Deaths in the 1840s

Fabricius Evaristus von Pocci

1766–1844 (age 78)

Mariä Himmelfahrt churchyard

Vincent Johan Reinier van Tuyll van Serooskerken

1792–1840 (age 48)

Paris

Vincent Johan Reinier van Tuyll van Serooskerken (1792–1840) was a Dutch military officer whose career spanned the Nap...

Carel Hendrik Ver Huell

1764–1845 (age 81)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Carel Hendrik Ver Huell (1764–1845) was a Dutch military officer whose long career spanned the Napoleonic era and beyo...

Armand-Charles Guilleminot

1774–1840 (age 66)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Jean-Victor Bertin

1767–1842 (age 75)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy

1766–1847 (age 81)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy (1766–1847) was a prominent French military commander of the Napoleonic era.

Charles Nodier

1780–1844 (age 64)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Charles Nodier (1780-1844) was a French writer and librarian from Besançon known for his romantic literature and biblio...

Jean Charles Athanase Peltier

1785–1845 (age 60)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Népomucène Lemercier

1771–1840 (age 69)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Népomucène Lemercier was a French neoclassical poet and dramatist who lived during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic er...

Prosper Marilhat

1811–1847 (age 36)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Prosper Marilhat was a French Orientalist painter from Vertaizon known for his landscapes of Egypt and the Middle East.

Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno

1764–1841 (age 77)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

A celebrated French military commander who rose to the rank of Duke.

Samuel Hahnemann

1755–1843 (age 88)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

A German physician who founded the homeopathic system of medicine.

Pierre Claude François Daunou

1761–1840 (age 79)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

A French politician and scholar who served during the Revolutionary era.

Siméon Denis Poisson

1781–1840 (age 59)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Siméon Denis Poisson (1781-1840) was a French mathematician and physicist from Pithiviers renowned for his work in prob...

Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire

1772–1844 (age 72)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772-1844) was a French naturalist who established the principle of unity of compositio...

Marie Anne Lenormand

1772–1843 (age 71)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

A French fortune teller and writer renowned for her tarot readings and mystical influence.

Luigi Cherubini

1760–1842 (age 82)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Casimir Delavigne

1793–1843 (age 50)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Casimir Delavigne was a French poet and dramatist from Le Havre known for his patriotic works during the Romantic period...

Jacques Alexandre Romeuf

1772–1845 (age 73)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Jacques Alexandre Romeuf was a French military officer from Lavoûte-Chilhac who served during the Napoleonic period.

Étienne Pariset

1770–1847 (age 77)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Étienne Pariset (1770-1847) was a French physician and medical writer known for his work on epidemics and public health...

Étienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre Macdonald

1765–1840 (age 75)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Étienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre Macdonald (1765-1840) was a French military marshal born in Sedan who served during th...

Alphonse Giroux

1776–1848 (age 72)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Alphonse Giroux (1776-1848) was a Parisian merchant and manufacturer known for luxury goods and early daguerreotype equi...

Alphonse Perregaux

1785–1841 (age 56)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Alphonse Perregaux (1785-1841) was a French banker from Paris, likely connected to the prominent Perregaux banking famil...

André Haudry de Soucy

1765–1844 (age 79)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

French military officer who served during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods.

André Pierre Étienne Abrial

1783–1840 (age 57)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

André Pierre Étienne Abrial (1783-1840) was a Parisian notable during the early 19th century.

Antoine-Marguerite Clerc

1774–1846 (age 72)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Antoine-Marguerite Clerc (1774-1846) was a French individual from Lyon who was interred at Père Lachaise Cemetery.

Antoine-Marie Peyre

1770–1843 (age 73)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Antoine-Marie Peyre (1770-1843) was a French architect and builder active in Paris during the early 19th century.

Antoine Jean Auguste Durosnel

1771–1849 (age 78)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Antoine Jean Auguste Durosnel (1771-1849) was a French general who served under Napoleon and later became governor of th...

Antoine Roy

1764–1847 (age 83)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Antoine Roy (1764-1847) was a French individual from Savigny who lived through the Revolutionary period and into the Jul...

Henri Gambey

1787–1847 (age 60)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Henri Gambey was a French inventor whose innovations advanced scientific and technical knowledge in the early 19th centu...

Hippolyte Monpou

1804–1841 (age 37)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Hippolyte Monpou was a French composer whose musical works enriched early 19th-century French culture.

Jacques-Charles Bailleul

1762–1843 (age 81)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo

1764–1842 (age 78)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo (1764-1842) was a Corsican-born diplomat and politician who served as Russian ambassador to ...

André-Jean-François-Marie Brochant de Villiers

1772–1840 (age 68)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

André-Jean-François-Marie Brochant de Villiers (1772-1840) was a French geologist and mineralogist who contributed to ...

Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol

1772–1840 (age 68)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol (1772-1840) was a pioneering French psychiatrist from Toulouse who advanced the humane ...

Joseph Lakanal

1762–1845 (age 83)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Pierre-Joseph Redouté

1759–1840 (age 81)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759-1840) was a Belgian-born French botanical illustrator from Saint-Hubert, renowned as the 'R...

Alexandre Du Sommerard

1779–1842 (age 63)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Jean-Bernard Tarbé de Vauxclairs

1767–1842 (age 75)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Jean Charles Joachim Davillier

1758–1846 (age 88)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Jean Lacave-Laplagne

1795–1849 (age 54)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Joanny

1775–1849 (age 74)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Alexandre-Joseph Berthier

1792–1849 (age 57)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

A French military officer whose career encompassed the Napoleonic Wars and the subsequent development of modern military...

Joseph-Marie Vien the younger

1761–1848 (age 87)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Joseph-Marie Vien the younger was a Parisian who lived from 1761 to 1848 and was buried in France.

Joseph-Antoine-René de Joubert

1772–1843 (age 71)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Joseph-Antoine-René de Joubert (1772-1843) was a French military officer from Angers who served during the Revolutionar...

Joseph Jérôme Siméon

1749–1842 (age 93)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Joseph Jérôme Siméon was a French statesman and jurist from Aix-en-Provence who lived from 1749 to 1842.

Julien Bessières

1777–1840 (age 63)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

French military officer, brother of Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bessières, who served during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic...

Klementyna Hoffmanowa

1798–1845 (age 47)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Alexandre Brongniart

1770–1847 (age 77)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter

1770–1841 (age 71)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter was a French cabinetmaker and furniture designer who lived in Paris from 1770 ...