Famous People Who Died In 1896
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Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1896. This list includes people like Alfred Nobel, Harriet Beecher Stowe, William Morris, Jose Rizal, Anton Bruckner and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include composers, poets, inventors and political leaders who died in 1896. This list includes people from United States, Germany, France & United Kingdom and many more countries.
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1
Jose Rizal(Filipino Nationalist and Writer Who is Considered One of the Greatest Heroes of the Philippines)
Birthdate: June 19, 1861
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Calamba, Laguna
Died: December 30
2
Alfred Nobel(Swedish Chemist, Engineer, and Inventor Who Invented Dynamite)
Birthdate: October 21, 1833
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: December 10
Birthdate: June 14, 1811
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Died: July 1
Birthdate: March 24, 1834
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Walthamstow, England
Died: October 3
Birthdate: September 13, 1819
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Leipzig
Died: May 20
Birthdate: August 30, 1850
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bulakan, Bulacan, Captaincy General of the Philippines
Died: July 4
Birthdate: May 27, 1815
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Canley, Coventry, England
Died: April 27
Birthdate: June 8, 1829
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Southampton, Hampshire, England
Died: August 13
9
Anton Bruckner(Austrian Composer and Organist Best Known for His Symphonies: 'Masses', 'Te Deum' and 'Motets')
Birthdate: September 4, 1824
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ansfelden, Austria
Died: October 11
10
Paul Verlaine(One of the Greatest French Poets of the 19th Century)
Birthdate: March 30, 1844
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Metz, France
Died: January 8
11
Otto Lilienthal
(German Aeronautical Engineer Who Completed Successful Glider Flights for the First Time)
Birthdate: May 23, 1848
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Anklam, Germany
Died: August 10
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
12
Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria
(Archduke of Austria)
Birthdate: July 30, 1833
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: May 19
13
Prince Henry of Battenberg
(Prince)
Birthdate: October 5, 1858
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Milan, Italy
Died: January 20
14
Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton
Birthdate: December 3, 1830
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Died: January 25
15
Mathew Brady
(One of the Earliest Photographers in American History)
Birthdate: May 18, 1822
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Warren County, New York, United States
Died: January 15
16
Luis Ricardo Falero
(Painter)
Birthdate: May 23, 1851
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Granada, Spain
Died: December 7
17
August Kekulé
(German Organic Chemist Known for His Theory of Chemical Structure and the Tetravalence of Carbon)
Birthdate: September 7, 1829
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Darmstadt, Germany
Died: July 13
18
George du Maurier
(Writer, Illustrator)
Birthdate: March 6, 1834
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paris
Died: October 6
19
John Langdon Down
(Physician, Psychiatrist, Neurologist)
Birthdate: November 18, 1828
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Torpoint
Died: October 7
Birthdate: January 7, 1819
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Poland
Died: December 7
Birthdate: 1849 AD
Birthplace: New Mexico, United States
Died: 1896 AD
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Hippolyte Fizeau
(Physicist, Astronomer)
Birthdate: September 23, 1819
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Paris
Died: September 18
23
Ferdinand von Mueller(German-Australian Botanist Who Founded the National Herbarium of Victoria and Named Many Australian Plants)
Birthdate: June 30, 1825
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Rostock, Germany
Died: October 10
Birthdate: 1866 AD
Birthplace: Kathmandu, Nepal
Died: 1896 AD
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Ernst Engel
(German Statistician and Economist Who Is Famous for the 'Engel Curve' and 'Engel’s Law')
Birthdate: March 26, 1821
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Dresden, Germany
Died: December 8
26
Emil du Bois-Reymond
(German Physiologist and Physician Who Developed Experimental Electrophysiology and Co-Discovering Nerve Action Potential)
Birthdate: November 7, 1818
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: December 26
27
Isaac Burns Murphy
(One of the Greatest Riders in American Thoroughbred Horse Racing History)
Birthdate: January 6, 1861
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Clark County, Kentucky, United States
Died: February 12
28
Edmond de Goncourt
(French Writer, Literary Critic, Art Critic, Book Publisher and the Founder of the 'Académie Goncourt')
Birthdate: May 26, 1822
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Nancy, France
Died: July 16
29
James Henry Greathead
(British Mechanical and Civil Engineer Who Improved the Tunneling Shield and the Basic Tool of Underwater Tunneling)
Birthdate: August 6, 1844
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Grahamstown, South Africa
Died: October 21
30
José Asunción Silva
(Colombian Poet and One of the Most Prominent Forerunners of Modernism)
Birthdate: November 27, 1865
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Bogotá, Colombia
Died: May 23
31
Sister Mary Irene FitzGibbon
(American Nun Who Founded the 'New York Foundling Hospital')
Birthdate: May 12, 1823
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kensington, London, England
Died: August 14
32
Karl Verner
(Danish Linguist and Formulator of Verner’s Law)
Birthdate: March 7, 1846
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Aarhus, Denmark
Died: November 5
33
George Brown Goode
(Ichthyologist)
Birthdate: February 13, 1851
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New Albany, Indiana, United States
Died: September 6
34
Ichiyō Higuchi
(Japan’s First Professional Female Writer of Modern Literature)
Birthdate: May 2, 1872
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Uchisaiwaichō, Tokyo, Japan
Died: November 23
35
Hamad bin Thuwaini of Zanzibar
(Sultan)
Birthdate: 1857 AD
Birthplace: Zanzibar, Tanzania
Died: August 25
36
Joseph James Cheeseman
(Politician)
Birthdate: March 7, 1843
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Edina, Liberia
Died: November 12
37
João de Deus de Nogueira Ramos
(Portuguese Poet)
Birthdate: March 8, 1830
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Silves, Portugal
Died: January 11
38
Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours
(Duke)
Birthdate: October 25, 1814
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: June 26
Birthdate: April 14, 1831
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Vegesack, Germany
Died: June 2
40
Rainilaiarivony
(4th Prime Minister of Madagascar)
Birthdate: January 30, 1828
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Ilafy, Madagascar
Died: July 17
41
Thomas Hughes
(British Lawyer, Judge, Politician and Author Famous for His Novel 'Tom Brown’s School Days')
Birthdate: October 20, 1822
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Uffington, Berkshire,England
Died: March 22
42
Lothar von Faber
(Entrepreneur)
Birthdate: June 12, 1817
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Stein, Germany
Died: July 26
43
Manuel Pavía y Lacy
(General)
Birthdate: July 6, 1814
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Died: October 22
44
Charles Thomas Wooldridge
(Soldier)
Birthdate: 1864 AD
Birthplace: East Garston, United Kingdom
Died: July 7
45
Prince Alexander of Prussia
(Eldest Child of Prince Frederick of Prussia)
Birthdate: June 21, 1820
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
Died: January 4
46
David Lewis Macpherson
(Former Senator of Canada)
Birthdate: September 12, 1818
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Scotland
Died: August 16
47
Joseph Hubert Reinkens
(Bishop)
Birthdate: March 1, 1821
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Burtscheid, Germany
Died: January 4
Birthdate: October 12, 1813
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Colchester, Connecticut, United States
Died: June 25
49
Sarah Brown Ingersoll Cooper
(Philanthropist)
Birthdate: December 12, 1835
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Cazenovia, New York, United States
Died: December 11
50
Arthur Cleveland Coxe
(Former Bishop of Western New York)
Birthdate: May 10, 1818
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Mendham Borough, New Jersey, United States
Died: July 20