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304 Notable deaths
 by tuberculosis

Volin

Russian anarchist.

Born August 11th, 1882 in Voronezh.

Died September 18th, 1945 at 63 years old in Paris (tuberculosis).

Hanns Heinz Ewers

German actor and writer.

Born November 3rd, 1871 in Düsseldorf. [ref]

Died June 12th, 1943 at 71 years old in Berlin (tuberculosis). [ref]

Otto Schmidt

Russian and soviet geophysicist and polar explorer (1891-1956).

Born September 30th, 1891 in Mogilev.

Died September 7th, 1956 at 64 years old in Moscow (tuberculosis).

Mustafa Kamil

Egyptian politician.

Born August 14th, 1874 in Cairo. [ref]

Died February 10th, 1908 at 33 years old in Egypt (tuberculosis). [ref]

Gérard Encausse

Spanish-born french physician, hypnotist, and popularizer of occultism, who founded the modern martinist order (1865-1916).

Born July 13th, 1865 in A Coruña.

Died October 25th, 1916 at 51 years old in Paris (tuberculosis).

Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin

Russian painter.

Born November 5th, 1878 in Khvalynsk. [ref]

Died February 15th, 1939 at 60 years old in Saint Petersburg (tuberculosis). [ref]

Aleksa Šantić

Serbian poet (1868-1924).

Born May 27th, 1868 in Mostar.

Died February 2nd, 1924 at 55 years old in Mostar (tuberculosis).

René Daumal

French poet and novelist.

Born March 16th, 1908 in Paris. [ref]

Died May 21st, 1944 at 36 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris (tuberculosis). [ref]

Panama Al Brown

Boxer.

Born July 5th, 1902 in Colón City.

Died April 11th, 1951 at 48 years old in Staten Island (tuberculosis).

Barbecue Bob

American blues musician.

Born September 11th, 1902 in Georgia.

Died October 21st, 1931 at 29 years old in Lithonia (tuberculosis).

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