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In the year 1924
197 Notable deaths
Jean-François Raffaëlli
French painter (1850-1924).
Born April 20th, 1850 in Paris. [ref]
Died February 11th, 1924 at 73 years old in Paris. [ref]
Maximilian Pirner
Czech painter (1854-1924).
Born February 13th, 1854 in Sušice. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 1924 at 70 years old in Smíchov. [ref]
Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant
French politician (1852-1924).
Born January 22nd, 1852 in La Flèche. [ref]
Died May 15th, 1924 at 72 years old in Bordeaux.
Alfred Grünfeld
Czech composer and pianist.
Born July 4th, 1852 in Prague. [ref]
Died January 5th, 1924 at 71 years old in Vienna.
Wenceslao Retana
Civil servant (1862-1924).
Born September 28th, 1862 in Boadilla del Monte. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 1924 at 61 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Stefan Toshev
Bulgarian general (1859-1924).
Born December 30th, 1859 in Stara Zagora.
Died November 27th, 1924 at 64 years old in Plovdiv.
Salvador Alvarado
Mexican statesman and politician (1880–1924).
Born September 16th, 1880 in Culiacán.
Died June 10th, 1924 at 43 years old in Tenosique.
Ernest Fox Nichols
American physicist and academic administrator (1869-1924).
Born June 1st, 1869 in Leavenworth County.
Died April 29th, 1924 at 54 years old in New York City.
Alexander Alexeyevich Gorsky
Russian choreographer.
Born August 6th, 1871 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died October 20th, 1924 at 53 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Eva May
Austrian actress.
Born May 29th, 1902 in Vienna.
Died September 10th, 1924 at 22 years old in Baden bei Wien (ballistic trauma).
Jiří Wolker
Czech poet, journalist and playwright (1900–1924).
Born March 29th, 1900 in Prostějov. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1924 at 23 years old in Prostějov (tuberculosis). [ref]
Þórarinn B. Þorláksson
Icelandic painter (1867-1924).
Born February 14th, 1867 in Undirfell.
Died July 10th, 1924 at 57 years old in Laugardalur.
Heinrich Dreser
German chemist (1860–1924).
Born October 1st, 1860 in Darmstadt.
Died December 21st, 1924 at 64 years old in Zurich.
William Robert Ogilvie-Grant
Scottish ornithologist (1863-1924).
Born March 25th, 1863 in Easter Elchies.
Died July 26th, 1924 at 61 years old in Farley Cottage.
Nachman Syrkin
Political theorist (1868–1924).
Born February 23rd, 1868 in Mogilev.
Died September 6th, 1924 at 56 years old in New York City.
Frances Parker
British suffragette.
Born December 24th, 1875 in Otago Region. [ref]
Died January 19th, 1924 at 48 years old
Valiko Jugheli
Georgian politician (1887–1924).
Born January 1st, 1887 in Tbilisi.
Died August 30th, 1924 at 37 years old in Georgia. [ref]
Corrado Segre
Italian mathematician (1863-1924).
Born August 20th, 1863 in Saluzzo.
Died May 18th, 1924 at 60 years old in Turin.
Karl Louis Johannes Richard von Eben
German soldier.
Born February 24th, 1855 in Przezmark.
Died June 30th, 1924 at 69 years old in Budwity.
Anna Palm de Rosa
Swedish artist (1859-1924).
Born December 25th, 1859 in Stockholm. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 1924 at 64 years old in Madonna dell'Arco.
Billy Armstrong
English actor (1891–1924).
Born January 14th, 1891 in Bristol. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1924 at 33 years old in Inyo County (tuberculosis). [ref]
Federico Boyd
President of panama (1851-1924).
Born September 24th, 1851 in Panama City.
Died May 25th, 1924 at 72 years old in New York City.
Augustin Boué de Lapeyrère
French admiral.
Born January 18th, 1852 in Castéra-Lectourois.
Died February 17th, 1924 at 72 years old in Pau.
Jack Darragh
Canadian ice hockey player (1890–1924).
Born December 4th, 1890 in Ottawa.
Died June 25th, 1924 at 33 years old in Ottawa (peritonitis).
Carl Heinrich Stratz
Gynecologist.
Born June 14th, 1858 in Odesa.
Died April 21st, 1924 at 65 years old in The Hague.
Deaths 101 to 125 of 197
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