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In the year 1934
322 Notable deaths
E. A. Wallis Budge
British academic.
Born July 27th, 1857 in Bodmin. [ref]
Died November 23rd, 1934 at 77 years old in London, Greater London. [ref]
Louis-Hubert Lyautey
General and colonial administrator from france (1854-1934).
Born November 17th, 1854 in Nancy. [ref]
Died July 21st, 1934 at 79 years old in Thorey-Lyautey. [ref]
Mary Hunter Austin
Memoirist, novelist, poet, essayist, critic, playwright (1868–1934).
Born September 9th, 1868 in Carlinville.
Died August 13th, 1934 at 65 years old in Santa Fe.
Jean Vigo
French film director.
Born April 26th, 1905 in Paris. [ref]
Died October 5th, 1934 at 29 years old in Paris (tuberculosis). [ref]
Vyacheslav Menzhinsky
Soviet politician (1874-1934).
Born August 31st, 1874 in Saint Petersburg.
Died May 10th, 1934 at 59 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Siegbert Tarrasch
German chess player, chess writer, and chess theoretician (1862–1934).
Born March 5th, 1862 in Wrocław. [ref]
Died February 17th, 1934 at 71 years old in Munich. [ref]
Gerald du Maurier
British actor and manager.
Born March 26th, 1873 in London.
Died April 11th, 1934 at 61 years old in London (colorectal cancer).
Mykhailo Hrushevskyi
Ukrainian politician and historian (1866–1934).
Born September 29th, 1866 in Chełm.
Died November 26th, 1934 at 68 years old in Kislovodsk (sepsis). [ref]
Andrei Bely
Russian poet, writer and critic (1880–1934).
Born October 26th, 1880 in Moscow. [ref]
Died January 8th, 1934 at 53 years old in Moscow (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Frank J. Sprague
American naval officer and railroad pioneer (1857-1934).
Born July 25th, 1857 in Milford.
Died October 25th, 1934 at 77 years old in United States of America.
Deaths 51 to 60 of 322
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