Famous People Who Died in 1904

Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1904. This list includes people like Anton Chekhov, Jamsetji Tata, Henry Morton Stanley, Chief Joseph, Kate Chopin and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include artists, political leaders, journalists and military leaders who died in 1904. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Russia & Germany and many more countries.

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Birthdate: January 29, 1860

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Taganrog, Russia

Died: July 15

Anton Chekhov was a Russian short-story writer and playwright. Widely regarded as one of the greatest writers of short fiction, Chekhov's works have influenced the progression of the modern short story. As a playwright, Anton Chekhov is credited with influencing the rise of modernism in theatre, along with August Strindberg and Henrik Ibsen.

Birthdate: September 8, 1841

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Prague, Czech Republic

Died: May 1

Antonín Dvořák was a Czech composer who achieved worldwide recognition for his works. His life and career inspired the 1980 historical biographical film Concert at the End of Summer, in which Dvořák was played by actor Josef Vinklář. Canadian children's author Ian Krykorka has based many of his works on some of Antonín Dvořák's operas.

Birthdate: March 3, 1840

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Wallowa River

Died: September 21

Chief Joseph, a leader of the Nez Percé tribe of Native Americans, had initially agreed to the U.S. demand of them moving into a reservation in Idaho. However, fearing retaliation after his men killed a few whites, he attempted an escape to Canada, leading his people through an arduous trek.

Henry Morton Stanley

(Welsh-American Explorer Who Was Famous for His Exploration of Central Africa and His Search for Missionary David Livingstone)

Birthdate: January 28, 1841

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales

Died: May 10

Henry Morton Stanley was a Welsh-American explorer, journalist, colonial administrator, soldier, politician, and author. He is remembered for his exploration of central Africa and his search for the source of the River Nile. Stanley received an honorary title of knighthood in 1899. His life and career inspired the 1939 movie Stanley and Livingstone, where Stanley was played by Spencer Tracy.

Paul Kruger

(5th President of the South African Republic (1883 - 1902))

Birthdate: October 10, 1825

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Steynsburg, South Africa

Died: July 14

Paul Kruger was a South African politician who served as the last State President of the South African Republic. Revered by his admirers as a tragic folk hero, Kruger was one of the most influential military and political personalities in 19th-century South Africa. His life inspired the 1941 German film Ohm Krüger, in which Kruger was played by Emil Jannings.

Birthdate: March 3, 1839

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Gujarat, India

Died: May 19

Legendary Indian industrialist Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata established the Tata Group and the city of Jamshedpur, too. The Father of Indian Industry also founded the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai, which was the only Indian hotel with electricity back then. His legacy was carried forward by subsidiaries such as Tata Steel.

Birthdate: January 8, 1821

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Edgefield, South Carolina, United States

Died: January 2

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Birthdate: February 8, 1850

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: St. Louis

Died: August 22

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi

(French Sculptor and Painter Best Known for Designing the 'Statue of Liberty')

Birthdate: August 2, 1834

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Colmar, France

Died: October 4

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi was a French painter and sculptor remembered for designing the Statue of Liberty. He is also credited with designing other iconic statues like The Lion of Belfort and Marquis de Lafayette. In addition to being a sculptor, Bartholdi also played an important role in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, serving as a liaison officer to Giuseppe Garibaldi.

Jean-Leon Gerome

(Painter)

Birthdate: May 11, 1824

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Vesoul, Haute-Saône, France

Died: January 10

Birthdate: April 9, 1830

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England

Died: May 8

Eadweard Muybridge was an English photographer best remembered for his contribution to photographic studies of motion. Muybridge achieved international prominence when he exhibited photographs of Yosemite Valley in 1868. He is said to have inspired several artists and inventors like Sol LeWitt, Thomas Eakins, William Dickson, and Francis Bacon.

Ruth Cleveland

(Grover Cleveland's daughter)

Birthdate: October 3, 1891

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Died: January 7

Sarah Boone

(African-American Inventor)

Birthdate: 1832 AD

Birthplace: Craven County, North Carolina, United States

Died: 1904 AD

Herbert von Bismarck

(Politician)

Birthdate: December 28, 1849

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Berlin, Germany

Died: September 18

John Brown Gordon

(General)

Birthdate: February 6, 1832

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Upson County, Georgia, United States

Died: January 9

Friedrich Ratzel

(Biologist, Geopolitician, Geographer, Zoologist, Political scientist, University teacher)

Birthdate: August 30, 1844

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Karlsruhe

Died: August 9

Friedrich Ratzel was a German ethnographer and geographer. He was the first person to use the term Lebensraum, which would later become an important and popular word among the National Socialists. Also an influential writer, Friedrich Ratzel's works served as a justification for imperial expansion.

Dan Leno

(Comedian)

Birthdate: December 20, 1860

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Somers Town, London England

Died: October 31

Marcus Goldman

(American Investment Banker and Founder of the Global Investment Bank 'Goldman Sachs')

Birthdate: December 9, 1821

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Trappstadt, Germany

Died: July 20

Legendary American investment banker Marcus Goldman was born into a German Jewish family of farmers and was part of the first wave of Jewish immigration to America. He went from being a peddler to founding Goldman Sachs, which is now one of the largest investment banks of the world.

Georges Gilles de la Tourette

(Physician, Psychiatrist, Neurologist)

Birthdate: October 30, 1857

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers

Died: May 26

George Frederic Watts

(British Painter and Sculptor Known for His Contribution and Influence on the Symbolist Movement)

Birthdate: February 23, 1817

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Marylebone, Middlesex, England

Died: July 1

George Frederic Watts was a British painter best remembered for his association with the Symbolist movement. Watts achieved fame for his allegorical works like Love and Life and Hope. In addition to being a painter, George Frederic Watts was also a sculptor. He is credited with sculpting the famous Physical Energy statue at Rhodes Memorial in South Africa.

Norodom of Cambodia

(King of Cambodia (1860 - 1904))

Birthdate: February 3, 1834

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Angkor Borei, Cambodia

Died: April 24

Cambodian ruler Norodom, the eldest son of King Ang Duong, was trained in the concepts of Buddhism from an early age. His initial goals included strengthening ties between Siam (Thailand) and Cambodia. A treaty he signed with France handed over Cambodia’s foreign relations to the French.

Henri Fantin-Latour

(Painter)

Birthdate: January 14, 1836

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Grenoble, France

Died: August 25

Samuel Smiles

(British Author and Government Reformer)

Birthdate: December 23, 1812

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland

Died: April 16

Though a qualified doctor, Samuel Smiles later never practiced and switched to journalism instead, working for Leeds Times. His best-known work remains Self-Help, a motivational self-improvement guide for the youth, which denounced materialism and advocated thrift. His other significant work was the 5-volume Lives of the Engineers.

Christopher Dresser

(Designer)

Birthdate: July 4, 1834

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland

Died: November 24

Isabelle Eberhardt

(Explorer)

Birthdate: February 17, 1877

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Geneva, Switzerland

Died: October 21

Birthdate: December 15, 1860

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Tórshavn, Faroe Islands

Died: September 24

Niels Ryberg Finsen was a Danish-Faroese scientist and physician. Finsen's method to treat diseases, such as lupus vulgaris, using concentrated light radiation, earned him the 1903 Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology. Copenhagen University Hospital houses the famous Finsen Laboratory, which is named in his honor.

Vasily Vereshchagin

(One of the Most Famous Russian War Artists)

Birthdate: October 26, 1842

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Cherepovets, Novgorod Governorate, Russia

Died: April 13

Vasily Vereshchagin was a Russian war artist who became one of the earliest artists from Russia to be recognized internationally. Vereshchagin is best remembered for his realist war scenes which were not printed or exhibited extensively due to their graphic nature. Vasily Vereshchagin is one of the most popular Russian war artists of all time.

Émile Gallé

(Artist)

Birthdate: May 8, 1846

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Nancy, France

Died: September 23

Birthdate: July 8, 1845

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Oskaloosa, Iowa, United States

Died: November 15

Nikolay Bobrikov

(Governor of Finland)

Birthdate: January 27, 1839

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Strelna, Russia

Died: June 17

Princess Alexandrine of Baden

(Aristocrat)

Birthdate: December 6, 1820

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Karlsruhe, Germany

Died: December 20

Dan Emmett

(American Songwriter, Entertainer and Founder of the First Troupe of the 'Blackface')

Birthdate: October 29, 1815

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States

Died: June 28

Daniel Decatur Emmett was an American entertainer and songwriter best remembered for composing the popular song, Dixie. Daniel Decatur Emmett is credited with founding the famous 19th-century group of entertainers called the Virginia Minstrels. The group helped invent an entertainment form that came to be known as the minstrel show. His life and career inspired a biographical film titled Dixie.

Eugen Schauman

(Nobleman)

Birthdate: May 10, 1875

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Kharkiv, Ukraine

Died: June 16

Samuel M. Jones

(32nd Mayor of Toledo)

Birthdate: August 3, 1846

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Caernarvonshire, Wales

Died: July 12

Welsh-born Samuel M. Jones moved to the US with his family at age 3. Poverty forced him to work, first in a sawmill and then on a steamship. He later opened an oil-pumping machine factory and became well-liked for his Golden Rule. He also served as a Republican mayor of Toledo.

Leslie Stephen

(British Author, Critic, Historian, Biographer, and Mountaineer)

Birthdate: November 28, 1832

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Kensington Gore, London, England

Died: February 22

Sir Leslie Stephen was an English historian, biographer, author, critic, and mountaineer. Leslie Stephen also took an active part in the organized humanist movement, serving as the president of the West London Ethical Society on multiple occasions. He was the father of famous author, Virginia Woolf, and painter, Vanessa Bell.

Sami Frashëri

(Writer)

Birthdate: June 1, 1850

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Frashër, Albania

Died: June 18

Regine Olsen

(Writer)

Birthdate: January 23, 1822

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark

Died: March 18

Gabriel Tarde

(French Sociologist, Criminologist and Social Psychologist Best Known for His Criminological Work and His Criticism of 'Durkheim')

Birthdate: March 12, 1843

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Sarlat-la-Canéda, France

Died: May 13

Sociologist and criminologist Gabriel Tarde is best remembered for his theory of social interaction. Initially a magistrate, he later taught modern philosophy. He is remembered for his ideas on imitation and his criticism of the concept of the atavistic criminal. He also penned a sci-fi novel.

Ferdinand Mannlicher

(Austrian Small Arms Designer and Engineer)

Birthdate: January 30, 1848

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Mainz, Germany

Died: January 20

Eduard Hanslick

(Music Critic)

Birthdate: September 11, 1825

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Prague, Czech Republic

Died: August 6

Edwin Arnold

(British Poet and Journalist Known for His Work 'The Light of Asia')

Birthdate: June 10, 1832

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Gravesend, Gravesham, Kent, England

Died: March 24

Best known for his book The Light of Asia, a narrative poem on Gautama Buddha, English poet and journalist Edwin Arnold had initially been a school teacher. He later also worked as a journalist, before turning to writing full-time. His The Song Celestial was a poetic version of the Bhagavad Gita.

Murad V

(Sultan)

Birthdate: September 21, 1840

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Beşiktaş, Istanbul

Died: August 29

George Salmon

(Irish Mathematician and Anglican Theologian)

Birthdate: September 25, 1819

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland

Died: January 22

George Salmon initially gained fame as a remarkable mathematician only to switch to theology in his later years. A linen merchant’s son, he graduated from Trinity College on a scholarship and then taught at Trinity and made developments in the study of algebraic geometry. He was later ordained a priest.

George Frisbie Hoar

(Politician)

Birthdate: August 29, 1826

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Concord, Massachusetts, United States

Died: September 30

Mór Jókai

(Novelist)

Birthdate: February 18, 1825

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Komarom, Hungary

Died: May 5

Lafcadio Hearn

(Irish Writer, Translator, and Teacher Who Introduced the Culture and Literature of Japan to the West)

Birthdate: June 27, 1850

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Lefkada, Greece

Died: September 26

Lafcadio Hearn was a writer best remembered for writing about Japanese culture. His writings about Japan threw light on the previously unknown but fascinating culture of Japan. It also helped the Western world understand Japanese culture. Many of his stories have been adapted into films and theatrical productions.

Vladimir Vasilyevich Markovnikov

(Russian Chemist Who Contributed to Structural Theory)

Birthdate: December 25, 1837

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Knyaginino, Russia

Died: February 11

Russian chemist Vladimir Vasilyevich Markovnikov is best remembered for formulating the Markovnikov's rule or Markownikoff's rule, which elucidates the outcome of some addition reactions. His other contributions in the field of organic chemistry include finding carbon rings with over six carbon atoms and also displaying that although butyric and isobutyric acids have different structures, they have the same chemical formula (C4H8O2).

Anne Hartley Gilbert

(Actress)

Birthdate: October 21, 1821

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Rochdale, England

Died: December 2

Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau

(Former Prime Minister of France (1899 - 1902))

Birthdate: December 2, 1846

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Nantes, France

Died: August 10

René Waldeck-Rousseau was a French Republican politician who served as the prime minister of France from 1899 to 1902. A qualified lawyer, he moved to the bar of Rennes during the Third Republic. He soon entered politics and had a successful career in this field as well. He was known to be a cold, head-strong, and intellectual person.

Alexander William Williamson

(Chemist)