Famous People Who Died In 1888
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1888. This list includes people like Louisa May Alcott, Matthew Arnold, Amos Bronson Alcott, Nikolay Przhevalsky, Squire Whipple and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include geographers, political leaders, spiritual & religious leaders and inventors who died in 1888. This list includes people from United States, Germany and many more countries.
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Birthdate: November 29, 1832
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Germantown, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: March 6
Birthdate: March 22, 1797
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: March 9
Birthdate: December 24, 1822
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Laleham, United Kingdom
Died: April 15
Birthdate: October 18, 1831
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Potsdam, Germany
Died: June 15
5
John Stith Pemberton
(Inventor of Coca-Cola)
Birthdate: July 8, 1831
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Knoxville, Georgia, United States
Died: August 16
6
Anna Haining Bates
(Circus performer)
Birthdate: August 6, 1846
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New Annan, Canada
Died: August 5
Height: 7'11" (241 cm)
Birthdate: March 6, 1831
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Albany, New York, United States
Died: August 5
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
8
Carl Zeiss
(Scientific instrument maker)
Birthdate: September 11, 1816
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Weimar
Died: December 3
Birthdate: November 29, 1799
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Wolcott, Connecticut
Died: March 4
Birthdate: May 12, 1812
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Holloway
Died: January 29
11
Rudolf Clausius
(Physicist, University teacher, Mathematician, Theoretical physicist)
Birthdate: January 2, 1822
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Koszalin
Died: August 24
12
Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine
(Prince)
Birthdate: July 15, 1823
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Died: December 15
13
Ludvig Nobel
(Entrepreneur, Engineer, Philanthropist)
Birthdate: July 27, 1831
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Stockholm
Died: April 12
14
Namık Kemal
(Turkish Author, Poet, and Social Reformer)
Birthdate: December 21, 1840
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Tekirdağ, Turkey
Died: December 2
15
John Bosco(Italian Catholic Priest Known for Educating the Poor and Founded the Education System 'Salesian Preventive System')
Birthdate: August 16, 1815
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Castelnuovo Don Bosco, Italy
Died: January 31
Birthdate: April 12, 1839
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Smolensk, Russia
Died: November 1
17
Anton Mauve
(Former realist painter whose best-known paintings depict peasants working in the field)
Birthdate: September 18, 1838
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Zaandam, Netherlands
Died: February 5
18
Princess Helena of Nassau
(Princess)
Birthdate: August 18, 1831
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Wiesbaden, Duchy of Nassau, German Confederation
Died: October 28
Birthdate: 1839 AD
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: November 10
Birthdate: October 20, 1828
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Troy
Died: October 16
Birthdate: September 16, 1804
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Hardwick, Massachusetts, USA
Died: March 15
Birthdate: 1835 AD
Birthplace: Payajouk, Qajar Persia
Died: April 25
23
Morrison Waite
(Chief Justice)
Birthdate: November 29, 1816
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Lyme, Connecticut, United States
Died: March 23
24
Heinrich Anton de Bary
(German Surgeon, Botanist, Microbiologist, and Mycologist Known for Demonstrating Sexual Life Cycle of Fungi)
Birthdate: January 26, 1831
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Died: January 19
25
Charles Crocker
(Businessman)
Birthdate: September 16, 1822
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Troy, New York
Died: August 14
Birthdate: 1820 AD
Birthplace: South Dakota, United States
Died: December 18
Birthdate: September 14, 1817
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Husum, Germany
Died: July 4
Birthdate: March 12, 1799
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Coleford, United Kingdom
Died: January 30
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
29
George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan
(Officer)
Birthdate: April 16, 1800
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: London, England
Died: November 10
Birthdate: January 22, 1828
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania
Died: November 17
31
Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay
(Russian Anthropologist Known for Being One of the First to Explore New Guinea and Oppose Slavery)
Birthdate: July 17, 1846
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Yazykovo, Russia
Died: April 14
32
Mikhail Loris-Melikov
(Russian-Armenian Statesman and Military Leader)
Birthdate: October 31, 1824
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Russian Empire
Died: December 22
Birthdate: November 14, 1869
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania
Died: September 29
34
Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar
(Sultan)
Birthdate: 1837 AD
Birthplace: Unguja ( also known as Zanzibar Island), Tanzania
Died: March 26
35
Charles-Valentin Alkan
(French Composer and One of the Greatest Virtuoso Pianists of His Generation)
Birthdate: November 30, 1813
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: March 29
36
Victoria Benedictsson
(Swedish Author Known for Her Natural and Unpretentious Stories of Swedish Folk Life)
Birthdate: March 6, 1850
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Trelleborg Municipality, Sweden
Died: July 21
37
William I, German Emperor
(King)
Birthdate: March 22, 1797
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: March 9
38
François Achille Bazaine
(Army Officer)
Birthdate: February 13, 1811
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: First French Empire
Died: September 23
Birthdate: September 13, 1813
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: January 8
40
Laurence Oliphant
(South African-Born British Traveller and Author Who is Remembered for his Satirical Novel, 'Piccadilly')
Birthdate: August 3, 1829
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Cape Town, South Africa
Died: December 23
41
Mary Jane Kelly
(Criminal)
Birthdate: 1863 AD
Birthplace: Limerick, Ireland
Died: November 9
Birthdate: August 21, 1811
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: February 11
43
Montague Druitt
(English Barrister and Educator)
Birthdate: August 15, 1857
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England
Died: December 31
44
Johannes Brand
(South African Lawyer and 4th State President of the Orange Free State)
Birthdate: December 6, 1823
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Cape Town, South Africa
Died: July 14
45
Philip Henry Gosse
(Naturalist)
Birthdate: April 6, 1810
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Worcester, England
Died: August 23
46
Eugène Marin Labiche
(Dramatist)
Birthdate: May 5, 1815
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: January 23
47
William Cairns
(Governor of Trinidad 1874 – 27 1874)
Birthdate: March 3, 1828
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Co. Down, Ireland, United Kingdom
Died: July 9
48
Momolu Duwalu Bukele
(Inventor)
Birthdate: September 30, 1788
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Liberia
Died: October 1
49
Christopher Memminger
(Politician)
Birthdate: January 9, 1803
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany
Died: March 7
Birthdate: May 15, 1815
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Pest, Budapest, Hungary
Died: January 14