March 21st
216 Notable deaths
Volodymyr Antonovych
Ukrainian historian.
Born January 18th, 1834 in Chernobyl, Makhnivka. [ref]
Died March 21st, 1908 at 74 years old in Kyiv (pneumonia). [ref]
Otto Schrader
German philologist (1855-1919).
Born March 28th, 1855 in Weimar.
Died March 21st, 1919 at 63 years old in Wrocław.
Evald Aav
Estonian composer and choirmaster (1900–1939).
Born March 6th, 1900 in Tallinn.
Died March 21st, 1939 at 39 years old in Tallinn (disease).
Otto Liebe
Danish politician, prime minister of denmark in 1920.
Born May 24th, 1860 in Copenhagen. [ref]
Died March 21st, 1929 at 68 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
Stepan Levitsky
Russian chess player (1876–1924).
Born April 13th, 1876 in Zadonsk.
Died March 21st, 1924 at 47 years old in Nizhnyaya Tura.
Carlos Ezeta
President of el salvador (1852-1903).
Born June 14th, 1852 in San Salvador.
Died March 21st, 1903 at 50 years old in Mazatlán.
Fevzi Zemzem
Turkish association football player (1941–2022).
Born July 4th, 1941 in İskenderun.
Died March 21st, 2022 at 80 years old [ref]
Vincenzo Cabianca
Italian painter (1827–1902).
Born June 21st, 1827 in Verona.
Died March 21st, 1902 at 74 years old in Rome.
August von Pettenkofen
Austrian artist.
Born May 10th, 1822 in Vienna.
Died March 21st, 1889 at 66 years old in Vienna.
Federigo Tozzi
Italian writer (1883–1920).
Born January 1st, 1883 in Siena. [ref]
Died March 21st, 1920 at 37 years old in Rome (1918–1920 flu pandemic, influenza). [ref]
Zygmunt Puławski
Polish aerospace engineer.
Born October 24th, 1901 in Lublin.
Died March 21st, 1931 at 29 years old in Warsaw (aviation accident).
Léonie d'Aunet
French writer, playwright and explorer (1820–1879).
Died March 21st, 1879 at 58 years old in 1st arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Alfred A. Foucher
French archaeologist (1865-1952).
Born November 21st, 1865 in Lorient.
Died March 21st, 1952 at 86 years old in Sceaux.
Herm Schaefer
American basketball player-coach (1918-1980).
Born December 20th, 1918 in Fort Wayne.
Died March 21st, 1980 at 61 years old in Indianapolis.
Sam Ferris
British long-distance runner.
Born August 29th, 1900 in Northern Ireland.
Died March 21st, 1980 at 79 years old in Torquay.
Yehezkel Chazom
Israeli footballer (1946–2023).
Born November 30th, 1946 in Iraq.
Died March 21st, 2023 at 76 years old [ref]
William Conklin
American actor (1872–1935).
Born December 25th, 1872 in Brooklyn.
Died March 21st, 1935 at 62 years old in Hollywood (stroke). [ref]
Charles Waldstein
English archaeologist (1856–1927).
Born March 30th, 1856 in New York City.
Died March 21st, 1927 at 70 years old in Naples.
Vitali Melnikov
Soviet and russian film director, screenwriter (1928–2022).
Born May 1st, 1928 in Mazanovo.
Died March 21st, 2022 at 93 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Ramón Encinas
Spanish association football manager (1893-1967).
Born May 19th, 1893 in Pontevedra.
Died March 21st, 1967 at 73 years old in Madrid.
Margarete von Wrangell
Baltic german agricultural chemist (1877-1932).
Born January 7th, 1877 in Moscow.
Died March 21st, 1932 at 55 years old in Stuttgart.
Jesús Aranguren
Spanish football player and manager (1944-2011).
Born December 26th, 1944 in Portugalete.
Died March 21st, 2011 at 66 years old in Barakaldo (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Enrico D'Ovidio
Mathematician and politician from italy.
Born August 11th, 1843 in Campobasso.
Died March 21st, 1933 at 89 years old in Turin.
Yuri Razuvaev
Russian chess player (1945–2012).
Born October 10th, 1945 in Moscow.
Died March 21st, 2012 at 66 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Adrienne Avril de Sainte-Croix
French activist and philanthropist.
Born February 10th, 1855 in Carouge.
Died March 21st, 1939 at 84 years old in Menton. [ref]
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I shall not die of a cold. I shall die of having lived. Willa Cather