Famous People Who Died In 1882
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Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1882. This list includes people like Charles Darwin, Jesse James, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Mary Todd Lincoln, Giuseppe Garibaldi and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include poets, philosophers, political leaders and journalists who died in 1882. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & France and many more countries.
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1
Charles Darwin(Naturalist known for His Contributions to Evolutionary Biology)
Birthdate: February 12, 1809
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: The Mount House, Shrewsbury, England
Died: April 19
Birthdate: May 25, 1803
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: April 27
3
Giuseppe Garibaldi(Italian General Who Contributed to Italian Unification and the Creation of the Kingdom of Italy)
Birthdate: July 4, 1807
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Nice, France
Died: June 2
4
Mary Todd Lincoln(Wife of Former US President Abraham Lincoln and the First Lady of the United States (1861 - 1865))
Birthdate: December 13, 1818
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Died: July 16
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
Birthdate: February 27, 1807
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Portland, Maine, United States
Died: March 24
Birthdate: April 24, 1851
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Pella, Iowa, United States
Died: March 18
Birthdate: May 12, 1828
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: London, United Kingdom
Died: April 9
Birthdate: December 7, 1810
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Neuss, Germany
Died: January 11
Birthdate: April 24, 1815
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: London, England
Died: December 6
10
Léon Gambetta
(Former republican politician who proclaimed the French Third Republic in 1870 and played a prominent role in its early government)
Birthdate: April 2, 1838
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Cahors, France
Died: December 31
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Friedrich Wöhler
(German chemist)
Birthdate: July 31, 1800
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Eschersheim
Died: September 23
Birthdate: August 1, 1815
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Died: January 6
13
Ewelina Hańska
(Noblewoman)
Birthdate: January 6, 1805
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Pohrebyshche, Ukraine
Died: April 11
14
Sergey Nechayev
(Revolutionary)
Birthdate: October 2, 1847
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ivanovo, Russia
Died: December 3
15
Bruno Bauer
(German Philosopher and Theologian Known for His Association and Sharp Break With ‘Karl Marx’ and ‘Friedrich Engels')
Birthdate: September 6, 1809
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Eisenberg, Germany
Died: April 13
16
Louis Blanc
(French Politician and Historian for His Theory of Worker-Controlled 'Social Workshops')
Birthdate: October 29, 1811
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Died: December 6
17
Alexander Gardner
(photographer, war photographer)
Birthdate: October 17, 1821
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Paisley
Died: December 10
Birthdate: February 10, 1791
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Died: February 12
19
Ignacy Łukasiewicz
(Polish pharmacist)
Birthdate: March 8, 1822
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Zaduszniki, Podkarpackie Voivodeship
Died: January 7
20
William Tappan Thompson
(Writer)
Birthdate: August 31, 1812
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ravenna, Ohio, United States
Died: March 24
21
Archibald Campbell Tait
(Former Archbishop of Canterbury)
Birthdate: December 21, 1811
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland
Died: December 3
22
Vasily Perov
(Painter, a key figure of the Russian Realist movement and one of the founding members of Peredvizhniki)
Birthdate: January 2, 1834
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Tobolsk, Russia
Died: June 10
23
Henry Draper
(American Physician and Amateur Astronomer Who Made the First Photograph of the Spectrum of a Star)
Birthdate: March 7, 1837
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States
Died: November 20
24
János Arany
(Hungarian Poet Best Known for His Epic Poem 'Toldi' Trilogy)
Birthdate: March 2, 1817
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Salonta, Romania
Died: October 22
25
Egerton Ryerson
(Educator, minister known for Championing free schooling in Canada, influence in the design of the Canadian Indian residential school system)
Birthdate: March 24, 1803
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Walsh, Canada
Died: February 19
26
Ekaterine Dadiani, Princess of Mingrelia
(Princess)
Birthdate: March 19, 1816
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Tbilisi, Georgia
Died: August 13
Birthdate: August 22, 1800
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Pusey, England
Died: September 16
28
Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald
(Estonian Writer Regarded as 'Father of the National Literature for Estonia')
Birthdate: December 26, 1803
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Jõepere, Estonia
Died: August 25
29
James Challis
(British Clergyman and Astronomer Famous in the History of Astronomy for His Failure to Discover the Planet 'Neptune')
Birthdate: December 12, 1803
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Braintree, Essex, England
Died: December 3
30
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
(Photographer)
Birthdate: 1840 AD
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: January 14
31
George Perkins Marsh
(Environmentalist)
Birthdate: March 15, 1801
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Woodstock, Vermont, United States
Died: July 23
32
Mikhail Skobelev
(General)
Birthdate: September 29, 1843
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: St. Petersburg, Russia
Died: July 7
Birthdate: September 29, 1810
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Saltcoats, United Kingdom
Died: December 9
Birthdate: November 15, 1797
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Greene County, New York, United States
Died: November 22
35
William Harrison Ainsworth
(Novelist)
Birthdate: February 4, 1805
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Manchester, England
Died: January 3
36
Edward Henry Palmer
(Explorer)
Birthdate: August 7, 1840
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Cambridge, England
Died: August 10
37
Joachim Raff
(German-Swiss Composer and Pedagogue)
Birthdate: May 27, 1822
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lachen, Switzerland
Died: June 24
38
Lord Frederick Cavendishdish
(Politician)
Birthdate: November 30, 1836
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Eastbourne, England, United Kingdom
Died: May 6
39
Carl Robert Jakobson
(Estonian Politician Who Played an Important Role in the 'Estonian National Awakening Movement')
Birthdate: July 26, 1841
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Tartu, Estonia
Died: March 19
40
Hablot Knight Browne
(Artist)
Birthdate: July 12, 1815
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Lambeth, England
Died: July 8
41
Giovanni Dupré
(Italian Sculptor)
Birthdate: March 1, 1817
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Siena, Italy
Died: January 10
42
West Hughes Humphreys
(Judge)
Birthdate: August 26, 1806
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Montgomery County, Tennessee, United States
Died: October 16
43
Jules Quicherat
(Historian)
Birthdate: October 13, 1814
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: April 8
44
Georges Leclanché
(French Electrical Engineer Famous for His Invention of the 'Leclanché Cell')
Birthdate: October 9, 1839
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Parmain, France
Died: September 14
45
Francis Maitland Balfour
(Biologist)
Birthdate: November 10, 1851
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland,
Died: July 19
46
Carlo Piaggia
(Italian Explorer)
Birthdate: January 4, 1827
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Lucca, Italy
Died: January 17
47
John Scott Russell
(Scottish Civil Engineer, Naval Architect and Shipbuilder Best Known for Researches in Ship Design)
Birthdate: May 9, 1808
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Parkhead, Glasgow, Scotland
Died: June 8
48
Charles Wyville Thomson
(Zoologist)
Birthdate: March 5, 1830
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bonsyde, Scotland
Died: March 10
49
Alonzo J. Ransier
(Politician)
Birthdate: January 3, 1834
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Died: August 17
50
Arthur de Gobineau
(French Aristocrat & Writer Best Known for Helping to Legitimise 'Racism' by the Use of Scientific Racist Theory)
Birthdate: July 14, 1816
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Ville-d'Avray, France
Died: October 13