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In the year 1934
335 Notable deaths
Thomas A. Watson
American inventor and businessperson; assistant to alexander graham bell (1854–1934).
Born January 18th, 1854 in Salem.
Died December 13th, 1934 at 80 years old in St. Petersburg.
E. A. Wallis Budge
British academic.
Born July 27th, 1857 in Bodmin. [ref]
Died November 23rd, 1934 at 77 years old in London, Greater London. [ref]
Louis-Hubert Lyautey
General and colonial administrator from france (1854-1934).
Born November 17th, 1854 in Nancy. [ref]
Died July 21st, 1934 at 79 years old in Thorey-Lyautey. [ref]
Mary Hunter Austin
Memoirist, novelist, poet, essayist, critic, playwright (1868–1934).
Born September 9th, 1868 in Carlinville.
Died August 13th, 1934 at 65 years old in Santa Fe.
Jean Vigo
French film director.
Born April 26th, 1905 in Paris. [ref]
Died October 5th, 1934 at 29 years old in Paris (tuberculosis). [ref]
Vyacheslav Menzhinsky
Soviet politician (1874-1934).
Born August 31st, 1874 in Saint Petersburg.
Died May 10th, 1934 at 59 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Siegbert Tarrasch
German chess player, chess writer, and chess theoretician (1862–1934).
Born March 5th, 1862 in Wrocław. [ref]
Died February 17th, 1934 at 71 years old in Munich. [ref]
Gerald du Maurier
British actor and manager (1873–1934).
Born March 26th, 1873 in London.
Died April 11th, 1934 at 61 years old in London (colorectal cancer).
Mykhailo Hrushevskyi
Ukrainian politician and historian (1866–1934).
Born September 29th, 1866 in Chełm.
Died November 26th, 1934 at 68 years old in Kislovodsk (sepsis). [ref]
Andrei Bely
Russian poet, writer and critic (1880–1934).
Born October 26th, 1880 in Moscow. [ref]
Died January 8th, 1934 at 53 years old in Moscow (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Frank J. Sprague
American naval officer and railroad pioneer (1857-1934).
Born July 25th, 1857 in Milford.
Died October 25th, 1934 at 77 years old in United States of America.
Erich Mühsam
German-jewish anarchist writer (1878–1934).
Born April 6th, 1878 in Berlin.
Died July 10th, 1934 at 56 years old in Oranienburg concentration camp.
Louis Barthou
French politician (1862-1934).
Born August 25th, 1862 in Oloron-Sainte-Marie. [ref]
Died October 9th, 1934 at 72 years old in Marseille. [ref]
Gertrude Käsebier
American photographer (1852-1934).
Born May 18th, 1852 in Des Moines. [ref]
Died October 12th, 1934 at 82 years old in New York City. [ref]
François Coty
French perfumer, businessman, newspaper publisher, politician and patron of the arts (1874-1934).
Born May 3rd, 1874 in Ajaccio. [ref]
Died July 25th, 1934 at 60 years old in Louveciennes (pneumonia, stroke). [ref]
Willem de Sitter
Dutch cosmologist.
Born May 6th, 1872 in Sneek. [ref]
Died November 20th, 1934 at 62 years old in Leiden. [ref]
Raymond Hood
American architect (1881–1934).
Born March 29th, 1881 in Pawtucket.
Died August 14th, 1934 at 53 years old in Stamford.
Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
Duke of schleswig-holstein-sonderburg-glücksburg, then titular duke of schleswig-holstein (1855-1934).
Born October 12th, 1855 in Kiel.
Died January 21st, 1934 at 78 years old in Przemków.
Charles Francis Jenkins
American inventor and pioneer of cinema and television.
Born August 22nd, 1867 in Dayton.
Died June 6th, 1934 at 66 years old in Washington, D.C..
Karl Ernst
German sa leader (1904-1934).
Born September 1st, 1904 in Wilmersdorf.
Died June 30th, 1934 at 29 years old in Lichterfelde (ballistic trauma).
George W. P. Hunt
American politician (1859–1934).
Born November 1st, 1859 in Huntsville. [ref]
Died December 24th, 1934 at 75 years old in Phoenix (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Leonid Nikolaev
Russian assassin.
Born May 10th, 1904 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 29th, 1934 at 30 years old in Saint Petersburg (ballistic trauma, execution by shooting).
Carsten Borchgrevink
Anglo-norwegian polar explorer (1864-1934).
Born December 1st, 1864 in Christiania.
Died April 21st, 1934 at 69 years old in Oslo.
James Rolph
California politician (1869-1934).
Born August 23rd, 1869 in San Francisco.
Died June 2nd, 1934 at 64 years old in Santa Clara (myocardial infarction).
William Henry Welch
American physician and scientist.
Born April 8th, 1850 in Norfolk.
Died April 30th, 1934 at 84 years old in Johns Hopkins Hospital (prostate cancer).
Deaths 51 to 75 of 335
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