Deaths by...
146 Notable deaths
by drowning
Alexander Vampilov
Russian playwright.
Born August 19th, 1937 in Cheremkhovo. [ref]
Died August 17th, 1972 at 34 years old in Lake Baikal (drowning). [ref]
Edward R. Ayrton
English egyptologist and archaeologist (1882-1914).
Born December 17th, 1882 in Wuhu. [ref]
Died May 18th, 1914 at 31 years old in Sri Lanka (drowning). [ref]
Pavel Samuilovich Urysohn
Russian mathematician.
Born February 3rd, 1898 in Odesa.
Died August 17th, 1924 at 26 years old in Batz-sur-Mer (drowning).
John Walter Gregory
British geologist and explorer.
Born January 27th, 1864 in London. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 1932 at 68 years old in Urubamba River (drowning).
Franz Babinger
German orientalist and turkologist (1891-1967).
Born January 15th, 1891 in Weiden in der Oberpfalz.
Died June 23rd, 1967 at 76 years old in Durrës (drowning).
Ivan Hribar
Slovenian politician and banker (1851-1941).
Born September 19th, 1851 in Trzin.
Died April 18th, 1941 at 89 years old in Ljubljana (drowning).
Hendrik Marsman
Dutch writer.
Born September 30th, 1899 in Zeist. [ref]
Died June 21st, 1940 at 40 years old in English Channel (drowning). [ref]
Adlan Varayev
Russian olympic wrestler.
Born January 2nd, 1962 in Sadovoe.
Died May 4th, 2016 at 54 years old in Chechen Republic (drowning). [ref]
Hermann Weingärtner
German gymnast.
Born August 27th, 1864 in Frankfurt (Oder).
Died December 22nd, 1919 at 55 years old in Frankfurt (Oder) (drowning).
Klara Dan von Neumann
Hungarian computer scientist (1911-1963).
Born August 18th, 1911 in Budapest.
Died November 10th, 1963 at 52 years old in San Diego (drowning).
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