Deaths in the 1880s

Paul Savelli

1815–1887 (age 72)

Pino

Alfred Wittersheim

1825–1881 (age 56)

Chatou

French printer whose craft supported the dissemination of knowledge in nineteenth-century France.

Victor Aragon

1806–1886 (age 80)

Avèze

Philibert Bellemain

1822–1886 (age 64)

Caluire-et-Cuire

Philibert Bellemain was a 19th-century French architect whose work contributed to the urban development of the Lyon regi...

Constantin Detouche

1810–1889 (age 79)

Villemomble

Olivier Métra

1830–1889 (age 59)

Bois-le-Roi

Jules-Louis-Olivier Métra (2 June 1830 – 22 October 1889) was a French composer and conductor.

Claude Ferdinand Gaillard

1834–1887 (age 53)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Claude Ferdinand Gaillard (7 January 1834 – 19 January 1887) was a French engraver and painter, who had been born and ...

Charles Colin

1832–1881 (age 49)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Charles Colin was a 19th-century French composer whose works contributed to the musical culture of his time.

Bernard Jauréguiberry

1815–1887 (age 72)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Jean Bernard Jauréguiberry (French pronunciation: [bɛʁnaʁ ʒoʁeɡibeʁi]; 26 August 1815 – 21 October 1887) was a...

Adolphe Crémieux

1796–1880 (age 84)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Adolphe Crémieux was a distinguished French lawyer and statesman who significantly influenced 19th-century French law a...

Émile Littré

1801–1881 (age 80)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Paul Broca

1824–1880 (age 56)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Paul Broca was a pioneering French physician and anatomist whose work in neuroanatomy significantly advanced 19th-centur...

Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux

1815–1884 (age 69)

Montparnasse Cemetery

François-Joseph de Champagny

1804–1882 (age 78)

Montparnasse Cemetery

François-Joseph de Champagny was a 19th-century French historian whose scholarly work advanced historical understanding...

Jules Hetzel

1814–1886 (age 72)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Antoine Étex

1808–1888 (age 80)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Antoine Étex (March 20, 1808 Paris – July 14, 1888 Chaville) was a French sculptor, painter and architect.

Jules Sandeau

1811–1883 (age 72)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Jean-Augustin Barral

1819–1884 (age 65)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Jean-Augustin Barral was a 19th-century French chemist whose scientific work advanced chemical knowledge and methodology...

Elme Marie Caro

1826–1887 (age 61)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Jean-Claude Bouquet

1819–1885 (age 66)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Jean-Claude Bouquet was a 19th-century French mathematician whose work contributed to the advancement of mathematical sc...

Arsène Darmesteter

1846–1888 (age 42)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Arsène Darmesteter (5 January 1846 – 16 November 1888) was a distinguished French philologist and man of letters.

Charles Cros

1842–1888 (age 46)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Charles Cros or Émile-Hortensius-Charles Cros (1 October 1842 – 9 August 1888) was a French poet and inventor.

Ambrose Dudley Mann

1801–1889 (age 88)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Ambrose Dudley Mann (April 26, 1801 – November 15, 1889) was the first United States Assistant Secretary of State and ...

Paul Féval

1816–1887 (age 71)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Paul Féval was a prominent 19th-century French writer whose serialized novels delighted readers throughout Europe.

Georges Henri Halphen

1844–1889 (age 45)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Georges-Henri Halphen (French: [ʒɔʀʒ ɑ̃ʁi alfɛn]; 30 October 1844 in Rouen – 23 May 1889 in Versailles) was a ...

Auguste Franchomme

1808–1884 (age 76)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Auguste Franchomme was a celebrated French cellist and composer whose innovations advanced the Romantic-era cello repert...

Roberto Duarte Silva

1837–1889 (age 52)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Roberto Duarte da Silva (25 February 1837, Ribeira Grande, Cape Verde - 8 February 1889, Paris) was a Cape Verdean chemi...

Victor Puiseux

1820–1883 (age 63)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Victor Puiseux was a prominent French astronomer whose mathematical and observational work advanced celestial science.

Henri Martin

1810–1883 (age 73)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Gabriel Davioud

1824–1881 (age 57)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Gabriel Davioud was a prominent French architect whose designs significantly influenced 19th-century Parisian urban deve...

Henri Blaze

1813–1888 (age 75)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Alfred Vulpian

1826–1887 (age 61)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Edmé Félix Alfred Vulpian (5 January 1826 – 18 May 1887) was a French physician and neurologist.

Désiré Nisard

1806–1888 (age 82)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Jean Marie Napoléon Désiré Nisard (20 March 1806 – 27 March 1888) was a French writer and literary critic.

Edouard Millault

1808–1887 (age 79)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Edouard Millault was a French composer whose Romantic-era works enriched 19th-century musical culture.

Édouard Wolff

1816–1880 (age 64)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Frederic Mialhe

1810–1881 (age 71)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Frederic Mialhe was a French painter whose works reflected the artistic sensibilities of 19th-century France.

Jean François Boisselat

1810–1889 (age 79)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Georges Napoléon Baude

1830–1887 (age 57)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Georges Napoléon Baude was a French diplomat whose career advanced French interests in 19th-century international relat...

Alphonse Baude

1804–1885 (age 81)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Henri Larochelle

1826–1884 (age 58)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Henri Larochelle was a French theatre manager whose work sustained and advanced 19th-century theatrical culture.

Victor Borie

1818–1880 (age 62)

Montparnasse Cemetery

François-Théodore de Lapelin

1812–1888 (age 76)

Montparnasse Cemetery

François-Théodore de Lapelin (11 December 1812 – 12 January 1888) was a French naval officer who rose to the rank of...

Théodore Pierre Nicolas Maillot

1826–1888 (age 62)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Octave Ducros de Sixt

1818–1883 (age 65)

Montparnasse Cemetery

French lawyer and legal professional of the nineteenth century.

Anne Nicole Voullemier

1792–1882 (age 90)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Sameshima Naonobu

1845–1880 (age 35)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Japanese diplomat of the Meiji period.

Feliks Grabowski

1817–1889 (age 72)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Gaspard Gobaut

1814–1882 (age 68)

Montparnasse Cemetery

French painter of the nineteenth century.

Józef Konstanty Ramotowski

1812–1888 (age 76)

Montparnasse Cemetery

Leonard Rettel

1811–1885 (age 74)

Montparnasse Cemetery

French writer and literary figure of the nineteenth century.