Famous People Who Died In 1898
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1898. This list includes people like Otto von Bismarck, Lewis Carroll, William Ewart Gladstone, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Stéphane Mallarmé and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include artists, poets, mathematicians and philosophers who died in 1898. This list includes people from United Kingdom, France, India & Germany and many more countries.
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Birthdate: April 1, 1815
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Schönhausen, Germany
Died: July 30
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Lewis Carroll(English Author Best Known for His Works: ‘Alice's Adventures in Wonderland’ & Its Sequel ‘Through the Looking-Glass’)
Birthdate: January 27, 1832
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Died: January 14
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
Birthdate: December 24, 1837
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Died: September 10
Birthdate: December 29, 1809
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Died: May 19
5
George Muller(Christian Evangelist Who was One of the Founders of the Plymouth Brethren Movement)
Birthdate: September 27, 1805
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Died: March 10
6
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan(Indian Islamic Reformer and Educationist Who Founded the ‘Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College’, the First Muslim University in Southern Asia)
Birthdate: October 17, 1817
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Delhi, India
Died: March 27
Birthdate: January 19, 1813
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Charlton, England
Died: March 15
Birthdate: August 21, 1872
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Brighton, England
Died: March 16
Birthdate: March 18, 1842
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: September 9
Birthdate: November 2, 1860
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Georgia
Died: July 8
11
Gustave Moreau
(French Symbolist Painter Known for His Erotic Paintings of Mythological and Religious Subjects)
Birthdate: April 6, 1826
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: April 18
Birthdate: November 26, 1837
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Lambeth, London, England
Died: July 29
13
Louise of Hesse-Kassel
(Queen Consort of Denmark from 1863 to 1898)
Birthdate: September 7, 1817
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Kassel, Electorate of Hesse, German Confederation
Died: September 29
Birthdate: March 24, 1826
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Cicero
Died: March 18
15
Constance Lloyd
(Children's writer)
Birthdate: January 2, 1858
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London, United Kingdom
Died: April 7
Birthdate: January 25, 1832
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Yelabuga, Russia
Died: March 20
17
William S. Rosecrans
(Inventor)
Birthdate: September 6, 1819
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Delaware County, Ohio, U.S.
Died: March 11
18
Charles Garnier
(architect)
Birthdate: November 6, 1825
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paris
Died: August 3
Birthdate: August 28, 1833
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Birmingham, England
Died: June 17
20
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
(Painter)
Birthdate: December 14, 1824
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Lyon, France
Died: October 24
21
Kate Kelly
(Ned Kelly's sister)
Birthdate: July 12, 1863
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Beveridge, Australia
Died: September 30
22
Don Carlos Buell
(Military personnel)
Birthdate: March 23, 1818
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Lowell
Died: November 19
23
Félicien Rops
(Painter, Illustrator)
Birthdate: July 7, 1833
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Namur
Died: August 23
24
Samuel Plimsoll
(British Politician and Social Reformer Known for Having Devised the 'Plimsoll Line')
Birthdate: February 10, 1824
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bristol, England
Died: June 3
25
Theodor Fontane
(German Novelist and Poet Who Is Considered the First Master of Modern Realistic Fiction in Germany)
Birthdate: December 30, 1819
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Neuruppin, Germany
Died: September 20
26
Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet
(British Civil Engineer Who Helped Design and Build the Underground London Metropolitan Railway)
Birthdate: July 15, 1817
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Wadsley, Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died: November 20
27
Siegfried Marcus
(Former inventor who built four of the world’s earliest gasoline-powered automobiles)
Birthdate: September 18, 1831
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Malchin, Germany
Died: July 1
Birthdate: July 12, 1824
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Honfleur, France
Died: August 8
29
Justin Smith Morrill
(Politician)
Birthdate: April 14, 1810
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Strafford, Vermont, United States
Died: December 28
30
Sarah Emma Edmonds
(She Served the Union Army Disguised as a Man During the 'American Civil War')
Birthdate: 1841
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New Brunswick, Canada
Died: September 5
31
Lawrence Sullivan Ross
(Politician)
Birthdate: September 27, 1838
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bentonsport, Iowa, United States
Died: January 3
Birthdate: January 24, 1828
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Wrocław, Poland
Died: June 25
Birthdate: July 16, 1855
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Tournai, Belgium
Died: December 25
34
Zachris Topelius
(Finnish Writer, Poet and Historian Best Known for Writing Finnish Historical Novels in Swedish)
Birthdate: January 14, 1818
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Nykarleby, Finland
Died: March 12
35
William Seward Burroughs I
(Inventor)
Birthdate: January 28, 1857
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Auburn, New York, United States
Died: September 14
36
Pavel Tretyakov
(Founder of the Moscow Merchant Bank)
Birthdate: December 27, 1832
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: December 16
37
Mikhail Chernyayev
(General)
Birthdate: November 3, 1828
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Mogilev Governorate, Russia
Died: August 16
38
George Grey
(11th Premier of New Zealand (1877 - 1879) )
Birthdate: April 14, 1812
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Lisbon, Portugal
Died: September 19
39
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer
(Master of Literary Realism Who Is Mainly Remembered for Stirring Narrative Ballads Like ‘Die Füße Im Feuer')
Birthdate: October 11, 1825
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Zürich, Switzerland
Died: November 28
Birthdate: 0857 AD
Birthplace: Neustria
Died: January 1
Birthdate: July 14, 1811
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: London, England
Died: November 12
42
Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana
(Spiritual Leader)
Birthdate: 1840 AD
Birthplace: Zimbabwe
Died: 1898 AD
43
Johann Jakob Balmer
(Swiss mathematician)
Birthdate: May 1, 1825
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Lausen
Died: March 12
44
Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet
(Archaeologist)
Birthdate: August 29, 1821
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Meylan, France
Died: September 25
45
John Ernst Worrell Keely
(Inventor)
Birthdate: September 3, 1837
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: November 18
Birthdate: January 3, 1802
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London
Died: January 16
47
Alan Rotherham
(English Rugby Union Player)
Birthdate: July 31, 1862
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Coventry, England
Died: August 30
48
Maria Louise Pool
(Writer)
Birthdate: August 20, 1841
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Rockland, Massachusetts, United States
Died: May 18
Birthdate: October 21, 1850
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Died: March 6
50
Gardner Quincy Colton
(Showman)
Birthdate: February 7, 1814
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Georgia, Vermont, United States
Died: August 10