Famous People Who Died In 1883

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Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1883. This list includes people like Karl Marx, Richard Wagner, Sojourner Truth, Peter Cooper, Dayanand Saraswati and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, military leaders, artists and composers who died in 1883. This list includes people from United States, France, Germany & United Kingdom and many more countries.
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 1 
Karl Marx
(Philosopher & Economist - Famous for His Theory of 'Marxism' )
Karl Marx
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Birthdate: May 5, 1818
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Trier, Germany
Died: March 14
 2 
Richard Wagner
(Known for His Operas and Music Dramas ‘Der Ring des Nibelungen’ and ‘Tristan und Isolde’)
Richard Wagner
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 22, 1813
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Leipzig, Germany
Died: February 13
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 3 
Sojourner Truth
(Abolitionist and Women's Rights Activist)
Sojourner Truth
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Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: 1797 AD
Birthplace: Rifton, New York, United States
Died: November 26
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 4 
General Tom Thumb
(American Dwarf Who Achieved Great Fame as a Performer Under Circus Pioneer P. T. Barnum)
General Tom Thumb
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 4, 1838
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States
Died: July 15
Height: 3'6" (107 cm)
 5 
Édouard Manet
(French Modernist Painter Known for His Work ‘The Luncheon on the Grass’ and ‘Olympia’)
Édouard Manet
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Birthdate: January 23, 1832
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, Francece
Died: April 30
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 6 
Gustave Doré
(Artist Best Known for His Prolific Output of Wood-Engravings and Illustrated Texts)
Gustave Doré
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Birthdate: January 6, 1832
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Strasbourg, France
Died: January 23
 7 
Joseph Plateau
(Belgian Physicist & Mathematician - One of the First People to Demonstrate the Illusion of a Moving Image)
Joseph Plateau
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 14, 1801
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Brussels
Died: September 15
 8 
Samuel Mudd
(Physician, Farmer, Politician)
Samuel Mudd
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Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: December 20, 1833
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Charles County
Died: January 10
 9 
Ivan Turgenev
(Novelist, Short Story Writer, Poet & Popularizer of Russian Literature in the West)
Ivan Turgenev
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 9, 1818
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Oryol, Russia
Died: September 3
 10 
J. Marion Sims
(Surgeon)
J. Marion Sims
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Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: January 25, 1813
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Lancaster County, South Carolina, United States
Died: November 13
 11 
Peter Cooper
(Industrialist & Inventors)
Peter Cooper
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Birthdate: February 12, 1791
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New York City
Died: April 4
 12 
Josiah Henson
(Abolitionist)
Josiah Henson
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 15, 1789
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Charles County, Maryland, United States
Died: May 5
 13 
Carl Wilhelm Siemens
(German-British Electrical Engineer and Businessman)
Carl Wilhelm Siemens
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Birthdate: April 4, 1823
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Gehrden, Germany
Died: November 19
 14 
Matthew Webb
(British Swimmer Known for Swimming the English Channel)
Matthew Webb
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 19, 1848
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Dawley, Shropshire, England
Died: July 24
 15 
Tu Duc
(Emperor of Vietnam)
Tu Duc
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Birthdate: September 22, 1829
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Hue, Vietnam
Died: July 17
 16 
James Young (Chemist)
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: July 13, 1811
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Glasgow
Died: May 13
 17 
Montgomery Blair
(lawyer, judge)
Montgomery Blair
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 10, 1813
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Franklin County
Died: July 27
 18 
Morning Star
(Chief)
Morning Star
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 1810 AD
Birthplace: Montana, United States
Died: 1883 AD
 19 
Dayanand Saraswati
(Indian Philosopher, Social Leader and Founder of the 'Arya Samaj', a Reform Movement of the Vedic Dharma)
Dayanand Saraswati
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Birthdate: February 12, 1824
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Gujarat, India
Died: October 30
 20 
Emir Abdelkader
(Military Leader)
Emir Abdelkader
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 6, 1808
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: El Guettana, Algeria
Died: May 26
 21 
Robert Moffat
(British missionary)
Robert Moffat
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 21, 1795
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Ormiston, Scotland
Died: August 9
 22 
Prince Charles of Prussia
(Prince)
Prince Charles of Prussia
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 29, 1801
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin, Germany
Died: January 21
 23 
Cyprian Norwid
(Poet Known for His Work 'Vade-mecum' & 'Promethidion')
Cyprian Norwid
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Birthdate: September 24, 1821
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Głuchy, Poland
Died: May 23
 24 
Thomas Mayne Reid
(Novelist)
Thomas Mayne Reid
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Birthdate: April 4, 1818
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Ballyroney, Ireland
Died: October 22
 25 
Grigol Orbeliani
(Poet)
Grigol Orbeliani
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 2, 1804
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Tbilisi, Georgia
Died: March 21
 26 
Hendrik Conscience
(Novelist Best Known for His Romantic Nationalist Novel, 'The Lion of Flanders (1838)')
Hendrik Conscience
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 3, 1812
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Antwerp, Belgium
Died: September 10
 27 
Princess Marianne of the Netherlands
(Princess of Orange-Nassau was the youngest child of King William I of the Netherlands)
Princess Marianne of the Netherlands
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Birthdate: May 9, 1810
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: May 29
 28 
Thomas Story Kirkbride
(Physician)
Thomas Story Kirkbride
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Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: July 31, 1809
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Morrisville, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: December 16
 29 
Mampuru II
(KIng)
Mampuru II
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Birthplace: Africa
Died: November 22
 30 
John Graham Chambers
(Sportsman)
John Graham Chambers
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 12, 1843
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Llanelli, Wales
Died: March 4
 31 
Jenny Longuet
(French Political Journalist & Daughter of Karl Marx)
Jenny Longuet
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Birthdate: May 1, 1844
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Paris, Kingdom of France
Died: January 11
 32 
Butrus al-Bustani
(Syria's First Nationalist and Founder of the Bi-Weekly Magazine 'Al-Jinan')
Butrus al-Bustani
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 1819 AD
Birthplace: Beirut, Lebanon
Died: May 1
 33 
Olive Soulouque
(Princess)
Olive Soulouque
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 29, 1842
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Second Empire of Haiti
Died: July 23
 34 
Elisabeth Dieudonné Vincent
(Businesswoman)
Elisabeth Dieudonné Vincent
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Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: 1798 AD
Birthplace: Jeremie, Haiti
Died: November 29
 35 
Edward FitzGerald
(Poet, Writer)
Edward FitzGerald
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 31, 1809
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bredfield House
Died: June 14
 36 
James T. Rapier
(American Politician)
James T. Rapier
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 13, 1837
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Florence, Alabama, United States
Died: May 31
 37 
Ranavalona II
(Queen of Madagascar from 1868 to 1883)
Ranavalona II
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Birthdate: 1829 AD
Birthplace: Madagascar
Died: July 13
 38 
François Lenormant
(Archaeologist)
François Lenormant
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Birthdate: January 17, 1837
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 9
 39 
Alexander Hamilton Stephens
(Governor of Georgia (1882-83))
Alexander Hamilton Stephens
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 11, 1812
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Crawfordville, Georgia, United States
Died: March 4
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 40 
Henri, Count of Chambord
(King of France)
Henri, Count of Chambord
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Birthdate: September 29, 1820
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Tuileries Palace, Paris, France
Died: August 24
 41 
Arnold Toynbee
(Economist)
Arnold Toynbee
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Birthdate: August 23, 1852
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: London
Died: March 9
 42 
Giovanni Matteo Mario
(Italian Nobleman and Opera Singer)
Giovanni Matteo Mario
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Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: October 17, 1810
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cagliari, Italy
Died: December 11
 43 
Mercedes de Jesus Molina
(Missionary)
Mercedes de Jesus Molina
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 24, 1828
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Baba, Los Ríos, Ecuador
Died: June 12
 44 
William Farr
(Medical doctor)
William Farr
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Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: November 30, 1807
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kenley, England
Died: April 14
 45 
Pierre Auguste Cot
(Former painter of the Academic Classicism school)
Pierre Auguste Cot
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Birthdate: February 17, 1837
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bédarieux, France
Died: August 2
 46 
Henri Martin
(Historian)
Henri Martin
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Birthdate: February 20, 1810
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Saint-Quentin, France
Died: December 14
 47 
Lydia E. Pinkham
(Businesswoman)
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: February 9, 1819
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Lynn, Massachusetts, United States
Died: May 17
 48 
Juliette Drouet
(Actress)
Juliette Drouet
0
Birthdate: April 10, 1806
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Fougères, Brittany, France
Died: May 11
 49 
Arthur Kennedy
(7th Governor of Hong Kong)
Arthur Kennedy
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 5, 1809
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: County Down, Ireland
Died: June 3
 50 
John Colenso
John Colenso
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: January 24, 1814
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Died: June 20