Famous People who Died of Cholera

1 - 7 of 7 Historically important and notable famous people who died of cholera ranked by their popularity on On This Day.

List of Deaths from Cholera

1542-12-14 James V, King of Scotland (1513-42), dies likely of cholera or dysentery at 30
1831-07-24 Maria Szymanowska (née Wołowska), Polish pianist and composer, dies of cholera at 41
1831-11-16 Carl von Clausewitz, Prussian army General (Napoleanic Wars) and military theorist (Vom Kriege (On War)), dies of cholera at 51
1832-08-24 Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French mechanical engineer and mathematician known as the "father of thermodynamics", dies of cholera at 36
1833-07-20 Ninian Edwards, American politician (Governor of Illinois Territory, 1809–1813; U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1818–1824; Governor of Illinois 1826–1830), dies of cholera at 58
1836-11-06 Charles X, King of France (1824-30), dies of cholera at 79
1849-06-15 James Knox Polk, 11th US President (Democrat: 1845-49), dies in Nashville of cholera at 53
1851-12-19 J. M. W. Turner, English landscape painter (Shipwreck, Rain, Steam & Speed), dies of cholera at 76
1858-09-08 Jacopo Foroni, Italian opera composer (I gladiatori; Advokathen Panthelin), and conductor, dies during cholera epidemic at 34
1893-11-06 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer of the late-Romantic period (1812 Overture; The Nutcracker; Swan Lake), dies of suspected cholera at 53
1939-04-25 John Foulds, British cellist, musicologist, and composer (World Requiem; Three Mantras), dies in Calcutta of cholera at 58