Famous People Who Died In 1887

Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1887. This list includes people like Jenny Lind, Doc Holliday, Ike Clanton, Dorothea Dix, Henry Ward Beecher and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include poets, journalists, philosophers and chemists who died in 1887. This list includes people from United States, Russia and many more countries.
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Jenny Lind
(One of the Most Highly Regarded Singers of the 19th Century)
Jenny Lind
19
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: October 6, 1820
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: November 2
 2 
Dorothea Dix
(Social Reformer)
Dorothea Dix
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 4, 1802
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Maine, US
Died: July 17
 3 
Savitribai Phule
(Social Reformer, Poet)
Savitribai Phule
20
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 3, 1831
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Naigaon, British India (now in Satara district, Maharashtra)
Died: March 10
 4 
Doc Holliday
(Gambler, Gunfighter)
Doc Holliday
26
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 14, 1851
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Griffin, Georgia, United States
Died: November 8
 5 
Aleksandr Borodin
(Composer, Chemist)
Aleksandr Borodin
4
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: November 12, 1833
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg
Died: February 27
 6 
Henry Ward Beecher
(Clergyman, Preacher & Abolitionist)
Henry Ward Beecher
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 24, 1813
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Litchfield, Connecticut, U.S
Died: March 8
 7 
Anandi Gopal Joshi
(First Indian Female Doctor)
Anandi Gopal Joshi
11
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: March 31, 1865
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Kalyan, Maharashtra, India
Died: February 26
 8 
Gustav Kirchhoff
(Physicist)
Gustav Kirchhoff
3
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: March 12, 1824
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia
Died: October 17
 9 
Emma Lazarus
(Poet, Writer, Journalist)
Emma Lazarus
1
Listed In:
Birthdate: July 22, 1849
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: New York City
Died: November 19
 10 
William A. Wheeler
(19th Vice President of the U.S.A)
William A. Wheeler
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 30, 1819
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Malone
Died: June 4
 11 
Lysander Spooner
(Lawyer, Journalist, Essayist, Philosopher)
Lysander Spooner
1
Birthdate: January 19, 1808
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Athol
Died: May 14
 12 
Gustav Fechner
(Physicist, Psychologist, Statistician, University teacher, Philosopher)
Gustav Fechner
2
Birthdate: April 19, 1801
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bad Muskau
Died: November 18
 13 
James Buchanan Eads
(American Civil Engineer and Inventor Best Known for His 'Triple-Arch Steel Bridge' Over the Mississippi River)
James Buchanan Eads
2
Birthdate: May 23, 1820
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lawrenceburg, Indiana, United States
Died: March 8
 14 
Eliza R. Snow
(American Poet and 2nd Relief Society General President (1866 - 1867))
Eliza R. Snow
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 21, 1804
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Becket, Massachusetts, United States
Died: December 5
 15 
Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
(Noblewoman, Journalist)
Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 8, 1819
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Monastyryshche, Ukraine
Died: March 9
 16 
Józef Ignacy Kraszewski
(Polish Writer Best Known for His Epic Series on the History of Poland)
Józef Ignacy Kraszewski
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 28, 1812
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland
Died: March 19
 17 
Albert Carrier-Belleuse
(Sculptor)
Albert Carrier-Belleuse
0
Birthdate: June 12, 1824
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Anizy-le-Chateau, France
Died: June 4
 18 
Joseph Hayne Rainey
(Politician)
Joseph Hayne Rainey
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 21, 1832
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Georgetown, South Carolina
Died: August 1
 19 
Robert Scott
(Philologist, Educator)
Robert Scott
1
Birthdate: January 26, 1811
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bondleigh, England
Died: December 2
 20 
Infante Juan, Count of Montizón
(Infante)
Infante Juan, Count of Montizón
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 15, 1822
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Royal Palace of Aranjuez, Aranjuez, Spain
Died: November 18
 21 
Alfred Krupp
(Industrialist)
Alfred Krupp
1
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: April 26, 1812
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Essen, Germany
Died: July 14
 22 
Richard Jefferies
(Author)
Richard Jefferies
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 6, 1848
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: near Swindon, England
Died: August 14
 23 
Henry Mayhew
(British Journalist, Playwright and One of the Co-founders of the Satirical Magazine 'Punch')
Henry Mayhew
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 25, 1812
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: London, England
Died: July 25
 24 
Fran Levstik
(Slovene Writer and Political Activist Know for His Short Tale ‘Martin Krpan From Vrh’)
Fran Levstik
0
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: September 28, 1831
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Dolnje Retje, Slovenia
Died: November 16
 25 
Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden
(US Geologist Who Made Pioneering Research on the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains)
Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 7, 1829
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Westfield, Massachusetts, United States
Died: December 22
 26 
Joseph Whitworth
(British Engineer, Entrepreneur, Inventor and Philanthropist Who Devised the 'British Standard Whitworth System')
Joseph Whitworth
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 21, 1803
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Stockport, Cheshire, England
Died: January 22
 27 
Spencer Fullerton Baird
(US Naturalist, Ornithologist, and Zoologist Who Mostly Studied North American Birds and Mammals)
Spencer Fullerton Baird
0
Birthdate: February 3, 1823
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: August 19
 28 
Multatuli
(Former writer, best known for his satirical novel Max Havelaar (1860), which denounced the abuses of colonialism in the Dutch East Indies (today's Indonesia))
Multatuli
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 2, 1820
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died: February 19
 29 
Friedrich Theodor Vischer
(Novelist)
Friedrich Theodor Vischer
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 30, 1807
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Ludwigsburg, Germany
Died: September 14
 30 
Johann Jakob Bachofen
(Antiquarian)
Johann Jakob Bachofen
0
Birthdate: December 22, 1815
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Basel, Switzerland
Died: November 25
 31 
Ivan Kramskoi
(Painter, art critic who was an intellectual leader of the art movement known as the Wanderers between 1860–1880)
Ivan Kramskoi
0
Birthdate: June 8, 1837
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Ostrogozhsk, Russia
Died: April 6
 32 
Jules Laforgue
(Franco-Uruguayan Poet)
Jules Laforgue
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 16, 1860
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Montevideo, Uruguay
Died: August 20
 33 
Isabella Valancy Crawford
(Writer)
Isabella Valancy Crawford
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 25, 1846
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: February 12
 34 
Shimazu Hisamitsu
(Samurai)
Shimazu Hisamitsu
0
Birthdate: November 28, 1817
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kagoshima Castle, Kagoshima, Japan
Died: December 6
 35 
Mark Hopkins
(Theologian, Educator)
Mark Hopkins
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 4, 1802
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Died: June 17
 36 
C. F. W. Walther
(Theologian)
C. F. W. Walther
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 25, 1811
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Langenchursdorf, Germany
Died: May 7
 37 
Jean-Baptiste Boussingault
(French Chemist Who Made Significant Contributions to Agricultural Science, Petroleum Science and Metallurgy)
Jean-Baptiste Boussingault
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: February 2, 1801
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: May 11
 38 
Agostino Depretis
(Statesman)
Agostino Depretis
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 31, 1813
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Mezzana Corti, Italy
Died: July 29
 39 
Mother Angela Gillespie
(Religious leader)
Mother Angela Gillespie
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 21, 1824
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: near Brownsville, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: March 4
 40 
William Burnham Woods
(Jurist)
William Burnham Woods
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: August 3, 1824
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Newark, Ohio, United States
Died: May 14
 41 
Thomas Ustick Walter
(American Architect)
Thomas Ustick Walter
0
Listed In: Architects
Birthdate: September 4, 1804
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: October 30
 42 
Bamba Muller
(Known for a modern 'Cinderella')
Bamba Muller
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 6, 1848
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Cairo, Egypt
Died: September 18
 43 
Mary Frances Clarke
(Irish Nun Who Founded the Catholic Order of the 'Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary')
Mary Frances Clarke
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 15, 1802
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: December 4
 44 
Alfred Domett
(Statesman)
Alfred Domett
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 20, 1811
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Camberwell Grove, London, England
Died: November 2
 45 
Aleksandr Ulyanov
(Russian Revolutionary and Elder Brother of Vladimir Lenin)
Aleksandr Ulyanov
4
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 12, 1866
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Died: May 20
 46 
John Ceiriog Hughes
(Welsh Poet and Collector of Folk Tunes)
John Ceiriog Hughes
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 25, 1832
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog, Wales
Died: April 23
 47 
Mikhail Katkov
(Journalist)
Mikhail Katkov
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 13, 1818
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: August 1
 48 
August W. Eichler
(Botanist)
August W. Eichler
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: April 22, 1839
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Neukirchen, Germany
Died: March 2
 49 
Balfour Stewart
(Scottish Physicist and Meteorologist Known for His Studies of Terrestrial Magnetism and Radiant Heat)
Balfour Stewart
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: November 1, 1828
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: December 19
 50 
Friedrich von Amerling
(Former Portrait Painter)
Friedrich von Amerling
2
Birthdate: April 14, 1803
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: January 14