In the year 1919
325 Notable deaths
Theodore Roosevelt
26th president of the united states from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919).
Born October 27th, 1858 in Manhattan.
Died January 6th, 1919 at 60 years old in Sagamore Hill (pulmonary embolism).
Andrew Carnegie
Scottish-american industrialist and philanthropist (1835–1919).
Born November 25th, 1835 in Dunfermline.
Died August 11th, 1919 at 83 years old in Lenox (bronchopneumonia).
Madam C. J. Walker
American entrepreneur (1867-1919).
Born December 23rd, 1867 in Delta.
Died May 25th, 1919 at 51 years old in Irvington.
Rosa Luxemburg
Polish-german marxist revolutionary (1871–1919).
Born March 5th, 1871 in Zamość. [ref]
Died January 15th, 1919 at 47 years old in Berlin (gunshot wound). [ref]
Emiliano Zapata
Mexican revolutionary (1879–1919).
Born August 8th, 1879 in Anenecuilco.
Died April 10th, 1919 at 39 years old in Morelos (gunshot wound).
L. Frank Baum
American author of children's books (1856–1919).
Born May 15th, 1856 in Chittenango. [ref]
Died May 6th, 1919 at 62 years old in Hollywood (stroke). [ref]
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
French painter and sculptor (1841–1919).
Born February 25th, 1841 in Limoges. [ref]
Died December 17th, 1919 at 78 years old in Cagnes-sur-Mer (pneumonia). [ref]
Aaron Kosminski
Polish barber, "jack the ripper"(1865–1919).
Born September 11th, 1865 in Kłodawa.
Died March 24th, 1919 at 53 years old in London (gangrene).
Seth Bullock
(1849-1919) american lawman, businessman.
Born July 23rd, 1849 in Amherstburg.
Died September 23rd, 1919 at 70 years old in Deadwood (cancer).
Henry Clay Frick
American industrialist (1849-1919).
Born December 19th, 1849 in West Overton.
Died December 2nd, 1919 at 69 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Gojong of the Korean Empire
26th king of joseon, first emperor of the korean empire (1852–1919).
Born September 8th, 1852 in Unhyeongung.
Died January 21st, 1919 at 66 years old in Deoksugung (poison).
Ernst Haeckel
German zoologist (1834-1919).
Born February 16th, 1834 in Potsdam. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1919 at 85 years old in Jena. [ref]
Henri Rousseau
French painter (1844–1910).
Born May 21st, 1844 in Laval. [ref]
Died September 2nd, 1919 at 75 years old in Paris (gangrene). [ref]
Wilfrid Laurier
7th prime minister of canada (1841-1919).
Born November 20th, 1841 in Saint-Lin–Laurentides.
Died February 17th, 1919 at 77 years old in Ottawa (stroke).
Henry J. Heinz
American businessman (1844-1919).
Born October 11th, 1844 in Birmingham.
Died May 14th, 1919 at 74 years old in Pittsburgh (pneumonia).
Mary Edwards Walker
American feminist and doctor (1832–1919).
Born November 26th, 1832 in Oswego.
Died February 21st, 1919 at 86 years old in Oswego.
Melchora Aquino
Filipina revolutionary (1812-1919).
Born January 6th, 1812 in Balintawak.
Died March 2nd, 1919 at 107 years old in Caloocan.
Yakov Sverdlov
Soviet politician.
Born June 3rd, 1885 in Nizhny Novgorod.
Died March 16th, 1919 at 33 years old in Moscow (influenza, 1918–1920 flu pandemic).
Frank Winfield Woolworth
American businessman (1852-1919).
Born April 13th, 1852 in Rodman.
Died April 8th, 1919 at 66 years old in Glen Cove.
Louis Botha
South african general and politician (1862-1919).
Born September 27th, 1862 in Greytown.
Died August 27th, 1919 at 56 years old in Pretoria (influenza, 1918–1920 flu pandemic).
William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor
American politician (1848-1919).
Born March 31st, 1848 in New York City.
Died October 18th, 1919 at 71 years old in Brighton (heart failure).
Princess Charlotte of Prussia
Duchess consort of saxe-meiningen (1860–1919).
Born July 24th, 1860 in New Palace.
Died October 1st, 1919 at 59 years old in Baden-Baden (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Kandukuri Vireshalingam
Social reformer and father of modern telugu literature.
Born April 16th, 1848 in Rajahmundry.
Died May 27th, 1919 at 71 years old in Chennai.
Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria
Austrian archduke (1842-1919).
Born May 15th, 1842 in Vienna.
Died January 18th, 1919 at 76 years old in Schloss Klessheim.
Sophia Tolstaya
Russian writer (1844–1919).
Born September 3rd, 1844 in Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo.
Died November 4th, 1919 at 75 years old in Yasnaya Polyana (disease).
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There is only one god and his name is Death, and there is only one thing we say to Death: ‘Not today’. Syrio Forel