In the year 1929
351 Notable deaths
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).
Harry Crosby
American writer (1898–1929).
Born June 4th, 1898 in Boston.
Died December 10th, 1929 at 31 years old in New York City.
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).
Oscar Underwood
American politician (1862–1929).
Born May 6th, 1862 in Louisville.
Died January 25th, 1929 at 66 years old in Woodlawn.
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.
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).
Hans Delbrück
German historian (1848-1929).
Born November 11th, 1848 in Bergen auf Rügen.
Died July 14th, 1929 at 80 years old in Berlin.
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 painter (1854–1929).
Born July 14th, 1854 in Radom.
Died October 8th, 1929 at 75 years old in Kraków.
Charles Francis Brush
American businessman (1849–1929).
Born March 17th, 1849 in Euclid.
Died June 15th, 1929 at 80 years old in Cleveland. [ref]
José Batlle y Ordóñez
President of uruguay in 1903-1907 and 1911-1915 (1856-1929).
Born May 21st, 1856 in Montevideo.
Died October 20th, 1929 at 73 years old in Montevideo.
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.
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.
Ernest Mason Satow
British diplomat (1843-1929).
Born June 30th, 1843 in Upper Clapton. [ref]
Died August 29th, 1929 at 86 years old in Exeter. [ref]
Tsuda Umeko
Japanese educator (1864–1929).
Born December 31st, 1864 in Minamichō.
Died August 16th, 1929 at 64 years old in Kamakura (intracranial hemorrhage).
Richard Réti
Czechoslovakian chess player (1889–1929).
Born May 28th, 1889 in Pezinok.
Died June 6th, 1929 at 40 years old in Prague (scarlet fever).
Mary MacLane
American writer (1881-1929).
Born May 1st, 1881 in Winnipeg.
Died August 6th, 1929 at 48 years old in Chicago.
Tanaka Giichi
Japanese general (1864-1929).
Died September 29th, 1929 at 65 years old in Kōjimachi-ku.
John Maxwell
British army officer and colonial governor (1859-1929).
Born July 11th, 1859 in Liverpool.
Died February 21st, 1929 at 69 years old in Cape Town.
Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
Prime minister of nepal (1863–1929).
Born July 8th, 1863 in Kathmandu.
Died November 26th, 1929 at 66 years old in Kathmandu (disease).
Princess Olga Paley
Russian noble (1865–1929).
Born December 14th, 1865 in Saint Petersburg.
Died November 2nd, 1929 at 63 years old in Paris.
Yakov Blumkin
Russian revolutionary and spy (1900-1929).
Born February 27th, 1900 in Odesa.
Died November 3rd, 1929 at 29 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Julio Antonio Mella
Cuban politician (1903-1929).
Born March 25th, 1903 in Havana.
Died January 11th, 1929 at 25 years old in Mexico City.
William Boyd Dawkins
Welsh geologist, paleontologist and archaeologist (1837–1929).
Born December 26th, 1837 in Welshpool.
Died January 15th, 1929 at 91 years old in Cheshire.
Joseph Goldberger
Slovak-american epidemiologist (1874-1929).
Born July 16th, 1874 in Giraltovce.
Died January 17th, 1929 at 54 years old in Washington, D.C..
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Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which cannot exist when I do? Epicurus