Famous People Who Died In 1891
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Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1891. This list includes people like William Tecumseh Sherman, Herman Melville, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Arthur Rimbaud, Hannibal Hamlin and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, military leaders, soldiers and historians who died in 1891. This list includes people from United States, France, Germany & United Kingdom and many more countries.
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1
P. T. Barnum(Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut from 1875 to 1876)
Birthdate: July 5, 1810
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bethel, Connecticut, United States
Died: April 7
Birthdate: February 8, 1820
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Lancaster, Ohio, United States
Died: February 14
3
Herman Melville(Novelist & Short Story Writer of the American Renaissance Period Best Known for His Works 'Moby-Dick' & 'Typee')
Birthdate: August 1, 1819
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: September 28
4
Arthur Rimbaud(French Poet Known for His Works: ‘The Drunken Boat’, ‘A Season in Hell’ and ‘Illuminations’)
Birthdate: October 20, 1854
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Charleville-Mézières, France
Died: November 10
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
Birthdate: August 12, 1831
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Dnipro, Ukraine
Died: May 8
6
Georges Seurat(French Post-Impressionist Artist Who Devised the Painting Techniques Known as 'Chromoluminarism' and 'Pointillism')
Birthdate: December 2, 1859
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: March 29
Birthdate: August 27, 1809
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paris
Died: July 4
Birthdate: January 11, 1815
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Died: June 6
Birthdate: December 2, 1825
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died: December 5
Birthdate: September 26, 1820
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Birsingha, West Bengal, India
Died: July 29
Birthdate: June 27, 1846
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Avondale House, Rathdrum, Ireland
Died: October 6
Birthdate: November 16, 1836
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Died: January 20
13
George Washington Williams
(Soldier, Historian, Diplomat, Writer, Minister, Politician, Journalist)
Birthdate: October 16, 1849
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bedford
Died: August 2
Birthdate: October 26, 1800
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Parchim, Germany
Died: April 24
15
Samuel Ajayi Crowther
(The First Ever African-Anglican Bishop of West Africa)
Birthdate: 1809 AD
Birthplace: Osogun, Nigeria
Died: December 31
16
James Russell Lowell
(Was an American Romantic Poet, Critic, Editor, and Diplomat)
Birthdate: February 22, 1819
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Died: August 12
17
Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
(Diplomat)
Birthdate: November 8, 1831
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: London, England
Died: November 24
18
Sarah Childress Polk
(U.S. First Lady)
Birthdate: September 4, 1803
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States
Died: August 14
19
Sarah Winnemucca
(Former writer known for Activist and Spokeswoman for Northern Paiute)
Birthdate: 1844 AD
Birthplace: Nevada, United States
Died: October 17
Birthdate: February 21, 1836
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: La La Flèche, France
Died: January 16
Birthdate: October 24, 1804
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Wittenberg, Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
Died: June 23
22
Leopold Kronecker
(Mathematician, University teacher)
Birthdate: December 7, 1823
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Legnica
Died: December 29
23
Mihail Kogălniceanu
(Prime Minister of Romania (1863 - 1865))
Birthdate: September 6, 1817
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Iași, Romania
Died: July 1
24
George Bancroft
(Diplomat, Historian of the modern age, Historian, Academic, Writer, Politician)
Birthdate: October 3, 1800
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Worcester
Died: January 17
25
Prince Baudouin of Belgium
(Eldest Son of Prince Philippe of Belgium, Count of Flanders)
Birthdate: June 3, 1869
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Brussels, Belgium
Died: January 23
Birthdate: June 18, 1812
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Ulyanovsk, Russia
Died: September 1
27
David Dixon Porter
(Naval Officer)
Birthdate: June 8, 1813
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: February 13
28
Paul de Lagarde
(Orientalist)
Birthdate: November 2, 1827
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Berlin, Prussia
Died: December 22
29
Sofia Kovalevskaya
(Mathematician)
Birthdate: January 15, 1850
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: February 10
30
Konstantin Leontiev
(Philosopher)
Birthdate: January 25, 1831
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Meshtshovskij County, Russia
Died: November 24
Birthdate: October 7, 1816
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Gosport, Hampshire
Died: October 29
32
Louis Lucien Bonaparte
(Politician)
Birthdate: January 4, 1813
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Thorngrove, England
Died: November 3
33
Joseph Bazalgette
(British Civil Engineer Who Created a Sewerage System for Central London)
Birthdate: March 28, 1819
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Enfield, London, England
Died: March 15
34
Ion C. Brătianu
(Politician)
Birthdate: June 2, 1821
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: ArgeÈ™ County, Romania
Died: May 16
35
Joseph Leidy
(American Paleontologist, Parasitologist and Anatomist)
Birthdate: September 9, 1823
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: April 30
36
Edmond Becquerel
(First observed the photovoltaic effect)
Birthdate: March 24, 1820
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: May 11
37
Heinrich Graetz
(Historian)
Birthdate: October 31, 1817
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Poznań, Poland
Died: September 7
38
John Hawkshaw
(British Civil Engineer Known for His Work on the Charing Cross and Cannon Street Railways)
Birthdate: April 9, 1811
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Leeds, England
Died: June 2
Birthdate: 1830 AD
Birthplace: Yeke Kingdom, Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Died: December 20
40
William Ferrel
(American Meteorologist Who Developed Theories That Explained the 'Mid-Latitude Atmospheric Circulation Cell')
Birthdate: January 29, 1817
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States
Died: September 18
41
Charles Bradlaugh
(Activist)
Birthdate: September 26, 1833
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Hoxton, London, England
Died: January 30
42
William Henry Fitzhugh Lee
(Politician)
Birthdate: May 31, 1837
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Arlington, Virginia, United States
Died: October 15
43
Sophia B. Packard
(Educator)
Birthdate: January 3, 1824
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: United States of America
Died: June 21
44
George Hearst(United States Senator from California (1886, 1887-91))
Birthdate: September 3, 1820
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Sullivan, Missouri, United States
Died: February 28
45
Johannes Janssen
(Historian)
Birthdate: April 10, 1829
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Xanten, Germany
Died: December 24
46
Fredrik Pacius
(Known as the 'Father of Finnish Music' and Composer of De facto National Anthem of Finland)
Birthdate: March 19, 1809
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
Died: January 8
47
John Pope Hennessy
(15th Governor of Mauritius)
Birthdate: August 8, 1834
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Cork, Ireland
Died: October 7
Birthdate: December 29, 1809
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: April 2
Birthdate: February 3, 1807
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Farmville, Virginia, United States
Died: March 21
50
Letsie I Moshoeshoe of Lesotho
(Paramount chief of Lesotho from 1870 to November 20, 1891)
Birthdate: 1811 AD
Birthplace: Lesotho
Died: November 20