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.
Jefferson DavisAmerican
Former President of the Confederate States of
Robert BrowningBritish
Poet & Playwright
Father DamienBelgian
Saint
Belle StarrAmerican
Outlaw
Antonio MeucciItalian, American
Inventor of voice-communication apparatus
Alexander Hamilton Jr.American
Lawyer
James Prescott JouleBritish
Physicist
John BrightBritish
British Radical and Liberal Politician
Maria MitchellAmerican
Astronomer
Amy LevyBritish
Poet, Novelist, Essayist
Adolf von HenseltGerman
Composer
Ignacy DomeykoPolish
Geologist
Stanley MatthewsAmerican
Jurist
Gerard Manley HopkinsBritish
Poet, Writer
Wilkie CollinsBritish
Novelist, Playwright
Mihai EminescuRomanian
poet, prosaist, essayist, librarian
James Smith BushAmerican
Jurist, Writer, Lawyer, Priest, Politician
Yohannes IVEthiopian
Emperor
Alexandre CabanelFrench
Painter, University teacher
Henry W. GradyAmerican
Journalist
Lucy Webb HayesAmerican
American first lady
Luís I of PortugalPortuguese
King
George H. PendletonAmerican
Politician
Nikolay ChernyshevskyRussian
philosopher, novelist, writer, literary critic
John EricssonSwedish
Engineer, Military personnel
Laura BridgmanAmerican
Educator
Simon CameronAmerican
Politician
Shishunala SharifIndian
poet, teacher
John Archibald CampbellAmerican
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Peter LalorAustralian, Irish
Michel Eugène ChevreulFrench
Chemist
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Elvira MadiganDanish
Acrobat, Circus performer
Sebastián Lerdo de TejadaMexican
President of Mexico
Jan Ernst MatzeligerAmerican
Patent inventor
Mikhail Saltykov-ShchedrinRussian
Poet
Albrecht RitschlGerman
Theologian, Philosopher, University teacher
Crown Prince Rudolf of AustriaAustrian
Prince
Horatius BonarScottish
Poet
Giovanni BottesiniItalian
Composer
Kawanabe KyōsaiJapanese
Painter
Youssef Bey KaramLebanese
Leader
Gaston PlantéFrench
Physicist
Frederick Augustus Porter BarnardAmerican
Scientist
André-Adolphe-Eugène DisdériFrench
Photographer
Numa Denis Fustel de CoulangesFrench
Historian
Melville Reuben BissellAmerican
Entrepreneur
Daniel GoochBritish
Engineer
Louis FaidherbeFrench
Military general
Mori ArinoriJapanese
Statesman
Warren De la RueGuernsey, British
Astronomer
Theodore Dwight WoolseyAmerican
Author
Jules DupréFrench
Painter
Juan MontalvoEcuadorian
Author
Benedetto CairoliItalian
Politician
Sarah BagleyAmerican
Labor leader
Martin Farquhar TupperBritish
Poet, Writer
ChampfleuryFrench
Art critic
Eliza CookBritish
Journalist, Poet, Editor
William Bernard UllathorneBritish
Prelate
Émile AugierFrench
Dramatist
Mary Louise BoothAmerican
Editor
Alessandro GavazziItalian
Preacher
Samuel HirschGerman, American
Philosopher
Robert HamerlingAustrian
Poet
Félix PyatFrench
Journalist
Fanny LewaldGerman, Russian
Author
Ludwig AnzengruberAustrian
Dramatist
Enrico TamberlikItalian
Tenor
Joseph GunglAustrian
Composer
Julia TylerAmerican
Former First Lady of United States
John SangerBritish
Circus proprietor
Friedrich August von QuenstedtGerman
Geologist
Benjamin DayAmerican
Newspaper publisher, Journalist
Wilhelm von GiesebrechtGerman
Historian
Max von GagernGerman
Politician
Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht TempelGerman, Italian
German astronomer
Carlo PellegriniItalian
Artist
Solomon FormstecherGerman
Rabbi
Sir William Buell RichardsCanadian
Justice
John CrerarAmerican
Industrialist
Frans Cornelis DondersDutch
Author
Jules Barbey d'AurevillyFrench
Novelist