Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1883. This list includes people like Karl Marx, Richard Wagner, Sojourner Truth, Peter Cooper, Dayanand Saraswati and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, military leaders, artists and composers who died in 1883. This list includes people from United States, France, Germany & United Kingdom and many more countries.
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Karl Marx(Philosopher & Economist - Famous for His Theory of 'Marxism' )
Birthdate: May 5, 1818
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Trier, Germany
Died: March 14
Karl Marx, the philosopher, economist, political theorist and socialist revolutionary, is best-known for the 1848 pamphlet, The Communist Manifesto and the three-volume Das Kapital. His theories, called Marxism, maintained that class conflict leads to the development of human societies and that internal tension were inherent in capitalism, which would ultimately be replaced by the socialist mode of production.
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Richard Wagner(Known for His Operas and Music Dramas ‘Der Ring des Nibelungen’ and ‘Tristan und Isolde’)
Birthdate: May 22, 1813
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Leipzig, Germany
Died: February 13
German composer and conductor Richard Wagner is best remembered for his operas and music dramas. He explored the concept of Gesamtkunstwerk, which combined many forms of art, including the visual, poetic, and musical. He also established the opera house Bayreuth Festspielhaus, which hosted his works The Ring and Parsifal.
Birthdate: 1797 AD
Birthplace: Rifton, New York, United States
Died: November 26
Sojourner Truth was an American women's rights activist and abolitionist. Born into slavery, Truth escaped to freedom in 1826. She then approached the court to recover her son, subsequently becoming the first black woman to emerge successful against a white man in such a case. In 2014, she was named in Smithsonian's 100 Most Significant Americans of All Time list.
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General Tom Thumb(American Dwarf Who Achieved Great Fame as a Performer Under Circus Pioneer P. T. Barnum)
Birthdate: January 4, 1838
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States
Died: July 15
General Tom Thumb was a dwarf best remembered as a performer in P. T. Barnum's circus. He achieved significant fame as a performer and has been portrayed by several actors in films, such as The Mighty Barnum and Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon. In the 2017 movie The Greatest Showman, General Tom Thumb was played by Sam Humphrey.
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Édouard Manet(French Modernist Painter Known for His Work ‘The Luncheon on the Grass’ and ‘Olympia’)
Birthdate: January 23, 1832
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, Francece
Died: April 30
Édouard Manet was a French painter who played a key role in the transition to Impressionism from Realism in the 19th-century. Manet was one of the first artists from his generation to paint modern life. His early masterworks, such as Olympia, served as rallying points for young and aspiring impressionist painters. His works continue to influence painters around the world.
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Gustave Doré(Artist Best Known for His Prolific Output of Wood-Engravings and Illustrated Texts)
Birthdate: January 6, 1832
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Strasbourg, France
Died: January 23
Best known for his wood-engraving, Gustave Doré was a child prodigy who began his artwork at the tender age of 5. A master lithographer and caricaturist, he began his career with Journal pour Rire. He also worked on commissions from authors such as Cervantes, Milton, and Dante.
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Ivan Turgenev(Novelist, Short Story Writer, Poet & Popularizer of Russian Literature in the West)
Birthdate: November 9, 1818
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Oryol, Russia
Died: September 3
It is believed Russian novelist Ivan Turgenev was highly inspired by his dominant mother in his younger days and thus created strong female characters in his novels later. He is remembered for popularizing Russian literature and realism in the West. One of his most notable works was Father and Sons.
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Samuel Mudd(Physician, Farmer, Politician)
Birthdate: December 20, 1833
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Charles County
Died: January 10
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Joseph Plateau(Belgian Physicist & Mathematician - One of the First People to Demonstrate the Illusion of a Moving Image)
Birthdate: October 14, 1801
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Brussels
Died: September 15
Belgian physicist and mathematician Joseph Plateau was a pioneer of the modern animation and movie industry, as he invented the phenakistiscope, the world’s first device to create an illusion of motion through images. He also laid down the structure of soap films through Plateau's laws.
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J. Marion Sims(Surgeon)
Birthdate: January 25, 1813
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Lancaster County, South Carolina, United States
Died: November 13
Known as The Father of Modern Gynaecology, J. Marion Sims is remembered for developing a surgical method to deal with vesicovaginal fistula, a childbirth-related complication. However, since his experiments were conducted on Black slave-women, without anesthesia, they were later deemed unethical. He had also headed the American Gynecological Society.
Birthdate: February 12, 1791
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New York City
Died: April 4
Birthdate: June 15, 1789
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Charles County, Maryland, United States
Died: May 5
Josiah Henson was an American abolitionist, author, and minister. Henson escaped to Upper Canada after being born into slavery and founded a settlement for other fugitive slaves in Kent County. Josiah Henson's autobiography about his escape from slavery is said to have inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe's title character in her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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Matthew Webb(British Swimmer Known for Swimming the English Channel)
Birthdate: January 19, 1848
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Dawley, Shropshire, England
Died: July 24
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Carl Wilhelm Siemens(German-British Electrical Engineer and Businessman)
Birthdate: April 4, 1823
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Gehrden, Germany
Died: November 19
German-British inventor and electrical engineer, who revolutionized the steel-making and glass-making industries, is best remembered for using the Siemens-Martin process to create the regenerative furnace. His achievements earned him accolades such as the Albert Medal. He was a Fellow of The Royal Society and was knighted shortly before his death.
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Jenny Longuet(French Political Journalist & Daughter of Karl Marx)
Birthdate: May 1, 1844
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Paris, Kingdom of France
Died: January 11
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Tu Duc(Emperor of Vietnam)
Birthdate: September 22, 1829
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Hue, Vietnam
Died: July 17
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Morning Star(Chief)
Birthdate: 1810 AD
Birthplace: Montana, United States
Died: 1883 AD
Birthdate: July 13, 1811
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Glasgow
Died: May 13
Born to a carpenter in Glasgow, James Young initially assisted his father but later gained an interest in chemistry. He grew up to invent a process of extracting oil from coal and oil shales. Owing to his paraffin oil company, which he owned, he later earned the nickname Paraffin Young.
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Dayanand Saraswati(Indian Philosopher, Social Leader and Founder of the 'Arya Samaj', a Reform Movement of the Vedic Dharma)
Birthdate: February 12, 1824
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Gujarat, India
Died: October 30
Dayananda Saraswati was an Indian social leader and philosopher. He is credited with founding an influential Hindu reform movement known as Arya Samaj. He is also credited with popularizing the term Swaraj which was used as a powerful tool by leaders like Lokmanya Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi during India’s freedom struggle. Saraswati influenced people like Bhagat Singh and Madam Cama.
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Montgomery Blair(lawyer, judge)
Birthdate: May 10, 1813
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Franklin County
Died: July 27
21
Emir Abdelkader(Military Leader)
Birthdate: September 6, 1808
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: El Guettana, Algeria
Died: May 26
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Hendrik Conscience(Novelist Best Known for His Romantic Nationalist Novel, 'The Lion of Flanders (1838)')
Birthdate: December 3, 1812
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Antwerp, Belgium
Died: September 10
Belgian romantic novelist Hendrik Conscience was one of the pioneers of the Flemish novel. Best remembered for his historical fiction The Lion of Flanders, he had also penned tales on urban and rural life. He had also been a local politician, a museum curator, and a district commissioner.
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William Farr(Medical doctor)
Birthdate: November 30, 1807
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kenley, England
Died: April 14
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Robert Moffat(British missionary)
Birthdate: December 21, 1795
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Ormiston, Scotland
Died: August 9
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Cyprian Norwid(Poet Known for His Work 'Vade-mecum' & 'Promethidion')
Birthdate: September 24, 1821
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Głuchy, Poland
Died: May 23
Cyprian Norwid was a Polish poet, painter, dramatist, and sculptor. Although he did not find much success and monetary gains during his lifetime, Norwid is now regarded as a nationally esteemed poet. His works were rediscovered and popularized by the members of the Young Poland art movement. Cyprian Norwid is now counted among the four most prominent Polish Romantic poets.
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Grigol Orbeliani(Poet)
Birthdate: October 2, 1804
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Tbilisi, Georgia
Died: March 21
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Juliette Drouet(Actress)
Birthdate: April 10, 1806
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Fougères, Brittany, France
Died: May 11
Birthdate: February 11, 1812
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Crawfordville, Georgia, United States
Died: March 4
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Friedrich von Flotow(German Composer)
Birthdate: April 27, 1812
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Mecklenburg, Germany
Died: January 24
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Elisabeth Dieudonné Vincent(Businesswoman)
Birthdate: 1798 AD
Birthplace: Jeremie, Haiti
Died: November 29
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Giovanni Matteo Mario(Italian Nobleman and Opera Singer)
Birthdate: October 17, 1810
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cagliari, Italy
Died: December 11
Italian nobleman Giovanni Matteo Mario was a talented opera singer who had a flourishing career in London and Paris. He was the opera partner of popular soprano Giulia Grisi. Initially an officer in the Piedmontese Guard, he later left the army for his passion, opera. However, he suffered in poverty in his final days.
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Olive Soulouque(Princess)
Birthdate: November 29, 1842
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Second Empire of Haiti
Died: July 23
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Thomas Story Kirkbride(Physician)
Birthdate: July 31, 1809
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Morrisville, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: December 16
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Butrus al-Bustani(Syria's First Nationalist and Founder of the Bi-Weekly Magazine 'Al-Jinan')
Birthdate: 1819 AD
Birthplace: Beirut, Lebanon
Died: May 1
Arabic scholar Butrus al-Bustani is best remembered for an Arabic dictionary and an Arabic encyclopaedia that he had penned. He also launched the political and literary review al-Jinān, or The Shield. Himself a Christian, he later became the first Syrian nationalist and worked toward cultural harmony in Syria.
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John Graham Chambers(Sportsman)
Birthdate: February 12, 1843
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Llanelli, Wales
Died: March 4
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Prince Charles of Prussia(Prince)
Birthdate: June 29, 1801
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin, Germany
Died: January 21
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James T. Rapier(American Politician)
Birthdate: November 13, 1837
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Florence, Alabama, United States
Died: May 31
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Josiah Gorgas(Military officer)
Birthdate: July 1, 1818
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: May 15
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François Lenormant(Archaeologist)
Birthdate: January 17, 1837
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 9
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Thomas Mayne Reid(Novelist)
Birthdate: April 4, 1818
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Ballyroney, Ireland
Died: October 22
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Alexander Gorchakov(Russian Statesman and Diplomat)
Birthdate: June 15, 1798
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Haapsalu, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire
Died: March 11
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Henri, Count of Chambord(King of France)
Birthdate: September 29, 1820
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Tuileries Palace, Paris, France
Died: August 24
43
Mercedes de Jesus Molina(Missionary)
Birthdate: September 24, 1828
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Baba, Los Ríos, Ecuador
Died: June 12
44
Louis Veuillot(French Journalist, Anti-Semite, and Author)
Birthdate: October 11, 1813
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Boynes, France
Died: March 7
45
Edward FitzGerald(Poet, Writer)
Birthdate: March 31, 1809
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bredfield House
Died: June 14
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William E. Dodge(Businessman)
Birthdate: September 4, 1805
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Died: February 9
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Mampuru II(KIng)
Birthplace: Africa
Died: November 22
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Ranavalona II(Queen of Madagascar from 1868 to 1883)
Birthdate: 1829 AD
Birthplace: Madagascar
Died: July 13
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Francesco De Sanctis(Literary critic)
Birthdate: March 28, 1817
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Morra De Sanctis, Italy
Died: December 29
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Henri Martin(Historian)
Birthdate: February 20, 1810
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Saint-Quentin, France
Died: December 14
