In the year 1919
182 Notable deaths
Johannes Rydberg
Swedish physicist.
Born November 8th, 1854 in Halmstad.
Died December 28th, 1919 at 65 years old in Lund Cathedral parish.
Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka
Painter from hungary (1853-1919).
Born July 5th, 1853 in Sabinov. [ref]
Died June 20th, 1919 at 65 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Adolf Hurwitz
German mathematician (1859–1919).
Born March 26th, 1859 in Hildesheim.
Died November 18th, 1919 at 60 years old in Zurich.
José Santos Zelaya
President of nicaragua from 1893 to 1909.
Born November 1st, 1853 in Managua.
Died May 17th, 1919 at 65 years old in New York City.
Laurence Doherty
English tennis player (1875-1919).
Born October 8th, 1875 in Wimbledon.
Died August 21st, 1919 at 43 years old in Broadstairs.
John Alcock
British captain in the royal navy and the royal air force (1892-1919).
Born November 5th, 1892 in Stretford.
Died December 18th, 1919 at 27 years old in Rouen (aviation accident).
Grand Duke Dimitri Constantinovich of Russia
Son of grand duke constantin nikolaevich and first cousin of alexander iii of russia (1860-1919).
Born June 13th, 1860 in Strelna.
Died January 28th, 1919 at 58 years old in Peter and Paul Fortress (ballistic trauma).
Peter Altenberg
Austrian writer and poet (1859–1919).
Born March 9th, 1859 in Vienna.
Died January 8th, 1919 at 59 years old in Vienna.
Karl Adolph Gjellerup
Danish writer.
Born June 2nd, 1857 in Roholte. [ref]
Died October 13th, 1919 at 62 years old in Klotzsche. [ref]
Vasily Rozanov
Russian philosopher.
Born May 2nd, 1856 in Vetluga. [ref]
Died February 5th, 1919 at 62 years old in Sergiyev Posad. [ref]
Woldemar Voigt
German physicist.
Born September 2nd, 1850 in Leipzig.
Died December 13th, 1919 at 69 years old in Göttingen.
J. Alden Weir
American artist (1852-1919).
Born August 30th, 1852 in West Point. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1919 at 67 years old in New York City.
Paul Carus
American philosopher.
Born July 18th, 1852 in Ilsenburg. [ref]
Died February 11th, 1919 at 66 years old in LaSalle. [ref]
Hugo Haase
German jurist, politician (spd), and pacifist (1863-1919).
Born September 29th, 1863 in Olsztyn.
Died November 7th, 1919 at 56 years old in Berlin.
Vera Kholodnaya
First star of russian silent cinema.
Born August 5th, 1893 in Poltava.
Died February 17th, 1919 at 25 years old in Odesa (1918-1920 flu pandemic).
Alexander Izvolsky
Russian diplomat (1856-1919).
Born March 18th, 1856 in Moscow.
Died August 16th, 1919 at 63 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Fukushima Yasumasa
Japanese general (1852-1919).
Born May 27th, 1852 in Matsumoto.
Died February 19th, 1919 at 66 years old in Tokyo.
Mehmed Reshid
Ottoman physician, politician and governor.
Born February 8th, 1873 in Kuban Oblast.
Died February 6th, 1919 at 45 years old in Istanbul (gunshot wound).
Wilhelm Lehmbruck
German sculptor (1881–1919).
Born January 4th, 1881 in Duisburg.
Died March 25th, 1919 at 38 years old in Berlin.
Francisco Moreno
Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919).
Born May 31st, 1852 in Buenos Aires.
Died November 22nd, 1919 at 67 years old in Buenos Aires.
John Byam Liston Shaw
British painter, illustrator, designer and teacher (1872-1919).
Born November 13th, 1872 in Chennai.
Died January 26th, 1919 at 46 years old in London (1918-1920 flu pandemic).
Luigi Illica
Italian librettist.
Born May 9th, 1857 in Castell'Arquato. [ref]
Died December 16th, 1919 at 62 years old in Castell'Arquato. [ref]
Akashi Motojiro
Imperial japanese army general.
Born September 1st, 1864 in Fukuoka.
Died October 26th, 1919 at 55 years old in Fukuoka (influenza).
Kenyon Cox
American artist (1856-1919).
Born October 27th, 1856 in Warren.
Died March 17th, 1919 at 62 years old in New York City (pneumonia).
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Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. Leo Tolstoy