Deaths in the 1850s

Anton of Stolberg-Wernigerode

1785–1854 (age 69)

Wernigerode Castle Cemetery

Johann Adam Itzstein

1775–1855 (age 80)

Friedhof Hallgarten

Anton Frammersberger

1782–1856 (age 74)

Aicha vorm Wald

Gabriel von Pfingsten

1778–1857 (age 79)

grave of Gabriel von Pfingsten

Franz Beyschlag

1826–1856 (age 30)

Alter Friedhof Neuwied

August Wolff

1782–1857 (age 75)

Stadtfriedhof Walsrode

Johann Heinrich von Thünen

1783–1850 (age 67)

Friedhof Prebberede

Carl Friedrich Quellhorst

1900–1851

Nordertorfriedhof

Friedrich August Gudewill

1792–1851 (age 59)

Alter Friedhof Alfeld

Enno Dirksen

1788–1850 (age 62)

Eilsum cemetery

Enno Dirksen was a German mathematician who worked in France and contributed to differential geometry and mathematical a...

Salomon Mayer von Rothschild

1774–1855 (age 81)

Paris

Martin-Roch-Xavier Estève

1772–1853 (age 81)

Paris

Honoré de Balzac

1799–1850 (age 51)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was a French novelist and playwright whose vast literary output formed the foundation of l...

Auguste Comte

1798–1857 (age 59)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Auguste Comte was a French philosopher who founded positivism and is considered the father of sociology.

Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville

1777–1850 (age 73)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville was a French zoologist and anatomist who contributed significantly to comparative ana...

Marcellin Marbot

1782–1854 (age 72)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Marcellin Marbot (1782-1854) was a French military officer from Altillac known for his service during the Napoleonic War...

Charles de Steuben

1788–1856 (age 68)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Charles de Steuben was a French painter who lived from 1788 to 1856, born in Bauerbach and buried at the Grave of Steube...

Adolphe Monod

1802–1856 (age 54)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Adolphe Monod was a French Protestant minister and theologian born in Copenhagen who became one of the most influential ...

Pierre-Jean de Béranger

1780–1857 (age 77)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780-1857) was a celebrated French lyric poet and chansonnier from Paris known for his popular...

Félicité de La Mennais

1782–1854 (age 72)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

French writer and religious philosopher whose works addressed faith, liberty, and social justice.

David d'Angers

1788–1856 (age 68)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Michel Théodore Leclercq

1777–1851 (age 74)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

French writer whose literary works contributed to early nineteenth-century French intellectual culture.

Louis Poinsot

1777–1859 (age 82)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Louis Poinsot was a distinguished French mathematician and physicist known for his contributions to geometry and mechani...

Ours-Pierre-Armand Petit-Dufrénoy

1792–1857 (age 65)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Ours-Pierre-Armand Petit-Dufrénoy was a French geologist and mineralogist who lived from 1792 to 1857 and contributed s...

François Magendie

1783–1855 (age 72)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

François Magendie (1783-1855) was a pioneering French physiologist from Bordeaux who made significant contributions to ...

Rachel Félix

1821–1858 (age 37)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Rachel Félix was a renowned French tragic actress who lived from 1821 to 1858 and became one of the most celebrated per...

Émile Souvestre

1806–1854 (age 48)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Émilie Bigottini

1764–1858 (age 94)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

French ballet dancer whose career and artistry contributed to the development of nineteenth-century dance.

Etienne Marc Quatremère

1782–1857 (age 75)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Etienne Marc Quatremère was a distinguished French orientalist and philologist who lived from 1782 to 1857 in Paris, sp...

Manuel Godoy

1767–1851 (age 84)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Spanish military officer and statesman whose career influenced Spanish and European politics.

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac

1778–1850 (age 72)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778-1850) was a renowned French chemist and physicist from Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, famous fo...

François Arago

1786–1853 (age 67)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

François Arago (1786-1853) was a French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer who made significant contributions to ...

Olinde Rodrigues

1795–1851 (age 56)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Alfred de Musset

1810–1857 (age 47)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Alfred de Musset (1810-1857) was a celebrated French Romantic poet, playwright, and novelist from Paris.

Gérard de Nerval

1808–1855 (age 47)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Carlo Evasio Soliva

1791–1853 (age 62)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Carlo Evasio Soliva was an Italian-born composer who lived from 1791 to 1853, born in Casale Monferrato and buried at th...

Jean-Pierre Boyer

1776–1850 (age 74)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Jean-Pierre Boyer was a Haitian military leader and politician who served as President of Haiti from 1818 to 1843, unify...

Marco Bordogni

1789–1856 (age 67)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Marco Bordogni (1789-1856) was an Italian tenor and singing teacher from Gazzaniga who spent his career in France.

Auguste Vinchon

1789–1855 (age 66)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Auguste Vinchon was a French historical painter known for his religious and historical compositions during the Romantic ...

Beer Léon Fould

1767–1855 (age 88)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Léon Fould was a French politician whose career encompassed nearly nine decades of service to his nation.

Benoît Fould

1792–1858 (age 66)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Benoît Fould was a French banker and member of the prominent Fould banking family in Paris.

Bernard-Léon

1785–1858 (age 73)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Bernard-Léon was a French actor whose career contributed to the evolution of French theater during the late 18th and ea...

Alexandrine-Caroline Branchu

1778–1850 (age 72)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Ernest de Fréville

1811–1855 (age 44)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Ernest de Fréville was a French historian whose scholarly work contributed to 19th-century historical documentation and...

Charles-Joseph Godde

1821–1852 (age 31)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Charles-Joseph Godde (1821-1852) was a Parisian who died at the young age of 31.

Charles Auguste du Bouëxic de Pinieux

1779–1851 (age 72)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Charles Auguste du Bouëxic de Pinieux was a French nobleman and military officer who lived from 1779 to 1851 in Paris.

Charles Eugène de Lalaing d'Audenarde

1779–1859 (age 80)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Charles Eugène de Lalaing d'Audenarde was a French nobleman who lived from 1779 to 1859 and was buried in Paris.

Nicolas Cadiat

1805–1856 (age 51)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Nicolas Cadiat was a French engineer whose work contributed to the technological development of 19th-century France.

Pierre-Augustin Berthemy

1778–1855 (age 77)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Pierre-Louis Binet de Marcognet

1765–1854 (age 89)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Pierre-Louis Binet de Marcognet was a French military officer whose career spanned the revolutionary and Napoleonic peri...