Famous People Who Died In 1900
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Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1900. This list includes people like Oscar Wilde, Friedrich Nietzsche, Birsa Munda, John Ruskin, Gottlieb Daimler and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include philosophers, novelists, political leaders and poets who died in 1900. This list includes people from United States, Germany, United Kingdom and many more countries.
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Birthdate: October 15, 1844
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Röcken, Lützen, Germany
Died: August 25
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Oscar Wilde(One of the Greatest Playwrights of the 'Victorian Era')
Birthdate: October 16, 1854
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: November 30
Birthdate: February 8, 1819
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: England
Died: January 20
Birthdate: March 17, 1834
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Schorndorf, Germany
Died: March 6
5
Birsa Munda(Tribal Leader Who Revolted Against the British Rule)
Birthdate: November 15, 1875
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Ulihatu, Khunti, India
Died: June 9
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Stephen Crane
(Writer, Journalist, Poet, Baseball player, Novelist, Screenwriter)
Birthdate: November 1, 1871
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Newark
Died: June 5
Birthdate: May 13, 1842
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Lambeth, London
Died: November 22
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Wilhelm Steinitz
(American Chess Player and the First World Chess Champion)
Birthdate: May 14, 1836
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Prague, Czechia
Died: August 12
9
Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
(Aristocrat)
Birthdate: July 20, 1835
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Langenburg, Germany
Died: January 25
10
Belle Boyd(Confederate Spy in the American Civil War)
Birthdate: May 9, 1844
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Martinsburg, Virginia
Died: June 11
Birthdate: May 25, 1846
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Fraşer, Yanya Eyalet, Ottoman Empire (now Frashër, Albania)
Died: October 20
Birthdate: December 6, 1823
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Dessau, Duchy of Anhalt, German Confederation
Died: October 28
Birthdate: July 29, 1817
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Feodosia, Russia
Died: May 2
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Henry Sidgwick
(British Philosopher and Economist Best Known in Philosophy for His Utilitarian Treatise 'The Methods of Ethics')
Birthdate: May 31, 1838
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Skipton, Yorkshire, England
Died: August 28
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William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong
(English Engineer and Industrialist Who is Regarded as the Inventor of Modern Artillery)
Birthdate: November 26, 1810
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Died: December 27
16
Vladimir Solovyov
(Philosopher)
Birthdate: January 28, 1853
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: August 13
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Isaac Levitan
(One of the Best Classical Russian Landscape Painters of the 19th Century )
Birthdate: August 30, 1860
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Kibartay, Lithuania
Died: August 4
18
Collis Potter Huntington
(Industrialist and railway magnate)
Birthdate: October 22, 1821
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Harwinton, Connecticut, United States
Died: August 13
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Mary Kingsley
(British Ethnographer, Scientific Writer and Explorer Known for Her Travels and Writings on West Africa)
Birthdate: October 13, 1862
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Islington, London, England
Died: June 3
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Osman Nuri Pasha
(Military Commander)
Birthdate: 1832 AD
Birthplace: Tokat, Turkey
Died: April 5
21
John Sherman
(Former Secretary of State)
Birthdate: May 10, 1823
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Lancaster, Ohio, U.S.
Died: October 22
Birthdate: 1808 AD
Birthplace: United States
Died: February 20
Birthdate: March 14, 1863
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kentucky, United States
Died: April 30
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Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington
(Politician)
Birthdate: April 5, 1846
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Apsley House, London, England
Died: June 8
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Étienne Lenoir
(Inventor, Engineer)
Birthdate: January 12, 1822
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Luxembourg
Died: August 4
Birthdate: August 5, 1819
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Chautauqua, New York, United States
Died: April 4
Birthdate: December 5, 1841
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Ballyjamesduff, Ireland
Died: November 12
Birthdate: November 18, 1839
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Pilsen, Czechia
Died: August 8
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R. D. Blackmore
(Novelist)
Birthdate: June 9, 1825
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Longworth, England, United Kingdom
Died: January 20
Birthdate: January 20, 1831
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Oudtshoorn, South Africa
Died: March 28
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Mihály Munkácsy
(Former Painter who earned international reputation with his genre pictures and large-scale biblical paintings)
Birthdate: February 20, 1844
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Mukachevo, Ukraine
Died: May 1
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Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein
(Eldest son of Princess Helena)
Birthdate: April 14, 1867
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Died: October 29
33
Frederic Edwin Church
(Painter)
Birthdate: May 4, 1826
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Hartford
Died: April 7
34
Kuroda Kiyotaka
(Former Prime Minister of Japan)
Birthdate: November 9, 1840
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Shinyashikicho, Kagoshima, Japan
Died: August 23
35
Harriet E. Wilson
(American novelist)
Birthdate: March 15, 1825
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Milford, New Hampshire, United States
Died: June 28
Birthdate: July 4, 1819
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Died: October 25
37
Alexandre Falguiere
(Sculptor)
Birthdate: September 7, 1831
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Toulouse, France
Died: April 19
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James Edward Keeler
(American Astronomer Who Discovered the First 'Pulsar' and Observed the 'Rings of Saturn')
Birthdate: September 10, 1857
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: La Salle, Illinois, United States
Died: August 12
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Princess Josephine of Baden
(Princess)
Birthdate: October 21, 1813
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Mannheim, Germany
Died: June 19
40
Paddy Ryan
(Irish American Boxer, and Became the Bare-Knuckle American Heavyweight Champion)
Birthdate: March 15, 1851
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Thurles, Tipperary, Ireland
Died: December 14
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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Charles Russell, Baron Russell
(Jurist)
Birthdate: November 10, 1832
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: County Down, Ireland
Died: August 10
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James Martineau
(Philosopher)
Birthdate: April 21, 1805
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Norwich, England, United Kingdom
Died: January 11
43
Henry Loch, 1st Baron Loch
(Soldier)
Birthdate: May 23, 1827
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: June 20
Birthdate: October 23, 1844
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cologne, Germany
Died: December 4
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Leonhard, count von Blumenthal
(Prussian officer)
Birthdate: July 30, 1810
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Schwedt, Germany
Died: December 21
Birthdate: August 2, 1867
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Lee, England
Died: February 23
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Alexandre de Serpa Pinto
(Portuguese Explorer Who Was the Fourth Explorer to Cross Africa From West to East)
Birthdate: April 20, 1846
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Tendais, Portugal
Died: December 28
Birthdate: April 14, 1827
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bramham cum Oglethorpe, England
Died: May 4
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Rafael Molina Sanchez
(Bullfighter)
Birthdate: November 27, 1841
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Córdoba, Spain
Died: August 1
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Horace Cleveland
(Landscape architect)
Birthdate: December 16, 1814
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Lancaster, Massachusetts, United States
Died: December 5