1887 deaths

German physicist (1824–1887)

Russian composer, doctor and chemist (1833–1887)

Eduard Douwes Dekker (2 March 182019 February 1887), better known by his pen name Multatuli (from Latin multa tulī, "I have suffered much"), was a Dutch writer best known for his satirical novel Max Havelaar (1860), which denounced the abuses of colonialism in the Dutch East Indies (today's Indonesia). He is considered one of the Netherlands' greatest authors.

German scientist (1801-1887)

Swedish classical singer

Russian artist (1837-1887)

French politician (1816-1887)

vice president of the United States from 1877 to 1881

Russian revolutionary and activist (1866–1887)

One of the first Indian woman doctor (1865-1887)

American clergyman and activist (1813–1887)

Italian politician (1813–1887)

Polish novelist (1812–1887)

Franco-Uruguayan poet (1860–1887)

American poet (1849–1887)

First Lady of the United States (1803-1887)

Swiss jurist and philologist (1815–1887)

American political philosopher, essayist, pamphlet writer, Unitarian, abolitionist, individualist anarchist, legal theorist, a member of the socialist First International and entrepreneur of the 19th century (1808–1887)

American author and social reformer (1802–1887)

British novelist and poet (1826–1887)

gambler, gunfighter, and dentist in the American West (1851–1887)

French chemist who made significant contributions to agricultural science, petroleum science and metallurgy (1801–1887)

American naturalist, ornithologist, ichthyologist, museum curator, and the 2nd Secretary of the Smithsonian (1823-1887)

French novelist and dramatist 1817-1887

Austro-Hungarian painter (1803–1887)

Russian poet (1862–1887)

Slovene writer, political activist, playwright and critic (1831-1887)

3rd President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (1808–1887)

American politician and diplomat (1816–1887)

English engineer, entrepreneur (1804–1887)

German writer (1825–1887)

German philosopher, writer and politician (1807-1887)

German entrepreneur and inventor (1812–1887)

Russian publicist and politician (1818–1887)

Spanish prince and photographer (1822–1887)

president of Uruguay (1810-1887)

German naturalist (1813-1887)

American astronomer and artist (1804-1887)

German-born New Zealand geologist (1822-1887)

President of Peru (1808–1887)

German linguist (1802–1887)

Danish politician (1811–1887)

Estonian linguist and botanist (1805-1887)

Polish noble

German artist (1837–1887)

British scientist (1828–1887)

American upholsterer, radical labor activist, and newspaper editor (1855-1887)

Prime Minister of New Zealand (1811-1887)

U.S geologist and surgeon (1829-1887)

German astronomer (1830–1887)

British naturalist and writer (1848–1887)

Danish industrialist and philanthropist (1811—1887)

British composer and musicologist (1813–1887)

American lawyer and politician (1809-1887)

Egyptian statesman of Turkish origin (1826-1887)

French photographer (1801–1887)

Younger brother of Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1802–1887)

Patriarch of Constantinople (1837–1887)

German journalist, political theorist and socialist politician (1817–1887)

American socialist and anarchist newspaper editor (1848–1887)