In the year 1934
322 Notable deaths
Eugenie Besserer
Actress (1868-1934).
Born December 25th, 1868 in Watertown.
Died May 28th, 1934 at 65 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Paul Gustav Fischer
Danish artist (1860-1934).
Born July 22nd, 1860 in Copenhagen. [ref]
Died May 1st, 1934 at 73 years old in Gentofte Municipality.
Ronald Munro Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar
British politician (1860-1934).
Born March 6th, 1860 in Kirkcaldy.
Died March 30th, 1934 at 74 years old in Kirkcaldy.
William H. Woodin
United states secretary of the treasurer.
Born May 27th, 1868 in Berwick.
Died May 3rd, 1934 at 65 years old in New York City.
Alexandre Stavisky
French financier and embezzler whose actions created a political scandal that became known as the stavisky affair (1886-1934).
Born November 20th, 1886.
Died January 8th, 1934 at 47 years old in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc.
Jiro Sato
Japanese tennis player (1908–1934).
Born January 5th, 1908 in Tokyo, Nagao.
Died April 5th, 1934 at 26 years old in Strait of Malacca (drowning).
Jakob Wassermann
German writer (1873-1934).
Born March 10th, 1873 in Fürth. [ref]
Died January 1st, 1934 at 60 years old in Altaussee (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Charlie Gardiner
Canadian ice hockey player (1904–1934).
Born December 31st, 1904 in Edinburgh.
Died June 13th, 1934 at 29 years old in Winnipeg (cerebral hemorrhage).
Theobald Smith
American epidemiologist.
Born July 31st, 1859 in Albany.
Died December 10th, 1934 at 75 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Yumeji Takehisa
Japanese artist (1884-1934).
Born September 16th, 1884 in Honjōson.
Died September 1st, 1934 at 49 years old (tuberculosis).
Deaths 121 to 130 of 322
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Kahlil Gibran