Famous People Who Died In 1860

Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1860. This list includes people like Phineas Gage, Arthur Schopenhauer, Anna Jameson, Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Charles Goodyear and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, emperors & kings, philosophers and poets who died in 1860. This list includes people from United States, England, Germany and many more countries.
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 1 
Arthur Schopenhauer
(German Philosopher Best Known for His Work ‘The World as Will and Representation’)
Arthur Schopenhauer
14
Birthdate: February 22, 1788
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Gdańsk, Poland
Died: September 21
 2 
Phineas Gage
(American Railroad Construction Foreman)
Phineas Gage
7
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: July 9, 1823
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States
Died: May 21
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 3 
Charles Goodyear
(Inventor of Vulcanized Rubber)
Charles Goodyear
1
Birthdate: December 29, 1800
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Died: July 1
 4 
Jérôme Bonaparte
(King)
Jérôme Bonaparte
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 15, 1784
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Ajaccio
Died: June 24
 5 
James Andrew Broun Ramsay, marquess and 10th earl of Dalhousie
(Governor-general of India)
James Andrew Broun Ramsay, marquess and 10th earl of Dalhousie
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 22, 1812
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Dalhousie Castle, Scotland
Died: December 19
 6 
Désirée Clary
(Queen)
Désirée Clary
2
Birthdate: November 8, 1777
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Marseille, France
Died: December 17
 7 
Thomas Addison
(Physician, scientist)
Thomas Addison
1
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: April 2, 1793
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Longbenton, Northumberland
Died: June 29
 8 
Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald
(British Naval Flag Officer of the Royal Navy Who was a Successful Captain of the Napoleonic Wars)
Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 14, 1775
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died: October 31
 9 
Charles Barry
(Architect)
Charles Barry
1
Listed In: Architects
Birthdate: May 23, 1795
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: London, England
Died: May 12
 10 
Alexandra Feodorovna
(Former Empress Consort of Russia (1825 - 1855))
Alexandra Feodorovna
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 13, 1798
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Potsdam, Germany
Died: November 1
 11 
Miloš Obrenović I of Serbia
(prince of Serbia)
Miloš Obrenović I of Serbia
0
Birthdate: March 18, 1780
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Gornja Dobrinja, Serbia
Died: September 26
 12 
James Wilson
(Businessman)
James Wilson
0
Birthdate: June 3, 1805
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Died: August 11
 13 
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
(Former British Prime Minister)
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 28, 1784
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Edinburgh
Died: December 14
 14 
Julia Pastrana
(Performer)
Julia Pastrana
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1834 AD
Birthplace: Sinaloa, Mexico
Died: March 25
Height: 4'5" (135 cm)
 15 
Charles Napier
(Naval commander)
Charles Napier
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 6, 1786
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Stirlingshire, England
Died: November 6
 16 
Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
(Princess)
Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 23, 1781
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Coburg, Germany
Died: August 12
 17 
Sir Harry Smith, 1st Baronet
(General)
Sir Harry Smith, 1st Baronet
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 28, 1787
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Whittlesey, England
Died: October 12
 18 
James Braid
(hypnotist, physician, hypnotherapist)
James Braid
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: June 19, 1795
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Fife
Died: March 25
 19 
Ii Naosuke
(Politician)
Ii Naosuke
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 29, 1815
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Edo
Died: March 24
 20 
Ferdinand Christian Baur
(Theologian)
Ferdinand Christian Baur
0
Birthdate: June 21, 1792
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Schmiden, Germany
Died: December 2
 21 
Aleksey Khomyakov
(Russian Theologian, Philosopher and Poet)
Aleksey Khomyakov
0
Birthdate: May 13, 1804
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: October 5
 22 
Ernst Moritz Arndt
(Historian)
Ernst Moritz Arndt
0
Birthdate: December 26, 1769
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Rügen, Germany
Died: January 29
 23 
Theodore Parker
(American Transcendentalist and Reforming Minister of the Unitarian Church)
Theodore Parker
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 24, 1810
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Lexington, Massachusetts, United States
Died: May 10
 24 
Henry Blair
(American inventor)
Henry Blair
0
Birthdate: 1807 AD
Birthplace: Montgomery County, Maryland, United States
Died: 1860 AD
 25 
Anders Retzius
(Swedish Anatomist and Anthropologist Who is Best Known for His Pioneer Studies in Craniometry)
Anders Retzius
0
Birthdate: October 13, 1796
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Lund, Sweden
Died: April 18
 26 
Samuel Griswold Goodrich
(Author)
Samuel Griswold Goodrich
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 19, 1793
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Ridgefield, Connecticut, United States
Died: May 9
 27 
James Kirke Paulding
(Writer)
James Kirke Paulding
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 22, 1778
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Dutchess, New York
Died: April 6
 28 
Christian Charles Josias von Bunsen
(German Scholar and Diplomat)
Christian Charles Josias von Bunsen
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 25, 1791
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Korbach, Germany
Died: November 28
 29 
Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient
(Operatic Soprano)
Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient
1
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: December 6, 1804
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
Died: January 26
 30 
Ang Duong
(King of Cambodia (1840 - 1860))
Ang Duong
0
Birthdate: June 12, 1796
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Oudongk, Cambodia
Died: October 19
 31 
Johan Ludvig Heiberg
(Poet)
Johan Ludvig Heiberg
0
Birthdate: December 14, 1791
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: August 25
 32 
Konstantin Sergeyevich Aksakov
(Critic)
Konstantin Sergeyevich Aksakov
0
Birthdate: April 10, 1817
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Aksakovo, Russia
Died: December 7
 33 
Stéphanie de Beauharnais
(Grand Duchess consort)
Stéphanie de Beauharnais
0
Birthdate: August 28, 1789
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Versailles, France
Died: January 29
 34 
Anna Jameson
(Anglo-Irish Art Historian and Feminist Author, Who Wrote on A Wide Variety of Subjects)
Anna Jameson
1
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: May 19, 1794
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Dublin
Died: March 17
 35 
George Croly
(Poet)
George Croly
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 17, 1780
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: November 24
 36 
Charles Fellows
(Archaeologist)
Charles Fellows
0
Birthdate: August 31, 1799
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Nottingham, England
Died: November 8
 37 
William Walker
(President)
William Walker
4
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: May 8, 1824
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Died: September 12
 38 
Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann
(Historian)
Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann
0
Birthdate: May 13, 1785
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Wismar, Germany
Died: December 5
 39 
Duchess Marie of Wurttemberg
(Princesses)
Duchess Marie of Wurttemberg
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 17, 1799
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Coburg, Germany
Died: September 24
 40 
Martin Rathke
(University Professor)
Martin Rathke
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 25, 1793
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Gdańsk, Poland
Died: September 3
 41 
Yakov Rostovtsev
(Political figure)
Yakov Rostovtsev
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 9, 1804
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: St. Petersburg, Russia
Died: February 18
 42 
Tokugawa Nariaki
(Emperor)
Tokugawa Nariaki
0
Birthdate: April 4, 1800
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Died: September 29
 43 
John Hanson
(Politician)
John Hanson
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthplace: United States
Died: 1860 AD
 44 
Alexandre Decamps
(Painter)
Alexandre Decamps
1
Birthdate: March 3, 1803
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: August 22
 45 
Félix Dujardin
(French Biologist Best Known For His Research on Protozoans)
Félix Dujardin
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: April 5, 1801
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Tours, France
Died: April 8
 46 
Hendrik van de Sande Bakhuyzen
(Painter)
Hendrik van de Sande Bakhuyzen
0
Birthdate: January 2, 1795
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: The Hague, Netherlands
Died: December 12
 47 
William Francis Patrick Napier
(Soldier)
William Francis Patrick Napier
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 7, 1785
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Celbridge, Ireland
Died: February 12
 48 
Élie, duc Decazes
(Politician)
Élie, duc Decazes
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 28, 1780
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Saint-Martin-de-Laye, France
Died: October 24
 49 
Rembrandt Peale
(Former Painter acclaimed for his likenesses of presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson)
Rembrandt Peale
1
Birthdate: February 22, 1778
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: October 3
 50 
William Martin Leake
(Diplomat)
William Martin Leake
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 14, 1777
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London, England
Died: January 6