Alexander Pushkin

Alexander Pushkin

male, deceased (1837)
boris godunov, Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, poet, Russian literature, eugene onegin, Georges d'Anthès…Duellingfatalities
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was a Russian Romantic author who is considered to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian...
Stephen Decatur

Stephen Decatur

male, deceased (1820)
death by firearm in the United States, american revolution, Maryland Eastern Shore native, U.S. NAVY, American naval, Duellingfatalities
Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr was an American naval officer notable for his heroism in the Barbary Wars and in the War of 1812. He was the youngest...
Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

male, deceased (1804)
New York militiamen in the American Revolution, bank of new york, lawyer, death by firearm in the United States, Financier, founding father…Duellingfatalities
Alexander Hamilton was an Army officer, lawyer, Founding Father, American politician, leading statesman, financier and political theorist. One of...
Henry Wharton Conway

Henry Wharton Conway

male, deceased (1827)
Duellist, Duellingfatalities, Arkansas Post, ensign, duel, war of 1812
Henry Wharton Conway (March 18, 1793 - November 9, 1827) was a delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Arkansas Territory....

Évariste Galois

male, deceased (1832)
death by firearm in France, craters of the Moon named after them, permutation, French, Lycée Louis-le-Grand alumni, Group theorist…Duellingfatalities
Évariste Galois as a technical term in mathematics to represent a "group of permutations". A radical Republican during the monarchy of Louis P...
Mikhail Lermontov

Mikhail Lermontov

male, deceased (1841)
Russian of Scottish descent, death by firearm in Russia, Romanticism, writer, Romantic poet, Russian…Duellingfatalities
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov, (–), a Russian Romantic writer and poet, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucasus", was the most important pr...
John Scott

John Scott

male, deceased (1821)
death by firearm in the United Kingdom, London Magazine, editor, hazlitt, de quincey, carlyle…Duellingfatalities
John Scott, editor and publisher. He edited several liberal newspapers: the "Statesman", which Leigh Hunt had recently founded; the "Stamford...
Jonathan Cilley

Jonathan Cilley

male, deceased (1838)
United States Congress, Duellist, Duellingfatalities, Bowdoin College, from Maine, duel
Jonathan Cilley (July 2, 1802 - February 24, 1838) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine. He served part of one term in the...
Charles Mohun 4th Baron Mohun

Charles Mohun 4th Baron Mohun

male, deceased (1712)
House of Lords, English politician, gambling, duel, estate, rake…Duellingfatalities
Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun was an English politician best known for his frequent participation in duels and his reputation as a rake. Mohun's...
Button Gwinnett

Button Gwinnett

male, deceased (1777)
signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, From Wolverhampton, death by firearm in the United States, American Revolutionary War death, suburb, Governor of Georgia…Duellingfatalities
Button Gwinnett, was second of the signatories (first signature on the left) on the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative...