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In the year 1924
197 Notable deaths
Roland Bonaparte
French geographer and botanist (1858-1924).
Born May 19th, 1858 in Paris. [ref]
Died April 14th, 1924 at 65 years old in Paris. [ref]
Emma Eckstein
Austrian author and psychoanalysis subject (1865–1924).
Born January 28th, 1865 in Gaudenzdorf.
Died July 30th, 1924 at 59 years old in Vienna (cerebral hemorrhage).
Mikhail Rodzianko
Russian politician (1859-1924).
Born February 21st, 1859 in Popasne.
Died January 24th, 1924 at 64 years old
Manuel Estrada Cabrera
Guatemalan president (1857-1924).
Born November 21st, 1859 in Quetzaltenango.
Died September 24th, 1924 at 64 years old in Guatemala City (pneumonia).
Bertram Goodhue
American architect.
Born April 28th, 1869 in Windham County.
Died April 23rd, 1924 at 54 years old in New York City.
Avni Rustemi
Albanian politician (1895-1924).
Born September 22nd, 1895 in Libohovë.
Died April 22nd, 1924 at 28 years old in Tirana.
James Albert Bonsack
American inventor (1859–1924).
Born October 9th, 1859 in Roanoke County.
Died June 1st, 1924 at 64 years old
Aleksa Šantić
Serbian poet (1868-1924).
Born May 27th, 1868 in Mostar.
Died February 2nd, 1924 at 55 years old in Mostar (tuberculosis).
Jakub Schikaneder
Bohemian painter (1855–1924).
Born March 1st, 1855 in Prague. [ref]
Died November 15th, 1924 at 69 years old in Vinohrady. [ref]
Nilo Peçanha
President of brazil (1867-1924).
Born October 2nd, 1867 in Campos dos Goytacazes.
Died March 31st, 1924 at 56 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Sergei Lyapunov
Russian composer and pianist (1859–1924).
Born November 30th, 1859 in Yaroslavl.
Died November 8th, 1924 at 64 years old in Paris (heart failure).
Todor Aleksandrov
Bulgarian revolutionary (1881–1924).
Born March 4th, 1881 in Novo Selo.
Died August 31st, 1924 at 43 years old in Sugarevo. [ref]
Valery Bryusov
Russian poet, prose writer, dramatist, translator, critic and historian (1873–1924).
Born December 13th, 1873 in Moscow.
Died October 9th, 1924 at 50 years old in Moscow (pneumonia). [ref]
Charles Townshend
British army general (1861-1924).
Born February 21st, 1861 in London Borough of Southwark.
Died May 18th, 1924 at 63 years old in Paris (cancer).
Carl Anton Larsen
Norwegian explorer and whaler.
Born August 7th, 1860 in Larvik.
Died December 8th, 1924 at 64 years old in Ross Sea.
Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Montpensier
French prince (1884–1924).
Born September 9th, 1884 in Château d'Eu.
Died January 30th, 1924 at 39 years old in Château de Randan (drug overdose).
Theodor Koch-Grunberg
German ethnologist (1872-1924).
Born April 9th, 1872 in Grünberg.
Died October 8th, 1924 at 52 years old in Brazil (malaria).
Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long
British politician (1854–1924).
Died September 26th, 1924 at 70 years old in West Ashton. [ref]
Panagiotis Danglis
Greek politician and general (1853-1924).
Born November 17th, 1853 in Atalanti.
Died March 9th, 1924 at 70 years old in Athens.
Helge von Koch
Swedish mathematician (1870-1924).
Born January 25th, 1870 in Svea livgardes church parish.
Died March 11th, 1924 at 54 years old in Danderyd.
Dimitar Blagoev
Bulgarian politician.
Born June 14th, 1856 in Vasileiada. [ref]
Died May 7th, 1924 at 67 years old in Sofia. [ref]
William Bayliss
British physiologist.
Born May 2nd, 1860 in Wolverhampton.
Died August 27th, 1924 at 64 years old in London. [ref]
Duchess Helena, Hereditary Duchess of Württemberg
Austrian archduchess (1903–1924).
Born October 30th, 1903 in Linz.
Died September 8th, 1924 at 20 years old in Tübingen (puerperal disorders).
Xaver Scharwenka
German pianist, composer and teacher (1850-1924).
Born January 6th, 1850 in Szamotuły. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1924 at 74 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Maffeo Pantaleoni
Italian economist (1857-1924).
Born July 2nd, 1857 in Frascati. [ref]
Died October 29th, 1924 at 67 years old in Milan. [ref]
Deaths 51 to 75 of 197
Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold. Ralph Waldo Emerson