Famous People Who Died In 1861

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Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1861. This list includes people like Albert, Prince Consort, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Frederick William IV of Prussia, Henry Gray and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, emperors & kings, poets and journalists who died in 1861. This list includes people from England, United States, Germany and many more countries.
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 1 
Albert, Prince Consort
(Prince Consort of Queen Victoria of Great Britain (1840 - 1861))
Albert, Prince Consort
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 26, 1819
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Schloss Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Rödental, Germany
Died: December 14
 2 
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
(English poet of the Victorian era, best known for her 'Sonnets From the Portuguese' and 'Aurora Leigh.)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 6, 1806
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kelloe, Durham, England
Died: June 29
 3 
Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
(German Princess and the Mother of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom)
Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 17, 1786
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Coburg, Germany
Died: March 16
 4 
Taras Shevchenko
(Poet)
Taras Shevchenko
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 9, 1814
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Morintsy, Ukraine
Died: March 10
 5 
Abdülmecid I
(Sultan of the Ottoman Empire)
Abdülmecid I
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Birthdate: April 23, 1823
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: İstanbul Eyaleti
Died: June 25
 6 
Elisha Otis
(Inventor, Businessperson)
Elisha Otis
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Birthdate: August 3, 1811
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Halifax, Vermont, United States
Died: April 8
 7 
Henry Gray
(Anatomist and surgeon)
Henry Gray
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Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: 1827 AD
Birthplace: Belgravia
Died: June 13
 8 
Lola Montez
(Spanish Dancer, Courtesan, and Mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria)
Lola Montez
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 17, 1821
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Grange, Ireland
Died: January 17
 9 
Xianfeng Emperor
(Emperor)
Xianfeng Emperor
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Birthdate: July 17, 1831
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Yuanmingyuan Park, Beijing, China
Died: August 22
 10 
Patrick Brontë
(Priest)
Patrick Brontë
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 17, 1777
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Rathfriland, County Down, Ireland
Died: June 7
 11 
William Lyon Mackenzie
(1st Mayor of Toronto, Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada (1851–1858))
William Lyon Mackenzie
3
Birthdate: March 12, 1795
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Dundee, Scotland
Died: August 28
 12 
Frederick William IV of Prussia
(Former King of Prussia (1840 - 1861))
Frederick William IV of Prussia
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Birthdate: October 15, 1795
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: January 2
 13 
Arthur Hugh Clough
(Poet)
Arthur Hugh Clough
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 1, 1819
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Died: November 13
 14 
Adam Jerzy Czartoryski
(Statesman)
Adam Jerzy Czartoryski
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 14, 1770
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland
Died: July 15
 15 
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
(Artist)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
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Birthdate: January 1, 1798
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Died: April 14
 16 
Eliphalet Remington
(Engineer Who founded the "Remington Arms")
Eliphalet Remington
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Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: October 28, 1793
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Suffield, Connecticut, United States
Died: August 12
 17 
William John Wills
(Explorer)
William John Wills
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 5, 1834
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Totnes, Devon, England
Died: June 28
 18 
Henri Mouhot
(French Naturalist Who Explored Angkor and Informed the Western World about It)
Henri Mouhot
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 15, 1826
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Montbéliard, Doubs, France
Died: November 10
 19 
Friedrich Carl von Savigny
(Jurist)
Friedrich Carl von Savigny
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Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: February 21, 1779
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Frankfurt, Germany
Died: October 25
 20 
Ernst Anschutz
(Poet)
Ernst Anschutz
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 28, 1780
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Suhl, Germany
Died: December 18
 21 
Richard Oastler
(British Industrial Reformer)
Richard Oastler
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Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: December 20, 1789
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Leeds, England
Died: August 22
 22 
Herbert Coleridge
(Philologist)
Herbert Coleridge
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Birthdate: October 7, 1830
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: United Kingdom
Died: April 23
 23 
Stephen Douglas
(The Designer of the Kansas–Nebraska Act)
Stephen Douglas
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 23, 1813
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Brandon, Vermont, United States
Died: June 3
 24 
Heinrich Marschner
(Composer)
Heinrich Marschner
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: August 16, 1795
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Zittau, Germany
Died: December 16
 25 
Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov
(Military general)
Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 28, 1793
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland
Died: May 18
 26 
Ranavalona I
(Antananarivo, Madagascar)
Ranavalona I
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Birthdate: 1788 AD
Birthplace: Ambatomanoina, Madagascar
Died: August 16
 27 
Lemuel Shaw
(Jurist)
Lemuel Shaw
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Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: January 9, 1781
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: West Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Died: March 30
 28 
José María Obando
(Politician)
José María Obando
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 8, 1795
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Miranda, Colombia
Died: April 29
 29 
Nikolay Dobrolyubov
(Literary Critic)
Nikolay Dobrolyubov
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Birthdate: February 5, 1836
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Died: November 29
 30 
Franz Anton von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky
(Former Minister-President of the Austrian Empire)
Franz Anton von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 31, 1778
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Prague, Czechia
Died: April 4
 31 
Charles Philipon
(French Caricaturist, Lithographer, and Journalist)
Charles Philipon
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Birthdate: April 19, 1800
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Lyon, France
Died: January 25
 32 
John McLean
(Jurist and politician)
John McLean
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 11, 1785
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Morris County, New Jersey, United States
Died: April 4
 33 
Mariana Carcelen
(Aristocrat)
Mariana Carcelen
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 27, 1805
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Real Audiencia of Quito, Spanish Empire
Died: December 15
 34 
Friedrich Christoph Schlosser
(Historian)
Friedrich Christoph Schlosser
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Birthdate: November 17, 1776
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Jever, Germany
Died: September 23
 35 
Manuel Antônio de Almeida
(Brazilian Satirical Writer, Medician and Teacher)
Manuel Antônio de Almeida
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Birthdate: November 17, 1831
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died: November 28
 36 
Robert O'Hara Burke
(Explorer)
Robert O'Hara Burke
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 6, 1821
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: St. Clerah’s, Ireland
Died: June 28
 37 
Ludwig Friedrich Leopold von Gerlach
(Prussian general)
Ludwig Friedrich Leopold von Gerlach
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 17, 1790
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: January 10
 38 
George Gurnett
(journalist, politician)
George Gurnett
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 1792 AD
Birthplace: England
Died: November 17
 39 
George Tucker
(Former Politician, Writer, whose literary works include The Valley of Shenandoah (1824))
George Tucker
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 20, 1775
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: St. George's Island, Bermuda
Died: April 10
 40 
Jean-Baptiste Henri-Dominique Lacordaire
(Journalist)
Jean-Baptiste Henri-Dominique Lacordaire
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 12, 1802
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: France
Died: November 21
 41 
Eugène Scribe
(French dramatist)
Eugène Scribe
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 24, 1791
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: February 20
 42 
Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
(Zoologist)
Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 16, 1805
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: November 10
 43 
Pedro V of Portugal
(King)
Pedro V of Portugal
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Birthdate: September 16, 1837
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Necessidades Palace, Lisbon, Portugal
Died: November 11
 44 
Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin
(Noble)
Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin
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Birthdate: January 31, 1818
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Died: January 13
 45 
Benjamin Caunt
(Boxer)
Benjamin Caunt
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 22, 1815
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Hucknall, England
Died: September 10
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 46 
Henri Murger
(French author)
Henri Murger
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 27, 1822
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: January 28
 47 
Jonas Furrer
(Swiss Lawyer and Politician)
Jonas Furrer
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 3, 1805
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Winterthur, Switzerland
Died: July 25
 48 
Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet
(Statesman)
Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 1, 1792
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Cumberland, England
Died: October 25
 49 
Jonker Afrikaner
(Politician)
Jonker Afrikaner
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 1785 AD
Birthplace: South Africa
Died: August 18
 50 
Joachim Lelewel
(Polish Historian)
Joachim Lelewel
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Birthdate: March 22, 1786
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland
Died: May 29