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In the year 1929
257 Notable deaths
Tsuda Umeko
Japanese educator (1864–1929).
Born December 31st, 1864 in Minamichō.
Died August 16th, 1929 at 64 years old in Kamakura (intracranial hemorrhage).
John Maxwell
British army officer and colonial governor (1859-1929).
Born July 11th, 1859 in Liverpool.
Died February 21st, 1929 at 69 years old in Cape Town.
Yakov Blumkin
Russian revolutionary and spy (1900-1929).
Born March 25th, 1900 in Odesa.
Died November 3rd, 1929 at 29 years old in Moscow (ballistic trauma).
Princess Olga Paley
Russian noble (1865–1929).
Born December 2nd, 1865 in Saint Petersburg.
Died November 2nd, 1929 at 63 years old in Paris.
Julio Antonio Mella
Cuban politician (1903-1929).
Born March 25th, 1903 in Havana. [ref]
Died January 11th, 1929 at 25 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Herman Potočnik
Slovenian inventor (1892-1929).
Born December 22nd, 1892 in Pula.
Died August 27th, 1929 at 36 years old in Vienna (pneumonia).
Joseph Goldberger
Hungarian-american epidemiologist (1874-1929).
Born July 16th, 1874 in Giraltovce.
Died January 17th, 1929 at 54 years old in Washington, D.C..
Fausto Zonaro
Italian painter (1854-1929).
Born September 18th, 1854 in Masi.
Died July 19th, 1929 at 74 years old in Sanremo.
Stepa Stepanović
Serbian field marshal (1856-1929).
Born March 11th, 1856 in Kumodraž.
Died April 29th, 1929 at 73 years old in Čačak.
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