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204 Notable deaths
by drowning
Octave Hamelin
French philosopher (1856–1907).
Born July 22nd, 1856 in Le Lion-d'Angers.
Died September 11th, 1907 at 51 years old in courant d'Huchet (drowning).
Jan Ligthart
Dutch educator (1859-1916).
Born January 11th, 1859 in Amsterdam.
Died February 16th, 1916 at 57 years old in Laag-Soeren (drowning).
Anders Kulläng
Rally driver (1943-2012).
Born September 23rd, 1943 in Karlstad.
Died February 28th, 2012 at 68 years old in Thailand (drowning).
Marcello Marchesi
Italian actor and director (1912–1978).
Born April 4th, 1912 in Milan.
Died July 19th, 1978 at 66 years old in Cabras (drowning).
Anna Lisitsyna
Partisan, heroine of the soviet union (1922-1942).
Born February 14th, 1922 in Karelia.
Died August 3rd, 1942 at 20 years old in Svir (drowning).
Luigi Gatti
Italian businessman and the titanic victim.
Born January 3rd, 1875 in Montalto Pavese.
Died April 15th, 1912 at 37 years old in Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean (drowning).
Cyril of Varna and Veliki Preslav
Bulgarian bishop (1954-2013).
Born June 8th, 1954 in Tsarev brod.
Died July 9th, 2013 at 59 years old in Varna (drowning). [ref]
Henrik Sjöberg
Swedish sportsman (1875–1905).
Born January 20th, 1875 in Stockholm.
Died August 1st, 1908 at 33 years old in Helsingør (drowning).
Ernst Schultz
Danish sprinter (1879–1906).
Born May 15th, 1879 in Horsens.
Died June 20th, 1906 at 27 years old in Roskilde Fjord (drowning).
Yulia Ryabchinskaya
Ukrainian soviet canoe racer (1947–1973).
Born January 21st, 1947 in Pishchanka.
Died January 13th, 1973 at 25 years old in Poti (drowning).
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