In the year 1922
168 Notable deaths
Takamine Jōkichi
Japanese chemist (1854–1922).
Born November 3rd, 1854 in Takaoka.
Died July 22nd, 1922 at 67 years old in New York City (nephritis).
Lima Barreto
Brazilian writer (1881-1922).
Born May 13th, 1881 in Rio de Janeiro. [ref]
Died November 1st, 1922 at 41 years old in Rio de Janeiro (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Ernst von Hoeppner
German general (1860–1922).
Born January 14th, 1860 in Unin, West Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Died September 29th, 1922 at 62 years old in Wolin (influenza).
John Munro Longyear
American mayor, businessman and philanthropist (1850-1922).
Born April 15th, 1850 in Lansing.
Died May 28th, 1922 at 72 years old in Brookline. [ref]
Higashifushimi Yorihito
Japanese prince (1867–1922).
Born September 19th, 1867 in Kyoto. [ref]
Died June 27th, 1922 at 54 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
Take Ionescu
Romanian politician (1858-1922).
Born October 25th, 1858 in Ploiești.
Died June 21st, 1922 at 63 years old in Rome (typhoid fever).
Axel Thue
Norwegian mathematician (1863-1922).
Born February 19th, 1863 in Tønsberg.
Died March 7th, 1922 at 59 years old in Christiania.
Géza Gárdonyi
Hungarian writer (1863-1922).
Born August 3rd, 1863 in Agárd. [ref]
Died October 30th, 1922 at 59 years old in Eger. [ref]
Solon Borglum
American artist (1868-1922).
Born December 22nd, 1868 in Ogden.
Died January 31st, 1922 at 53 years old in Stamford.
Hannes Hafstein
Icelandic politician (1861-1922).
Born December 4th, 1861 in Morduvellir.
Died December 13th, 1922 at 61 years old in Reykjavík.
Walter Langley
British artist (1852-1922).
Born June 8th, 1852 in Birmingham.
Died March 21st, 1922 at 69 years old in Penzance.
Friedrich Delitzsch
German assyriologist (1850-1922).
Born September 3rd, 1850 in Erlangen. [ref]
Died December 19th, 1922 at 72 years old in Bad Schwalbach. [ref]
Tōten Miyazaki
Japanese social activist (1871-1922).
Born January 23rd, 1871 in Arao.
Died June 12th, 1922 at 51 years old in Tokyo Prefecture (kidney disease).
Shiro Saigo
Japanese judoka (1866–1922).
Born February 4th, 1866 in Aizuwakamatsu.
Died December 22nd, 1922 at 56 years old in Onomichi.
Stephan Burián von Rajecz
Minister of finance and foreign affairs of austria-hungary (1851-1922).
Born January 16th, 1851 in Stupava.
Died October 20th, 1922 at 71 years old in Vienna.
Francis Henry May
British viceroy and colonial administrator (1860-1922).
Born March 14th, 1860 in Dublin.
Died February 6th, 1922 at 61 years old in Suffolk.
Richard A. Ballinger
American politician (1858-1922).
Died June 6th, 1922 at 63 years old in Seattle.
Heinrich Rubens
German physicist (1865-1922).
Born March 30th, 1865 in Wiesbaden.
Died July 17th, 1922 at 57 years old in Berlin (leukemia).
Petros Protopapadakis
Greek politician (1854–1922).
Born January 1st, 1854 in Naxos Island.
Died November 28th, 1922 at 68 years old in Goudi (gunshot wound).
Maria Bertilla Boscardin
Italian nun and nurse (1888–1922).
Born October 6th, 1888 in Brendola.
Died October 20th, 1922 at 34 years old in Treviso.
Carl Teike
German composer (1864–1922).
Born February 5th, 1864 in Szczecin.
Died May 28th, 1922 at 58 years old in Gorzów Wielkopolski.
Elsa Andersson
Sweden's first aviatrix and stunt parachutist.
Born April 27th, 1897 in Strövelstorp. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 1922 at 24 years old in Askersund (aviation accident). [ref]
Carl Sofus Lumholtz
Norwegian explorer (1851-1922).
Born April 23rd, 1851 in Fåberg Municipality.
Died May 5th, 1922 at 71 years old in Saranac Lake.
Hitachiyama Taniemon
Sumo wrestler.
Born January 19th, 1874 in Mito.
Died June 19th, 1922 at 48 years old in Sumida.
Isaac Bayley Balfour
British botanist and academic (1853-1922).
Born March 31st, 1853 in Edinburgh.
Died November 30th, 1922 at 69 years old in Haslemere.
Deaths 76 to 100 of 168
When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid