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In the year 1924
171 Notable deaths
Ernest Fox Nichols
American physicist and academic administrator (1869-1924).
Born June 1st, 1869 in Leavenworth County.
Died April 29th, 1924 at 54 years old in New York City.
Wenceslao Retana
Civil servant (1862-1924).
Born September 28th, 1862 in Boadilla del Monte. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 1924 at 61 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant
French politician (1852-1924).
Born November 22nd, 1852 in La Flèche. [ref]
Died May 15th, 1924 at 71 years old in Bordeaux. [ref]
Stefan Toshev
Bulgarian general (1859-1924).
Born December 18th, 1859 in Stara Zagora.
Died November 27th, 1924 at 64 years old in Plovdiv.
Pavel Samuilovich Urysohn
Russian mathematician.
Born February 3rd, 1898 in Odesa.
Died August 17th, 1924 at 26 years old in Batz-sur-Mer (drowning).
Eva May
Austrian actress.
Born May 29th, 1902 in Vienna.
Died September 10th, 1924 at 22 years old in Baden bei Wien (ballistic trauma).
Þórarinn B. Þorláksson
Icelandic painter (1867-1924).
Born February 14th, 1867 in Undirfell.
Died July 10th, 1924 at 57 years old in Laugardalur.
Anna Palm de Rosa
Swedish artist (1859-1924).
Born December 25th, 1859 in Stockholm. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 1924 at 64 years old in Madonna dell'Arco.
Alexander Alexeyevich Gorsky
Russian choreographer.
Born August 6th, 1871 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died October 20th, 1924 at 53 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Jiří Wolker
Czech poet, journalist and playwright.
Born March 29th, 1900 in Prostějov. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1924 at 23 years old in Prostějov (tuberculosis). [ref]
Deaths 101 to 110 of 171
If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death. Samuel Butler