In the year 1929
351 Notable deaths
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 (1863–1929).
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).
Francis E. Warren
American politician and civil war veteran (1844-1929).
Born June 20th, 1844 in Hinsdale.
Died November 24th, 1929 at 85 years old in Washington, D.C..
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.
Died June 21st, 1929 at 64 years old in Alençon.
Georg von der Marwitz
German general (1856–1929).
Born July 7th, 1856 in Słupsk.
Died October 27th, 1929 at 73 years old
Pinetop Smith
American boogie-woogie style blues pianist (1904-1929).
Died March 15th, 1929 at 24 years old in Chicago (gunshot wound).
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.
Charles Cooley
American sociologist (1864–1929).
Born August 17th, 1864 in Ann Arbor.
Died May 8th, 1929 at 64 years old in Ann Arbor (cancer). [ref]
Thomas Power O'Connor
British politician (1848-1929).
Born October 5th, 1848 in Athlone.
Died November 18th, 1929 at 81 years old in London.
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.
Ray Lankester
British zoologist (1847-1929).
Born May 15th, 1847 in London, Westminster.
Died August 13th, 1929 at 82 years old in London, Chelsea.
Paul Leni
German film director (1885–1929).
Born July 8th, 1885 in Stuttgart. [ref]
Died September 2nd, 1929 at 44 years old in Hollywood (sepsis). [ref]
Maurice Sarrail
French general (1856–1929).
Born May 4th, 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.
Died August 7th, 1929 at 54 years old in Belgrade.
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Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment. Dag Hammarskjold