In the year 1929
351 Notable deaths
Wyatt Earp
American lawman (1848–1929).
Born March 19th, 1848 in Monmouth.
Died January 13th, 1929 at 80 years old in Los Angeles.
Ferdinand Foch
French marchal and military theorist (1851–1929).
Born October 2nd, 1851 in Tarbes.
Died March 20th, 1929 at 77 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction).
Patrick Joseph Kennedy
American businessman and massachusetts politician (1858–1929).
Born January 14th, 1858 in Boston.
Died May 18th, 1929 at 71 years old in Boston.
Lillie Langtry
British actress (1853-1929).
Born October 13th, 1853 in Saint Saviour.
Died February 12th, 1929 at 75 years old in Monte Carlo (pneumonia).
Georges Clemenceau
Prime minister of france, 1906–1909 and 1917–1920 (1841–1929).
Born September 28th, 1841 in Mouilleron-en-Pareds.
Died November 24th, 1929 at 88 years old in Paris.
Carl Benz
German automotive and engine designer and manufacturer (1844–1929).
Born November 25th, 1844 in Mühlburg. [ref]
Died April 4th, 1929 at 84 years old in Ladenburg (hereditary cystatin C amyloid angiopathy). [ref]
Elijah McCoy
American engineer (1844–1929).
Born May 2nd, 1844 in Colchester.
Died October 10th, 1929 at 85 years old in Detroit.
Asa Griggs Candler
American mayor and businessman (1851-1929).
Born December 30th, 1851 in Villa Rica. [ref]
Died March 12th, 1929 at 77 years old in Atlanta. [ref]
Thorstein Veblen
American economist and sociologist (1857–1929).
Died August 3rd, 1929 at 72 years old in Menlo Park.
Rattanbai Jinnah
Wife of muhammad ali jinnah (1900–1929).
Born February 20th, 1902 in Mumbai.
Died February 20th, 1929 at 27 years old in Mumbai.
Karl Liebknecht
German socialist, editor, and co-founder of the spartacus league (1871-1919).
Born November 13th, 1871 in Leipzig. [ref]
Died January 15th, 1929 at 57 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Gustav Stresemann
German politician, statesman, and nobel peace prize laureate (1878-1929).
Born May 10th, 1878 in Berlin.
Died October 3rd, 1929 at 51 years old in Berlin (stroke).
Álvaro Obregón
Mexican politician, president of mexico.
Born February 17th, 1880 in Navojoa.
Died July 7th, 1929 at 49 years old in San Ángel.
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
British liberal politician and prime minister of the united kingdom (1847–1929).
Died May 21st, 1929 at 82 years old in Epsom.
Sergei Diaghilev
Russian art critic and impresario (1872–1929).
Born March 31st, 1872 in Selischi.
Died August 19th, 1929 at 57 years old in Venice (type 2 diabetes).
Herman Hollerith
American statistician and inventor（1860-1929）.
Born March 12th, 1860 in Buffalo.
Died November 17th, 1929 at 69 years old in Washington, D.C. (myocardial infarction).
Prince Maximilian of Baden
German chancellor (1867-1929).
Born July 10th, 1867 in Baden-Baden.
Died November 6th, 1929 at 62 years old in Salem.
Blind Lemon Jefferson
American blues singer and guitarist (1893–1929).
Born October 26th, 1894 in Wortham, Coutchman.
Died December 19th, 1929 at 35 years old in Chicago.
Millicent Garrett Fawcett
English politician, writer, and activist (1847–1929).
Born June 11th, 1847 in Aldeburgh.
Died August 5th, 1929 at 82 years old in Gower Street.
Maria Christina of Austria
Queen consort of spain (1858-1929).
Born July 21st, 1858 in Židlochovice Castle.
Died February 6th, 1929 at 70 years old in Madrid.
Frederick Abberline
Former chief inspector for the london metropolitan police (1843-1929).
Born January 8th, 1843 in Blandford Forum.
Died December 10th, 1929 at 86 years old in Bournemouth.
Wilhelm Maybach
German engine designer and industrialist (1846–1929).
Born February 9th, 1846 in Heilbronn.
Died December 29th, 1929 at 83 years old in Stuttgart.
Mahidol Adulyadej, Prince Father
Thai prince (1892–1929).
Born January 1st, 1892 in Queen Savang Vadhana’s House.
Died September 24th, 1929 at 37 years old in Sa Pathum palace (dysentery, liver abscess).
Norman Pritchard
Indian athlete and the first olympic medal winner from india (1877-1929).
Born June 23rd, 1877 in Kolkata.
Died October 31st, 1929 at 52 years old in Los Angeles.
Emile Berliner
German-born american inventor (1851–1929).
Born May 20th, 1851 in Hanover.
Died August 3rd, 1929 at 78 years old in Washington, D.C. (myocardial infarction).
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That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet. Emily Dickinson