Deaths in the 1820s

Jean Paul

1763–1825 (age 62)

Stadtfriedhof Bayreuth

Jean Paul was a German Romantic writer known for his humorous novels and influential literary works in late 18th and ear...

Karl August von Hardenberg

1750–1822 (age 72)

Schinkelkirche

Henry VI Reuss of Köstritz

1823–1823 (age 0)

Wernigerode Castle Cemetery

Joseph Ginghardinger

1738–1822 (age 84)

Neukirchen vorm Wald

Johann Friedrich Carl Grimm

1737–1821 (age 84)

Cemetery Siebleben

Peter Baumgartner

1753–1828 (age 75)

Friedhof Beutelsbach

Friederike Hauffe

1801–1829 (age 28)

Waldfriedhof Löwenstein

Madame de Rémusat

1780–1821 (age 41)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès

1753–1824 (age 71)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès was a French jurist and statesman who served as Second Consul under Napoleon and was...

Philippe Pinel

1745–1826 (age 81)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Philippe Pinel (1745–1826) was a pioneering French physician and founder of modern psychiatry.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

1755–1826 (age 71)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

François Joseph Gossec

1734–1829 (age 95)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

François Joseph Gossec (1734–1829) was a distinguished French composer of the Classical era.

René Just Haüy

1743–1822 (age 79)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

French mineralogist and physicist known as the father of modern crystallography for discovering the geometric law of cry...

Louis-Gabriel Suchet

1770–1826 (age 56)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Louis-Gabriel Suchet (1770-1826) was a French military officer from Lyon who served during the Revolutionary and Napoleo...

François-Henri de Franquetot de Coigny

1737–1821 (age 84)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

François-Henri de Franquetot de Coigny was a French marshal and military commander who served both the Ancien Régime a...

Jean François Aimé Dejean

1749–1824 (age 75)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Jacques Charles

1746–1823 (age 77)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

French inventor and physicist whose pioneering work advanced aeronautics and the study of gases.

Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras

1755–1829 (age 74)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras was a French politician and nobleman who served as a prominent leader dur...

Jean Denis, comte Lanjuinais

1753–1827 (age 74)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

French lawyer and politician who served in the National Convention during the French Revolution and later became a membe...

Louis-Benoît Picard

1769–1828 (age 59)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

French actor and playwright whose performances and compositions enriched Parisian theatrical culture.

Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu

1766–1822 (age 56)

Paris

François-Joseph Talma

1763–1826 (age 63)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson

1767–1824 (age 57)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson was a French writer and intellectual of the late 18th century.

Grace Elliott

1754–1823 (age 69)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Jean-Baptiste Regnault

1754–1829 (age 75)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Jean-Baptiste Regnault was a French painter of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Louise-Rosalie Lefebvre

1755–1821 (age 66)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Constance Mayer

1774–1821 (age 47)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Constance Mayer was a French painter known for her neoclassical works and close artistic collaboration with Pierre-Paul ...

Jean-Lambert Tallien

1767–1820 (age 53)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Jean-Lambert Tallien (1767-1820) was a French Revolutionary politician from Paris known for his role during the Reign of...

Constantin-François Chassebœuf

1757–1820 (age 63)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

French philosopher, historian, and orientalist known by his pen name Volney, famous for his work 'The Ruins of Empires.'

Vivant Denon

1747–1825 (age 78)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon

1758–1823 (age 65)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (1758-1823) was a French Romantic painter known for his allegorical works and portraits during the ...

Pierre-Simon Laplace

1749–1827 (age 78)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Pierre-Simon Laplace was a French mathematician and astronomer who made fundamental contributions to celestial mechanics...

Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon

1760–1825 (age 65)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon (1760-1825) was a French political and economic theorist from Paris who fo...

François Joseph Lefebvre

1755–1820 (age 65)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

François Joseph Lefebvre was a distinguished French military officer whose leadership and valor earned him prominence d...

Jean-Xavier Lefèvre

1763–1829 (age 66)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Pierre de Ruel, marquis de Beurnonville

1752–1821 (age 69)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

French general and diplomat who served during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

Abraham-Louis Breguet

1747–1823 (age 76)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747-1823) was a Swiss-born French horologist and watchmaker from Neuchâtel, renowned for his pr...

Jean Noël Hallé

1754–1822 (age 68)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

French physician and professor of hygiene who contributed to public health and medical education in Revolutionary France...

André Morellet

1728–1820 (age 92)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Augustin-Jean Fresnel

1788–1827 (age 39)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

French physicist and engineer who made groundbreaking contributions to the wave theory of light and optical physics.

Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth

1760–1829 (age 69)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth (1760-1829) was a French politician and military officer active during the R...

Jean-Baptiste Joseph Delambre

1749–1822 (age 73)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Jacques-Antoine Manuel

1775–1827 (age 52)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Jacques-Antoine Manuel (1775-1827) was born in Barcelonnette, France and was buried in the Grave of Manuel-Béranger.

André Thouin

1747–1824 (age 77)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

André Thouin (1747-1824) was a French botanist and horticulturist who served as head gardener at the Jardin des Plantes...

Helen Maria Williams

1759–1827 (age 68)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Françoise de Châlus

1734–1821 (age 87)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Françoise de Châlus was a lady-in-waiting who served in the French royal court during the ancien régime.

Denis Decrès

1761–1820 (age 59)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Denis Decrès (1761-1820) was a French naval officer and Minister of the Navy under Napoleon Bonaparte.

Adélaïde Dufrénoy

1765–1825 (age 60)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Adélaïde Dufrénoy was a French writer whose literary work contributed to the intellectual culture of late 18th-centur...

Aimée de Coigny

1769–1820 (age 51)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Aimée de Coigny (1769-1820) was a French aristocrat and socialite from Paris, known for inspiring André Chénier's poe...

Alexandre Edme Pierre Villetard

1755–1824 (age 69)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Alexandre Edme Pierre Villetard was a French politician whose career spanned the Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods.