Famous People Who Died In 1889
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1889. This list includes people like Jefferson Davis, Robert Browning, Antonio Meucci, James Prescott Joule, Maria Mitchell and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include poets, political leaders, novelists and inventors who died in 1889. This list includes people from United Kingdom, United States, Italy & Germany and many more countries.
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Birthdate: June 3, 1808
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Fairview, Kentucky, United States
Died: December 6
Birthdate: May 7, 1812
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Camberwell
Died: December 12
Birthdate: December 24, 1818
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Salford, Lancashire, England, UK
Died: October 11
4
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
(Heir Apparent of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, Who Died by a Suicide Pact With His Mistress)
Birthdate: August 21, 1858
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Laxenburg castles, Austria
Died: January 30
Birthdate: April 13, 1808
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Florence
Died: October 18
6
Mihai Eminescu
(The National Poet of Romania and a Major Figure of Romanticism)
Birthdate: January 15, 1850
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Botoșani, Romania
Died: June 15
7
Wilkie Collins
(Novelist, Playwright)
Birthdate: January 8, 1824
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London
Died: September 23
Birthdate: August 1, 1818
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Nantucket
Died: June 28
9
James Smith Bush
(Jurist, Writer, Lawyer, Priest, Politician)
Birthdate: June 15, 1825
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Rochester
Died: November 11
10
Gerard Manley Hopkins
(Poet, Writer)
Birthdate: July 28, 1844
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: London
Died: June 8
11
Ion Creanga
(Romanian Author Who Was a Prominent Member of the Junimea Literary Society)
Birthdate: March 1, 1837
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Târgu Neamț, Moldavia
Died: December 31
12
Lucy Webb Hayes
(American first lady)
Birthdate: August 28, 1831
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Chillicothe, Ohio , United States
Died: June 25
13
Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel
(Princess)
Birthdate: July 25, 1797
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Rumpenheim Castle, Offenbach, Germany
Died: April 6
14
Alexandre Cabanel
(Former Painter, who painted historical, classical and religious subjects in the academic style)
Birthdate: September 28, 1823
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Montpellier, France
Died: January 23
Birthdate: December 21, 1829
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Hanover, New Hampshire,United States
Died: May 24
16
Jan Ernst Matzeliger
(Patent inventor)
Birthdate: September 15, 1852
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paramaribo
Died: August 24
Birthdate: July 31, 1803
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Långbanshyttan, Värmland, Sweden
Died: March 8
18
Elvira Madigan
(Circus performer, best known today for her romantic relationship with the Swedish nobleman and cavalry officer Sixten Sparre)
Birthdate: December 4, 1867
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Flensburg, Germany
Died: July 19
19
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
(Novelist)
Birthdate: January 27, 1826
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Spas-Ugol, Russia
Died: May 10
20
Father Damien(Belgian Priest Known for His Missionary Work Among the Hawaiian Lepers)
Birthdate: January 3, 1840
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Tremelo, Belgium
Died: April 15
Birthdate: November 10, 1861
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: London, Clapham
Died: September 10
22
Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada
(31st President of Mexico (1872 - 1876))
Birthdate: April 24, 1823
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
Died: April 21
23
John Archibald Campbell
(Associate Justice of the Supreme Court)
Birthdate: June 24, 1811
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Washington, Georgia, United States
Died: March 12
24
Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges
(French Historian)
Birthdate: March 18, 1830
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: September 12
Birthdate: 1840 AD
Birthplace: United States
Died: June 17
Birthdate: July 31, 1802
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Nesvizh
Died: January 23
27
Juan Montalvo
(Ecuadorian Essayist and Author)
Birthdate: April 13, 1832
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Ambato, Ecuador
Died: January 17
28
Melville Reuben Bissell
(Entrepreneur)
Birthdate: September 25, 1843
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Hartwick, New York, United States
Died: March 15
29
Youssef Bey Karam
(Governor of Ehden (1846 - 1861))
Birthdate: May 15, 1823
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ehden, Ottoman Lebanon
Died: April 7
30
Simon Cameron
(Politician)
Birthdate: March 8, 1799
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Maytown, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: June 26
Birthdate: April 22, 1850
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Năsăud, Romania
Died: August 3
Birthdate: June 30, 1823
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: September 4
Birthdate: February 5, 1827
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: County Laois
Died: February 9
34
George H. Pendleton
(Politician)
Birthdate: July 19, 1825
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Died: November 24
Birthdate: April 5, 1811
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Nantes, France
Died: October 6
36
Benjamin Day
(Newspaper Publisher)
Birthdate: April 10, 1810
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Died: December 21
37
Nikolay Chernyshevsky
(Critic)
Birthdate: July 24, 1828
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Saratov, Russia
Died: October 29
38
Martin Farquhar Tupper
(Poet, Writer)
Birthdate: July 17, 1810
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Greater London
Died: November 1
39
Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
(Writer)
Birthdate: November 7, 1838
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Saint-Brieuc, France
Died: August 19
40
Kawanabe Kyōsai
(Japanese Artist)
Birthdate: May 18, 1831
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Koga, Ibaraki, Japan
Died: April 26
41
Horatius Bonar
(Scottish Poet and Priest)
Birthdate: December 19, 1808
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: July 31
42
Charles Leroux
(Balloonist)
Birthdate: October 31, 1856
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Waterbury, Connecticut, United States
Died: September 12
43
Giovanni Bottesini
(Composer)
Birthdate: December 22, 1821
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Crema, Italy
Died: July 7
44
Theodore Dwight Woolsey
(Author)
Birthdate: October 31, 1801
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: July 1
Birthdate: April 22, 1834
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Orthez, France
Died: May 21
46
Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly
(French Novelist and Short Story Writer)
Birthdate: November 2, 1808
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Normandy, France
Died: April 23
47
Julia Tyler
(Former First Lady of United States)
Birthdate: May 4, 1820
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Gardiner's Island, New York, US
Died: July 10
Birthdate: October 15, 1825
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Berlin Palace, Berlin, Germany
Died: May 17
49
Mori Arinori
(Japanese Statesman, Diplomat, and Founder of Japan’s Modern Educational System)
Birthdate: August 23, 1847
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Kagoshima, Japan
Died: February 12
Birthdate: March 25, 1839
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Capua, Italy
Died: January 22