In the year 1921
294 Notable deaths
Eduardo Dato
Spanish author (1856-1921).
Born August 12th, 1856 in A Coruña.
Died March 8th, 1921 at 64 years old in Madrid (shot to the head).
Natalie Curtis
American ethnomusicologist (1875–1921).
Born April 26th, 1875 in New York City.
Died October 23rd, 1921 at 46 years old in Paris (car collision).
Eugen Bracht
German landscape painter (1842–1921).
Born June 3rd, 1842 in Morges.
Died November 16th, 1921 at 79 years old in Darmstadt.
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.
Franz Defregger
Painter from austria (1835-1921).
Born April 30th, 1835 in Iselsberg-Stronach.
Died January 2nd, 1921 at 85 years old in Munich.
Ramón López Velarde
Mexican poet (1888–1921).
Born June 15th, 1888 in Jerez de García Salinas.
Died June 19th, 1921 at 33 years old in Mexico City.
Žemaitė
Lithuanian writer.
Born June 4th, 1845 in Bukantė manor.
Died December 7th, 1921 at 76 years old in Marijampolė.
François Hennebique
French civil engineer (1842-1921).
Born April 26th, 1841 in Neuville-Saint-Vaast.
Died March 7th, 1921 at 79 years old in Paris.
Valerian Abakovsky
Russian inventor (1895-1921).
Born October 5th, 1895 in Riga.
Died July 24th, 1921 at 25 years old in Serpukhov (Aerowagon disaster).
Austin Dobson
English poet and essayist (1840–1921).
Born January 18th, 1840 in Plymouth.
Died September 2nd, 1921 at 81 years old in Ealing.
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.
George Dunlop Leslie
English genre painter, author and illustrator (1835-1921).
Born July 2nd, 1835 in London.
Died February 21st, 1921 at 85 years old in Sussex.
Isidor Kaufmann
Hungarian artist (1853-1921).
Born March 22nd, 1853 in Arad.
Died November 16th, 1921 at 68 years old in Vienna.
Oskar Panizza
German psychiatrist, writer, dramatist, poet, editor, publisher (1853–1921).
Born November 12th, 1853 in Bad Kissingen.
Died September 30th, 1921 at 67 years old in Bayreuth.
John Tengo Jabavu
South african xhosa newspaper editor (1859-1921).
Born January 11th, 1859 in Fort Beaufort.
Died September 10th, 1921 at 62 years old in Alice.
Francis Robbins Upton
American physicist (1852–1921).
Born July 26th, 1852 in Peabody.
Died March 10th, 1921 at 68 years old in Orange.
Micha Josef Berdyczewski
Ukrainian jewish writer (1865–1921).
Born August 19th, 1865 in Medzhybizh. [ref]
Died November 18th, 1921 at 56 years old in Berlin.
William Odling
British chemist (1829–1921).
Born September 6th, 1829 in Southwark.
Died February 17th, 1921 at 91 years old in Oxford.
Theodor Leutwein
Colonial administrator of german southwest africa (1849-1921).
Born May 9th, 1849 in Strümpfelbrunn.
Died April 13th, 1921 at 71 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Auguste Mercier
French general (1833-1921).
Born December 8th, 1833 in Arras.
Died March 3rd, 1921 at 87 years old in Paris.
Gabriela Zapolska
Polish novelist, prose writer, publicist, feuilletonist, theatre critic, stage actress (1857–1921).
Born March 30th, 1857 in Pidhaitsi. [ref]
Died December 21st, 1921 at 64 years old in Lviv. [ref]
Kamures Kadın
Consort of mehmed v.
Born March 5th, 1855 in North Caucasus.
Died April 30th, 1921 at 66 years old in Istanbul.
Adolf von Hildebrand
German sculptor (1847–1921).
Born October 6th, 1847 in Marburg.
Died January 18th, 1921 at 73 years old in Munich.
Edgar Saltus
American writer (1855–1921).
Born October 8th, 1855 in New York City.
Died July 31st, 1921 at 65 years old in New York City.
Moisey Ostrogorsky
Belarusian academic (1854-1921).
Born March 3rd, 1854 in Belsk County.
Died February 10th, 1921 at 66 years old in Saint Petersburg.
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The hardest thing you overcome are the ones that give the most meaning. Maxime Lagacé