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Famous Men Killed in a Duel: List of Dead Duelists By Notable Famous Deaths [53 more lists]
Whether wih pistold or swords, here is a list of people who were killed in duels. These famous men killed in a duel were notable for other reasons, but when a challenge was laid down they accepted and ultimately lost. Former president Andrew Jackson killed someone in a duel, and First Secretary of the treasury Alexander Hamilton famously lost in a duel with Aaron Burr. Feel free to sort the list by name, profession or date of birth.
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1799Writer, Novelist, Poet, Playwright, LibrettistMoscowRussia“ Poet � 1837 „ - 2
1755Politician, Lawyer, Economist, FinancierNevisUnited States of America“ Former U.S. Treasury Secretary „ - 3
Armistead Thomson Mason
1787LawyerLouisa CountyUnited States of America“ U.S. Senator from Virginia- 1819 „ - 4
1735GloucestershireUnited States of America“ Signer of the Declaration of Independence � 1777 „ - 5
1951Writer, NovelistUnited States of America“ By f*ture President Andrew Jackson � 1806 „ -
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Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun
1675“ In Hyde Park, London — 1712 „ - 7 1820Politician, AssayerWashington, D.C.United States of America“ U.S. Senator from California � 1859 „
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Felice Cavallotti
1842PoliticianMilanItaly“ Italian radical leader � 1898 „ - 9
Ferdinand Lassalle
1825WrocławGermany“ German socialist leader � 1864 „ - 10
Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury
1623PoliticianEngland“ By the Duke of Buckingham — 1668 „ - 11 1782Politician, Lawyer, Farmer, JudgeCaroline CountyUnited States of America“ U.S. Senator from Louisiana � 1843 „
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George Lockhart
1673Writer, PoliticianScotland“ Scottish politician and writer „ - 13
Henry Wharton Conway
1793PoliticianUnited States of America“ Arkansas politician � 1827 „ - 14
James Douglas, 4th Duke of Hamilton
1658United Kingdom, Scotland“ In Hyde Park, London — 1712 „ - 15 1951PoliticianAyr“ Founder and editor of the London Magazine � 1821 „
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Jonathan Cilley
1802Politician, LawyerNottinghamUnited States of America“ U.S. Representative from Maine „ - 17
Lucius M. Walker
1829Columbia“ Confederate Civil War general � 1863 „ - 18 1814Writer, Novelist, Soldier, Poet, ArtistMoscowRussia“ Poet � 1841 „
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Peder Tordenskjold
1691Trondheim“ 1720 „ - 20
Peter Simpson
1871“ English Painter� 1837 „ - 21
Richard Dobbs Spaight
1758New BernUnited States of America“ Delegate to the Continental Congress and Governor of North Carolina „ - 22
Robert Lyon
1829JudgeCanada“ Last Canadian duelling fatality � 1833 „ - 23
Samuel Hamilton Walker
1817“ Texas Ranger and U.S. Army officer � 1847 „ - 24 1779SinepuxentUnited States of America, France“ American naval hero � 1820 „
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Évariste Galois
1811MathematicianBourg-la-ReineFrance“ Mathematician- 1832 „
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