In the year 1929
240 Notable deaths
Rainis
Latvian poet (1865—1929).
Born September 11th, 1865 in Dunava Parish. [ref]
Died September 12th, 1929 at 64 years old in Jūrmala. [ref]
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).
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.
João Franco
Portuguese politician (1855-1929).
Born February 14th, 1855 in Portugal. [ref]
Died April 4th, 1929 at 74 years old in Anadia.
Walter Baldwin Spencer
English-australian biologist and anthropologist..
Born June 23rd, 1860 in Stretford.
Died July 14th, 1929 at 69 years old in Navarino Island.
Pierre Fatou
French mathematician and astronomer.
Born February 28th, 1878 in Lorient. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1929 at 51 years old in Pornichet. [ref]
Daniel Barringer
American geologist.
Born May 25th, 1860 in Raleigh.
Died November 30th, 1929 at 69 years old in Philadelphia.
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]
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]
Michael Roger Oldfield Thomas
British mammalogist (1858—1929).
Born February 21st, 1858 in Millbrook. [ref]
Died June 16th, 1929 at 71 years old in London. [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 240
Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die. Unknown