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In the year 1921
294 Notable deaths
Renato Fucini
Italian poet and writer (1843-1921).
Born April 8th, 1843 in Monterotondo Marittimo.
Died February 25th, 1921 at 77 years old in Empoli. [ref]
August Nilsson
Swedish athlete (1872–1921).
Born October 15th, 1872 in Trollenäs parish.
Died May 23rd, 1921 at 48 years old in Svea.
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.
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]
Marianne Brandt
Austrian contralto (1842–1921).
Born September 12th, 1842 in Vienna.
Died July 9th, 1921 at 78 years old in Penzing.
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]
Robert Charles Wroughton
British biologist, mammalogist, and entomologist (1849-1921).
Born August 15th, 1849.
Died May 15th, 1921 at 71 years old in Chiswick.
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]
Piers Bohl
Baltic german mathematician (1865-1921).
Born October 23rd, 1865 in Walk.
Died December 25th, 1921 at 56 years old in Riga.
Emil Pfeiffer
German doctor (1846-1921).
Born March 1st, 1846 in Wiesbaden.
Died July 13th, 1921 at 75 years old in Wiesbaden.
Giovanni Arcangeli
Italian botanist (1840-1921).
Born July 18th, 1840 in Florence.
Died July 16th, 1921 at 80 years old in Pisa.
Esper Beloselsky
Russian competitive sailor (1870–1921).
Born October 8th, 1870 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 5th, 1921 at 50 years old in Paris.
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.
Filippo Camassei
Catholic cardinal (1848-1921).
Born September 14th, 1848 in Rome.
Died January 18th, 1921 at 72 years old in Rome.
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.
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.
Ernő Jendrassik
Hungarian physician (1858–1921).
Born June 7th, 1858 in Cluj-Napoca.
Died December 21st, 1921 at 63 years old in Budapest.
Lipót Schulhof
Hungarian astronomer (1847–1921).
Born March 12th, 1847 in Baja. [ref]
Died October 10th, 1921 at 74 years old in Paris. [ref]
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]
Þorvaldur Thoroddsen
Icelandic cartographer (1855-1921).
Born June 6th, 1855 in Flatey.
Died September 28th, 1921 at 66 years old in Frederiksberg (cerebral hemorrhage).
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.
Karl Rathgen
German economist (1856–1921).
Born December 6th, 1856 in Weimar. [ref]
Died November 6th, 1921 at 64 years old in Hamburg. [ref]
Wenzel von Wurm
Austro-hungarian general.
Born February 27th, 1859 in Prague.
Died March 21st, 1921 at 62 years old in Vienna.
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