Deaths in the 1870s

François Baucher

1796–1873 (age 77)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Renowned French equestrian master whose innovative riding techniques revolutionized horsemanship.

François Blanc

1806–1877 (age 71)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

François Blanc (1806-1877) was a French entrepreneur from Courthézon who developed Monte Carlo's casino.

Victor Séjour

1817–1874 (age 57)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

French writer whose literary works contributed significantly to 19th-century French letters.

Achille Deville

1789–1875 (age 86)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Achille Deville was a 19th-century French figure who lived through the Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras into the Third ...

Joseph Crocé-Spinelli

1845–1875 (age 30)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

French engineer and pioneering aeronaut who advanced high-altitude balloon flight research.

Ernest-Henri de Grouchy

1806–1879 (age 73)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Ernest-Henri de Grouchy (1806-1879) was a French aristocrat born in Paris and buried in the Grave of Worms de Romilly.

Ernest Baroche

1829–1870 (age 41)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

French writer who contributed to 19th-century French literary culture.

Ernest Duvergier de Hauranne

1843–1877 (age 34)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Ernest Duvergier de Hauranne (1843-1877) was a Parisian individual buried in the Grave of Duvergier de Hauranne in Franc...

Ernest de Royer

1808–1877 (age 69)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Ernest de Royer (1808-1877) was a French individual from Versailles, buried in the Grave of Brière de Mondétour-Valign...

Eustache Lorsay

1822–1871 (age 49)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Ferdinand de Jouvencel

1804–1873 (age 69)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

French politician who served in public office during the 19th century.

François-André Gaupillat

1806–1874 (age 68)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

François-André Gaupillat (1806-1874) was a Frenchman from Tonnerre who was buried in the Gaupillat-Dufort-Pecquet grav...

François-Victor Hugo

1828–1873 (age 45)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

François-Victor Hugo was the son of Victor Hugo who translated Shakespeare's complete works into French.

François Buloz

1803–1877 (age 74)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

François Buloz (1803-1877) was a French publisher and director of the Revue des Deux Mondes from Vulbens.

François Debon

1807–1872 (age 65)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

François Debon was a Parisian who lived during the first half of the 19th century.

Joseph Schey

1819–1876 (age 57)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Jules-Antoine Droz

1804–1872 (age 68)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Jules-Antoine Droz (1804-1872) was a Parisian who lived during the first seven decades of the 19th century.

Adolphe-Jean de Kimpe

1810–1879 (age 69)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Adolphe-Jean de Kimpe was a 19th-century figure buried in France.

Sigismond Anatole O'Donnell

1822–1879 (age 57)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Sigismond Anatole O'Donnell (1822-1879) was a French resident who lived in Villiers-sur-Orge and was buried in the Grave...

Félix d'Origny

1799–1877 (age 78)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Félix d'Origny (1799-1877) was a French individual from Le Mesnil-sur-Oger buried in the Grave of Arboussier.

Pierre-Marie-Eugène Dubail

1806–1878 (age 72)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Pierre-Marie-Eugène Dubail was a French military or civil servant who lived during the 19th century.

Augustin-Ambroise Delondre

1823–1879 (age 56)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Charles Coligny

1830–1874 (age 44)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

French poet whose verse contributed to 19th-century French literary tradition.

Gabriel Poinat

1811–1879 (age 68)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Gabriel Poinat (1811-1879) was a French individual from Saint-Étienne who was buried in the Grave of Poinat family.

Émile Rousseaux

1831–1874 (age 43)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Émile Rousseaux was a French individual from Abbeville who lived during the mid-19th century.

Gustave Lambert

1824–1871 (age 47)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Gustave Lambert (1824-1871) was a French resident of Grièges who died during the Franco-Prussian War or Paris Commune p...

Hector Horeau

1801–1872 (age 71)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Hector Horeau (1801–1872) was a renowned French architect whose innovative designs shaped nineteenth-century French ar...

Henri-Joseph de Forestier

1787–1872 (age 85)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Henri Siméon

1805–1876 (age 71)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Henri Siméon (1805–1876) was a French politician who contributed significantly to nineteenth-century French governanc...

Hippolyte-Julien-Joseph Lucas

1807–1878 (age 71)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Hippolyte Sebron

1801–1879 (age 78)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Hippolyte Sebron (1801–1879) was a pioneering French photographer whose work documented nineteenth-century French soci...

Baron Isidore Justin Séverin Taylor

1789–1879 (age 90)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Prosper-Lazare-Alexandre Lambert

d. 1879

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Prosper-Lazare-Alexandre Lambert (died 1879) was a French individual whose life details remain largely unknown beyond hi...

Jean-Marie Scribe

1816–1873 (age 57)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Jean-Marie Scribe was likely related to the famous French dramatist Eugène Scribe.

Auguste Girardin

d. 1871

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Auguste Girardin (died 1871) was a French individual whose life details remain largely unknown.

Marie-Françoise-Céline Reygondaud de Villebardet

1827–1874 (age 47)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Henri Feray

1812–1870 (age 58)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Henri Feray (1812-1870) was a Parisian from the former 2nd arrondissement who died during the Franco-Prussian War period...

Jules-Hippolyte de Saint Simon

1798–1873 (age 75)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Jules-Hippolyte de Saint Simon was a French nobleman from Versailles who lived during the 19th century.

Marie-Louise de Bourqueney

1843–1871 (age 28)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Marie-Louise de Bourqueney was a French noblewoman who died young in 1871 at the age of 28.

Gustave Rousseau-Pommeret

d. 1872

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Gustave Rousseau-Pommeret was a French individual who died in 1872.

Augustin-Charles Le Gendre

1788–1872 (age 84)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Augustin-Charles Le Gendre was a French military officer or official who lived during the early-to-mid 19th century.

Louis-Antoine Garnier-Pagès

1803–1878 (age 75)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Odilon Barrot

1791–1873 (age 82)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Odilon Barrot (1791-1873) was a French politician and lawyer from Villefort who served as Prime Minister of France.

Louis Charles Delescluze

1809–1871 (age 62)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Louis Charles Delescluze was a French revolutionary journalist and politician who died during the Paris Commune of 1871.

François Bazin

1816–1878 (age 62)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

François Bazin was a 19th-century French composer whose works contributed to the romantic musical tradition.

Józef Wysocki

1809–1873 (age 64)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Józef Wysocki (1809-1873) was a Polish military officer and exile who lived in Tulchyn before being buried in France.

Jean-François Heidenreich

1811–1872 (age 61)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Jean-François Heidenreich was a 19th-century French executioner who served the judicial system of his era.

Antoine Laurent Dantan

1798–1878 (age 80)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Antoine Laurent Dantan (1798-1878) was a French sculptor from Saint-Cloud who was interred in the Tomb of Dantan.

Charles Hugo

1826–1871 (age 45)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Charles Hugo was the son of French writer Victor Hugo who died during the Paris Commune era.

François-Vincent Raspail

1794–1878 (age 84)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

François-Vincent Raspail (1794-1878) was a French chemist, physician, and republican politician from Carpentras known f...