In the year 1924
299 Notable deaths
Orison Swett Marden
American writer (1848-1924).
Born June 11th, 1848 in New Hampshire.
Died March 10th, 1924 at 75 years old in New York City.
Gene Stratton-Porter
American writer and naturalist (1863–1924).
Born August 17th, 1863 in Wabash County, Lagro.
Died December 6th, 1924 at 61 years old in Los Angeles (traffic collision).
Marie Corelli
British writer (1855-1924).
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 Krasnovidovo. [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.
F. H. Bradley
British philosopher (1846–1924).
Born January 30th, 1846 in Clapham.
Died September 18th, 1924 at 78 years old in Oxford.
Emily Ruete
German writer, emigrated princess of zanzibar (1844-1924).
Born August 30th, 1844 in Zanzibar City.
Died February 29th, 1924 at 79 years old in Jena.
Ricciotti Garibaldi
Italian politician (1847-1924).
Born February 24th, 1847 in Montevideo.
Died July 17th, 1924 at 77 years old in Rome.
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 Sehore.
Died June 8th, 1924 at 74 years old in Somerset.
Roland Bonaparte
French geographer, astronomer and anthropologist (1858–1924).
Born May 19th, 1858 in Auteuil.
Died April 14th, 1924 at 65 years old in Paris.
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 (1869–1924).
Born April 28th, 1869 in Pomfret.
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.
Teófilo Braga
Portuguese politician (1843–1924).
Born February 24th, 1843 in Ponta Delgada.
Died January 28th, 1924 at 80 years old in Lisbon.
James Albert Bonsack
American inventor (1859–1924).
Born October 9th, 1859 in Roanoke County.
Died June 1st, 1924 at 64 years old
Deaths 51 to 75 of 299
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. Washington Irving