Famous People Who Died In 1897
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Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1897. This list includes people like Thérèse of Lisieux, Johannes Brahms, Effie Gray, Amelia Dyer, Henry George and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, poets, mathematicians and playwrights who died in 1897. This list includes people from United States, England and many more countries.
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Johannes Brahms(One of the Romantic Period's Most Revered and Popular Composers)
Birthdate: May 7, 1833
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
Died: April 3
Birthdate: November 30, 1863
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Tondo
Died: May 10
Birthdate: January 2, 1873
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Alençon, France
Died: September 30
Birthdate: May 7, 1828
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Perth, United Kingdom
Died: December 23
5
Alphonse Daudet(French Novelist Known for His Books ‘Le Petit Chose’ and ‘Fromont jeune et Risler aîné’)
Birthdate: May 13, 1840
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Nîmes, France
Died: December 17
Birthdate: September 2, 1839
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Philadelphia
Died: October 29
7
Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge
(Princess)
Birthdate: November 27, 1833
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Hanover, Germany
Died: October 27
Birthdate: 1837 AD
Birthplace: Bristol
Died: June 11
Birthdate: October 31, 1815
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Ennigerloh
Died: February 19
10
George Pullman
(American Engineer and Industrialist Known for Designing and Manufacturing the Pullman Sleeping Car)
Birthdate: March 3, 1831
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Brocton, New York, United States
Died: October 19
11
John Chard
(Engineer, Military personnel)
Birthdate: December 21, 1847
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Plymouth
Died: November 1
12
Edward Drinker Cope
(American paleontologist)
Birthdate: July 28, 1840
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Philadelphia
Died: April 12
13
Minna Canth
(Finnish Social Activist and Writer Best Known for Her Plays, 'The Pastor's Family' and 'The Worker's Wife')
Birthdate: March 19, 1844
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Tampere, Finland
Died: May 12
14
James Joseph Sylvester
(Former Mathematician who made fundamental contributions to matrix theory, invariant theory, number theory, partition theory, and combinatorics)
Birthdate: September 3, 1814
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom
Died: March 15
15
Jacob Burckhardt
(Swiss Historian of Art and Culture)
Birthdate: May 25, 1818
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Basel, Switzerland
Died: August 8
Birthdate: August 6, 1832
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Shusha
Died: October 2
17
Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier
(Duchess)
Birthdate: January 30, 1832
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Royal Palace of Madrid, Spain
Died: February 2
18
Charles Radbourn
(Baseball player)
Birthdate: December 11, 1854
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Rochester, New York, United States
Died: February 5
19
John Mercer Langston
(Attorney)
Birthdate: December 14, 1829
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Louisa, Virginia, United States
Died: November 15
20
Stanislas de Guaita
(Poet)
Birthdate: April 6, 1861
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Moselle, France
Died: December 19
21
Charles A. Dana
(American journalist)
Birthdate: August 8, 1819
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Hinsdale, New Hampshire, United States
Died: October 17
Birthdate: February 20, 1847
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: London, England
Died: December 16
23
Francis Amasa Walker
(Economist)
Birthdate: July 2, 1840
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: January 5
24
Henry Drummond
(Author, University teacher, Writer)
Birthdate: August 17, 1851
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Stirling, United Kingdom
Died: March 11
25
Ion Ghica
(Former Prime Minister of Romania)
Birthdate: August 12, 1816
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania
Died: May 7
26
Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead
(Colonial governor)
Birthdate: December 19, 1824
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Rosmead, Ireland
Died: October 28
27
Robert Martin
(politician)
Birthdate: 1833 AD
Birthplace: Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Died: 1897 AD
28
Adam Asnyk
(Polish Poet and Dramatist Known for the Simplicity of His Poetic Style)
Birthdate: September 11, 1838
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Kalisz, Poland
Died: August 2
29
Princess Florestine of Monaco
(Princess)
Birthdate: October 22, 1833
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
Died: April 4
30
Peter le Page Renouf
(Former British professor, Egyptologist, and museum director, best known for his translation of The Book of the Dead)
Birthdate: August 23, 1822
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Guernsey
Died: October 14
31
David Schwarz
(Inventor known for creating an airship with a rigid envelope made entirely of metal)
Birthdate: December 20, 1850
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Keszthely, Hungary
Died: January 13
32
Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle
(Writer)
Birthdate: January 22, 1819
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Legnago, Italy
Died: October 31
33
Arthur Heywood-Lonsdale
(British Rower)
Birthdate: January 9, 1835
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Adderley, England
Died: February 24
Birthdate: 1843 AD
Birthplace: Korea
Died: 1897 AD
35
Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale
(Political leader)
Birthdate: January 16, 1822
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Domaine National du Palais-Royal, Paris, France
Died: May 7
36
Thomas Edward Brown
(Poet and Theologian)
Birthdate: May 5, 1830
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Douglas, Isle of Man
Died: October 29
37
Barney Barnato
(Entrepreneur)
Birthdate: February 21, 1851
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: London, England
Died: June 14
38
Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria
(Princesses)
Birthdate: February 23, 1847
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Possenhofen Castle, Possenhofen, Bavaria
Died: May 4
39
Aleksey Savrasov
(Painter)
Birthdate: May 24, 1830
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: October 8
40
Marcus Jacob Monrad
(Philosopher)
Birthdate: January 19, 1816
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Nøtterøy, Norway
Died: December 30
Birthdate: March 10, 1843
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Died: May 19
42
Galileo Ferraris
(Former Physicist, known for alternating current, Rotating magnetic field)
Birthdate: October 31, 1847
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Livorno Ferraris, Italy
Died: February 7
43
Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
(Former Prime Minister of Spain (1895 - 1897))
Birthdate: February 8, 1828
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Málaga, Spain
Died: August 8
Birthdate: July 21, 1817
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: London, England
Died: October 5
45
Louisa Lane Drew
(Actress)
Birthdate: January 10, 1820
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London, England
Died: August 31
46
Margaret Oliphant Oliphant
(Novelist and Historical Writer)
Birthdate: April 4, 1828
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Wallyford, Scotland
Died: June 20
47
John Augustus Sutter Jr.
(Was the founder and planner of the City of Sacramento in California, a U.S)
Birthdate: October 25, 1826
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Burgdorf, Switzerland
Died: September 21
48
Charles-Denis Bourbaki
(General)
Birthdate: April 22, 1816
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Pau, France
Died: September 22
Birthdate: March 17, 1820
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Boston, England
Died: July 20
50
Jamal al-Din al-Afghani
(Activist)
Birthdate: 1838 AD
Birthplace: Asadabad
Died: March 9