In the year 1919
180 Notable deaths
Woldemar Voigt
German physicist.
Born September 2nd, 1850 in Leipzig.
Died December 13th, 1919 at 69 years old in Göttingen.
J. Alden Weir
American artist (1852-1919).
Born August 30th, 1852 in West Point. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1919 at 67 years old in New York City.
Paul Carus
American philosopher.
Born July 18th, 1852 in Ilsenburg. [ref]
Died February 11th, 1919 at 66 years old in LaSalle. [ref]
Hugo Haase
German jurist, politician (spd), and pacifist (1863-1919).
Born September 29th, 1863 in Olsztyn.
Died November 7th, 1919 at 56 years old in Berlin.
Vera Kholodnaya
First star of russian silent cinema.
Born August 5th, 1893 in Poltava.
Died February 17th, 1919 at 25 years old in Odesa (1918-1920 flu pandemic).
Alexander Izvolsky
Russian diplomat (1856-1919).
Born March 18th, 1856 in Moscow. [ref]
Died August 16th, 1919 at 63 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Fukushima Yasumasa
Japanese general (1852-1919).
Born May 27th, 1852 in Matsumoto.
Died February 19th, 1919 at 66 years old in Tokyo.
Mehmed Reshid
Ottoman physician, politician and governor.
Born February 8th, 1873 in Kuban Oblast.
Died February 6th, 1919 at 45 years old in Istanbul (gunshot wound).
Wilhelm Lehmbruck
German sculptor (1881–1919).
Born January 4th, 1881 in Duisburg.
Died March 25th, 1919 at 38 years old in Berlin.
Francisco Moreno
Argentinian explorer and naturalist (1852–1919).
Born May 31st, 1852 in Buenos Aires.
Died November 22nd, 1919 at 67 years old in Buenos Aires.
Deaths 61 to 70 of 180
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