Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
In the year 1929
271 Notable deaths
Myron Timothy Herrick
American politician (1854–1929).
Born October 9th, 1854 in Huntington Township.
Died March 31st, 1929 at 74 years old in Paris (cardioplegia).
Gladys Brockwell
American actress (1893-1929).
Born September 26th, 1893 in Brooklyn.
Died July 2nd, 1929 at 35 years old in Hollywood (car collision).
Hélène Smith
French occultist (1861-1929).
Born December 19th, 1861 in Martigny.
Died June 10th, 1929 at 67 years old in Geneva. [ref]
Edwin Denby
American politician (1870-1929).
Born February 18th, 1870 in Evansville.
Died February 8th, 1929 at 58 years old in Detroit.
António José de Almeida
President of portugal (1866-1929).
Born July 17th, 1866 in Penacova.
Died October 31st, 1929 at 63 years old in Lisbon (nephrosclerosis, Myocarditis, rheumatism).
Vasil Radoslavov
Prime minister of bulgaria (1854-1929).
Born July 27th, 1854 in Lovech. [ref]
Died October 21st, 1929 at 75 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Gyula Andrássy the Younger
Austrian-hungarian politician, minister of foreign affairs (1860-1929).
Born June 30th, 1860 in Trebišov. [ref]
Died June 11th, 1929 at 68 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Sir Charles Monro, 1st Baronet
British army general.
Died December 7th, 1929 at 69 years old in London.
Fehime Sultan
Ottoman princess (1875-1929).
Born August 2nd, 1875 in Istanbul.
Died September 15th, 1929 at 54 years old in Nice (tuberculosis).
Jozef Murgaš
Slovak entomologist, painter, inventor and roman catholic priest (1864-1929).
Born February 17th, 1864 in Tajov.
Died May 11th, 1929 at 65 years old in Wilkes-Barre.
Louisine Havemeyer
American art collector (1855-1929).
Born July 28th, 1855 in New York City. [ref]
Died January 6th, 1929 at 73 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi
Uzbek screenwriter and poet (1889-1929).
Born March 6th, 1889 in Kokand.
Died March 18th, 1929 at 40 years old in Shohimardon (stoning).
Amandus Adamson
Estonian sculptor (1855-1929).
Born November 12th, 1855 in Paldiski.
Died June 26th, 1929 at 73 years old in Paldiski.
Morton Prince
American physician who specialized in neurology and abnormal psychology.
Born December 21st, 1854 in Boston.
Died August 31st, 1929 at 74 years old in Boston.
Jacques Rigaut
French poet (1898–1929).
Born December 30th, 1898 in Paris.
Died November 9th, 1929 at 30 years old in Châtenay-Malabry.
Albert von Schrenck-Notzing
German parapsychologist & psychotherapist (1862-1929).
Born May 18th, 1862 in Oldenburg. [ref]
Died February 12th, 1929 at 66 years old in Munich. [ref]
Henry Arthur Jones
English dramatist (1851–1929).
Born September 20th, 1851 in Granborough.
Died January 7th, 1929 at 77 years old in Hampstead.
Adolf Meyer
German architect (1881–1929).
Born June 17th, 1881 in Mechernich.
Died July 14th, 1929 at 48 years old in Baltrum (drowning).
Marc McDermott
Australian-american silent film actor (1881-1929).
Born July 24th, 1881 in Goulburn.
Died January 5th, 1929 at 47 years old in Glendale (liver cirrhosis).
Henry Jackson
Royal navy officer (1855–1929).
Born January 21st, 1855 in Barnsley.
Died December 14th, 1929 at 74 years old in Hampshire.
Shtjefën Gjeçovi
Albanian priest and scholar.
Born July 12th, 1874 in Janjevo.
Died October 14th, 1929 at 55 years old in Zym.
Ray Keech
Racecar driver.
Born May 1st, 1900 in Coatesville.
Died June 15th, 1929 at 29 years old in Tipton (traffic collision).
Peng Pai
Chinese agrarian movement and peasants' rights activist (1896-1929).
Born October 22nd, 1896 in Haifeng County.
Died August 30th, 1929 at 32 years old in Shang-hai (gunshot wound).
Edward L. Atkinson
Royal navy surgeon and antarctic explorer (1881-1929).
Born November 23rd, 1881 in Windward Islands, Saint Vincent.
Died February 20th, 1929 at 47 years old in Mediterranean Sea.
Minnie Hauk
American singer and actor (1851-1929).
Born November 16th, 1851 in New York City.
Died February 6th, 1929 at 77 years old in Lucerne.
Deaths 101 to 125 of 271
No art is possible without a dance with death. Kurt Vonnegut