Famous People Who Died In 1887

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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)

Listed In: Singers

Birthdate: October 6, 1820

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden

Died: November 2

Doc Holliday

(Gambler, Gunfighter)

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: August 14, 1851

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Griffin, Georgia, United States

Died: November 8

Dorothea Dix

(Social Reformer)

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: April 4, 1802

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Maine, US

Died: July 17

Savitribai Phule

(Social Reformer, Poet)

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: January 3, 1831

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Naigaon, British India (now in Satara district, Maharashtra)

Died: March 10

Anandi Gopal Joshi

(First Indian Female Doctor)

Listed In: Physicians

Birthdate: March 31, 1865

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Kalyan, Maharashtra, India

Died: February 26

Henry Ward Beecher

(Clergyman, Preacher & Abolitionist)

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: June 24, 1813

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Litchfield, Connecticut, U.S

Died: March 8

Aleksandr Borodin

(Composer, Chemist)

Listed In: Musicians

Birthdate: November 12, 1833

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Saint Petersburg

Died: February 27

Gustav Kirchhoff

(Physicist)

Listed In: Scientists

Birthdate: March 12, 1824

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia

Died: October 17

Emma Lazarus

(Poet, Writer, Journalist)

Listed In:

Birthdate: July 22, 1849

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: New York City

Died: November 19

Ike Clanton

(Member of Brigand Group - The Cowboys)

Listed In: Criminals

Birthdate: 1847 AD

Birthplace: Callaway County, Missouri

Died: June 1

William A. Wheeler

(19th Vice President of the U.S.A)

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: June 30, 1819

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Malone

Died: June 4

Gustav Fechner

(Physicist, Psychologist, Statistician, University teacher, Philosopher)

Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics

Birthdate: April 19, 1801

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Bad Muskau

Died: November 18

Eliza R. Snow

(American Poet and 2nd Relief Society General President (1866 - 1867))

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: January 21, 1804

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Becket, Massachusetts, United States

Died: December 5

James Buchanan Eads

(American Civil Engineer and Inventor Best Known for His 'Triple-Arch Steel Bridge' Over the Mississippi River)

Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers

Birthdate: May 23, 1820

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Lawrenceburg, Indiana, United States

Died: March 8

Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein

(Noblewoman, Journalist)

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: February 8, 1819

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Monastyryshche, Ukraine

Died: March 9

Alfred Krupp

(Industrialist)

Listed In: Business People

Birthdate: April 26, 1812

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Essen, Germany

Died: July 14

Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden

(US Geologist Who Made Pioneering Research on the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains)

Listed In: Scientists

Birthdate: September 7, 1829

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Westfield, Massachusetts, United States

Died: December 22

Spencer Fullerton Baird

(US Naturalist, Ornithologist, and Zoologist Who Mostly Studied North American Birds and Mammals)

Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics

Birthdate: February 3, 1823

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Reading, Pennsylvania, United States

Died: August 19

Albert Carrier-Belleuse

(Sculptor)

Listed In: Artists & Painters

Birthdate: June 12, 1824

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Anizy-le-Chateau, France

Died: June 4

Józef Ignacy Kraszewski

(Polish Writer Best Known for His Epic Series on the History of Poland)

Listed In: Writers

Birthdate: July 28, 1812

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland

Died: March 19

Robert Scott

(Philologist, Educator)

Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics

Birthdate: January 26, 1811

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Bondleigh, England

Died: December 2

Fran Levstik

(Slovene Writer and Political Activist Know for His Short Tale ‘Martin Krpan From Vrh’)

Listed In: Activists

Birthdate: September 28, 1831

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Dolnje Retje, Slovenia

Died: November 16

August Spies

(Editor)

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birthdate: December 10, 1855

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Landecker Berg, Schenklengsfeld, Germany

Died: November 11

Bamba Muller

(Known for a modern 'Cinderella')

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: July 6, 1848

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Cairo, Egypt

Died: September 18

Friedrich Theodor Vischer

(Novelist)

Listed In: Writers

Birthdate: June 30, 1807

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Ludwigsburg, Germany

Died: September 14

Jean-Baptiste Boussingault

(French Chemist Who Made Significant Contributions to Agricultural Science, Petroleum Science and Metallurgy)

Listed In: Scientists

Birthdate: February 2, 1801

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Paris, France

Died: May 11

Lysander Spooner

(Lawyer, Journalist, Essayist, Philosopher)

Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics

Birthdate: January 19, 1808

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Athol

Died: May 14

Joseph Hayne Rainey

(Politician)

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: June 21, 1832

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Georgetown, South Carolina

Died: August 1

Infante Juan, Count of Montizón

(Infante)

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: May 15, 1822

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Royal Palace of Aranjuez, Aranjuez, Spain

Died: November 18

Mary Frances Clarke

(Irish Nun Who Founded the Catholic Order of the 'Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary')

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: November 15, 1802

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland

Died: December 4

Richard Jefferies

(Author)

Listed In: Writers

Birthdate: November 6, 1848

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: near Swindon, England

Died: August 14

Henry Mayhew

(British Journalist, Playwright and One of the Co-founders of the Satirical Magazine 'Punch')

Listed In: Writers

Birthdate: November 25, 1812

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: London, England

Died: July 25

Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein

(Prince of Liechtenstein)

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: February 25, 1802

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Vienna, Austria

Died: March 31

Isabella Valancy Crawford

(Writer)

Listed In: Writers

Birthdate: September 25, 1846

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland

Died: February 12

Joseph Whitworth

(British Engineer, Entrepreneur, Inventor and Philanthropist Who Devised the 'British Standard Whitworth System')

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: December 21, 1803

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Stockport, Cheshire, England

Died: January 22

Mark Hopkins

(Theologian, Educator)

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: February 4, 1802

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Died: June 17

Mother Angela Gillespie

(Religious leader)

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: February 21, 1824

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: near Brownsville, Pennsylvania, United States

Died: March 4

Johann Jakob Bachofen

(Antiquarian)

Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics

Birthdate: December 22, 1815

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Basel, Switzerland

Died: November 25

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))