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In the year 1929
257 Notable deaths
Enrico Ferri
Criminologist (1856-1929).
Born February 25th, 1856 in San Benedetto Po. [ref]
Died April 12th, 1929 at 73 years old in Rome. [ref]
Édouard Louis Joseph, 1st Baron Empain
Engineer, entrepreneur, financier, industrialist (1852-1929).
Born September 20th, 1852 in Belœil.
Died July 22nd, 1929 at 76 years old in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre - Sint-Pieters-Woluwe.
João Franco
Portuguese politician (1855-1929).
Born February 14th, 1855 in Portugal. [ref]
Died April 4th, 1929 at 74 years old in Anadia.
Gotō Shinpei
Japanese statesman (1857-1929).
Born July 24th, 1857 in Mutsu Province.
Died April 13th, 1929 at 71 years old in Kyoto.
Daniel Barringer
American geologist.
Born May 25th, 1860 in Raleigh.
Died November 30th, 1929 at 69 years old in Philadelphia.
Carl Ben Eielson
American aviator and explorer (1897-1929).
Born January 20th, 1897 in North Dakota.
Died November 9th, 1929 at 32 years old in Alaska.
Clemens von Pirquet
Austrian physician (1874-1929).
Born May 12th, 1874 in Hirschstetten.
Died February 28th, 1929 at 54 years old in Vienna (suicide method).
Robert Ridgway
American ornithologist (1850-1929).
Born July 2nd, 1850 in Mount Carmel. [ref]
Died March 25th, 1929 at 78 years old in Olney. [ref]
Heinrich Zille
German artist (1858-1929).
Born January 10th, 1858 in Radeburg. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1929 at 71 years old in Berlin (cerebrovascular disease). [ref]
Pierre Fatou
French mathematician and astronomer.
Born February 28th, 1878 in Lorient. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1929 at 51 years old in Pornichet. [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 257
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