In the year 1919
325 Notable deaths
Alfred Deakin
Australian politician (1856–1919).
Born August 3rd, 1856 in Melbourne.
Died October 7th, 1919 at 63 years old in Melbourne (Alzheimer's disease).
Lavinia Warren
American circus performer (1841–1919).
Born October 31st, 1841 in Middleborough.
Died November 25th, 1919 at 78 years old in Middleborough.
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia
Russian noble (1860-1919).
Born October 3rd, 1860 in Tsarskoye Selo.
Died January 30th, 1919 at 58 years old in Peter and Paul Fortress (gunshot wound).
Carl Larsson
Swedish painter (1853-1919).
Born May 28th, 1853 in Storkyrkoförsamlingen.
Died January 22nd, 1919 at 65 years old in Sundborns (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Henry Gantt
American engineer (1861-1919).
Born May 20th, 1861 in Calvert County.
Died November 23rd, 1919 at 58 years old in Montclair.
William Crookes
British chemist and physicist (1832-1919).
Born June 17th, 1832 in London. [ref]
Died April 4th, 1919 at 86 years old in London. [ref]
Kurt Eisner
German politician and journalist (1867-1919).
Born May 14th, 1867 in Berlin.
Died February 21st, 1919 at 51 years old in Munich (gunshot wound).
Mark Sykes
British politician, diplomatic advisor, and traveller (1879-1919).
Born March 16th, 1879 in London.
Died February 16th, 1919 at 39 years old in 1st arrondissement of Paris (influenza, 1918–1920 flu pandemic, cyanosis).
Guido von List
Austrian writer (1848-1919).
Born October 5th, 1848 in Vienna.
Died May 21st, 1919 at 70 years old in Berlin (pneumonia).
John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
English physicist (1842–1919).
Born November 12th, 1842 in Langford Grove.
Died June 30th, 1919 at 76 years old in Terling Place.
Ismail Kemal
Prime minister of albania (1844-1919).
Born January 16th, 1844 in Vlorë.
Died January 24th, 1919 at 75 years old in Perugia (myocardial infarction).
Phoebe Hearst
American philanthropist, feminist and suffragist (1842–1919).
Born December 3rd, 1842 in Saint Clair.
Died April 13th, 1919 at 76 years old in Pleasanton (influenza, 1918–1920 flu pandemic).
Adelina Patti
Spanish opera singer (1843–1919).
Born February 10th, 1843 in Madrid. [ref]
Died September 27th, 1919 at 76 years old in Brecon. [ref]
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
American author and poet (1850–1919).
Born November 5th, 1850 in Janesville.
Died October 30th, 1919 at 68 years old in New Haven County (cancer).
Habibullah Khan
Emir of afghanistan (1901-1919).
Born June 3rd, 1872 in Samarkand, Tashkent.
Died February 20th, 1919 at 46 years old in Afghanistan.
Evelyn De Morgan
Pre-raphaelite artist (1993- (1855–1919).
Born August 30th, 1855 in London.
Died May 2nd, 1919 at 63 years old in London.
James Reese Europe
American jazz musician and united states army officer (1880-1919).
Born February 22nd, 1880 in Mobile.
Died May 9th, 1919 at 39 years old in Boston (stab wound).
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Italian composer.
Born April 23rd, 1857 in Naples.
Died August 9th, 1919 at 62 years old in Montecatini Terme.
José Gregorio Hernández
Venezuelan physician and franciscan tertiary, saint in the catholic church.
Born October 26th, 1864 in Isnotú, Trujillo, Venezuela.
Died June 29th, 1919 at 54 years old in Caracas (traffic collision).
Georg von Hertling
German chancellor (1843–1919).
Born August 31st, 1843 in Darmstadt.
Died January 4th, 1919 at 75 years old in Ruhpolding.
Milan Rastislav Štefánik
Slovak politician, diplomat, french army general and astronomer (1880-1919).
Born July 21st, 1880 in Košariská. [ref]
Died May 4th, 1919 at 38 years old in Ivanka pri Dunaji. [ref]
Gustav Landauer
German anarchist, editor (1870-1919).
Born April 7th, 1870 in Karlsruhe. [ref]
Died May 2nd, 1919 at 49 years old in Munich Prison (gunshot wound). [ref]
Anna Howard Shaw
American physician and activist (1847-1919).
Born February 14th, 1847 in Newcastle upon Tyne. [ref]
Died July 2nd, 1919 at 72 years old in Nether Providence Township (disease).
Terauchi Masatake
Japanese general (1852-1919).
Born February 5th, 1852 in Hirakawa.
Died November 3rd, 1919 at 67 years old in Azabu-ku.
Vera Zasulich
Russian revolutionary, editor (1849-1919).
Born August 8th, 1849 in Mikhaylovka. [ref]
Died May 8th, 1919 at 69 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
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Man always thinks about the past before he dies, as if he were frantically searching for proof that he truly lived. Jet Black