Famous Deaths for Year 1919

Months in Year 1919: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Deaths 1 - 106 of 106

Jan 1st - William W Campbell, Canadian poet (Ian of the Orcades), dies at 60
Jan 1st - Mikhail Drozdovsky, Russian general (b. 1881)
Jan 4th - Georg von Hertling, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1843)
Jan 6th - Theodore Roosevelt, 26th Pres (1901-09), dies in NY at 60
Jan 6th - Max Heindel, Danish astrologer and mystic (b. 1865)
Jan 8th - Peter Altenberg, writer, dies at 59
Jan 15th - Karl Liebknecht, Marxist revolutionary, murdered at 47
Jan 15th - Rosa Luxemburg, Marxist revolutionary, murdered
Jan 16th - Jaroslav Jeremias, composer, dies at 19
Jan 16th - Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, President of Brazil (b. 1848)
Jan 18th - John C F, son of English king George V, dies at 13
Jan 21st - Gojong of Joseon, Emperor of Korea (b. 1852)
Jan 27th - Endre Ady, Hungarian poet (b. 1877)
Jan 31st - Paul Lindau, German playwright/critic (Estimate), dies at 79
Feb 2nd - Xavier Henry Napoleon Leroux, composer, dies at 55
Feb 5th - Vasili V Rozanov, Russian philosopher/writer, dies at 62
Feb 6th - Friedrich W Mengelberg, German sculptor/painter, dies at 81
Feb 7th - William Halford, American naval officer and Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1841)
Feb 15th - Pieter K Pel, Dutch internist (Pel-Ebstein fever), dies at 66
26th US President Theodore Roosevelt (Jan 6th) Feb 16th - Vera Kholodnaya, Russian film star (b. 1893)
Feb 21st - Giovanni Bolzoni, composer, dies at 77
Feb 21st - Habib Ullah Chan, emir of Afghanistam (1901-19), murdered at 46
Feb 21st - Karl von Hohenzollern, Prince of Belgium, dies
Feb 21st - Kurt Eisner, premier Bayern (soc), murdered at 51
Feb 24th - Josephine McGill, composer, dies at 41
Feb 25th - Josef Christiaens, Belgian racing driver (b. 1879)
Mar 2nd - Melchora Aquino, Filipino revolutionary hero (b. 1812)
Mar 5th - Jozef Surzynski, composer, dies at 67
Mar 8th - Auguste Tolbecque, composer, dies at 88
Mar 11th - Harald Fryklof, composer, dies at 36
Mar 16th - Sigurd von Koch, composer, dies at 39
Mar 23rd - Jean HL Bossard, actor/impresario (2 Orphans), dies at 45
Apr 3rd - Paul Geisler, composer, dies at 62
Apr 4th - William Crookes, English chemist/physicist (Crookes-pipe), dies at 86
Apr 6th - Stefan Surzynski, composer, dies at 63
Apr 8th - Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist (b. 1848)
Apr 10th - Emiliano Zapata, Mexican leader, murdered at 39
Apr 18th - Enny Vrede, [Maria M Muller], Dutch actress, drowns at 35
Apr 30th - Henry Wood, England cricket wicket keeper (in 4 Tests 1888-92), dies
May 2nd - Gustav Landauer, German socialist, dies
May 4th - Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak politician, French general and astronomer (b. 1880)
May 6th - Frank Lyman Baum, author (Wizard of Oz), dies at 62
Founder of Heinz Henry John Heinz (May 14th) May 14th - Henry John Heinz, founder of the H. J. Heinz Company, dies at 74
May 17th - Bohumil Pazdirek, composer, dies at 80
May 17th - Guido von List, German occult author (b. 1848)
May 20th - Jacob Verdam, philosopher, dies
May 21st - Victor A D Segalen, [Max Anely], French ship's doctor/writer, dies
May 21st - Yevgraf Fyodorov, Russian mathematician (b. 1853)
May 24th - Amado Nervo, [Juan C Ruiz de Nervo], Mexican poet, dies at 48
May 25th - Madame C J Walker, wealthy cosmetics manufacturer, dies at 51
May 27th - Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian social activist (b. 1848)
May 29th - Robert Bacon, American politician (b. 1860)
May 30th - Lord John WS Raleigh, British physicist (Nobel 1904), dies
Jun 8th - Jacob Fabricius, composer, dies at 78
Jun 23rd - Amy G C A Bonet-Maury, French reformed theologist, dies
Jun 29th - José Gregorio Hernández Venezuelan physician (b. 1864)
Jun 30th - John W S Raleigh, British physicist (Nobel 1904), dies at 76
Physicist and Nobel Laureate John W Rayleigh (Jun 30th) Jun 30th - John W Rayleigh, English physicist, dies at 76
Jul 7th - Paul Deusen, German philosopher/CEO (Schopenhauer-Gesellschaft), dies
Jul 15th - Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist and Nobel Prize laureate, commits suicide at 66
Jul 26th - Sir Edward Poynter, British painter (b. 1836)
Jul 31st - R G Barlow, cricketer (591 runs/34 wickets/17 Tests for England), dies
Aug 4th - D[ave] W Gregory, cricketer (brother of Ned, uncle of Syd), dies
Aug 9th - Ernst Haeckel, German philosopher (Social Darwinism), dies at 85
Aug 9th - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (Pagliacci), dies at 62
Aug 11th - Andrew Carnegie, US steel industrialist/philanthropist, dies at 83
Aug 18th - Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian distillery founder (b. 1841)
Aug 20th - Gregor MacGregor, English cricket wicketkeeper (8 Tests 1890-93), dies
Aug 20th - Greg MacGregor, England cricketer (b. 1869)
Aug 27th - Louis Botha, South African soldier/statesman, dies at 56
Aug 30th - Johann Sigurjonsson, Icelandic writer (Dr Rung), dies
Sep 6th - Worm Pander, sculptor
Chemist and Nobel Laureate Hermann Emil Fischer (Jul 15th) Sep 12th - Leonid N Andrejev, Russ journalist/writer (Seven Hangs), dies at 48
Sep 24th - Frank Laver, cricketer (15 Tests for Aust 1899-1909), dies
Sep 27th - Adelina [Adela JM] Patti, Italian soprano (Lucio), dies at 76
Sep 27th - Robert Gleeson, cricketer (one Test for South Africa 1895-96), dies
Oct 2nd - Ernest Halliwell, cricketer (South African wicketkeeper 1892-1904), dies
Oct 3rd - Daniel Brink Towner, composer, dies at 69
Oct 5th - Jean Louis Nicode, composer, dies at 66
Oct 7th - Alfred Deakin, second Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856)
Oct 8th - Eugene Demolder, Belgian writer (Sous la Robe), dies
Oct 13th - Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1857)
Oct 14th - Wilhelm von Siemens, German industrial/son of Werner, dies
Oct 16th - Charles Harford Lloyd, composer, dies on 70th birthday
Oct 21st - Sven August Korling, composer, dies at 77
Oct 22nd - Bruce F Cummings, English author (Enjoying Life), dies at 30
Oct 27th - John Harry, cricket wicketkeeper (Aust one Test 1895, one catch), dies
Oct 27th - Theodoor H de Meester, premier (1905-08), dies
Oct 28th - Ted Wainwright, cricketer (Yorks stalwart, 5 Tests 1893-98), dies
Oct 29th - Soen Shaku, Zen abbot of Engakuji monastery in Kamakura, dies at 60
Oct 29th - A. B. Simpson, Canadian preacher (b. 1843)
Nov 7th - Hugo Haase, German MP (SPD), murdered at 56
Nov 9th - Eduard Müller, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1848)
Nov 15th - Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist (Nobel 1913), dies
Nov 15th - Mohammad Farid, an influential Egyptian political figure.
Nov 18th - Ferdinand Domela Newenhouse, anarchist (free socialist), dies
Nov 22nd - Francisco Moreno, Argentine explorer (b. 1852)
Dec 2nd - Henry Clay Frick, built largest coke & steel operation, dies at 69
Painter & Sculptor Pierre Auguste Renoir (Dec 3rd) Dec 3rd - Pierre A Renoir, French painter/sculptor, dies at 78
Dec 13th - Amintore Galli, composer, dies at 74
Dec 13th - Woldemar Voigt, German physicist (b. 1850)
Dec 18th - Horatio William Parker, composer, dies at 56
Dec 18th - John Alcock, pilot (1st non-stop over Atlantic), dies in crash at 27
Dec 27th - Achilles Alferaki, composer, dies at 73
Dec 27th - Theodoor H de Meester, Dutch lib premier (1905-08), dies at 68
Dec 28th - Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist (b. 1854)