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In the year 1929
265 Notable deaths
Katharine Lee Bates
American poet and songwriter (1859-1929).
Born October 16th, 1863 in Falmouth. [ref]
Died September 28th, 1929 at 65 years old in Wellesley. [ref]
Robert Henri
American painter (1865-1929).
Born June 24th, 1865 in Cincinnati. [ref]
Died July 12th, 1929 at 64 years old in New York City (prostate cancer). [ref]
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist (1874–1929).
Born February 1st, 1874 in Vienna. [ref]
Died July 15th, 1929 at 55 years old in Rodaun (stroke). [ref]
Otto Liman von Sanders
German general (1855–1929).
Born February 17th, 1855 in Słupsk.
Died August 22nd, 1929 at 74 years old in Munich.
Aletta Jacobs
Dutch physician and feminist, editor (1854–1929).
Born February 9th, 1854 in Sappemeer. [ref]
Died August 10th, 1929 at 75 years old in Baarn. [ref]
Dagmar Overbye
Danish serial child killer.
Born April 23rd, 1887 in Assendrup.
Died May 6th, 1929 at 42 years old in Copenhagen.
Miller Huggins
American baseball player.
Born March 27th, 1878 in Cincinnati.
Died September 25th, 1929 at 51 years old in New York City (sepsis).
Charles Fox Parham
American charismatic preacher.
Born June 4th, 1873 in Muscatine.
Died January 29th, 1929 at 55 years old in Kansas.
Jeanne Eagels
American actress (1890-1929).
Born June 26th, 1890 in Kansas City. [ref]
Died October 3rd, 1929 at 39 years old in New York City. [ref]
Liang Chi-chao
Chinese politician, activist and journalist (1873–1929).
Born February 23rd, 1873 in Huicheng Subdistrict.
Died January 19th, 1929 at 55 years old in Peking Union Medical College Hospital.
Deaths 21 to 30 of 265
Death is the ultimate boundary of human matters. Horace