Celebrity Deaths in 1887

19 notable figures died in 1887. Listed below in order of date of death.

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  Isabella Stewart Valancy Crawford

  1850 – 1887 · Authors and Writers Feb 2
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  Timothy “Longhaired” Courtright

  1845 – 1887 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Feb 2
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  Alexander Borodin

  1833 – 1887 · Celebrities, Musicians, Musicians and Composers Feb 27
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  Emile Louis Herzinger

  1839 – 1887 · Artists and Architects Mar 3
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  Jacob Christian Jacobsen

  1811 – 1887 Apr 4
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  Patricio Peralta Ramos

  1814 – 1887 · Business Magnates Apr 4
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  Preserved Smith

  1820 – 1887 · Business Magnates May 5
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  Samuel Cousins

  1801 – 1887 · Artists and Architects May 5
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  Sir Horace Jones

  1819 – 1887 · Artists and Architects May 5
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  Sir Horace Jones

  1819 – 1887 · Business Magnates May 5
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  Robert Clay Allison

  1840 – 1887 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Jul 7
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  Tobias Spengler

  1816 – 1887 · Business Magnates Jul 7
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  Dorothea Dix

  1802 – 1887 · Social Reformers Jul 17
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  Lemuel Chenoweth

  1811 – 1887 · Artists and Architects Aug 8
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  Spencer Fullerton Baird

  1823 – 1887 · Authors and Writers, Educators, Scientists and Inventors Aug 19
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  Dinah Maria Craik

  1826 – 1887 · Authors and Writers Oct 10
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  Doc Holliday

  1851 – 1887 · Outlaw Nov 8
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  John Ryle

  1817 – 1887 · Business Magnates Nov 11
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  Alonzo Chappel

  1828 – 1887 · Artists and Architects Dec 12