Famous People Who Died In 1888
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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
Birthdate: July 8, 1831
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Knoxville, Georgia, United States
Died: August 16
Birthdate: March 6, 1831
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Albany, New York, United States
Died: August 5
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
Birthdate: August 6, 1846
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New Annan, Canada
Died: August 5
Height: 7'11" (241 cm)
Birthdate: November 29, 1799
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Wolcott, Connecticut
Died: March 4
Birthdate: September 11, 1816
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Weimar
Died: December 3
10
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
11
Rudolf Clausius(Physicist, University teacher, Mathematician, Theoretical physicist)
Birthdate: January 2, 1822
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Koszalin
Died: August 24
Birthdate: July 15, 1823
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Died: December 15
Birthdate: July 27, 1831
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Stockholm
Died: April 12
Birthdate: 1839 AD
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: November 10
Birthdate: April 12, 1839
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Smolensk, Russia
Died: November 1
16
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
Birthdate: December 21, 1840
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Tekirdağ, Turkey
Died: December 2
18
Black Bart(American Outlaw Noted for the Poetic Messages He Left Behind After Two of His Robberies)
Birthdate: 1829 AD
Birthplace: Norfolk, England
Died: February 28
Birthdate: August 18, 1831
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Wiesbaden, Duchy of Nassau, German Confederation
Died: October 28
Birthdate: May 12, 1812
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Holloway
Died: January 29
Birthdate: September 16, 1804
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Hardwick, Massachusetts, USA
Died: March 15
Birthdate: 1820 AD
Birthplace: South Dakota, United States
Died: December 18
Birthdate: October 20, 1828
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Troy
Died: October 16
Birthdate: 1835 AD
Birthplace: Payajouk, Qajar Persia
Died: April 25
25
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
Birthdate: September 14, 1817
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Husum, Germany
Died: July 4
Birthdate: January 22, 1828
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania
Died: November 17
Birthdate: October 31, 1824
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Russian Empire
Died: December 22
Birthdate: August 15, 1857
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England
Died: December 31
Birthdate: 1837 AD
Birthplace: Unguja ( also known as Zanzibar Island), Tanzania
Died: March 26
Birthdate: March 12, 1799
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Coleford, United Kingdom
Died: January 30
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
Birthdate: November 30, 1813
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: March 29
Birthdate: 1863 AD
Birthplace: Limerick, Ireland
Died: November 9
Birthdate: November 14, 1869
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania
Died: September 29
35
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
Birthdate: March 22, 1797
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: March 9
Birthdate: September 7, 1842
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Lublin, Poland
Died: June 20
38
Asa Gray(The Most Prominent Botanist of the 19th Century)
Birthdate: November 18, 1810
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Sauquoit, New York, United States
Died: January 30
39
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
40
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
Birthdate: November 29, 1816
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Lyme, Connecticut, United States
Died: March 23
Birthdate: September 16, 1822
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Troy, New York
Died: August 14
Birthdate: December 18, 1819
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: December 22
Birthdate: May 5, 1815
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: January 23
45
George Henry Corliss(American Mechanical Engineer and Inventor, Who Developed the 'Corliss Steam Engine')
Birthdate: June 2, 1817
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Easton, New York, United States
Died: February 21
Birthdate: September 13, 1813
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: January 8
Birthdate: December 19, 1802
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Thirsk
Died: October 2
Birthdate: September 30, 1788
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Liberia
Died: October 1
Birthdate: February 13, 1811
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: First French Empire
Died: September 23
Birthdate: March 3, 1828
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Co. Down, Ireland, United Kingdom
Died: July 9