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In the year 1935
369 Notable deaths
Wiley Post
American aviator; first pilot to fly solo around the world (1898–1935).
Born November 22nd, 1898 in Van Zandt County.
Died August 15th, 1935 at 36 years old in Point Barrow (aviation accident).
John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe
Royal navy officer (1859-1935).
Born December 5th, 1859 in Southampton.
Died November 20th, 1935 at 75 years old in Kensington.
Paul Signac
French painter (1863–1935).
Born November 11th, 1863 in Paris.
Died August 15th, 1935 at 71 years old in Paris (sepsis).
Edward Carson, Baron Carson
Irish politician, barrister and judge (1854-1935).
Born February 9th, 1854 in Dublin.
Died October 22nd, 1935 at 81 years old in Isle of Thanet.
Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche
Sister of friedrich nietzsche (1846-1935).
Born July 10th, 1846 in Röcken.
Died November 8th, 1935 at 89 years old in Weimar.
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
Syrian muslim preacher (1882–1935).
Born November 19th, 1882 in Gabala.
Died November 20th, 1935 at 53 years old in Nazlet Zeid (gunshot wound).
Childe Hassam
American painter (1859-1935).
Born October 17th, 1859 in Dorchester.
Died August 27th, 1935 at 75 years old in East Hampton.
Charles Kingsford Smith
Australian aviator (1897-1935).
Born February 9th, 1897 in Hamilton.
Died November 8th, 1935 at 38 years old in Andaman Sea (aircraft crash).
Hugo Junkers
German aviation pioneer (1859-1935).
Born February 3rd, 1859 in Rheydt.
Died February 3rd, 1935 at 76 years old in Gauting.
Abraham Isaac Kook
Chief rabbi of british mandatory palestine (1865-1935).
Born September 7th, 1865 in Grīva.
Died September 1st, 1935 at 69 years old in Jerusalem (cancer).
DeWolf Hopper
American actor (1858-1935).
Born March 30th, 1858 in New York City.
Died September 23rd, 1935 at 77 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Adolph Ochs
American newspaper publisher (1858–1935).
Born March 12th, 1858 in Cincinnati.
Died April 8th, 1935 at 77 years old in Chattanooga.
Paul Dukas
French composer (1865–1935).
Born October 1st, 1865 in 1st arrondissement of Paris.
Died May 18th, 1935 at 69 years old in Paris.
Mihajlo Pupin
Serbian-american physicist, physical chemist and philanthropist (1858–1935).
Born October 4th, 1858 in Idvor.
Died March 12th, 1935 at 76 years old in New York City.
Aaron Nimzovich
Latvian-born danish chess player and theoretician (1886-1935).
Born November 7th, 1886 in Riga.
Died March 16th, 1935 at 48 years old in Copenhagen (pneumonia).
Max Liebermann
German painter (1847–1935).
Born July 20th, 1847 in Berlin. [ref]
Died February 8th, 1935 at 87 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Arthur Henderson
British politician (1863-1935).
Born September 13th, 1863 in Glasgow.
Died October 20th, 1935 at 72 years old in London.
Hugo de Vries
Dutch botanist (1848-1935).
Born February 16th, 1848 in Haarlem. [ref]
Died May 21st, 1935 at 87 years old in Lunteren. [ref]
Rotha Lintorn-Orman
British fascist.
Born February 7th, 1895 in Kensington.
Died March 10th, 1935 at 40 years old in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading
British politician (1860-1935).
Born October 10th, 1860 in London.
Died December 30th, 1935 at 75 years old in London.
André Citroën
French businessman (1878-1935).
Born February 5th, 1878 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.
Died July 3rd, 1935 at 57 years old in Paris (stomach cancer).
Ruan Lingyu
Chinese silent film actress.
Born April 26th, 1910 in Shanghai.
Died March 8th, 1935 at 24 years old in Shanghai (drug overdose).
Juan Vicente Gómez
Venezuelan general and dictator (1857-1935).
Born July 24th, 1857 in Táchira.
Died December 17th, 1935 at 78 years old in Maracay.
Iyasu V
Emperor of abyssinia (1895-1935) and temporary loyalist of garad diiriye guure.
Born February 4th, 1895 in Dessie.
Died November 25th, 1935 at 40 years old in Addis Ababa.
Komitas
Ottoman armenian priest, musicologist, composer and vardapet (1869–1935).
Born October 8th, 1869 in Kütahya.
Died October 22nd, 1935 at 66 years old in Paris.
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon