In the year 1929
271 Notable deaths
Tsuda Umeko
Japanese educator (1864–1929).
Born December 31st, 1864 in Minamichō.
Died August 16th, 1929 at 64 years old in Kamakura (intracranial hemorrhage).
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.
Yakov Blumkin
Russian revolutionary and spy (1900-1929).
Born March 11th, 1900 in Odesa.
Died November 3rd, 1929 at 29 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Princess Olga Paley
Russian noble (1865–1929).
Born December 2nd, 1865 in Saint Petersburg.
Died November 2nd, 1929 at 63 years old in Paris.
Julio Antonio Mella
Cuban politician (1903-1929).
Born March 25th, 1903 in Havana.
Died January 11th, 1929 at 25 years old in Mexico City.
Elizabeth Bisland
American writer and journalist.
Born February 11th, 1861 in St. Mary Parish. [ref]
Died January 6th, 1929 at 67 years old in Charlottesville (pneumonia). [ref]
Herman Potočnik
Slovenian inventor (1892-1929).
Born December 22nd, 1892 in Pula.
Died August 27th, 1929 at 36 years old in Vienna (pneumonia).
Joseph Goldberger
Hungarian-american epidemiologist (1874-1929).
Born July 16th, 1874 in Giraltovce.
Died January 17th, 1929 at 54 years old in Washington, D.C..
Fausto Zonaro
Italian painter (1854-1929).
Born September 18th, 1854 in Masi.
Died July 19th, 1929 at 74 years old in Sanremo.
Stepa Stepanović
Serbian field marshal (1856-1929).
Born March 11th, 1856 in Kumodraž.
Died April 29th, 1929 at 73 years old in Čačak.
Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
Prime minister of nepal.
Born July 8th, 1863 in Kathmandu.
Died November 26th, 1929 at 66 years old in Kathmandu (disease).
Habibullāh Kalakāni
Reaver of afghan nation (1929).
Born January 19th, 1890 in Kabul.
Died November 2nd, 1929 at 39 years old in Kabul (gunshot wound).
Sergei Nilus
Russian writer (1862–1929).
Born September 9th, 1862 in Moscow. [ref]
Died January 14th, 1929 at 66 years old in Krutets (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Segundo de Chomón
Spanish-french film director, cinematographer and animator (1871-1929).
Born October 17th, 1871 in Teruel.
Died May 2nd, 1929 at 57 years old in 20th arrondissement of Paris.
Frank Keenan
American actor and film director (1858-1929).
Born April 8th, 1858 in Dubuque.
Died February 24th, 1929 at 70 years old in Hollywood (pneumonia).
Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse
British sociologist (1864-1929).
Born September 8th, 1864 in St Ive. [ref]
Died June 21st, 1929 at 64 years old in Alençon. [ref]
Georg von der Marwitz
German general (1856–1929).
Born July 7th, 1856 in Słupsk.
Died October 27th, 1929 at 73 years old in Unichowo.
Pinetop Smith
American boogie-woogie style blues pianist (1904-1929).
Born June 11th, 1904 in Troy. [ref]
Died March 15th, 1929 at 24 years old in Chicago (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Mae Costello
American actress (1882-1929).
Born August 13th, 1882 in Brooklyn.
Died August 2nd, 1929 at 46 years old in Los Angeles.
Dustin Farnum
American actor, singer and dancer (1874-1929).
Born May 27th, 1874 in Rockingham County.
Died July 3rd, 1929 at 55 years old in Manhattan (kidney failure).
Carl Auer von Welsbach
Austrian scientist and inventor (1858-1929).
Born September 1st, 1858 in Vienna.
Died August 4th, 1929 at 70 years old in Mölbling.
Richard Adolf Zsigmondy
Austrian chemist (1865-1929).
Born April 1st, 1865 in Vienna.
Died September 23rd, 1929 at 64 years old in Göttingen.
Bliss Carman
Canadian-american author (1861–1929).
Born April 15th, 1861 in Fredericton.
Died June 8th, 1929 at 68 years old in New Canaan.
Paul Leni
German film director.
Born July 8th, 1885 in Stuttgart. [ref]
Died September 2nd, 1929 at 44 years old in Hollywood (sepsis). [ref]
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You needn’t die happy when your time comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from the beginning to the end. Stephen King