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In the year 1924
299 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.
Arnold Henry Savage Landor
English painter, explorer, writer, and anthropologist.
Born June 2nd, 1867 in Florence.
Died December 26th, 1924 at 57 years old in Florence.
Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant
French politician (1852-1924).
Born November 22nd, 1852 in La Flèche. [ref]
Died May 15th, 1924 at 71 years old in Bordeaux.
Louis-Émile Bertin
French engineer (1840–1924).
Born March 23rd, 1840 in Nancy.
Died October 22nd, 1924 at 84 years old in La Glacerie.
Michael Logue
Catholic cardinal (1840-1924).
Born October 1st, 1840 in Kilmacrenan.
Died November 19th, 1924 at 84 years old in Armagh.
Maximilian Pirner
Czech painter (1854-1924).
Born February 13th, 1854 in Sušice. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 1924 at 70 years old in Smíchov. [ref]
Stefan Toshev
Bulgarian general (1859-1924).
Born December 30th, 1859 in Stara Zagora.
Died November 27th, 1924 at 64 years old in Plovdiv.
Hilaire de Chardonnet
French engineer (1839–1924).
Born May 1st, 1839 in Besançon. [ref]
Died March 11th, 1924 at 84 years old in Paris. [ref]
Alfred Grünfeld
Czech composer and pianist (1852–1924).
Born June 4th, 1852 in Prague.
Died January 5th, 1924 at 71 years old in Vienna.
Ivan Evstratiev Geshov
Bulgarian politician (1849-1924).
Born February 20th, 1849 in Plovdiv.
Died March 11th, 1924 at 75 years old in Sofia.
Wenceslao Retana
Spanish polymath (1862–1924).
Born September 28th, 1862 in Boadilla del Monte. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 1924 at 61 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Salvador Alvarado
Mexican statesman and politician (1880–1924).
Born September 16th, 1880 in Culiacán.
Died June 10th, 1924 at 43 years old in Tenosique.
Charles Hermans
Belgian painter (1839-1924).
Born August 17th, 1839 in Brussels.
Died December 8th, 1924 at 85 years old in Menton.
Josef Labor
Austrian composer, pianist and organist (1842–1924).
Born June 27th, 1842 in Hořovice.
Died April 26th, 1924 at 81 years old in Vienna.
Alexander Alexeyevich Gorsky
Russian choreographer (1871–1924).
Born August 6th, 1871 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died October 20th, 1924 at 53 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Maria Bernarda Bütler
Franciscan missionary (1848-1924).
Died May 19th, 1924 at 75 years old in Cartagena.
Waldemar Jungner
Swedish engineer and inventor (1869-1924).
Died August 30th, 1924 at 55 years old [ref]
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.
Kate Lester
British actress (1857-1924).
Born June 12th, 1857 in Shouldham Thorpe.
Died October 12th, 1924 at 67 years old in Hollywood.
Eva May
Austrian actress (1902–1924).
Born May 29th, 1902 in Vienna.
Died September 10th, 1924 at 22 years old in Baden (gunshot wound).
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.
Georg Hermann Quincke
German physicist (1834–1924).
Born November 19th, 1834 in Frankfurt (Oder).
Died January 13th, 1924 at 89 years old in Heidelberg.
Walter Parratt
English organist and composer (1841–1924).
Born February 10th, 1841 in Huddersfield.
Died March 27th, 1924 at 83 years old in London.
Nachman Syrkin
Political theorist (1868–1924).
Born February 23rd, 1868 in Mogilev.
Died September 6th, 1924 at 56 years old in New York City.
Deaths 151 to 175 of 299
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir