In the year 1919

325 Notable deaths

Karl Adolph Gjellerup

Danish writer (1857–1919).

Born June 2nd, 1857 in Roholte.

Died October 13th, 1919 at 62 years old in Klotzsche. [ref]

Vasily Rozanov

Russian philosopher (1856-1919).

Born May 2nd, 1856 in Vetluga.

Died February 5th, 1919 at 62 years old in Sergiyev Posad.

Woldemar Voigt

German physicist (1850–1919).

Born September 2nd, 1850 in Leipzig.

Died December 13th, 1919 at 69 years old in Göttingen.

Frank Duveneck

American artist (1848-1919).

Born October 9th, 1848 in Covington.

Died January 3rd, 1919 at 70 years old in Cincinnati.

J. Alden Weir

American artist (1852-1919).

Born August 30th, 1852 in West Point.

Died December 8th, 1919 at 67 years old in New York City.

Paul Carus

American philosopher (1852–1919).

Born July 18th, 1852 in Ilsenburg.

Died February 11th, 1919 at 66 years old in LaSalle.

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.

Abraham Jacobi

German-american pediatrician (1830–1919).

Born May 6th, 1830 in Hartum.

Died July 10th, 1919 at 89 years old in Lake George.

Hugo Riemann

German musicologist (1849-1919).

Born July 18th, 1849 in Großmehlra.

Died July 10th, 1919 at 69 years old in Leipzig.

Cesare Maccari

Italian painter and sculptor (1840-1919).

Born May 9th, 1840 in Siena.

Died August 7th, 1919 at 79 years old in Rome.

Vera Kholodnaya

Ukrainian-born actress of imperial russian silent cinema (1893–1919).

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 Pascasio 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).

Wallace Clement Sabine

American physicist (1868-1919).

Born June 13th, 1868 in Richwood.

Died January 10th, 1919 at 50 years old in Boston.

Luigi Illica

Italian librettist (1857–1919).

Born May 9th, 1857 in Castell'Arquato.

Died December 16th, 1919 at 62 years old in Castell'Arquato.

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).

Tibor Szamuely

Hungarian politician (1890-1919).

Born December 27th, 1890 in Nyíregyháza.

Died August 2nd, 1919 at 28 years old in Lichtenwörth.

Ōyama Sutematsu

Japanese socialite, first japanese female college student studied in the us, advocate of education for licensed medical nurse and higher education for girls in 1900s japan.

Born March 16th, 1860 in Aizuwakamatsu. [ref]

Died February 18th, 1919 at 58 years old in Tokyo City (influenza). [ref]

Hippolyte Bernheim

French physician and neurologist (1840-1919).

Born April 17th, 1840 in Mulhouse. [ref]

Died February 2nd, 1919 at 78 years old in Paris. [ref]

Victor Segalen

French poet (1878–1919).

Born January 14th, 1878 in Brest.

Died May 21st, 1919 at 41 years old in Huelgoat.

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