In the year 1921
166 Notable deaths
Vladimir Korolenko
Ukrainian-born russian writer.
Born July 27th, 1853 in Zhytomyr. [ref]
Died December 25th, 1921 at 68 years old in Poltava. [ref]
Frances MacDonald
Painter from the uk (1873–1921).
Born August 24th, 1873 in Kidsgrove. [ref]
Died December 12th, 1921 at 48 years old in Glasgow. [ref]
Fedir Shchus
Ukrainian anarchist (1893–1921).
Born March 25th, 1893 in Velykomykhailivka.
Died June 13th, 1921 at 28 years old in Nedryhailiv.
Alexander Dutov
Russian general (1864-1921).
Born August 18th, 1864 in Kazaly.
Died March 7th, 1921 at 56 years old in Shuiding.
Julius Kronberg
Swedish artist (1850-1921).
Born December 11th, 1850 in Karlskrona city community. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1921 at 70 years old in Engelbrekt church parish. [ref]
Vardges Sureniants
Armenian painter (1860-1921).
Born February 27th, 1860 in Akhaltsikhe.
Died April 6th, 1921 at 61 years old in Yalta.
Tony Jackson
American musician.
Born June 5th, 1876 in New Orleans. [ref]
Died April 20th, 1921 at 44 years old in Illinois. [ref]
Konstantin Mereschkowski
Russian evolutionary biologist and botanist (1854–1921).
Born August 4th, 1855 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died January 9th, 1921 at 65 years old in Geneva (asphyxia).
Juhani Aho
Finnish author and journalist (1861-1921).
Born September 11th, 1861 in Lapinlahti.
Died August 8th, 1921 at 59 years old in Helsinki (diphtheria).
Jan Janský
Czech doctor, neurologist and psychiatrist (1873–1921).
Born April 3rd, 1873 in Smíchov.
Died September 8th, 1921 at 48 years old in Černošice (stroke). [ref]
Hans Hartwig von Beseler
German military leader (1850-1921).
Born April 27th, 1850 in Greifswald.
Died December 20th, 1921 at 71 years old in Babelsberg.
Lev Chernyi
Russian anarchist theorist, activist and poet executed by the bolsheviks (1890–1921).
Born February 19th, 1878 in Moscow.
Died September 27th, 1921 at 43 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Rudolf Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten
Austrian-hungarian general and minister of war (1861-1921).
Born April 26th, 1861 in Pernegg an der Mur.
Died May 12th, 1921 at 60 years old in Graz.
Yosef Haim Brenner
Russian-born hebrew-language author (1881-1921).
Born September 11th, 1881 in Novi Mlyny. [ref]
Died May 2nd, 1921 at 39 years old in Jaffa.
Goyō Hashiguchi
Japanese artist (1880-1921).
Born December 21st, 1880 in Kagoshima.
Died February 24th, 1921 at 40 years old in Tokyo Prefecture (meningitis).
Ludwig Thoma
German author, publisher and editor (1867–1921).
Born January 21st, 1867 in Oberammergau. [ref]
Died August 26th, 1921 at 54 years old in Tegernsee (stomach cancer).
James Gibbons Huneker
American music critic (1857–1921).
Born January 31st, 1857 in Philadelphia.
Died February 9th, 1921 at 64 years old in Flatbush.
Kamil al-Husayni
Grand mufti of jerusalem (1867–1921).
Born February 23rd, 1867 in Jerusalem.
Died March 31st, 1921 at 54 years old in Jerusalem.
Nikolay Gumilev
Russian poet (1886-1921).
Born April 15th, 1886 in Kronstadt.
Died August 26th, 1921 at 35 years old in Saint Petersburg (gunshot wound). [ref]
Teresa Wilms Montt
Chilean writer (1893-1921).
Born September 8th, 1893 in Viña del Mar. [ref]
Died December 24th, 1921 at 28 years old in Paris (intoxication).
Eduardo Dato
Spanish author (1856-1921).
Born August 12th, 1856 in A Coruña. [ref]
Died March 8th, 1921 at 64 years old in Madrid (murder). [ref]
Natalie Curtis
American ethnomusicologist (1875-1921).
Born April 26th, 1875 in New York City.
Died October 23rd, 1921 at 46 years old in Paris.
Déodat de Séverac
French composer (1872 – 1921).
Born July 20th, 1872 in Saint-Félix-Lauragais. [ref]
Died March 24th, 1921 at 48 years old in Céret. [ref]
Valerian Abakovsky
Russian inventor (1895-1921).
Born October 5th, 1895 in Riga.
Died July 24th, 1921 at 25 years old in Serpukhov (Aerowagon disaster).
Manwel Dimech
Maltese activist and philosopher (1860-1921).
Born December 25th, 1860 in Valletta.
Died April 17th, 1921 at 60 years old in Victoria College.
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It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson