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In the year 1929
271 Notable deaths
Dagmar Overby
Danish serial child killer (1887–1929).
Born April 23rd, 1887 in Vedslet Parish. [ref]
Died May 6th, 1929 at 42 years old in Vestre Prison. [ref]
Miller Huggins
American baseball player (1878–1929).
Born March 27th, 1878 in Cincinnati.
Died September 25th, 1929 at 51 years old in New York City (sepsis).
Charles Fox Parham
American charismatic preacher.
Born June 4th, 1873 in Muscatine.
Died January 29th, 1929 at 55 years old in Kansas.
Jeanne Eagels
American actress (1890-1929).
Born June 26th, 1890 in Kansas City. [ref]
Died October 3rd, 1929 at 39 years old in New York City. [ref]
Liang Chi-chao
Chinese politician, activist and journalist (1873–1929).
Born February 23rd, 1873 in Huicheng Subdistrict.
Died January 19th, 1929 at 55 years old in Peking Union Medical College Hospital.
Henry Scott Tuke
English painter and photographer (1858-1929).
Born June 12th, 1858 in York. [ref]
Died March 13th, 1929 at 70 years old in Falmouth.
Charles Cooley
American sociologist.
Born August 17th, 1864 in Ann Arbor.
Died May 27th, 1929 at 64 years old in Ann Arbor (cancer).
Mercédès Jellinek
Namesake of mercedes-benz.
Born September 16th, 1889 in Vienna.
Died February 23rd, 1929 at 39 years old in Vienna (bone cancer).
La Goulue
Can-can dancer from france.
Born July 12th, 1866 in Clichy.
Died January 30th, 1929 at 62 years old in 10th arrondissement of Paris, Lariboisière Hospital.
David Dunbar Buick
Scottish-american inventor.
Born September 17th, 1854 in Arbroath.
Died March 5th, 1929 at 74 years old in Detroit (colorectal cancer).
Arthur Scherbius
German cryptographer (1878–1929).
Born October 30th, 1878 in Frankfurt.
Died May 13th, 1929 at 50 years old in Berlin (traffic collision).
Frederick Taylor Gates
American baptist clergyman.
Died February 6th, 1929 at 75 years old in Phoenix.
Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia
Russian grand duke (1861–1929).
Born October 16th, 1861 in Petergof.
Died April 26th, 1929 at 67 years old in London (influenza).
Aby Warburg
German art historian and cultural theorist.
Born June 13th, 1866 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died October 26th, 1929 at 63 years old in Hamburg (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Charles Allan Gilbert
American illustrator (1873-1929).
Born September 3rd, 1873 in Hartford.
Died April 20th, 1929 at 55 years old in New York City (pneumonia).
Victor L. Berger
American democratic socialist politician (1860–1929).
Born February 28th, 1860 in Austria–Hungary.
Died August 7th, 1929 at 69 years old in Milwaukee (railway accident).
William D. Boyce
Businessman and founder of scouting in america (1858-1929).
Born June 16th, 1858 in Plum Township.
Died June 11th, 1929 at 70 years old in Chicago.
Oscar Underwood
American politician (1862-1929).
Born May 6th, 1862 in Louisville.
Died January 25th, 1929 at 66 years old in Woodlawn.
Franz Rosenzweig
Jewish theologian and philosopher (1886–1929).
Born December 25th, 1886 in Kassel.
Died December 10th, 1929 at 42 years old in Frankfurt (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
Agner Krarup Erlang
Danish mathematician, statistician and engineer (1878–1929).
Born January 1st, 1878 in Lønborg.
Died February 3rd, 1929 at 51 years old in Copenhagen.
Jacek Malczewski
Polish artist (1854-1929).
Born July 14th, 1854 in Radom. [ref]
Died October 8th, 1929 at 75 years old in Kraków. [ref]
André Messager
French opera composer and conductor (1853–1929).
Born December 30th, 1853 in Montluçon.
Died February 24th, 1929 at 75 years old in 17th arrondissement of Paris.
José Batlle y Ordóñez
Politician, president of uruguay (1856-1929).
Born May 21st, 1856 in Montevideo. [ref]
Died October 20th, 1929 at 73 years old in Lavalleja Department. [ref]
Antoine Bourdelle
French painter and sculptor (1861–1929).
Born October 30th, 1861 in Montauban. [ref]
Died October 1st, 1929 at 67 years old in Le Vésinet.
Richard Réti
Czechoslovakian chess player.
Born May 28th, 1889 in Pezinok. [ref]
Died June 6th, 1929 at 40 years old in Prague (scarlet fever). [ref]
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