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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1920 January 1 Paul Adam French writer (L'enfant d'Austerlitz), dies at age 57. [1] January 4 Benito Pérez Galdós Spanish writer (Gloria), dies at age 76. [1] January 16 Reginald De Koven composer, dies at age 60. [1] January 25 Amadeo Modigliani Italian sculptor/painter, dies at age 35. [1] January 26 Matthias Enzberger German minister of finance, murdered. [1] February 7 Alexander Koltsjak Admiral/leader Russian counter-revolutionary, executed. [1] February 8 Richard Dehmel writer, dies at age 56. [1] February 12 Emile Sauret composer, dies at age 67. [1] Jean Allemane French socialist/communard (allemanisten), dies at age 77. [1] Ottalee Baker Frank "Home Run" Baker's wife, dies at age 31. [1] February 20 Robert E Peary US pole explorer (North Pole, 6/4/1909), dies at age 63. [1] February 23 Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky composer, dies at age 61. [1] February 25 Aloys Liechtenstein nobleman/politician, dies at age 73. [1] February 26 Ludwig Rubiner writer, dies at age 38. [1] February 27 Alexandru D Xenopol Romanian historian, dies at age 72. [1] March 1 Joseph Trumpeldor killed defending Tel-Mai against arab attack. [1] March 8 Rafael Obligado Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at age 69. [1] March 20 Venustiano Carranza President of Mexico (1915-20), murdered at age 60. [1] March 21 Federigo Tozzi Ital writer/journalist (Torre, Tre Croci), dies at age 37. [1] March 27 Johan G Danser Dutch poet (Meetings), dies at age 26. [1] April 3 Homer Newton Bartlett composer, dies at age 74. [1] April 8 Charles Tomlinson Griffes US composer (White Peacock), dies at age 35. [1] April 10 Moritz B Cantor German mathematician, dies at age 90. [1] Tryggve Andersen Norwegian writer (Mod Kvaeld), dies at age 53. [1] April 15 Jacob van Stolk Azn art collector, dies at age 74. [1] April 16 John Conrad Nordqvist composer, dies at age 80. [1] April 26 Srinivasa Ramanujan Indian math genius ('pi'/Notebooks), dies at age 32. [1] May 1 Swedish Crown Princess Margareta dies. [7] May 10 John Wesley Hyatt inventor/plastics pioneer, dies. [1] May 11 William D Howells US author (A Woman's Reason), dies at age 83. [1] May 17 Maitland Hathorn cricketer (325 runs in 12 Tests South Africa 1901-11), dies. [1] August 16 Norman Lockyer editor of NATURE, discoverer of helium in Sun, dies. [1] Ray Chapman, of the Cleveland Indians is hit in the head by New York Yankees' Carl Mays pitch; he dies next day, only major league fatality. [1] August 17 Ray Chapman hit in the head by New York Yankees' Carl Mays pitch, dies. [1] October 10 Hudson Stuck dies in Alaska; first to climb to peak of Mount McKinley, highest point in North America. [129] December 6 Karel Kovarovic composer, dies at age 57. [1] December 12 Olive Schreiner South Africa writer (Healing Imagination), dies at age 75. [1] Paul Lacome composer, dies at age 82. [1] December 16 Ma Mua-Ming-Hsin the Benovelent, Chinese Muslim rebel (holy war), dies. [1] December 21 Claude Tozer cricketer (dashing New South Wales batsman), shot to death. [1] December 31 Albert Roelofs Dutch painter/etcher, dies at age 43. [1] 1921 January 2 Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg German chancellor/Prime Minister (Prussia); referred to the international treaty guaranteeing Belgian neutrality as "a scrap of paper", dies at age 64. [1] January 7 Benno Erdmann German philosopher (Logik I), dies at age 69. [1] January 8 Luis Villalba Munoz composer, dies at age 48. [1] January 18 Adolf von Hildebrand German sculptor, dies at age 73. [1] January 23 Wlasyslaw Zelenski composer, dies at age 83. [1] January 25 Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych composer, dies at age 43. [1] January 29 Billy Gunn cricket (score 392 runs for England including a century), dies. [1] February 2 Luigi Mancinelli composer, dies at age 72. [1] February 3 Max Wilhelm Zach composer, dies at age 56. [1] February 4 Xavier Mellery Belgian painter/illustrator, dies at age 75. [1] February 8 Peter Kropotkin Russian Prince/geologist/revolutionary anarchist, dies at age 78. [1] February 12 Charles Leslie cricketer (4 Tests England vs Australia 1882-83), dies. [1] February 13 Willem P C Knuttel Dutch bibliography/librarian, dies at age 67. [1] February 15 Hans Haym composer, dies at age 60. [1] February 26 Carl Menger Austrian economist, dies at age 81. [1] February 27 Schofield Haigh cricketer (England all-rounder 11 Tests 1898-1912), dies. [1] March 1 Nicholas Petrovic Njegos King of Montenegro (1910-18), dies at age 79. [1] March 3 Petrus Cuypers architect (Amsterdam museum), dies at age 93. [1] March 11 Sherburne W Burnham US astronomer (binary stars), dies at age 83. [1] March 21 "Big Jim" Colisimo US gangster, murdered by Al Capone. [1] March 24 Deodat de Severac composer, dies at age 48. [1] March 28 Birth of Dirk Bogarde Hampstead London England; actor (Death in Venice, The Servant). [1] April 5 Alphonsus J M Diepenbrock Dutch composer (Missa), dies at age 58. [1] April 8 Earnest von Possart German actor/stage manager, dies. [1] April 11 Augusta Victoria Queen of Prussia/wife of Emperor Wilhelm II, dies. [1] April 16 Birth of Peter Ustinov London England; actor (Death on Nile, Logan's Run, Billy Budd). [1] April 18 Earnest [Bachigaloupi] Tourniaire actor (Inkwartiering), dies at age 70. [1] April 29 Arthur Mold British cricket bowler (1893, banished for throwing), dies. [1] May 1 Louis Campbell-Tipton composer, dies at age 43. [1] May 5 Alfred H Fried Austrian/German pacifist (Nobel Prize 1911), dies. [1] May 12 Emilia Pardo Bazan Spanish writer (La sirena negra), dies. [1] May 22 Marie E Wilton writer, dies. [1] May 28 Geo Mestdagh Belgian aviation pioneer, dies. [1] December 10 Viktor Jacobi composer, dies at age 38. [1] December 12 Henrietta Leavitt cepheid period-luminosity relation discover, dies. [1] December 13 Frederick Martin cricketer (14 wickets in two Tests for England 1890-92), dies. [1] December 16 Charles Camille Saint-Saens French composer (Carnival of the Animals), dies at age 86. [1] December 21 P B S Pinchback major Reconstruction politician, dies at age 84. [1] December 25 Hans Huber composer, dies at age 69. [1] Korolenko writer, dies. [1] December 31 József Kiss Hungarian literary (A hét), dies at age 78. [1] 1922 January 3 Death of Berthold Delbruck in Jena, Germany; linguist, initiated study of Indo-European languages. [37] Death of Wilhelm Herrmann in Marburg, Germany; Protestant theologian. [37] January 5 Sir Ernest Shackleton Antarctic explorer (Endurance), dies aboard his ship at age 47. [1] January 7 Antonio Scontrino composer, dies at age 71. [1] January 8 Colonel Charles R Young dies at age 58, in Lagos Nigeria. [1] January 15 John Kirk Barry Dr/explorer David Livingstone's companion, dies at age 89. [1] January 22 Benedictus XV [Giacomo Markies D Chiesa], pope (1914-22), dies at age 67. [1] January 26 Luigi Denza composer, dies at age 75. [1] January 27 Giovanni Verga Italian writer (I Mala Voglia), dies at age 81. [1] January 31 Heinrich Reinhardt composer, dies at age 56. [1] February 1 William Desmond Taylor director/actor (Broken Coin), dies at age 49. [1] February 3 Christiaan R de Wet South African Boer General, dies at age 67. [1] February 5 Christiaan R de Wet South African Boer General, dies at age 67. [1] James William Tate composer, dies at age 46. [1] February 11 Gerardus J P Bolland Dutch philosopher (Bolland Society), dies at age 67. [1] February 15 Clara [G Meijer-]Wichmann German/Dutch anarchist/feminist, dies at age 36. [1] February 23 Henri Landru executed for having 11 wives, in France. [1] February 24 Alfred Espinas French sociologist (Sociétes Animales), dies at age 77. [1] Dmitri B Shostakovich father of Russian composer Dmitri D S, dies. [1] February 28 Vicente Lleo composer, dies at age 51. [1] March 4 Bert Williams famous black, dies at age 46, in New York City, New York. [1] March 10 Arthur Hervey composer, dies at age 67. [1] Horace Wadham Nicholl composer, dies at age 73. [1] March 22 Louis A Ranvier French anatomist/historian, dies at age 86. [1] March 27 Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov composer, dies at age 63. [1] April 1 Birth of William Manchester Attleboro Massachusetts, historian (Death of a President). [1] Charles I emperor (Austria)/King of Hungary (Charles IV), dies. [1] April 5 Charles F A Woeste Belgian count/minister of Justice, dies at age 85. [1] April 12 Frantisek Ondricek composer, dies at age 64. [1] April 24 Richard Batka composer, dies at age 53. [1] April 26 Hans Sommer composer, dies at age 84. [1] April 30 David M Chumaceiro Curaçaos poet, dies. [1] May 19 Heinrich I Quincke German internist (postural drainage), dies at age 79. [1] May 28 Carl Tieke composer, dies at age 58. [1] May 29 Jevgeni B Vachtangov Armenian/Russian actor/director, dies at age 39. [1] May 30 David Mendes Chumaceiro Curaçaos poet (Adelfas), dies at age 45. [1] June 22 Field Marshal Sir Henry H Wilson murdered in London. [1] June 24 Dr Walter Rathenau German foreign minister killed by anti-semites. [1] August 22 Michael Collins Sinn Fein leader, killed by rebels. [1] November 3 Birth of Charles Bronson Pennsylvania; actor (Death Wish, Dirty Dozen). [1] December 5 Samuel Muller Fzn Dutch historian/archivist, dies. [1] December 16 Eliezer Ben-Yehuda [Perelmann] Latvia/Palestinian writer, dies at age 67. [1] Gabriel Narutowicz first President of Poland (December 7-16, 1922), assassinated. [1] December 25 Alphonse Goovaerts composer, dies at age 75. [1] 1923 January 3 Jaroslav Hasek Czech writer (Good Soldier Schweyk), dies at age 39. [1] January 9 Katherine Mansfield New Zealand/British writer (Dove's Nest), dies at age 34. [1] January 11 Constantine I king of Greece (1913-17, 20-22), dies at age 54. [1] January 18 Wallace Reid actor (Birth of a Nation), dies at age 31. [1] January 22 Max Nordau [Südfeld], German physician/zionists leader, dies at age 73. [1] February 6 Edward E Barnard US astronomer (5th moon Jupiter), dies at age 65. [1] February 10 Wilhelm Konrad von Rontgen physicist (Nobel Prize 1901), dies at age 77. [1] February 15 Josephine B Willson Bruce US black theorist, dies at age 69. [1] February 19 Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido composer, dies at age 68. [1] February 27 Charles Francis Abdy Williams composer, dies at age 67. [1] March 8 Johannes S van der Waals Dutch physicist (Nobel Prize 1910), dies at age 85. [1] March 22 Theophile Delcassé French statesman, dies at age 71. [1] March 26 Sarah Bernhardt [Henriette-Rosine Bernard] actress (Qn Elizabeth), dies at age 77. [1] March 27 Birth of Louis Simpson Jamaican/US poet (Good News of Death). [1] April 4 L Martov [Joulij O Tsederbaum] Russian revolutionary, dies at age 49. [1] April 5 George Edward Stanhope Molyneúx Herbert 5th Earl of Carnarvon/egyptologist, dies at age 56. [1] April 9 Mauritius H Binger director/producer (Living Ladder), dies. [1] April 19 Thomas Paine Westendorf composer, dies at age 75. [1] May 10 Vaslav Vorovsky Russian delegate, assassinated. [1] May 20 Hans Goldschmidt German chemist, dies. [1] May 29 Adolf Oberländer German painter, dies. [1] May 30 Camille Chevillard composer, dies at age 63. [1] Charles Fichardt cricketer (South Africa batsman in two Tests 1892-96), dies. [1] June 29 General JC Gomez Venezuala's first Vice President, assassinated. [1] July 14 Birth of Dale Robertson Harrah Oklahoma; actor (Death Valley Days, Walter-Dynasty). [1] August 2 President Harding dies at Palace Hotel, San Francisco. [1] September 22 Marquess of Ripon game hunter, dies, after shooting 52nd grouse. [1] December 2 Tomas Breton y Hernandez composer, dies at age 72. [1] December 4 [Auguste-]Maurice Barrès French writer/parliament leader, dies at age 61. [1] December 8 Dom Joseph Pothier French Benedictine/musicologist, dies at age 88. [1] December 12 Raymond Radiguet French journalist/writer (Ball du Comte), dies at age 20. [1] December 14 Giuseppi Gallignani composer, dies at age 72. [1] December 16 Pongrac Kacsoh composer, dies at age 50. [1] December 22 Arthur H Bird composer, dies at age 67. [1] December 28 Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel engineer (Eiffel Tower), dies at age 91. [1] 1924 January 13 Georg H Quincke German physicist (Test of Quincke), dies at age 89. [1] January 14 Arne Garborg Norwegian playwright (Mannfolk), dies at age 72. [1] January 15 Geza Zichy composer, dies at age 74. [1] January 21 Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin Russian leader, dies of a stroke at age 54. [1] January 22 Maurice du Plessys French poet (Le Feu Sacré), dies at age 59. [1] January 24 Thephilo Braga Portuguese poet/politician, dies at age 80. [1] January 28 Simon Abramsz Dutch writer (Artist book), dies at age 56. [1] January 29 Joseph Ludwig composer, dies at age 79. [1] February 3 Woodrow Wilson 28th President (1913-21), dies at his home in Washington at age 67. [1] February 5 Alexis Hollander composer, dies at age 83. [1] February 8 Gee John US mobster (first executed in gas chamber-Nevada), dies. [1] February 9 Nils Kj'r Norwegian playwright (Det Lykkelige Valg), dies at age 53. [1] February 15 Lionel Monckton English composer (Country Girl), dies at age 62. [1] February 17 Oskar Merikanto composer, dies at age 55. [1] February 21 Salvatore Auteri Manzocchi composer, dies at age 78. [1] February 23 Thomas Woodrow Wilson 28th US President (1913-21), dies. [1] February 24 Edmond Picard French/Belgian writer (Ambidextre journalist), dies at age 87. [1] March 1 Louise-Marie Amélie princess of Belgium, dies at age 66. [1] March 6 Meyer E van Beem actor (Moittige Janus), dies at age 85. [1] March 7 Pat Moran manager (Cincinnati Reds), dies of Bright's Disease. [1] March 12 Hilaire Comte de Chardonnet inventor (rayon), dies. [1] March 18 John Frederick Bridge composer, dies at age 79. [1] March 19 Charles Villiers Stanford Irish composer/author, dies at age 71. [1] March 22 R G Nivelle French General (Verdun), dies at age 67. [1] March 25 John Reedman cricketer (Test for Australia 1894, 17 and 4, 1 for 24), dies. [1] March 26 Augusto de Oliviera Machado composer, dies at age 78. [1] March 27 Walter Parratt composer, dies at age 83. [1] March 29 Charles Villiers Stanford Irish composer/writer, dies at age 71. [1] April 14 Louis H Sullivan architect (Wainwright building Saint Louis), dies at age 67. [1] Roland Napoleon Bonaparte French officer/explorer (Surinam), dies at age 65. [1] April 15 Eduardo Caudella composer, dies at age 82. [1] April 16 Jack Board cricket wicket-keeper (England in six Tests 1898-1906), dies. [1] April 21 Eleanora Duse Italian actress (La Gioconda, La Locandiera), dies at age 64. [1] April 24 George Street English cricket wicket keeper (one Test 1923), dies. [1] April 26 Josef Labor composer, dies at age 82. [1] May 1 August Cuppens Flemish author (Limburgs Driemanschap), dies at age 62. [1] May 6 Carel S Adama van Scheltema poet/writer (socialism), dies at age 47. [1] May 8 Lev N Lunts Russian writer (Outside the Law), dies at age 23. [1] May 10 Adolfo Albertazzi Italian writer (L'ave), dies at age 58. [1] May 12 Charles Henri Marechal composer, dies at age 82. [1] May 15 Paul d'Estornelles de Constant French diplomat/pacifist, dies at age 71. [1] May 19 Billy Zulch cricketer (South Africa batsman scored two Test centuries), dies. [1] May 21 Bobby Franks killed by Leopold and Loeb, at age 14. [1] May 25 Theodore Morse composer, dies at age 51. [1] May 26 Johann Heinrich Beck composer, dies at age 67. [1] Victor Herbert Irish/US cellist/composer/conductor, dies at age 65. [1] May 29 Pierre-Paul Cambon French diplomat (Madrid/London), dies. [1] June 10 Giacomo Matteotti Italian socialist deputy, assassinated by fascists. [1] November 29 Giacomo Puccini Italian composer, dies in Brussels. [1] December 8 Franz X Scharwenka German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), dies at age 74. [1] December 9 Bernard Zweers Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel), dies at age 70. [1] December 13 Samuel Gompers organizer (American Federation of Labor), dies at age 74. [1] December 17 First US diesel electric locomotive enters service, Bronx New York. [1] December 27 William Archer Scottish critic/playwright (Green Goddess), dies at age 68. [1]