WHO ALL DIED IN 1872.
See all who died in 1872.

Danish pastor, philosopher, and author N. F. S. Grundtvig died 2. September 1872. (born 1783)

German anthropologist and philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach died 13. September 1872. (born 1804)

Russian lexicographer Vladimir Dal died 22. September 1872. (born 1801)

American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State William H. Seward died 10. October 1872. (born 1801)

French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer Jacques Babinet died 21. October 1872. (born 1794)

French journalist, author, and poet Théophile Gautier died 23. October 1872. (born 1811)

English-American painter Thomas Sully died 5. November 1872.

German mathematician and academic Alfred Clebsch died 7. November 1872. (born 1833)

Russian general and politician Pavel Kiselyov died 26. November 1872. (born 1788)

Scottish-Italian astronomer, mathematician, and author Mary Somerville died 28. November 1872. (born 1780)

Scottish physician and engineer William John Macquorn Rankine died 24. December 1872. (born 1820)

American lawyer and politician, 7th Mayor of San Francisco James Van Ness died 28. December 1872. (born 1808)

Finnish author and playwright Aleksis Kivi died 31. December 1872. (born 1834)