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204 Notable deaths
by drowning
Pavel Urysohn
Russian mathematician (1898–1924).
Born February 3rd, 1898 in Odesa.
Died August 17th, 1924 at 26 years old in Batz-sur-Mer (drowning).
Gherasim Luca
Romanian writer (1913–1994).
Born July 10th, 1913 in Bucharest.
Died March 6th, 1994 at 80 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt (drowning).
Preston King
American politician.
Born October 14th, 1806 in Ogdensburg.
Died November 12th, 1865 at 59 years old in New York Harbor (drowning).
William Wilton
British football manager of rangers fc (1865-1920).
Died May 2nd, 1920 at 54 years old in Gourock (drowning).
Péter Szondi
German literary scholar and philologist (1929–1971).
Born May 27th, 1929 in Budapest.
Died November 9th, 1971 at 42 years old in West Berlin (drowning).
Frank Nicholas Meyer
Dutch american botanist (1875-1918).
Born November 30th, 1875 in Amsterdam.
Died June 2nd, 1918 at 42 years old in Shanghai (drowning).
Ernesto Cesaro
Italian mathematician (1859-1906).
Born March 12th, 1859 in Naples.
Died September 12th, 1906 at 47 years old in Torre Annunziata (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).
Alexander Vampilov
Soviet russian playwright (1937–1972).
Born August 19th, 1937 in Cheremkhovo.
Died August 17th, 1972 at 34 years old in Lake Baikal (drowning).
Jiří Schelinger
Czech musician (1951-1981).
Born March 6th, 1951 in Bousov.
Died April 13th, 1981 at 30 years old in Bratislava (drowning).
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