In the year 1934
289 Notable deaths
Charles Francis Jenkins
American inventor and pioneer of cinema and television.
Born August 22nd, 1867 in Dayton.
Died June 6th, 1934 at 66 years old in Washington, D.C..
Erich Mühsam
German-jewish antimilitarist anarchist essayist, poet and playwright (1878-1934).
Born April 6th, 1878 in Berlin. [ref]
Died July 10th, 1934 at 56 years old in Oranienburg concentration camp. [ref]
François Coty
French perfumer, businessman, newspaper publisher, politician and patron of the arts (1874-1934).
Born May 3rd, 1874 in Ajaccio. [ref]
Died July 25th, 1934 at 60 years old in Louveciennes (pneumonia, stroke). [ref]
Raymond Hood
American architect.
Born March 29th, 1881 in Pawtucket.
Died August 14th, 1934 at 53 years old in Stamford.
Willem de Sitter
Dutch cosmologist.
Born May 6th, 1872 in Sneek. [ref]
Died November 20th, 1934 at 62 years old in Leiden. [ref]
William Henry Welch
American physician and scientist.
Born April 8th, 1850 in Norfolk.
Died April 30th, 1934 at 84 years old in Johns Hopkins Hospital (prostate cancer).
Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
Duke of schleswig-holstein-sonderburg-glücksburg, then titular duke of schleswig-holstein (1855-1934).
Born October 12th, 1855 in Kiel.
Died January 21st, 1934 at 78 years old in Przemków.
Mykhailo Hrushevskyi
Ukrainian politician and historian.
Born September 29th, 1866 in Chełm. [ref]
Died November 26th, 1934 at 68 years old in Kislovodsk (sepsis). [ref]
Oskar von Hutier
German general.
Born August 27th, 1857 in Erfurt.
Died December 5th, 1934 at 77 years old in Berlin.
James Rolph
California politician (1869-1934).
Born August 23rd, 1869 in San Francisco.
Died June 2nd, 1934 at 64 years old in Santa Clara (myocardial infarction).
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Death is nothing, but to live defeated is to die every day. Napoleon Bonaparte