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In the year 1922
312 Notable deaths
Alexander Graham Bell
Canadian-american scientist inventor of telephone (1847–1922).
Born March 3rd, 1847 in Edinburgh. [ref]
Died August 2nd, 1922 at 75 years old in Beinn Bhreagh (diabetes). [ref]
Ernest Shackleton
Anglo-irish antarctic explorer (1874–1922).
Born February 15th, 1874 in Kilkea Castle. [ref]
Died January 5th, 1922 at 47 years old in Grytviken (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Michael Collins
Irish revolutionary and politician (1890–1922).
Born October 16th, 1890 in Clonakilty.
Died August 22nd, 1922 at 31 years old in Bandon.
Charles I of Austria
Last monarch of austria-hungary (r. 1916–1918).
Born August 17th, 1887 in Persenbeug Castle. [ref]
Died April 1st, 1922 at 34 years old in Funchal (pneumonia). [ref]
Marcel Proust
French novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922).
Born July 10th, 1871 in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died November 18th, 1922 at 51 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (pneumonia). [ref]
Nellie Bly
American journalist.
Born May 5th, 1864 in Burrell Township.
Died January 27th, 1922 at 57 years old in New York City (pneumonia).
Newton Knight
American civil war guerilla.
Born November 10th, 1829 in Jones County.
Died February 16th, 1922 at 92 years old in Jasper County.
Sarah Winchester
American heiress and occultist (1839–1922).
Born September 1st, 1839 in New Haven.
Died September 5th, 1922 at 83 years old in San Jose.
Enver Pasha
Ottoman politician and general (1881–1922).
Born November 22nd, 1881 in Istanbul.
Died August 4th, 1922 at 40 years old in Bukharan People's Soviet Republic.
Pandita Ramabai
Indian feminist historian and social reformer (1858–1922).
Born April 23rd, 1858 in Mangaluru.
Died April 5th, 1922 at 63 years old in Kedgaon, Pune district.
Benedict XV
Pope of the catholic church from 1914 to 1922.
Born November 21st, 1854 in Pegli.
Died January 22nd, 1922 at 67 years old in Apostolic Palace (pneumonia).
Alessandro Moreschi
Italian castrato singer (1858–1922).
Born November 11th, 1858 in Monte Compatri.
Died April 21st, 1922 at 63 years old in Lugones/Llugones (pneumonia).
William Desmond Taylor
Irish-american film director and actor (1872-1922).
Born April 26th, 1872 in Carlow.
Died February 1st, 1922 at 49 years old in Westlake (gunshot wound).
William Stewart Halsted
American surgeon (1852-1922).
Born September 23rd, 1852 in New York City.
Died September 7th, 1922 at 69 years old in Baltimore.
Erich von Falkenhayn
Chief of germany's general staff during the first two years of the first world war (1861-1922).
Born September 11th, 1861 in Białochowo.
Died April 8th, 1922 at 60 years old in Lindstedt Castle.
Henri Désiré Landru
Sentenced to death in france.
Born April 12th, 1869 in 19th arrondissement of Paris.
Died February 25th, 1922 at 52 years old in Versailles (decapitation by guillotine). [ref]
Arthur Griffith
Irish politician and writer, founder of sinn féin (1871–1922).
Born March 31st, 1872 in Dublin.
Died August 12th, 1922 at 50 years old in Dublin (stroke).
Georges Sorel
French philosopher and sociologist.
Born November 2nd, 1847 in Cherbourg.
Died August 29th, 1922 at 74 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt.
Walther Rathenau
German businessman, writer, art collector and politician (1867-1922).
Born September 29th, 1867 in Berlin. [ref]
Died June 24th, 1922 at 54 years old in Berlin (gunshot wound). [ref]
Hermann Rorschach
Swiss freudian psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (1885–1922).
Born November 8th, 1884 in Zurich. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 1922 at 37 years old in Herisau (peritonitis).
William J. Seymour
American minister (1870–1922).
Born May 2nd, 1870 in Acadiana.
Died September 28th, 1922 at 52 years old in Los Angeles California Temple (heart failure).
Bert Williams
American comedian and actor (1874–1922).
Born November 12th, 1874 in Nassau.
Died March 4th, 1922 at 47 years old in New York City (pneumonia).
Cap Anson
American baseball player (1852–1922).
Born April 17th, 1852 in Marshalltown.
Died April 14th, 1922 at 69 years old in Chicago.
Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer
British politician (1857–1922).
Born October 30th, 1857 in St James's.
Died September 26th, 1922 at 64 years old in St James's.
Andrey Markov
Russian mathematician.
Born June 14th, 1856 in Ryazan.
Died July 20th, 1922 at 66 years old in Saint Petersburg.
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