Famous People Who Died In 1878

Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1878. This list includes people like Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, William M. Tweed, Claude Bernard, William Cullen Bryant, Joseph Henry and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, poets, spiritual & religious leaders and emperors & kings who died in 1878. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany and many more countries.
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 1 
James Alexander Hamilton
(Son of Alexander Hamilton)
James Alexander Hamilton
3
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: April 14, 1788
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: New York City, New York
Died: September 24
 2 
William Cullen Bryant
(Romantic Poet)
William Cullen Bryant
2
Birthdate: November 3, 1794
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cummington, Massachusetts
Died: June 12
 3 
Claude Bernard
(Physiologist)
Claude Bernard
2
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: July 12, 1813
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Saint-Julien, France
Died: February 10
 4 
Lord John Russell
(Prime Minister of Great Britain)
Lord John Russell
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 18, 1792
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Mayfair, Middlesex, England
Died: May 28
 5 
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
(Former Grand Duchess Consort of Hesse and by Rhine (1877 - 1878))
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
14
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 25, 1843
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: London, England
Died: December 14
 6 
Kirkpatrick Macmillan
(Inventor of Pedal Bicycle)
Kirkpatrick Macmillan
7
Birthdate: September 2, 1812
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Keir, Dumfries and Galloway
Died: January 23
 7 
Henry Wells
(Businessman)
Henry Wells
2
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: December 12, 1805
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Thetford, Vermont, United States
Died: December 10
 8 
Joseph Henry
(Scientist)
Joseph Henry
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 17, 1797
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Albany, New York, United States
Died: May 13
 9 
Thierry Hermès
(Founded Hermès International)
Thierry Hermès
1
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: January 10, 1801
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Krefeld, Germany
Died: January 10
 10 
Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine
(Princess)
Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine
0
Birthdate: May 24, 1874
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Darmstadt, Germany
Died: November 16
 11 
Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
(King of Italy (1861 - 1878))
Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
3
Birthdate: March 14, 1820
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Palazzo Carignano, Turin, Italy
Died: January 9
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
 12 
Benjamin F. Wade
(Politician)
Benjamin F. Wade
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 27, 1800
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts
Died: March 2
 13 
George Gilbert Scott
(British Architect)
George Gilbert Scott
0
Listed In: Architects
Birthdate: July 13, 1811
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Parsonage, Gawcott, Buckinghamshire, England
Died: March 27
 14 
Gideon Welles
(24th United States Secretary of the Navy)
Gideon Welles
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 1, 1802
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Glastonbury, Connecticut, United States
Died: February 11
 15 
Mindon Min
(King of Myanmar)
Mindon Min
2
Birthdate: July 8, 1808
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Amarapura, Myanmar
Died: October 1
 16 
George V of Hanover
(Former King of Hanover (1851 - 1866))
George V of Hanover
3
Birthdate: May 27, 1819
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: June 12
 17 
William M. Tweed
(Member of the New York Senate from 1868 to 1873)
William M. Tweed
1
Listed In: Criminals
Birthdate: April 3, 1823
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: April 12
 18 
Catharine Beecher
(Educator)
Catharine Beecher
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 6, 1800
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: East Hampton, New York, United States
Died: May 12
 19 
George Henry Lewes
(Philosopher)
George Henry Lewes
1
Birthdate: April 18, 1817
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: London, England
Died: November 30
 20 
George Cruikshank
(Caricaturist)
George Cruikshank
0
Birthdate: September 27, 1792
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: London, England
Died: February 1
 21 
Mohammed bin Thani
(Politician)
Mohammed bin Thani
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 1788 AD
Birthplace: Fuwayrit, Qatar
Died: December 18
 22 
Anna Sewell
(Writer, Novelist, Children's writer)
Anna Sewell
5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 30, 1820
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Great Yarmouth
Died: April 25
 23 
Nikolay Nekrasov
(Poet who Introduced Ternary Meters and the Technique of Dramatic Monologue into Russian Poetry)
Nikolay Nekrasov
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 10, 1821
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Nemyriv, Ukraine
Died: January 8
 24 
Lizzie Burns
(Activist)
Lizzie Burns
1
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: August 6, 1827
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Manchester, England
Died: September 12
 25 
Crawford Long
(American Surgeon and Pharmacist Best Known for His First Use of Inhaled 'Sulfuric Ether' as an Anesthetic)
Crawford Long
1
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: November 1, 1815
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Danielsville, Georgia, United States
Died: June 16
 26 
Pope Pius IX
(Head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878)
Pope Pius IX
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 13, 1792
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Senigallia, Italy
Died: February 7
 27 
Julius von Mayer
(Physicist, Physician)
Julius von Mayer
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: November 25, 1814
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Heilbronn
Died: March 20
 28 
Mirza Fatali Akhundov
(Writer and Philisopher)
Mirza Fatali Akhundov
0
Birthdate: July 12, 1812
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Shaki, Azerbaijan
Died: March 9
 29 
Ōkubo Toshimichi
(Bushi, Politician)
Ōkubo Toshimichi
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 26, 1830
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Satsuma Province
Died: May 14
 30 
Angelo Secchi
(Italian Jesuit Priest and Astrophysicist, Who Made the First Survey of the Spectra of Stars)
Angelo Secchi
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: June 28, 1818
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Reggio Emilia, Italy
Died: February 26
 31 
Bayard Taylor
(Poet)
Bayard Taylor
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 11, 1825
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: December 19
 32 
Sarah Helen Power Whitman
(Poet)
Sarah Helen Power Whitman
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 19, 1803
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Died: June 27
 33 
Ernst Heinrich Weber
(Psychologist, Physician)
Ernst Heinrich Weber
1
Birthdate: June 24, 1795
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Lutherstadt Wittenberg
Died: January 26
 34 
Townsend Harris
(First United States Consul General to Japan)
Townsend Harris
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 4, 1804
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Washington County, New York, United States
Died: February 25
 35 
Samuel Phelps
(Actor)
Samuel Phelps
0
Birthdate: February 13, 1804
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Devonport, Plymouth, England
Died: November 6
 36 
Senusret II
(King)
Senusret II
0
Birthplace: Egypt
Died: 1878 AD
 37 
Thomas Babington Macaulay
(Was a priest and educator, first princiFormer Paymaster General of the United Kingdompal and founder of CMS Grammar School, Lagos)
Thomas Babington Macaulay
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 17, 1826
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kissy, Sierra Leone
Died: January 17
 38 
William Stokes
(Physician)
William Stokes
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: October 1, 1804
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: January 10
 39 
Karl Gutzkow
(Writer)
Karl Gutzkow
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 17, 1811
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: December 16
 40 
Archduke Franz Karl of Austria
(Archduke of Austria)
Archduke Franz Karl of Austria
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 17, 1802
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: March 8
 41 
John Morrissey
(Politician)
John Morrissey
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 12, 1831
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Templemore, Ireland
Died: May 1
 42 
Joshua Johnson
(Painter)
Joshua Johnson
0
Birthdate: 1763 AD
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Died: 1878 AD
 43 
Anna Claypoole Peale
(Painter)
Anna Claypoole Peale
0
Birthdate: March 6, 1791
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: December 25
 44 
Benjamin Davis Wilson
(2nd Mayor of Los Angeles)
Benjamin Davis Wilson
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 1, 1811
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Wilson County, Tennessee, United States
Died: March 11
 45 
Charles-François Daubigny
(Painter)
Charles-François Daubigny
1
Birthdate: February 15, 1817
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: February 19
 46 
Heinrich Leo
(Historian)
Heinrich Leo
0
Birthdate: March 17, 1799
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Rudolstadt, Germany
Died: April 24
 47 
Madame Restell
(Abortionist)
Madame Restell
1
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: May 6, 1812
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: England
Died: April 1
 48 
Louis-Antoine Garnier-Pagès
(Politician)
Louis-Antoine Garnier-Pagès
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 16, 1803
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Marseille, France
Died: October 31
 49 
Benjamin Bonneville
(American Military Officer, Explorer in the American West, and Fur Trapper)
Benjamin Bonneville
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 14, 1796
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: June 12
 50 
Wolf Heinrich Graf von Baudissin
(German Writer, Diplomat, and Translator)
Wolf Heinrich Graf von Baudissin
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 30, 1789
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: April 4