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In the year 1921
294 Notable deaths
Abbott Handerson Thayer
American artist (1849-1921).
Born August 12th, 1849 in Boston.
Died May 29th, 1921 at 71 years old in Dublin.
Ernest William Hornung
British writer (1866–1921).
Born June 7th, 1866 in Middlesbrough.
Died March 22nd, 1921 at 54 years old in France (pneumonia).
Philip, Prince of Eulenburg
German politician, diplomat, composer, and writer (1847-1921).
Born February 12th, 1847 in Kaliningrad, Königsberg.
Died December 17th, 1921 at 74 years old in Templin.
Živojin Mišić
Field marshal (1855–1921).
Born July 19th, 1855 in Struganik.
Died January 20th, 1921 at 65 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
James Gibbons
Catholic cardinal (1834–1921).
Born July 23rd, 1834 in Baltimore.
Died March 24th, 1921 at 86 years old in Baltimore.
Christina Nilsson
Swedish operatic soprano (1843-1921).
Born August 3rd, 1843 in Vederslövs församling. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 1921 at 78 years old in Växjö. [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.
Eugen Dühring
German antisemitic philosopher and economist (1833-1921).
Born January 12th, 1833 in Berlin.
Died September 21st, 1921 at 88 years old in Nowawes.
Antoinette Brown Blackwell
American minister (1825–1921).
Born May 20th, 1825 in Henrietta. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1921 at 96 years old in Elizabeth. [ref]
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).
José Celso Barbosa
Puerto rican politician (1857-1921).
Born July 27th, 1857 in Bayamón.
Died September 21st, 1921 at 64 years old in San Juan (myocardial infarction).
Karl von Bülow
German general (1846–1921).
Born March 24th, 1846 in Berlin. [ref]
Died August 31st, 1921 at 75 years old in Berlin.
Julius Richard Petri
German microbiologist (1852–1921).
Born May 31st, 1852 in Barmen.
Died December 20th, 1921 at 69 years old in Zeitz.
Hermann Schwarz
German mathematician (1843-1921).
Born January 25th, 1843 in Sobieszów. [ref]
Died November 30th, 1921 at 78 years old in Berlin. [ref]
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]
John Thomson
Scottish photographer, geographer, and traveller (1837–1921).
Born July 14th, 1837 in Edinburgh. [ref]
Died September 30th, 1921 at 84 years old in London (myocardial infarction). [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.
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).
Ignaz Goldziher
Hungarian orientalist, scholar (1850-1921).
Born June 22nd, 1850 in Székesfehérvár.
Died November 13th, 1921 at 71 years old in Budapest.
William Speirs Bruce
Scottish marine biologist and polar explorer (1867-1921).
Born August 1st, 1867 in London.
Died October 28th, 1921 at 54 years old in Edinburgh.
Jean-Paul Laurens
French painter (1838-1921).
Born March 28th, 1838 in Fourquevaux.
Died March 23rd, 1921 at 82 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Franklin Knight Lane
American politician (1864–1921).
Born July 15th, 1864 in Queens County.
Died May 18th, 1921 at 56 years old in Rochester.
Yan Fu
Chinese translator (1854–1921).
Born January 8th, 1854 in Fuzhou.
Died October 27th, 1921 at 67 years old in Fuzhou.
Deaths 51 to 75 of 294
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