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In the year 1921
294 Notable deaths
Charles, 6th Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
Prince of löwenstein-wertheim-rosenberg from 1849 to 1908.
Died November 8th, 1921 at 87 years old in Cologne.
Van Dyke Brooke
American actor, screenwriter and film director (1859-1921).
Born June 22nd, 1859 in Detroit.
Died September 17th, 1921 at 62 years old in Saratoga Springs.
Adolf Appellöf
Swedish marine zoologist (1857–1921).
Born November 2nd, 1857 in Garde parish. [ref]
Died January 5th, 1921 at 63 years old in Uppsala Cathedral Assembly. [ref]
Vela Blagoeva
Bulgarian writer and educator, editor.
Born September 29th, 1859 in Veliko Tarnovo. [ref]
Died July 21st, 1921 at 61 years old in Sofia. [ref]
Jeanne Lapauze
French poet and novelist.
Born March 6th, 1854 in Batignolles-Monceau. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1921 at 66 years old in Petit Palais. [ref]
Marianne Brandt
Austrian contralto (1842–1921).
Born September 12th, 1842 in Vienna.
Died July 9th, 1921 at 78 years old in Penzing.
August Nilsson
Swedish athlete (1872–1921).
Born October 15th, 1872 in Trollenäs parish.
Died May 23rd, 1921 at 48 years old in Svea.
Piers Bohl
Baltic german mathematician (1865-1921).
Born October 23rd, 1865 in Walk.
Died December 25th, 1921 at 56 years old in Riga.
Robert Charles Wroughton
British biologist, mammalogist, and entomologist (1849-1921).
Born August 15th, 1849.
Died May 15th, 1921 at 71 years old in Chiswick.
Emil Pfeiffer
German doctor (1846-1921).
Born March 1st, 1846 in Wiesbaden.
Died July 13th, 1921 at 75 years old in Wiesbaden.
Alexandre Michon
Russian film director and cinematographer (1858–1921).
Born July 5th, 1858 in Kharkiv.
Died July 5th, 1921 at 63 years old in Samara.
Esper Beloselsky
Russian competitive sailor (1870–1921).
Born October 8th, 1870 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 5th, 1921 at 50 years old in Paris.
Giovanni Arcangeli
Italian botanist (1840-1921).
Born July 18th, 1840 in Florence.
Died July 16th, 1921 at 80 years old in Pisa.
Karl Mantzius
Danish actor (1860-1921).
Born February 20th, 1860 in Copenhagen.
Died May 17th, 1921 at 61 years old in Frederiksberg.
Wilhelm Sievers
German geologist (1860-1921).
Born December 3rd, 1860 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died June 11th, 1921 at 60 years old in Giessen.
Filippo Camassei
Catholic cardinal (1848-1921).
Born September 14th, 1848 in Rome.
Died January 18th, 1921 at 72 years old in Rome.
Ernő Jendrassik
Hungarian physician (1858–1921).
Born June 7th, 1858 in Cluj-Napoca.
Died December 21st, 1921 at 63 years old in Budapest.
Adalbert Ricken
German roman catholic priest and mycologist (1851–1921).
Born March 18th, 1851 in Fulda.
Died March 1st, 1921 at 69 years old in Fulda.
Þorvaldur Thoroddsen
Icelandic cartographer (1855-1921).
Born June 6th, 1855 in Flatey.
Died September 28th, 1921 at 66 years old in Frederiksberg (cerebral hemorrhage).
Lipót Schulhof
Hungarian astronomer (1847–1921).
Born March 12th, 1847 in Baja. [ref]
Died October 10th, 1921 at 74 years old in Paris. [ref]
Andrzej Niemojewski
Polish social and political activist, poet and writer (1864-1921).
Born January 24th, 1864 in Rokitnica-Wieś.
Died November 3rd, 1921 at 57 years old in Warsaw.
Carl Warnstorf
German bryologist (1837-1921).
Born December 2nd, 1837 in Lubsko.
Died February 28th, 1921 at 83 years old in Friedenau.
Georg Hans Emmo Wolfgang Hieronymus
German botanist (1846–1921).
Born February 15th, 1846 in Proszków. [ref]
Died January 18th, 1921 at 74 years old in Berlin (stroke). [ref]
Wenzel von Wurm
Austro-hungarian general.
Born February 27th, 1859 in Prague.
Died March 21st, 1921 at 62 years old in Vienna.
Karl Rathgen
German economist (1856–1921).
Born December 6th, 1856 in Weimar. [ref]
Died November 6th, 1921 at 64 years old in Hamburg. [ref]
Deaths 251 to 275 of 294
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson