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' )
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’)
Birthdate: May 22, 1813
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Leipzig, Germany
Died: February 13
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
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)
Birthdate: January 4, 1838
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States
Died: July 15
Height: 3'6" (107 cm)
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Édouard Manet(French Modernist Painter Known for His Work ‘The Luncheon on the Grass’ and ‘Olympia’)
Birthdate: January 23, 1832
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, Francece
Died: April 30
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Gustave Doré
(Artist Best Known for His Prolific Output of Wood-Engravings and Illustrated Texts)
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)
Birthdate: October 14, 1801
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Brussels
Died: September 15
8
Samuel Mudd
(Physician, Farmer, Politician)
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)
Birthdate: November 9, 1818
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Oryol, Russia
Died: September 3
Birthdate: January 25, 1813
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Lancaster County, South Carolina, United States
Died: November 13
Birthdate: February 12, 1791
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New York City
Died: April 4
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)
Birthdate: April 4, 1823
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Gehrden, Germany
Died: November 19
14
Matthew Webb
(British Swimmer Known for Swimming the English Channel)
Birthdate: January 19, 1848
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Dawley, Shropshire, England
Died: July 24
15
Tu Duc
(Emperor of Vietnam)
Birthdate: September 22, 1829
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Hue, Vietnam
Died: July 17
Birthdate: July 13, 1811
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Glasgow
Died: May 13
17
Montgomery Blair
(lawyer, judge)
Birthdate: May 10, 1813
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Franklin County
Died: July 27
Birthdate: 1810 AD
Birthplace: Montana, United States
Died: 1883 AD
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Dayanand Saraswati(Indian Philosopher, Social Leader and Founder of the 'Arya Samaj', a Reform Movement of the Vedic Dharma)
Birthdate: February 12, 1824
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Gujarat, India
Died: October 30
20
Emir Abdelkader
(Military Leader)
Birthdate: September 6, 1808
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: El Guettana, Algeria
Died: May 26
21
Robert Moffat
(British missionary)
Birthdate: December 21, 1795
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Ormiston, Scotland
Died: August 9
22
Prince Charles of Prussia
(Prince)
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')
Birthdate: September 24, 1821
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Głuchy, Poland
Died: May 23
24
Thomas Mayne Reid
(Novelist)
Birthdate: April 4, 1818
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Ballyroney, Ireland
Died: October 22
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)')
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)
Birthdate: May 9, 1810
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: May 29
28
Thomas Story Kirkbride
(Physician)
Birthdate: July 31, 1809
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Morrisville, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: December 16
Birthplace: Africa
Died: November 22
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John Graham Chambers
(Sportsman)
Birthdate: February 12, 1843
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Llanelli, Wales
Died: March 4
31
Jenny Longuet
(French Political Journalist & Daughter of Karl Marx)
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')
Birthdate: 1819 AD
Birthplace: Beirut, Lebanon
Died: May 1
33
Olive Soulouque
(Princess)
Birthdate: November 29, 1842
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Second Empire of Haiti
Died: July 23
34
Elisabeth Dieudonné Vincent
(Businesswoman)
Birthdate: 1798 AD
Birthplace: Jeremie, Haiti
Died: November 29
35
Edward FitzGerald
(Poet, Writer)
Birthdate: March 31, 1809
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bredfield House
Died: June 14
36
James T. Rapier
(American Politician)
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)
Birthdate: 1829 AD
Birthplace: Madagascar
Died: July 13
38
François Lenormant
(Archaeologist)
Birthdate: January 17, 1837
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 9
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)
Birthdate: September 29, 1820
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Tuileries Palace, Paris, France
Died: August 24
41
Arnold Toynbee
(Economist)
Birthdate: August 23, 1852
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: London
Died: March 9
42
Giovanni Matteo Mario
(Italian Nobleman and Opera Singer)
Birthdate: October 17, 1810
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cagliari, Italy
Died: December 11
43
Mercedes de Jesus Molina
(Missionary)
Birthdate: September 24, 1828
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Baba, Los Ríos, Ecuador
Died: June 12
44
William Farr
(Medical doctor)
Birthdate: November 30, 1807
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kenley, England
Died: April 14
45
Pierre Auguste Cot
(Former painter of the Academic Classicism school)
Birthdate: February 17, 1837
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bédarieux, France
Died: August 2
Birthdate: February 20, 1810
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Saint-Quentin, France
Died: December 14
47
Lydia E. Pinkham
(Businesswoman)
Birthdate: February 9, 1819
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Lynn, Massachusetts, United States
Died: May 17
Birthdate: April 10, 1806
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Fougères, Brittany, France
Died: May 11
49
Arthur Kennedy
(7th Governor of Hong Kong)
Birthdate: April 5, 1809
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: County Down, Ireland
Died: June 3
Birthdate: January 24, 1814
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Died: June 20