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.

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).

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).

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]

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).

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.

Ruan Lingyu

Chinese silent film actress.

Born April 26th, 1910 in Shanghai.

Died March 8th, 1935 at 24 years old in Shanghai (drug overdose).

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.

Nigamananda Paramahansa

Hindu spiritual leader (1880–1935).

Born August 19th, 1880 in Kutabpur.

Died November 29th, 1935 at 55 years old in Kolkata.

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.

Edwin Arlington Robinson

American poet (1869–1935).

Born December 22nd, 1869 in Maine.

Died April 6th, 1935 at 65 years old in New York City (stomach cancer).

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