In the year 1935

311 Notable deaths

A. C. Bradley

British literary scholar (1851–1935).

Born March 26th, 1851 in Clapham.

Died September 2nd, 1935 at 84 years old

Milman Parry

American academic.

Born June 20th, 1902 in Oakland.

Died December 3rd, 1935 at 33 years old in Los Angeles (accidental death).

Barbados Joe Walcott

British boxer (1873-1935).

Born March 13th, 1873 in British Guiana.

Died October 1st, 1935 at 62 years old in Massillon (traffic collision).

John Rahm

American golfer (1854–1935).

Born January 8th, 1854 in Richmond.

Died July 28th, 1935 at 81 years old in Omaha.

Thomas Stevens

Round-the-world, cyclist and writer (1854-1935).

Born December 24th, 1854 in Berkhamsted.

Died January 24th, 1935 at 80 years old in London (bladder cancer).

Valerian Kuybyshev

Soviet politician (1888-1935).

Born June 6th, 1888 in Omsk.

Died January 25th, 1935 at 46 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).

Edoardo Agnelli

Italian entrepreneur (1892–1935).

Born January 2nd, 1892 in Verona.

Died July 14th, 1935 at 43 years old in Genoa.

Bennie Moten

American musician (1894–1935).

Born November 13th, 1894 in Kansas City.

Died April 2nd, 1935 at 40 years old in Kansas City.

Leroy Carr

American blues singer, songwriter and pianist (1905–1935).

Born March 27th, 1905 in Nashville.

Died April 29th, 1935 at 30 years old in Indianapolis (nephritis).

Archduke Leopold Ferdinand of Austria

Austro-tuscan imperial and royal (1868-1935).

Born December 2nd, 1868 in Salzburg.

Died July 4th, 1935 at 66 years old in Berlin.

Paul Bourget

French writer.

Born September 2nd, 1852 in Amiens. [ref]

Died December 25th, 1935 at 83 years old in Paris. [ref]

Clarice Beckett

Australian artist (1887-1935).

Born March 21st, 1887 in Casterton.

Died July 7th, 1935 at 48 years old in Sandringham.

Arthur Arz von Straußenburg

Austro-hungarian general.

Born June 16th, 1857 in Sibiu.

Died June 1st, 1935 at 77 years old in Budapest (myocardial infarction).

Panait Istrati

Romanian writer.

Born August 10th, 1884 in Brăila.

Died May 16th, 1935 at 50 years old in Bucharest (tuberculosis). [ref]

Stanley G. Weinbaum

American writer (1902-1935).

Born April 4th, 1902 in Louisville.

Died December 14th, 1935 at 33 years old in Louisville (lung cancer).

Mao Zetan

Mao zedong's brother (1905-1935).

Born September 25th, 1905 in Shaoshan.

Died April 25th, 1935 at 29 years old in Jiangxi.

Granville Redmond

American artist (1871-1935).

Born March 9th, 1871 in Philadelphia.

Died May 24th, 1935 at 64 years old in Hollywood.

Mack Swain

American actor, vaudevillian (1876–1935).

Born February 16th, 1876 in Salt Lake City.

Died August 25th, 1935 at 59 years old in Tacoma.

M. Carey Thomas

American suffragist (1857–1935).

Born January 2nd, 1857 in Baltimore.

Died December 2nd, 1935 at 78 years old in Philadelphia.

Nie Er

Composed the national anthem of the people's republic of china (1912-1935).

Born February 15th, 1912 in Kunming.

Died July 17th, 1935 at 23 years old in Fujisawa (drowning).

Charles Gordon-Lennox, 8th Duke of Richmond

British duke (1870-1935).

Born December 30th, 1870 in London.

Died May 7th, 1935 at 64 years old in West Sussex.

Basil Hall Chamberlain

British academic.

Born October 18th, 1850 in Southsea.

Died February 15th, 1935 at 84 years old in Portsmouth.

Agha Hashar Kashmiri

Poet, playwright and dramatist.

Born April 4th, 1879 in Varanasi.

Died April 28th, 1935 at 56 years old in Lahore.

Henry de Jouvenel

French politician, journalist and diplomat (1876–1935).

Born April 2nd, 1876 in Paris. [ref]

Died October 5th, 1935 at 59 years old in Paris.

Jay Gould II

American real tennis player (1888-1935).

Born September 1st, 1888 in New York City.

Died January 26th, 1935 at 46 years old in Margaretville.

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Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson