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In the year 1906
192 Notable deaths
Maria Cristina Brando
Italian saint and foundress (1856-1906).
Died January 20th, 1906 at 49 years old in Casoria.
Louis de Wecker
French ophthalmologist (1832-1906).
Born September 29th, 1832 in Frankfurt.
Died January 24th, 1906 at 73 years old in Paris.
Oswald von Richthofen
German politician (1847-1906).
Born October 13th, 1847 in Iași.
Died January 17th, 1906 at 58 years old in Berlin.
Heinrich Gelzer
Classical philologist and historian (1847-1906).
Born July 1st, 1847 in Berlin.
Died July 11th, 1906 at 59 years old in Jena.
Johannes Steen
6th prime minister of norway (1827–1906).
Born July 22nd, 1827 in Christiania.
Died April 1st, 1906 at 78 years old in Voss Municipality.
Manuel Fernández Caballero
Composer (1835-1906).
Born March 14th, 1835 in Murcia.
Died February 26th, 1906 at 70 years old in Madrid.
Ana Josefa Pérez Florido
Spanish nun (1845–1906).
Born December 6th, 1845 in Valle de Abdalajís. [ref]
Died August 16th, 1906 at 60 years old in Barcelona.
Martin Wegelius
Finnish composer (1846–1906).
Born November 10th, 1846 in Helsinki. [ref]
Died March 22nd, 1906 at 59 years old in Helsinki.
Edward James Reed
British politician (1830-1906).
Born September 20th, 1830 in Sheerness.
Died November 30th, 1906 at 76 years old in London.
Jules Férat
French artist and illustrator (1829-1906).
Born November 27th, 1829 in Ham.
Died June 6th, 1906 at 76 years old in Paris, 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
Paul Brouardel
French pathologist, hygienist, and member of the académie nationale de médecine (1837-1906).
Born February 13th, 1837 in Saint-Quentin.
Died July 23rd, 1906 at 69 years old in Paris (tuberculosis).
Wilhelm von Rümann
German sculptor (1850–1906).
Born November 11th, 1850 in Hanover.
Died February 6th, 1906 at 55 years old in Ajaccio.
John Campbell
Scottish footballer who played for sunderland as a forward, 1870 (1870–1906).
Born February 19th, 1870 in Renton. [ref]
Died June 8th, 1906 at 36 years old in Sunderland.
Harry Marshall Ward
British botanist, mycologist and phytopathologist (1854-1906).
Born March 21st, 1854 in Hereford.
Died August 26th, 1906 at 52 years old in Torquay. [ref]
Carlos Calvo
Argentine historian (1824–1906).
Born February 26th, 1824 in Montevideo.
Died May 2nd, 1906 at 82 years old in Paris.
Franz Eisenhut
Austrian painter (1857–1903).
Born January 25th, 1857 in Nemačka Palanka.
Died June 2nd, 1906 at 49 years old in Munich.
Christian Frederik Emil Horneman
Danish composer (1840–1906).
Born December 17th, 1841 in Copenhagen.
Died June 8th, 1906 at 64 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
Anton Menger
Austrian jurist and social theorist (1841–1906).
Born September 12th, 1841 in Maniów, Podkarpackie Voivodeship.
Died February 6th, 1906 at 64 years old in Rome.
Mary Emilie Holmes
American geologist, palaeontologist, teacher and philanthropist (d. 1906).
Born April 10th, 1850 in Chester. [ref]
Died February 13th, 1906 at 55 years old in Rockford.
Julian Klaczko
Polish historian (1825-1906).
Born November 6th, 1825 in Vilnius.
Died November 26th, 1906 at 81 years old in Kraków.
Oscar Levertin
Swedish poet, critic and literary historian (1862–1906).
Born July 17th, 1862 in Gryt church parish.
Died September 22nd, 1906 at 44 years old in Oscar Parish.
Albert Gottschalk
Danish artist (1866-1906).
Died February 13th, 1906 at 39 years old in Frederiksberg.
Heinrich Seidel
German writer (1842–1906).
Born June 25th, 1842 in Perlin.
Died November 7th, 1906 at 64 years old in Berlin.
Carl Robert Osten-Sacken
Russian entomologist and diplomat (1828–1906).
Born August 21st, 1828 in Saint Petersburg.
Died May 20th, 1906 at 77 years old in Heidelberg.
Michael Anagnos
Greek-american educator of the blind.
Born November 7th, 1837 in Papingo.
Died June 29th, 1906 at 68 years old in Romania.
Deaths 126 to 150 of 192
Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. Leo Tolstoy