In the year 1924
197 Notable deaths
Eleonora Duse
Italian stage actress (1858-1924).
Born October 3rd, 1858 in Vigevano.
Died April 21st, 1924 at 65 years old in Pittsburgh (pneumonia).
Charles Villiers Stanford
Irish composer, music teacher, and conductor (1852–1924).
Born September 30th, 1852 in Dublin.
Died March 29th, 1924 at 71 years old in London.
Princess Louise of Belgium
Belgian royal (1858–1924).
Born February 18th, 1858 in City of Brussels.
Died March 1st, 1924 at 66 years old in Wiesbaden.
Robert Nivelle
French general who participated in the first world war (1856–1924).
Born October 18th, 1856 in rue de la Barrière. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 1924 at 67 years old in rue de la Tour. [ref]
Charles August Lindbergh
American politician (1859-1924).
Born January 20th, 1859 in Stockholm.
Died May 24th, 1924 at 65 years old in Crookston (brain cancer).
Kuroda Seiki
Japanese artist (1866-1924).
Born August 9th, 1866 in Higashisengoku-chō.
Died July 15th, 1924 at 57 years old in Tokyo City (uremia). [ref]
Victor Herbert
American composer (1859–1924).
Born February 1st, 1859 in Dublin, Guernsey.
Died May 26th, 1924 at 65 years old in New York City.
E. D. Morel
British politician (1873-1924).
Born July 10th, 1873 in Paris.
Died November 12th, 1924 at 51 years old in Bovey Tracey.
Frank Bunker Gilbreth
American industrial engineer (1868-1924).
Born July 7th, 1868 in Fairfield.
Died June 14th, 1924 at 55 years old in Montclair (heart failure).
Léon Bakst
Russian artist (1866–1924).
Born February 8th, 1866 in Hrodna. [ref]
Died December 28th, 1924 at 58 years old in Rueil-Malmaison.
Ziya Gökalp
Turkish sociologist and writer (1876–1924).
Born March 23rd, 1876 in Çermik district.
Died October 25th, 1924 at 48 years old in Istanbul.
Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg
Russian duke (1868-1924).
Born November 21st, 1868 in Saint Petersburg.
Died March 11th, 1924 at 55 years old in Biarritz (tuberculosis).
Edwin Montagu
British politician (1879–1924).
Born February 6th, 1879 in London.
Died November 15th, 1924 at 45 years old in London.
Marie Corelli
British writer.
Born May 1st, 1855 in London. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1924 at 68 years old in Stratford-upon-Avon. [ref]
Cecil Sharp
English folk song collector, teacher, songwriter and musician.
Born November 22nd, 1859 in Camberwell.
Died June 23rd, 1924 at 64 years old in Hampstead (cancer).
Lyubov' Popova
Russian artist (1889-1924).
Born May 6th, 1889 in Ivanovskoye District. [ref]
Died May 25th, 1924 at 35 years old in Moscow (scarlet fever). [ref]
Franz von Bayros
Austrian commercial artist, illustrator, and painter (1866-1924).
Born May 28th, 1866 in Zagreb. [ref]
Died April 3rd, 1924 at 57 years old in Vienna (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Jacob Israël de Haan
Dutch lawyer, legal scholar, diplomat, journalist, novelist and poet, assassinated by the haganah (1881-1924).
Born December 31st, 1881 in Smilde.
Died June 30th, 1924 at 42 years old in Jaffa Road.
Hugo Stinnes
German politician (1870–1924).
Born February 12th, 1870 in Mülheim an der Ruhr.
Died April 10th, 1924 at 54 years old in Berlin (kidney disease).
Hugh Chisholm
English editor and journalist (1866–1924).
Born February 22nd, 1866 in London.
Died September 29th, 1924 at 58 years old in London.
Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg
Bulgarian prince (1861–1924).
Born September 24th, 1861 in Padua.
Died July 31st, 1924 at 62 years old in Schaffhausen.
Maurice Prendergast
American-canadian artist (1858-1924).
Born October 10th, 1858 in St. John's.
Died February 1st, 1924 at 65 years old in New York City.
Cipriano Castro
Venezuelan politician (1858–1924).
Born October 12th, 1858 in Táchira.
Died December 4th, 1924 at 66 years old in San Juan.
Henry Bacon
American architect (1866–1924).
Born November 28th, 1866 in Watseka.
Died February 17th, 1924 at 57 years old in Manhattan (cancer). [ref]
Mortimer Durand
British diplomat (1850-1924).
Born February 14th, 1850 in Bhopal.
Died June 8th, 1924 at 74 years old in Somerset.
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon