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Michel Carré
French librettist (1821–1872)
Georg Ludwig von Maurer
German historian and politician (1790-1872)
José Burgos
Filipino priest martyred in 1872
Johannes Carsten Hauch
Danish poet (1790–1872)
Pavel Kiselyov
Russian noble and general (1788–1872)
Moritz Hartmann
poet from Austria
Princess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
first wife of Prince Henry of the Netherlands (1830-1872)
Nikolaos Mantzaros
Greek composer (1795-1872)
Nikolay Milyutin
Russian noble (1818-1872)
Franz Xaver Fieber
German botanist and entomologist (1807-1872)
Louisa Atkinson
Anglo-Australian writer, illustrator and botanical collector (1834-1872)
José Balta
President of Peru (1814–1872)
Thomas Sully
American painter (1783-1872)
Francis Lieber
German-American jurist, gymnast and political philosopher
Wincenty Pol
Polish writer (1807–1872)
Charles Combes
French engineer (1801-1872)
Frederik Kaiser
Dutch astronomer (1808-1872)

Benjamin Briggs
American sailor
Martin Ohm
German mathematician (1792-1872)
Agustín Morales
Bolivian politician (1808-1872)
Michele Carafa
Italian opera composer

Pierre Charles Alexandre Louis
French physician (1787-1872)
Élie Frédéric Forey
Marshal of France (1804-1872)
Alexander Hilferding
Russian linguist and folklorist (1831-1872)
William Henry Sykes
British politician and naturalist (1790-1872)
Anders Sandøe Ørsted
Danish botanist and zoologist (1816–1872)
Kawakami Gensai
Japanese samurai of the late Edo period (1834-1872)
Jakob Alt
painter (1789-1872)
Francisco Palau
Beatified Spanish Discalced Carmelite friar and priest (1811-1872)
Priscilla Susan Bury
British botanist and artist (1799–1872)
Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo
British Conservative statesman and 4th Viceroy of India (1822–1872)
Jean-Marie Le Bris
French aviation pioneer (1817–1872)
Mariano Gomes
Filipino priest martyred in 1872
Joseph Bates
American sailor, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (1792–1872)
Patriarch Cyril VII of Constantinople
Greek priest (?-1872)
Jacinto Zamora
Filipino priest martyred in 1872
J. Neely Johnson
Governor of California (1825-1872)
Félix Archimède Pouchet
French scientist (1800-1872)
William Charles Wentworth
Australian poet, explorer, journalist and politician (1790-1872)
Friedrich Alefeld
German botanist, author, and medical practitioner (1820-1872)
Giuseppe Valerga
Italian Roman Catholic cleric (1813–1872)
Ludolf Wienbarg
German author (1802–1872)
Manuel de Pando, 2nd Marquis of Miraflores
Prime Minister of Spain (1792-1872)
George François Reuter
botanist (1805-1872)
Mathilde Fibiger
Danish feminist, novelist, and telegraphist (1830–1872)
Eugenio de Ochoa
Spanish translator and writer (1815-1872)
Princess Caroline Amalie of Hesse-Homburg
German politician (1819-1872)
Emmanuel de Rougé
French politician, philologist, and egyptologist (1811–1872)
Thomas Bragg
American governor and senator (1810–1872)

Moses Ashley Curtis
U.S. botanist (1801–1872)
James Gordon Bennett Sr.
American publisher (1795-1872)
George W. Crawford
American politician (1798-1872)
Cirilo de Alameda y Brea
Catholic cardinal
Eduard Magnus
German painter (1799-1872)
Charles Victor Daremberg
French librarian (1817–1872)
Hanna Winsnes
Norwegian poet, novelist and cookbook writer (1789-1872)
Spiridon Palauzov
Russian historian
Vincent Grimm
Hungarian chess player (1800-1872)
Arnold Escher von der Linth
Swiss geologist (1807-1872)
Santos Gutiérrez
Colombian statesman and soldier (1820-1872)