In the year 1929

265 Notable deaths

Jonathan Dwight

Ornithologist (1858–1929).

Born December 8th, 1858 in New York City.

Died February 22nd, 1929 at 70 years old in New York City (cancer).

Alexei Petrovich Pavlov

Russian geologist (1854–1929).

Born November 19th, 1854 in Moscow.

Died September 9th, 1929 at 74 years old in Moscow, Bad Tölz.

Ödön Tersztyánszky

Hungarian fencer (1890-1929).

Born March 6th, 1890 in Csákvár.

Died June 21st, 1929 at 39 years old in Budapest (traffic collision).

Karl Friedrich Reiche

German botanist (1860–1929).

Born October 31st, 1860 in Dresden.

Died February 26th, 1929 at 68 years old in Munich.

Jean-Baptiste Mimiague

French fencer (1871–1929).

Born February 3rd, 1871 in Villefranche-sur-Mer.

Died August 6th, 1929 at 58 years old in Nice.

Matti Aikio

Saami poet and writer (1872-1929).

Born June 18th, 1872 in Karasjok.

Died July 25th, 1929 at 57 years old in Oslo.

Antonius Colenbrander

Dutch equestrian.

Born May 3rd, 1889 in Jatinegara.

Died September 24th, 1929 at 40 years old in Arnhem (horse fall).

Jānis Fabriciuss

Latvian soviet commander and commissar (1877-1929).

Born June 26th, 1877 in Zlēkas.

Died August 24th, 1929 at 52 years old in Sochi (drowning).

William Vincent Fitzgerald

Australian botanist (1867-1929).

Born July 21st, 1867 in Mangana.

Died August 6th, 1929 at 62 years old in New Guinea.

Thomas Chipman McRae

Governor of arkansas (1851-1929).

Born December 21st, 1851 in Union County.

Died June 2nd, 1929 at 77 years old in Prescott.

Deaths 241 to 250 of 265

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Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. Helen Keller (Remember that Helen Keller was blind)