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203 Notable deaths
 by 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).

Born June 9th, 1865 in Largs.

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).

Ángel Ganivet

Spanish writer (1865–1898).

Born December 13th, 1865 in Granada.

Died November 29th, 1898 at 32 years old in Riga (drowning).

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