James A. Garfield (1831-1881)
US President
1
Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881)
Novelist
2
David Alter (1807-1881)
Inventor
3
Mary Seacole (1805-1881)
Memoirist
4
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Composer
5
Jim Bridger (1804-1881)
Explorer
6
Marie Laveau (1801-1881)
Religious Leader
7
Alexander II (1818-1881)
Emperor
8
Henry Philip Tappan (1805-1881)
Teacher
9
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)
Politician
10
Ambrose Burnside (1824-1881)
War Hero
11
Thomas A. Scott (1823-1881)
Business Executive
12
Lewis Morgan (1818-1881)
Anthropologist
13
Sophie Daguin (1801-1881)
Dancer
14
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)
Philosopher
15
Jenny Von Westphalen (1814-1881)
Non-Fiction Author
16
Sidney Lanier (1842-1881)
Poet
17
Jane Digby (1807-1881)
Princess
18
Ansel Briggs (1806-1881)
19
James Starley (1831-1881)
Entrepreneur
20
Eli Perry (1799-1881)
21
Nathan Clifford (1803-1881)
Supreme Court Justice
22
Romolo Gessi (1831-1881)
23
Nikolai Rubinstein (1835-1881)
Pianist
24
Samuel Palmer (1805-1881)
Painter
25
Máximo Jerez (1818-1881)
26
George D. Watt (1812-1881)
27
Billy the Kid (1859-1881)
Criminal
28
Vilhelm Christian Sigurd Topsøe (1840-1881)
29
Tom McLaury (1853-1881)
30
Frank McLaury (1848-1881)
31
Celebrities Born in 1881
Deaths by Year
