Famous People Who Died In 1877
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1877. This list includes people like Cornelius Vanderbilt, Crazy Horse, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Brigham Young, Caroline Chisholm and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include poets, military leaders, political leaders and inventors who died in 1877. This list includes people from United Kingdom, United States, France and many more countries.
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Birthdate: May 27, 1794
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Staten Island
Died: January 4
Birthplace: Rapid City, South Dakota
Died: September 5
Birthdate: July 13, 1821
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bedford County, Tennessee, United States
Died: October 29
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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Gustave Courbet(French Painter and Leader of the 19th Century Realist Movement)
Birthdate: June 10, 1819
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Ornans, France
Died: December 31
Birthdate: June 18, 1817
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Borlang, Nepal
Died: February 25
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Henry Fox Talbot(English Scientist, Inventor, and Pioneer Photographer Who Invented the ‘Salted Paper’ and ‘Calotype’ Processes)
Birthdate: February 11, 1800
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Melbury, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Died: September 17
Birthdate: May 30, 1808
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Wootton, Northampton, England
Died: March 25
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Walter Bagehot
(Journalist, businessman, and essayist, who wrote extensively about government, economics, literature and race.)
Birthdate: February 3, 1826
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Langport, Somerset, England
Died: March 24
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Brigham Young(Second President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Birthdate: June 1, 1801
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Whitingham
Died: August 29
Birthdate: March 22, 1808
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: London
Died: June 15
Birthdate: October 1, 1811
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Watten
Died: January 2
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Urbain Le Verrier
(French Astronomer and Mathematician Best Known for Predicting the Existence and Position of 'Neptune' Using Only Mathematics)
Birthdate: March 11, 1811
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Saint-Lô, France
Died: September 23
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Sophie of Württemberg
(Queen)
Birthdate: June 17, 1818
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Ludwigsburg Residential Palace, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Died: June 3
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Saigo Takamori
(Samurai, Poet)
Birthdate: January 23, 1828
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kagoshima
Died: September 24
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Hermann Grassmann
(German Polymath Best Known for His Work as a Mathematician)
Birthdate: April 15, 1809
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Szczecin, Poland
Died: September 26
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Raphael Semmes
(Confederate naval officer)
Birthdate: September 27, 1809
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Charles County, Maryland
Died: August 30
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Johan Ludvig Runeberg
(Considered as the National Poet of Finland)
Birthdate: February 5, 1804
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Jakobstad, Finland
Died: May 6
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
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Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
(Princess)
Birthdate: February 3, 1808
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Weimar, Germany
Died: January 18
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Amalie Auguste of Bavaria
(Queen)
Birthdate: November 13, 1801
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Died: November 8
Birthdate: 1820 AD
Birthplace: Khanate of Kokand, Uzbekistan
Died: May 30
Birthdate: March 30, 1793
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Buenos Aires
Died: March 14
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Charles Wilkes
(Naval Officer)
Birthdate: April 3, 1798
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: February 8
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James Douglas(British colonial governor on Vancouver Island (now British Columbia))
Birthdate: August 15, 1803
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Demerara
Died: August 2
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Antoine-Augustin Cournot
(Philosopher and Mathematician Known for His Contribution to the Development of Economics)
Birthdate: August 28, 1801
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Gray, France
Died: March 31
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Kido Takayoshi
(Politician, Statesman, Diplomat)
Birthdate: August 11, 1833
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Chōshū Domain
Died: May 26
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John Lothrop Motley
(Author)
Birthdate: April 15, 1814
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: May 29
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Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff
(Inventor)
Birthdate: January 15, 1803
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Hannover, Germany
Died: December 20
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Oliver P. Morton
(Politician)
Birthdate: August 4, 1823
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Wayne County, Indiana, United States
Died: November 1
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Mary Carpenter
(British Philanthropist, Social Reformer, and Founder of Free Schools for Poor Children, the ‘Ragged Schools')
Birthdate: April 3, 1807
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Exeter, England
Died: June 14
Birthdate: August 8, 1799
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Stonington, Connecticut, United States
Died: June 21
Birthdate: 1815 AD
Birthplace: Kilbeheny, Ireland
Died: February 7
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Ludwig Ritter von Köchel
(Austrian Musicologist Best Known for Cataloguing the Works of 'Mozart' and Originating the ‘Kv-Numbers’)
Birthdate: January 14, 1800
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Stein, Lower Austria, Austria
Died: June 3
33
Alexandre Herculano
(Portuguese Historian, Novelist and Poet Known for Introducing Romanticism to Portugal)
Birthdate: March 28, 1810
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Lisbon, Portugal
Died: September 13
Birthdate: May 8, 1800
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Newlyn, England
Died: August 8
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Constantine Kanaris
(Statesman)
Birthdate: 1793 AD
Birthplace: Psara, Greece
Died: September 2
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Gustav, Prince of Vasa
(Prince)
Birthdate: November 9, 1799
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: August 5
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Charles Henry Davis
(Officer)
Birthdate: January 16, 1807
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: February 18
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James Kay-Shuttleworth
(Educator)
Birthdate: July 20, 1804
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Rochdale, England
Died: May 26
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Adolphe Thiers
(The Second Elected President of France and First President of the 'French Third Republic')
Birthdate: April 15, 1797
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bouc-Bel-Air, France
Died: September 3
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Edward Belcher
(British Naval Officer, Hydrographer, and Explorer)
Birthdate: February 27, 1799
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: March 18
Birthdate: October 25, 1808
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Roquemaure, France
Died: August 8
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Wilhelm Hofmeister
(Biologist)
Birthdate: May 18, 1824
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Leipzig, Germany
Died: January 12
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William G. Brownlow
(Author)
Birthdate: August 29, 1805
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Wythe County, Virginia, United States
Died: April 29
Birthdate: November 18, 1794
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Died: March 16
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Alexander Braun
(Botanist)
Birthdate: May 10, 1805
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Regensburg, Germany
Died: March 29
Birthdate: December 24, 1796
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Morges, Switzerland
Died: April 7
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Robert Parker Parrott
(Soldier)
Birthdate: October 5, 1804
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Lee, New Hampshire, United States
Died: December 24
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Edward Loomis Davenport
(Actor)
Birthdate: 1816 AD
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: September 1
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Charles Cowden Clarke
(Author)
Birthdate: December 15, 1787
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Enfield, England
Died: March 13
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Aleksander Wielopolski
(Statesman)
Birthdate: March 13, 1803
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Sędziejowice, Poland
Died: December 30