In the year 1924
299 Notable deaths
James Albert Bonsack
American inventor (1859–1924).
Born October 9th, 1859 in Roanoke County.
Died June 1st, 1924 at 64 years old
Thomas Corwin Mendenhall
American physicist and meteorologist (1841-1924).
Born October 4th, 1841 in Hanoverton. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 1924 at 82 years old in Ravenna. [ref]
Aleksa Šantić
Serbian poet (1868-1924).
Born May 27th, 1868 in Mostar.
Died February 2nd, 1924 at 55 years old in Mostar (tuberculosis).
Lola Rodríguez de Tió
Puerto rican poet and writer (1843-1924).
Born September 14th, 1843 in San Germán.
Died November 10th, 1924 at 81 years old in Havana.
Carl Spitteler
Swiss writer (1845–1924).
Born April 24th, 1845 in Liestal.
Died December 29th, 1924 at 79 years old in Lucerne.
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.
Jakub Schikaneder
Bohemian painter (1855–1924).
Born March 1st, 1855 in Prague. [ref]
Died November 15th, 1924 at 69 years old in Vinohrady. [ref]
Théodore Dubois
French composer and organist (1837-1924).
Born August 24th, 1837 in Rosnay.
Died June 11th, 1924 at 86 years old in boulevard Pereire. [ref]
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]
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).
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
American publisher, journalist, african american civil rights leader, suffragist, and editor.
Born August 31st, 1842 in Boston.
Died March 13th, 1924 at 81 years old in Boston.
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]
Joseph Henry Blackburne
British chess player (1841–1924).
Born December 10th, 1841 in Manchester.
Died September 1st, 1924 at 82 years old in London (myocardial infarction).
Ferdinand d'Orléans, 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).
Fernand Cormon
French painter (1845-1924).
Born December 24th, 1845 in Paris.
Died March 20th, 1924 at 78 years old in 8th arrondissement of Paris (traffic collision).
Carl Anton Larsen
Norwegian explorer and whaler (1860–1924).
Born August 7th, 1860 in Larvik.
Died December 8th, 1924 at 64 years old in Ross Sea.
Hans Thoma
German painter and graphic artist (1839–1924).
Born October 2nd, 1839 in Bernau im Schwarzwald.
Died November 7th, 1924 at 85 years old in Karlsruhe.
George Kennan
American explorer and journalist (1845–1924).
Born February 16th, 1845 in Norwalk.
Died May 10th, 1924 at 79 years old in Medina. [ref]
Eugenius Warming
Danish botanist (1841-1924).
Born November 3rd, 1841 in Mandø.
Died April 2nd, 1924 at 82 years old in Copenhagen.
Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long
British politician (1854–1924).
Died September 26th, 1924 at 70 years old in West Ashton.
Friedrich Trendelenburg
German surgeon (1844–1924).
Born May 24th, 1844 in Berlin.
Died December 15th, 1924 at 80 years old in Nikolassee (cancer).
Hugo Borchardt
German firearms designer (1844–1924).
Born June 6th, 1844 in Magdeburg.
Died May 8th, 1924 at 79 years old in Berlin, Charlottenburg (pneumonia).
Paul Cambon
French diplomat (1843-1924).
Born January 20th, 1843 in former 11th arrondissement of Paris.
Died May 29th, 1924 at 81 years old in 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Theodor Koch-Grunberg
German ethnologist (1872-1924).
Born April 9th, 1872 in Grünberg.
Died October 8th, 1924 at 52 years old in Brazil (malaria).
Deaths 76 to 100 of 299
Even trees do not die without a groan. Henry David Thoreau