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In the year 1921
294 Notable deaths
Julius Kronberg
Swedish artist (1850-1921).
Born December 11th, 1850 in Mönsterås. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1921 at 70 years old in Engelbrekt church parish. [ref]
Tony Jackson
American pianist, singer, and composer (1876–1921).
Born June 5th, 1876 in New Orleans.
Died April 20th, 1921 at 44 years old in Illinois.
Sándor Wekerle
Hungarian politician (1848–1921).
Born November 14th, 1848 in Mór.
Died August 26th, 1921 at 72 years old in Budapest.
Vardges Sureniants
Armenian painter (1860-1921).
Born February 27th, 1860 in Akhaltsikhe.
Died April 6th, 1921 at 61 years old in Yalta.
Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav
Slovak poet, dramatist, and translator (1849–1921).
Born February 2nd, 1849 in Vyšný Kubín. [ref]
Died November 8th, 1921 at 72 years old in Dolný Kubín. [ref]
Alfred Percy Sinnett
British writer and theosophist (1840-1921).
Born January 18th, 1840 in London.
Died June 26th, 1921 at 81 years old
Konstantin Mereschkowski
Russian evolutionary biologist and botanist (1855–1921).
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).
Otto von Gierke
German philosopher (1841–1921).
Born January 11th, 1841 in Szczecin.
Died October 10th, 1921 at 80 years old in Berlin.
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.
Rafael Reyes
President of colombia, 1904-1909.
Born December 5th, 1849 in Santa Rosa de Viterbo. [ref]
Died February 18th, 1921 at 71 years old in Bogotá. [ref]
Sir Arthur Pearson, 1st Baronet
British journalist, publisher (1866–1921).
Born February 24th, 1866 in Wookey.
Died December 9th, 1921 at 55 years old in London (drowning).
Joel Asaph Allen
American zoologist and ornithologist (1838–1921).
Born July 19th, 1838 in Springfield.
Died August 29th, 1921 at 83 years old in New York City.
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.
Émile Boutroux
French philosopher and historian (1845–1921).
Born July 28th, 1845 in Montrouge.
Died November 22nd, 1921 at 76 years old in Paris.
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).
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.
Oswald Schmiedeberg
German pharmacist (1838–1921).
Born October 10th, 1838 in Laidze.
Died July 12th, 1921 at 82 years old in Baden-Baden.
Hardinge Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury
British politician (1823-1921).
Born September 3rd, 1823 in London.
Died December 11th, 1921 at 98 years old
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).
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.
Teresa Wilms Montt
Chilean writer (1893-1921).
Born September 8th, 1893 in Viña del Mar.
Died December 24th, 1921 at 28 years old in Paris.
James Gibbons Huneker
American music critic (1857–1921).
Born January 21st, 1857 in Philadelphia.
Died February 9th, 1921 at 64 years old in Flatbush.
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Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment. Dag Hammarskjold