In the year 1929
271 Notable deaths
Maurice Sarrail
French general (1856–1929).
Born April 6th, 1856 in Carcassonne.
Died March 23rd, 1929 at 72 years old in Paris.
Max Bauer
German artillery expert in the first world war.
Born January 31st, 1869 in Quedlinburg.
Died May 6th, 1929 at 60 years old in Shanghai (smallpox).
Henri Gervex
French painter (1852-1929).
Born December 10th, 1852 in Montmartre.
Died June 7th, 1929 at 76 years old in 17th arrondissement of Paris.
Jacques Doucet
French fashion designer and art collector (1853-1929).
Born February 19th, 1853 in former 1st arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died October 30th, 1929 at 76 years old in Paris.
Archibald Reiss
Forensic scientist (1875-1929).
Born July 8th, 1875 in Hausach. [ref]
Died August 7th, 1929 at 54 years old in Belgrade.
Prince Kuniyoshi Kuni
Japanese prince.
Born June 23rd, 1873 in Kyoto.
Died June 29th, 1929 at 56 years old in Tokyo (sepsis).
Percy Alexander MacMahon
British mathematician (1854-1929).
Born September 26th, 1854 in Sliema.
Died December 25th, 1929 at 75 years old in Bognor Regis.
Rainis
Latvian poet (1865–1929).
Born September 11th, 1865 in Dunava.
Died September 12th, 1929 at 64 years old in Jūrmala.
Nasreddine Dinet
French painter (1861-1929).
Born March 28th, 1861 in 1st arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died December 24th, 1929 at 68 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Enrico Ferri
Criminologist (1856-1929).
Born February 25th, 1856 in San Benedetto Po.
Died April 12th, 1929 at 73 years old in Rome.
Édouard Louis Joseph, 1st Baron Empain
Engineer, entrepreneur, financier, industrialist (1852-1929).
Born September 20th, 1852 in Belœil.
Died July 22nd, 1929 at 76 years old in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre - Sint-Pieters-Woluwe.
João Franco
Portuguese politician (1855-1929).
Born February 14th, 1855 in Portugal.
Died April 4th, 1929 at 74 years old in Anadia.
Gotō Shinpei
Japanese statesman (1857-1929).
Born July 24th, 1857 in Mutsu Province.
Died April 13th, 1929 at 71 years old in Kyoto.
Daniel Barringer
American geologist.
Born May 25th, 1860 in Raleigh.
Died November 30th, 1929 at 69 years old in Philadelphia.
Carl Ben Eielson
American aviator and explorer (1897-1929).
Born January 20th, 1897 in North Dakota.
Died November 9th, 1929 at 32 years old in Alaska.
Clemens von Pirquet
Austrian physician (1874-1929).
Born May 12th, 1874 in Hirschstetten.
Died February 28th, 1929 at 54 years old in Vienna (suicide method).
Robert Ridgway
American ornithologist (1850-1929).
Born July 2nd, 1850 in Mount Carmel. [ref]
Died March 25th, 1929 at 78 years old in Olney. [ref]
Heinrich Zille
German artist (1858-1929).
Born January 10th, 1858 in Radeburg. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1929 at 71 years old in Berlin (cerebrovascular disease). [ref]
Pierre Fatou
French mathematician and astronomer (1878–1929).
Born February 28th, 1878 in Lorient.
Died August 9th, 1929 at 51 years old in Pornichet.
Walter Baldwin Spencer
English-australian biologist and anthropologist..
Born June 23rd, 1860 in Stretford.
Died July 14th, 1929 at 69 years old in Navarino Island.
Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret
French painter (1852-1929).
Born January 7th, 1852 in Paris.
Died July 3rd, 1929 at 77 years old in Quincey.
Arthur Johnson
Irish footballer (1879–1929).
Born April 12th, 1879 in Dublin.
Died May 23rd, 1929 at 50 years old in Wallasey (pneumonia). [ref]
Michael Roger Oldfield Thomas
British mammalogist (1858–1929).
Born February 21st, 1858 in Millbrook.
Died June 16th, 1929 at 71 years old in London.
Cornelis Lely
Dutch civil servant and politician (1854-1929).
Born September 23rd, 1854 in Amsterdam.
Died January 22nd, 1929 at 74 years old in The Hague.
Manuel Gomes da Costa
Portuguese general and politician (1863–1929).
Born January 14th, 1863 in Lisbon.
Died December 17th, 1929 at 66 years old in Lisbon.
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Anything I’ve done that was ultimately worthwhile initially scared me to death. Betty Bender