Famous People Who Died In 1891
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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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: November 16, 1836
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Died: January 20
Birthdate: June 27, 1846
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Avondale House, Rathdrum, Ireland
Died: October 6
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
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
16
Samuel Ajayi Crowther
(The First Ever African-Anglican Bishop of West Africa)
Birthdate: 1809 AD
Birthplace: Osogun, Nigeria
Died: December 31
17
Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
(Diplomat)
Birthdate: November 8, 1831
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: London, England
Died: November 24
Birthdate: February 21, 1836
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: La La Flèche, France
Died: January 16
19
Sarah Childress Polk
(U.S. First Lady)
Birthdate: September 4, 1803
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States
Died: August 14
20
Sarah Winnemucca
(Former writer known for Activist and Spokeswoman for Northern Paiute)
Birthdate: 1844 AD
Birthplace: Nevada, United States
Died: October 17
21
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
Birthdate: October 24, 1804
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Wittenberg, Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
Died: June 23
23
Leopold Kronecker
(Mathematician, University teacher)
Birthdate: December 7, 1823
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Legnica
Died: December 29
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
Mihail Kogălniceanu
(Prime Minister of Romania (1863 - 1865))
Birthdate: September 6, 1817
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Iași, Romania
Died: July 1
Birthdate: June 18, 1812
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Ulyanovsk, Russia
Died: September 1
27
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
28
David Dixon Porter
(Naval Officer)
Birthdate: June 8, 1813
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: February 13
29
Jules Grévy
(Former President of France)
Birthdate: August 15, 1807
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Mont-sous-Vaudrey, France
Died: September 9
30
William Henry Fitzhugh Lee
(Politician)
Birthdate: May 31, 1837
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Arlington, Virginia, United States
Died: October 15
31
Paul de Lagarde
(Orientalist)
Birthdate: November 2, 1827
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Berlin, Prussia
Died: December 22
32
Edmond Becquerel
(First observed the photovoltaic effect)
Birthdate: March 24, 1820
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: May 11
Birthdate: October 7, 1816
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Gosport, Hampshire
Died: October 29
34
Sofia Kovalevskaya
(Mathematician)
Birthdate: January 15, 1850
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: February 10
35
Charles Bradlaugh
(Activist)
Birthdate: September 26, 1833
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Hoxton, London, England
Died: January 30
36
Joseph Leidy
(American Paleontologist, Parasitologist and Anatomist)
Birthdate: September 9, 1823
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: April 30
37
Konstantin Leontiev
(Philosopher)
Birthdate: January 25, 1831
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Meshtshovskij County, Russia
Died: November 24
38
Heinrich Graetz
(Historian)
Birthdate: October 31, 1817
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Poznań, Poland
Died: September 7
Birthdate: 1830 AD
Birthplace: Yeke Kingdom, Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Died: December 20
40
Louis Lucien Bonaparte
(Politician)
Birthdate: January 4, 1813
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Thorngrove, England
Died: November 3
41
Ion C. Brătianu
(Politician)
Birthdate: June 2, 1821
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Argeș County, Romania
Died: May 16
42
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
Birthdate: October 2, 1828
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: London, England
Died: April 6
44
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
45
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
46
Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark
(Duchess)
Birthdate: August 30, 1870
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Corfu, Greece
Died: September 24
47
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
48
Ernest Meissonier
(French Classicist Painter and Sculptor Famous for His Depictions of Napoleon, His Armies and Military Themes)
Birthdate: February 21, 1815
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Lyon, France
Died: January 31
49
Johannes Janssen
(Historian)
Birthdate: April 10, 1829
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Xanten, Germany
Died: December 24
Birthdate: December 29, 1809
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: April 2