Victor Hugo died May 22, 1885.

French author, essayist, playwright and politician, Hugo is best known for his classic works The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) and Les Misérables (1862). 

Victor Hugo  
From France’s 2015 Treasures of Philately set.
The stamps are reprints of the original 1935 set
Designed and engraved by Achille Ouvré 

Hugo is a popular subject for stamp designers. He appears on stamps from France, Monaco, Hungary, Mexico, Vietnam, Poland and Guernsey.
Victor Hugo (1802 – 1885): biography

Video courtesy Radio France