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In the year 1932
272 Notable deaths
Bipin Chandra Pal
Indian academic and politician (1858–1932).
Born November 7th, 1858 in Habiganj District. [ref]
Died May 20th, 1932 at 73 years old in Kolkata. [ref]
Ronald Ross
Indian-british doctor, nobel laureate, writer, and artist.
Born May 13th, 1857 in Almora. [ref]
Died September 16th, 1932 at 75 years old in London. [ref]
Lytton Strachey
English writer.
Born March 1st, 1880 in London. [ref]
Died January 21st, 1932 at 51 years old in Berkshire (stomach cancer). [ref]
Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
Bengali feminist writer and social reformer (1880-1932).
Born December 9th, 1880 in Rangpur District.
Died December 9th, 1932 at 52 years old in Kolkata (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.
American broadway impresario.
Born March 21st, 1867 in Chicago.
Died July 22nd, 1932 at 65 years old in Hollywood (pleurisy).
Edgar Wallace
British crime writer, journalist and playwright.
Born April 1st, 1875 in Greenwich. [ref]
Died February 10th, 1932 at 56 years old in Beverly Hills (pneumonia). [ref]
William Wrigley
American businessman (1861-1932).
Born September 30th, 1861 in Philadelphia.
Died January 26th, 1932 at 70 years old in Phoenix.
Kenneth Grahame
British novelist.
Born March 8th, 1859 in Edinburgh. [ref]
Died July 6th, 1932 at 73 years old in Berkshire. [ref]
Archduchess Gisela of Austria
Austrian imperial and royal.
Born July 12th, 1856 in Laxenburg.
Died July 27th, 1932 at 76 years old in Munich.
Charles Fort
American writer.
Born August 6th, 1874 in Albany.
Died May 3rd, 1932 at 57 years old in Royal Hospital. [ref]
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