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In the year 1921
166 Notable deaths
Jean Agélou
French photographer (1878-1921).
Born October 16th, 1878 in Alexandria.
Died August 2nd, 1921 at 42 years old in Autry-le-Châtel (traffic collision).
Philander C. Knox
American lawyer, banker, and politician (1853-1921).
Born May 6th, 1853 in Pittsburgh.
Died October 12th, 1921 at 68 years old in Washington, D.C..
B. B. Warfield
American theologian (1851–1921).
Born November 5th, 1851 in Lexington.
Died February 16th, 1921 at 69 years old in Princeton.
Živojin Mišić
Field marshal (1855–1921).
Born January 19th, 1855 in Struganik.
Died January 20th, 1921 at 66 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Ernest William Hornung
British writer.
Born June 7th, 1866 in Middlesbrough. [ref]
Died March 22nd, 1921 at 54 years old in France (pneumonia). [ref]
Herman Bavinck
Dutch reformed theologian (1854–1921).
Born December 13th, 1854 in Hoogeveen.
Died July 29th, 1921 at 66 years old in Amsterdam.
Said Halim Pasha
Ottoman grand vizier (1865–1921).
Born February 19th, 1864 in Cairo.
Died December 5th, 1921 at 57 years old in Rome.
Fernand Khnopff
Belgian painter (1858–1921).
Born September 12th, 1858 in Dendermonde. [ref]
Died November 21st, 1921 at 63 years old in City of Brussels. [ref]
Fyodor Sergeyev
Russian revolutionary, soviet politician, agitator, and journalist (1883-1921).
Born March 19th, 1883.
Died July 24th, 1921 at 38 years old in Tula Governorate (Aerowagon disaster).
Julius Richard Petri
German microbiologist.
Born May 31st, 1852 in Barmen.
Died December 20th, 1921 at 69 years old in Zeitz.
Ivan Vazov
Bulgarian writer and poet (1850-1921).
Born July 9th, 1850 in Sopot. [ref]
Died September 22nd, 1921 at 71 years old in Sofia. [ref]
Peter Cooper Hewitt
(1861-1921) american electrical engineer who invented the first mercury-vapor lamp.
Born November 13th, 1861 in New York City.
Died August 25th, 1921 at 59 years old in Paris.
Ignác Goldziher
Hungarian scholar.
Born June 22nd, 1850 in Székesfehérvár. [ref]
Died November 13th, 1921 at 71 years old in Budapest.
William Speirs Bruce
Scottish marine biologist and antarctic explorer.
Born August 1st, 1867 in London.
Died October 28th, 1921 at 54 years old in Edinburgh.
Mirza Kuchik Khan
Iranian revolutionary (1880-1921).
Born October 12th, 1880 in Rasht.
Died December 2nd, 1921 at 41 years old in Khalkhal County (hypothermia).
Yan Fu
Chinese translator (1854–1921).
Born January 8th, 1854 in Fuzhou.
Died October 27th, 1921 at 67 years old in Fuzhou.
James Mooney
American ethnographer (1861–1921).
Born February 10th, 1861 in Richmond.
Died December 22nd, 1921 at 60 years old in Washington, D.C..
Franklin Knight Lane
American politician.
Born July 15th, 1864 in Queens County.
Died May 18th, 1921 at 56 years old in Rochester.
Manuel Fernández Silvestre
Spanish general (1871–1921).
Born December 16th, 1871 in El Caney.
Died July 22nd, 1921 at 49 years old in Annual.
José Miguel Gómez
President of cuba (1858-1921).
Born July 6th, 1858 in Sancti Spíritus.
Died June 13th, 1921 at 62 years old in New York City (pneumonia).
Alfred Hermann Fried
Austrian jewish pacifist, publicist, journalist and nobel peace prize laureate (1864–1921).
Born November 11th, 1864 in Vienna.
Died May 5th, 1921 at 56 years old in Vienna.
Harry Hawker
Australian aviation pioneer (1889–1921).
Born January 22nd, 1889 in Moorabbin.
Died July 12th, 1921 at 32 years old in Hendon Aerodrome.
Oscar Eckenstein
British mountain climber (1859–1921).
Born September 9th, 1859 in London. [ref]
Died April 8th, 1921 at 61 years old in Aylesbury.
Anthony Francis Lucas
Croatian oil explorer (1855-1921).
Born September 9th, 1855 in Split.
Died September 2nd, 1921 at 65 years old in Washington, D.C..
William Strang
British artist and printmaker (1859–1921).
Born February 13th, 1859 in Dumbarton.
Died April 12th, 1921 at 62 years old in Bournemouth.
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