Famous People Who Died In 1884

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Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1884. This list includes people like Gregor Mendel, Allan Pinkerton, Cyrus McCormick, Bedrich Smetana, Paul Morphy and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, artists, novelists and emperors & kings who died in 1884. This list includes people from United States and many more countries.
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 1 
Gregor Mendel
(Know for Creating the science of Genetics)
Gregor Mendel
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: July 20, 1822
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Hynčice, Vražné, Czechia
Died: January 6
 2 
Allan Pinkerton
(Founder of Pinkerton National Detective Agency)
Allan Pinkerton
9
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 25, 1819
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Died: July 1
 3 
Bedrich Smetana
(Czech Composer Best Known for His Opera ‘The Bartered Bride’)
Bedrich Smetana
4
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: March 2, 1824
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Litomysl, Czechia
Died: May 12
 4 
Cyrus McCormick
(Inventor of mechanical reaper)
Cyrus McCormick
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Birthdate: February 15, 1809
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Shenandoah Valley
Died: May 13
 5 
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
(Politician)
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 7, 1853
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Buckingham Palace, United Kingdom
Died: March 28
 6 
Cetshwayo
(King)
Cetshwayo
0
Birthdate: 1826 AD
Birthplace: Eshowe, Zulu Kingdom
Died: February 8
 7 
Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington
(King)
Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington
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Birthdate: February 3, 1807
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Soho, London, England
Died: August 13
 8 
La Paiva
(Investor)
La Paiva
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Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: May 7, 1819
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: January 21
 9 
Jules Bastien-Lepage
(Painter)
Jules Bastien-Lepage
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Birthdate: November 1, 1848
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Damvillers, France
Died: December 10
 10 
Philippe Suchard
(Swiss chocolatier)
Philippe Suchard
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Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: October 9, 1797
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Boudry
Died: January 14
 11 
Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal
(Queen)
Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 21, 1843
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Necessidades Palace, Lisbon, Portugal
Died: February 5
 12 
Elias Lönnrot
(Physician)
Elias Lönnrot
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Birthdate: April 9, 1802
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Sammatti, Finland
Died: March 19
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 13 
Ottilie Assing
(German-American Abolitionist, Freethinker, and Feminist)
Ottilie Assing
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Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: February 11, 1819
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
Died: August 21
 14 
Jean-Baptiste Dumas
(Chemist)
Jean-Baptiste Dumas
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: July 14, 1800
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Alès, France
Died: April 10
 15 
Marie Taglioni
(Ballet Dancer)
Marie Taglioni
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Listed In: Dancers
Birthdate: April 23, 1804
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: April 22
 16 
George Moses Horton
(Poet)
George Moses Horton
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 1798 AD
Birthplace: Northampton, North Carolina
Died: 1884 AD
 17 
Keshab Chunder Sen
(Indian Philosopher and Social Reformer Known for Incorporating Christian Theology in Hindu Framework)
Keshab Chunder Sen
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 19, 1838
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kolkata, India
Died: January 8
 18 
Gustave Le Gray
(Photographer)
Gustave Le Gray
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Listed In: Photographers
Birthdate: August 30, 1820
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Villiers-le-Bel, France
Died: July 30
 19 
Alfred Francis Russell
(Politician)
Alfred Francis Russell
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 25, 1817
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Died: April 4
 20 
Wendell Phillips
(Advocate)
Wendell Phillips
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Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: November 29, 1811
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: February 2
 21 
Karl Richard Lepsius
(Egyptologist)
Karl Richard Lepsius
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Birthdate: December 23, 1810
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Naumburg, Germany
Died: July 10
 22 
Marie Bashkirtseff
(Russian Artist and Sculptor)
Marie Bashkirtseff
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Birthdate: November 24, 1858
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Havrontsi, Ukraine
Died: October 31
 23 
Hans Makart
(Painter)
Hans Makart
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Birthdate: May 28, 1840
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Salzburg, Austria
Died: October 3
 24 
William Wells Brown
(Abolitionist lecturer, novelist, playwright, and historian)
William Wells Brown
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 15, 1814
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Died: November 6
 25 
Frances Dana Barker Gage
(American Reformer, Feminist and Abolitionist)
Frances Dana Barker Gage
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Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: October 12, 1808
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Marietta, Ohio, United States
Died: November 10
 26 
Muteesa I of Buganda
(King)
Muteesa I of Buganda
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Birthdate: 1837 AD
Birthplace: Mulago, Kampala, Uganda
Died: September 30
 27 
Paul Morphy
(American Chess Player)
Paul Morphy
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 22, 1837
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Died: July 10
 28 
Mirambo
(Warlord)
Mirambo
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Listed In: Criminals
Birthdate: 1840 AD
Birthplace: Tanzania
Died: 1884 AD
 29 
Charles Reade
(Novelist)
Charles Reade
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 8, 1814
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Ipsden, England
Died: April 11
 30 
Judah P. Benjamin
(Politician)
Judah P. Benjamin
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Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: August 6, 1811
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands
Died: May 6
 31 
Juan Bautista Alberdi
(Former Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Argentina and Diplomat)
Juan Bautista Alberdi
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 29, 1810
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
Died: June 19
 32 
John Wisden
(English Cricketer)
John Wisden
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 5, 1826
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Brighton, Sussex, England
Died: April 5
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 33 
Buenaventura Báez
(Politician)
Buenaventura Báez
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 14, 1812
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Rincón, Puerto Rico
Died: March 14
 34 
Johann Gustav Droysen
(German Historian)
Johann Gustav Droysen
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Birthdate: July 6, 1808
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Trzebiatów, Poland
Died: June 19
 35 
Mihály Táncsics
(Politician, Writer, Journalist)
Mihály Táncsics
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Birthdate: April 21, 1799
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ácsteszér, Hungary
Died: June 28
 36 
Noah Haynes Swayne
(Jurist)
Noah Haynes Swayne
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Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: December 7, 1804
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Frederick County, Virginia, United States
Died: June 8
 37 
Hermann Kolbe
(Chemist)
Hermann Kolbe
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 27, 1818
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Elliehausen, Germany
Died: November 25
 38 
Fanny Elssler
(Austrian Ballet Dancer of the Romantic Period)
Fanny Elssler
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Listed In: Dancers
Birthdate: June 23, 1810
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Gumpendorf, Vienna, Austria
Died: November 27
 39 
Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps
(American Educator, Scientist, Author, and Editor)
Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: July 15, 1793
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Berlin, Connecticut, United States
Died: July 15
 40 
Mary Gove Nichols
(Advocate)
Mary Gove Nichols
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Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: August 10, 1810
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Goffstown, New Hampshire, United States
Died: May 30
 41 
Samuel D. Gross
(American Surgeon)
Samuel D. Gross
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Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: July 8, 1805
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Easton, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: May 6
 42 
Robert Richard Torrens
(Writer)
Robert Richard Torrens
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 31, 1812
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Cork, Ireland
Died: August 31
 43 
George Engelmann
(Known for His Study of Phylloxera Vastatrix)
George Engelmann
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: February 2, 1809
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Frankfurt, Germany
Died: February 4
 44 
Charles Adolphe Wurtz
(French Chemist Known for His Research on Organic Nitrogen Compounds, Hydrocarbons, and Glycols)
Charles Adolphe Wurtz
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: November 26, 1817
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Wolfisheim, France
Died: May 10
 45 
Martha Bulloch Roosevelt
(Socialite)
Martha Bulloch Roosevelt
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 8, 1835
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Hartford
Died: February 14
 46 
Arnold Henry Guyot
(Geologist, Geographer)
Arnold Henry Guyot
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 28, 1807
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Boudevilliers, Switzerland
Died: February 8
 47 
Odo Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill
(Diplomat)
Odo Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 20, 1829
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Died: August 25
 48 
Alfred Brehm
(German writer)
Alfred Brehm
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 2, 1829
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Renthendorf
Died: November 11
 49 
Antonio García Gutiérrez
(Writer)
Antonio García Gutiérrez
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 4, 1813
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Chiclana, Spain
Died: August 26
 50 
Alexander, Prince of Orange
(Prince)
Alexander, Prince of Orange
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 25, 1851
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Noordeinde Palace, The Hague, Netherlands
Died: June 21