In the year 1934
399 Notable deaths
François Coty
French perfumer, businessman, newspaper publisher, politician and patron of the arts (1874-1934).
Born May 3rd, 1874 in Ajaccio.
Died July 25th, 1934 at 60 years old in Louveciennes (pneumonia, stroke).
Willem de Sitter
Dutch cosmologist (*1872 – †1934).
Died November 20th, 1934 at 62 years old in Leiden.
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 (1867–1934).
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 (gunshot wound).
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 (1904–1934).
Born May 10th, 1904 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 29th, 1934 at 30 years old in Saint Petersburg (gunshot wound, 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 (1850–1934).
Born April 8th, 1850 in Norfolk.
Died April 30th, 1934 at 84 years old in Johns Hopkins Hospital (prostate cancer).
Ferdinand von Bredow
German general (1884–1934).
Born May 16th, 1884 in Neuruppin.
Died July 1st, 1934 at 50 years old in Lichterfelde (gunshot wound).
Oskar von Hutier
German general (1857–1934).
Born August 27th, 1857 in Erfurt.
Died December 5th, 1934 at 77 years old in Berlin.
Hakaru Hashimoto
Japanese physician and endocrinologist (1881–1934).
Died January 9th, 1934 at 52 years old in Mie Prefecture (typhoid fever).
Lew Cody
American actor (1884-1934).
Born February 22nd, 1884 in Berlin.
Died May 31st, 1934 at 50 years old in Beverly Hills (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Atulprasad Sen
Indian musician and activist (1871-1934).
Born October 20th, 1871 in Dhaka.
Died August 26th, 1934 at 62 years old in Lucknow.
Wallace Thurman
American novelist active during the harlem renaissance (1902–1934).
Born August 16th, 1902 in Salt Lake City.
Died December 26th, 1934 at 32 years old in New York City (tuberculosis).
Edgar Julius Jung
German jurist and essayist (1894–1934).
Born March 6th, 1894 in Ludwigshafen.
Died July 1st, 1934 at 40 years old in Oranienburg.
Franz Schreker
Austrian composer (1878–1934).
Born March 23rd, 1878 in Monaco.
Died March 21st, 1934 at 55 years old in Berlin (myocardial infarction).
William Morris Davis
American geographer (1850–1934).
Born February 12th, 1850 in Philadelphia.
Died February 5th, 1934 at 83 years old in Pasadena.
Raffaele Garofalo
Italian criminologist and jurist (1851-1934).
Born November 18th, 1851 in Naples.
Died April 18th, 1934 at 82 years old in Naples.
Lowell Sherman
Actor, director (1885-1934).
Born October 11th, 1885 in San Francisco.
Died December 28th, 1934 at 49 years old in Hollywood (pneumonia).
Blaise Diagne
Senegalese politician (1872-1934).
Born October 13th, 1872 in Gorée.
Died May 11th, 1934 at 61 years old in Cambo-les-Bains.
James Mark Baldwin
American philosopher and psychologist (1861–1934).
Born January 12th, 1861 in Columbia.
Died November 8th, 1934 at 73 years old in Paris. [ref]
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