yoshida Shōin
(Intellectual)
Birthdate: September 20, 1830
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Chōshū Domain, Japan
Died: November 21
23
John Austin
(jurist, philosopher)
Birthdate: March 3, 1790
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Suffolk
Died: December 1
Birthdate: July 29, 1796
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New York
Died: June 8
25
Thomas Babington Macaulay
(British Secretary at War (1839 - 1841) )
Birthdate: October 25, 1800
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Leicestershire, England
Died: December 28
26
Louis Spohr
(Former violinist, composer, and conductor whose compositions illustrate an early aspect of the Romantic period in German music)
Birthdate: April 5, 1784
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Brunswick, Germany
Died: October 22
27
Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
(Queen)
Birthdate: July 15, 1837
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Krauchenwies, Sigmaringen, Germany
Died: July 17
28
Abd al-Rahman of Morocco
(Sultan)
Birthdate: February 19, 1778
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Marrakesh, Morocco
Died: August 28
29
Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
(King)
Birthdate: January 12, 1810
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Palermo, Italy
Died: May 22
30
Archduke John of Austria
(Archduke of Austria)
Birthdate: January 20, 1782
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Died: May 11
31
William Cranch Bond
(American Astronomer)
Birthdate: September 9, 1789
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Falmouth, Maine, United States
Died: January 29
32
Thomas Nuttall
(British Botanist and Zoologist Known for His Discoveries of North American Plants)
Birthdate: January 5, 1786
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Long Preston, England
Died: September 10
Birthdate: November 3, 1801
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Essen, Germany
Died: October 4
Birthdate: February 2, 1811
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Tallmadge, Ohio, United States
Died: September 2
Birthdate: March 17, 1819
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Chișinău, Moldova
Died: February 5
36
Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi
(Theologian)
Birthdate: 1787 AD
Birthplace: Mostaganem, Algeria
Died: 1859 AD
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Mountstuart Elphinstone
(Statesman)
Birthdate: October 6, 1779
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Dumbarton, Dumbartonshire, Scotland
Died: November 20
38
Ignaz Bösendorfer
(Musician)
Birthdate: July 28, 1796
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: April 14
Birthdate: August 15, 1785
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Manchester
Died: December 8
Birthdate: 1800 AD
Birthplace: Lima, Peru
Died: November 4
41
Isaac Goldsmid
(British political activist)
Birthdate: January 13, 1778
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London, England
Died: April 27
42
Richard Rush
(United States Attorney General)
Birthdate: August 29, 1780
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United Sates
Died: July 30
43
F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich
(Politician)
Birthdate: November 1, 1782
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Skelton-on-Ure, England
Died: January 28
44
Gamaliel Bailey
(Former journalist and a leader of the abolition movement prior to the American Civil War)
Birthdate: December 3, 1807
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Mount Holly, New Jersey, United States
Died: June 5
45
William H. Prescott
(Historian)
Birthdate: May 4, 1796
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Salem, Massachusetts, United States
Died: January 28
Birthdate: August 19, 1785
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Wolcott, Connecticut, United States
Died: January 29
Birthdate: February 19, 1812
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: February 23
48
Bakht Khan
(Indian Commander-In-Chief During the Indian Rebellion of 1857)
Birthdate: 1797 AD
Birthplace: Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died: 1859 AD
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Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia
(Duchess)
Birthdate: February 16, 1786
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: June 23
50
Bettina von Arnim
(Former Writer most famously wrote the 1835 work, Goethes Briefwechsel mit einem Kinde (Goethe's correspondence with a child))
Birthdate: April 4, 1785
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Frankfurt, Germany
Died: January 20