In the year 1929

351 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, 1894 in Brooklyn.

Died July 2nd, 1929 at 34 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.

Joseph Valentin Boussinesq

French mathematician and physicist (1842-1929).

Born March 13th, 1842 in Saint-André-de-Sangonis.

Died February 19th, 1929 at 86 years old in Paris.

Edvard August Vainio

Finnish botanist (1853-1929).

Born August 5th, 1853 in Pieksämäki.

Died May 14th, 1929 at 75 years old in Turku.

Édouard Schuré

French philosopher, writer, poet, playwright, music critic, anthroposophist and theosophist (1841–1929).

Born January 21st, 1841 in Strasbourg.

Died April 7th, 1929 at 88 years old in Paris.

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 (myocarditis, nephrosclerosis, 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]

Vernon Louis Parrington

Football coach; pulitzer prize winner; academic professor (1871–1929).

Born August 3rd, 1871 in Aurora.

Died June 16th, 1929 at 57 years old in Gloucestershire.

Gyula Andrássy the Younger

Austrian-hungarian politician, minister of foreign affairs (1860–1929).

Born June 30th, 1860 in Trebišov.

Died June 11th, 1929 at 68 years old in Budapest.

Sir Charles Monro, 1st Baronet

British army general (1860–1929).

Born June 15th, 1860.

Died December 7th, 1929 at 69 years old in London.

Jane M. Joseph

English composer (1894-1929).

Born May 31st, 1894 in London.

Died March 9th, 1929 at 34 years old in London (kidney failure).

Lilli Lehmann

German operatic soprano (1848–1929).

Born November 24th, 1848 in Würzburg. [ref]

Died May 17th, 1929 at 80 years old in Berlin. [ref]

Fehime Sultan

Ottoman princess.

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.

Died January 6th, 1929 at 73 years old in Manhattan.

Wilhelm von Bode

German art historian and museum director (1845-1929).

Born December 10th, 1845 in Calvörde.

Died March 1st, 1929 at 83 years old in Berlin.

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, Osternburg.

Died February 12th, 1929 at 66 years old in Munich.

Henry Arthur Jones

English dramatist (1851–1929).

Born September 19th, 1851 in Granborough.

Died January 7th, 1929 at 77 years old in Hampstead.

Elfrida Andrée

Swedish organist, composer and conductor (1841–1929).

Born February 19th, 1841 in Visby parish. [ref]

Died January 11th, 1929 at 87 years old in Vasa parish.

Deaths 126 to 150 of 351

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Death makes equal the high and low. John Heywood