Famous People Who Died In 1868

Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1868. This list includes people like James Buchanan, Thaddeus Stevens, Kit Carson, Gioachino Rossini, Black Kettle and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include physicists, political leaders, emperors & kings and composers who died in 1868. This list includes people from United States, France, England and many more countries.
Vote for Your Favourite People Who Died In 1868

Right IconThis ranking is based on an algorithm that combines various factors, including the votes of our users and search trends on the internet.

 1 
James Buchanan
(15th President of the United States)
James Buchanan
16
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 23, 1791
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Cove Gap, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: June 1
 2 
Kit Carson
(Explorer & Soldier)
Kit Carson
6
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 24, 1809
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Madison County
Died: May 23
 3 
Gioachino Rossini
(Italian composer Best Known for His Operas: ‘The Barber of Seville’, ‘La Cenerentola’ and ‘Semiramide’)
Gioachino Rossini
14
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: February 29, 1792
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Pesaro, Italy
Died: November 13
 4 
Thaddeus Stevens
(Former United States Representative)
Thaddeus Stevens
3
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 4, 1792
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Danville
Died: August 11
 5 
Tewodros II of Ethiopia
(Emperor of Ethiopia from 1855 to 1868)
Tewodros II of Ethiopia
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 1818 AD
Birthplace: Qwara, Dembiya
Died: April 13
 6 
Black Kettle
(Leader)
Black Kettle
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 7, 1803
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Black Hills
Died: November 27
 7 
Bhanubhakta Acharya
(Poet)
Bhanubhakta Acharya
3
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 13, 1814
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Chundi Ramgha, Nepal
Died: April 23
 8 
James Brooke
(Politician, Writer, Diplomat)
James Brooke
2
Birthdate: April 29, 1803
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Varanasi
Died: June 11
 9 
Léon Foucault
(Physicist)
Léon Foucault
2
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 18, 1819
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paris
Died: February 11
 10 
Mongkut
(King of Thailand)
Mongkut
6
Birthdate: October 18, 1804
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bangkok, Thailand
Died: October 1
 11 
David Brewster
(Scientist)
David Brewster
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 11, 1781
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Jedburgh, Scotland
Died: February 10
 12 
Okita Sōji
(Captain of the First Unit of the 'Shinsengumi', a Special Police Force in Kyoto During Late Shogunate Period)
Okita Sōji
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 1842 AD
Birthplace: Edo, Japan
Died: July 19
 13 
James Mayer de Rothschild
(Banker, Art collector, Economist, Businessperson)
James Mayer de Rothschild
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: May 15, 1792
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Frankfurt
Died: November 15
 14 
Henry Deringer
(Gunsmith)
Henry Deringer
0
Birthdate: October 26, 1786
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Easton, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: February 28
 15 
Adah Isaacs Menken
(Actress)
Adah Isaacs Menken
3
Birthdate: June 15, 1835
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bordeaux, France
Died: August 10
 16 
Nakano Takeko
(Warrior)
Nakano Takeko
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 12, 1847
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Edo, Japan
Died: October 10
 17 
Emanuel Leutze
(Painter best known for his 1851 painting Washington Crossing the Delaware)
Emanuel Leutze
1
Birthdate: May 24, 1816
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
Died: July 18
 18 
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
(Politician)
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 19, 1778
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cowgate, Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: May 7
 19 
Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness, 1st Baronet
(Brewer)
Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness, 1st Baronet
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 1, 1798
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: May 19
 20 
Adele Foucher
(Writer)
Adele Foucher
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 27, 1803
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: August 27
 21 
Alexandre Colonna-Walewski
(Statesman)
Alexandre Colonna-Walewski
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 4, 1810
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Walewice, Poland
Died: September 27
 22 
Linus Yale Jr.
(Inventor)
Linus Yale Jr.
0
Birthdate: April 4, 1821
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Salisbury, New York, United States
Died: December 25
 23 
Mswati II
(King)
Mswati II
0
Birthdate: 1825 AD
Birthplace: Eswatini
Died: 1868 AD
 24 
John Elliotson
(Physician, University teacher)
John Elliotson
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: October 29, 1791
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Southwark
Died: July 29
 25 
Laura Secord
(Canadian loyalist)
Laura Secord
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 13, 1775
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States
Died: October 17
 26 
Franz Berwald
(Composer)
Franz Berwald
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: July 23, 1796
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: April 3
 27 
Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
(German Botanist Who Is Known for His Research on Brazilian Flora)
Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 17, 1794
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Erlangen, Germany
Died: December 13
 28 
August Schleicher
(German linguist)
August Schleicher
0
Birthdate: February 19, 1821
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Meiningen
Died: December 6
 29 
Christian Friedrich Schönbein
(German-Swiss Chemist Best Known for Inventing the 'Fuel Cell')
Christian Friedrich Schönbein
0
Birthdate: October 18, 1799
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Metzingen, Germany
Died: August 29
 30 
Lafayette C. Baker
(American Detective and Spy Who Served the Union Army during the 'American Civil War')
Lafayette C. Baker
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 13, 1826
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Stafford, New York, United States
Died: July 3
 31 
William Sidney Mount
(Painter)
William Sidney Mount
0
Birthdate: November 26, 1807
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Setauket- East Setauket, New York, United States
Died: November 19
 32 
Felicien Mallefille
(Writer)
Felicien Mallefille
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 3, 1813
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Port Louis, Mauritius
Died: November 24
 33 
Ludwig I of Bavaria
(King)
Ludwig I of Bavaria
0
Birthdate: August 25, 1786
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Strasbourg, France
Died: February 29
 34 
Eduard van der Nüll
(Former architect, who was one of the great masters in the historicist style of Vienna's Ringstrasse)
Eduard van der Nüll
0
Listed In: Architects
Birthdate: January 9, 1812
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: April 4
 35 
William Rutter Dawes
(Astronomer)
William Rutter Dawes
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: March 19, 1799
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: West Sussex, England
Died: February 15
 36 
James David Forbes
(Scottish Physicist and Glaciologist Known for His Research on Heat Conduction and Glaciers)
James David Forbes
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: April 20, 1809
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: December 31
 37 
Tiruwork Wube
(The Empress of Ethiopia as the Wife of Emperor Tewodros II)
Tiruwork Wube
0
Birthplace: Ethiopia
Died: May 16
 38 
Rasoherina
(Queen of Madagascar from 1863 to 1868)
Rasoherina
0
Birthdate: 1814 AD
Birthplace: Madagascar
Died: April 1
 39 
Chauncey Jerome
(Clockmaker)
Chauncey Jerome
0
Birthdate: June 10, 1793
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Canaan, United States
Died: April 20
 40 
Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker
(Classical philologist)
Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker
0
Birthdate: November 4, 1784
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Grünberg, Germany
Died: December 17
 41 
John Crawfurd
(Diplomat)
John Crawfurd
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 13, 1783
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Islay, Scotland
Died: May 11
 42 
James Thomas Brudenell, 7th earl of Cardigan
(Military Officer)
James Thomas Brudenell, 7th earl of Cardigan
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 16, 1797
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Hambleden, England
Died: March 28
 43 
William T. G. Morton
(Dentist)
William T. G. Morton
1
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: August 9, 1819
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Charlton, Massachusetts, United States
Died: July 15
 44 
Charles Kean
(Actor)
Charles Kean
0
Birthdate: January 18, 1811
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Waterford, Ireland
Died: January 22
 45 
Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes
(Archaeologist)
Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes
0
Birthdate: September 10, 1788
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Perthes, France
Died: August 5
 46 
Charles Harpur
(Australian Poet)
Charles Harpur
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 23, 1813
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Windsor, Australia
Died: June 10
 47 
Thomas D'Arcy McGee
(Former Member of the Canadian Parliament for Montreal West (1867 - 1868))
Thomas D'Arcy McGee
1
Birthdate: April 13, 1825
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Carlingford, Ireland
Died: April 7
 48 
Pierre-Antoine Berryer
(Advocate)
Pierre-Antoine Berryer
1
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: January 4, 1790
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: November 29
 49 
Ramón María Narváez, 1st Duke of Valencia
(Spanish Statesman and General)
Ramón María Narváez, 1st Duke of Valencia
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 5, 1799
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Loja, Spain
Died: April 23
 50 
Samuel Lover
(Irish Songwriter, Composer, Painter and Novelist)
Samuel Lover
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 24, 1797
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Grafton Street, Dublin, Ireland
Died: July 6