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In the year 1922
168 Notable deaths
Lothar von Richthofen
German flying ace (1894–1922).
Born September 27th, 1894 in Wrocław.
Died July 4th, 1922 at 27 years old in Fuhlsbüttel (aviation accident).
Robert Erskine Childers
Irish nationalist and author (1870-1922).
Born June 25th, 1870 in Mayfair. [ref]
Died November 24th, 1922 at 52 years old in Dublin (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet
British army staff officer of the world war i (1864-1922).
Born May 5th, 1864 in County Longford. [ref]
Died June 22nd, 1922 at 58 years old in 36-54, Eaton Place Sw1. [ref]
Edmund Leighton
British romantic painter (1852-1922).
Born September 21st, 1852 in London.
Died September 1st, 1922 at 69 years old in London.
Cathal Brugha
Irish revolutionary and politician (1874-1922).
Born July 18th, 1874 in Dublin.
Died July 7th, 1922 at 47 years old in Dublin.
Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe
British noble (1865–1922).
Born July 15th, 1865 in Dublin. [ref]
Died August 14th, 1922 at 57 years old in London (disease). [ref]
Mori Ōgai
Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922).
Born February 17th, 1862 in Tsuwano.
Died July 9th, 1922 at 60 years old in Tokyo (infectious disease).
Lillian Russell
American opera singer and actress (1860-1922).
Born December 4th, 1861 in Clinton. [ref]
Died June 6th, 1922 at 60 years old in Pittsburgh (disease).
Marie Lloyd
British singer, comedian and actress (1870–1922).
Born February 12th, 1870 in London.
Died October 7th, 1922 at 52 years old in London, Golders Green (heart failure).
Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia
Only daughter of grand duke michael nicolaievich of russia and princess cecilie of baden.
Born July 28th, 1860 in Petergof.
Died March 11th, 1922 at 61 years old in Èze.
John William Godward
English painter (1861-1922).
Born August 9th, 1861 in Wimbledon. [ref]
Died December 13th, 1922 at 61 years old in London, Wimbledon. [ref]
Thomas E. Watson
American politician, attorney, newspaper editor and writer.
Born September 5th, 1856 in Thomson.
Died September 26th, 1922 at 66 years old in Washington, D.C..
Arnold Ehret
American medical researcher.
Born July 29th, 1866 in Sankt Georgen.
Died October 9th, 1922 at 56 years old in Los Angeles.
Paul Deschanel
11th president of the french republic (1855–1922).
Born February 13th, 1855 in Schaerbeek.
Died April 28th, 1922 at 67 years old in Paris (pleurisy).
Ricardo Flores Magón
Mexican anarchist and social reform activist (1874–1922).
Born September 16th, 1874 in Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón.
Died November 21st, 1922 at 48 years old in United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth.
Gabriel Narutowicz
Polish politician (1865-1922).
Born March 17th, 1865 in Telšiai.
Died December 16th, 1922 at 57 years old in Warsaw (gunshot wound).
Christiaan de Wet
Boer general, rebel and politician (1854-1922).
Born October 7th, 1854 in Smithfield.
Died February 3rd, 1922 at 67 years old in Dewetsdorp.
Wolfgang Kapp
Prussian civil servant and journalist. nominal leader of the kapp-putsch (1858-1922).
Born July 24th, 1858 in New York City.
Died June 12th, 1922 at 63 years old in Klinikum St. Georg (cancer).
Princess Helena, Duchess of Albany
German princess (1861-1922).
Born February 17th, 1861 in Bad Arolsen.
Died September 1st, 1922 at 61 years old in Tyrol.
William Halse Rivers Rivers
English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist and psychiatrist (1864-1922).
Born March 12th, 1864 in Chatham.
Died June 4th, 1922 at 58 years old in Cambridge.
Kamo
Russian revolutionary (1882-1922).
Died July 14th, 1922 at 40 years old in Tbilisi (traffic collision).
Leslie Ward
British cartoonist (1851-1922).
Born November 21st, 1851 in London.
Died May 15th, 1922 at 70 years old in London.
Vittorio Monti
Italian composer, violinist, and conductor (1868-1922).
Born January 6th, 1868 in Naples.
Died June 20th, 1922 at 54 years old in Paris, Naples.
Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov
Russian criminologist (1869-1922).
Born July 15th, 1870 in Pushkin. [ref]
Died March 28th, 1922 at 51 years old in Berlin (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Velimir Khlebnikov
Russian writer (1885–1922).
Born November 9th, 1885 in Malye Derbety. [ref]
Died June 28th, 1922 at 36 years old in Ruchi, Krestetsky District (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
Deaths 26 to 50 of 168
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