Famous People Who Died in 1910

Feb 15 Albert Fuchs, Swiss-German composer, dies at 51
Feb 16 Albert Heinrich Zabel, German-Russian harpist and composer, dies at 75
Feb 20 Boutros Ghali, Prime Minister of Egypt (1908-1910), assassinated by a nationalist at 64
Mar 4 Knut Ångström, Swedish physicist (b. 1857)
Mar 10 Carl Reinecke, German pianist, composer and teacher (Undine Sonata), dies at 85
Mar 10 Karl Lueger, Austrian politician, cofounder and leader of the Austrian Christian Social Party, dies at 65
Mar 17 Joaquin Valverde Durán, Spanish composer, dies at 64
Mar 20 Nadar [Félix Tournachon], French photographer and balloonist, took the first aerial photograph, dies at 89
Mar 20 James Hogan, Irish College Football Hall of Fame tackle (Yale), dies of Bright's disease at 37
Mar 26 Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864)
Mar 26 An Jung-geun, Korean independence activist and assassin of Japanese Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi, executed by Japanese authorities at 30
Mar 27 Alexander Agassiz, American biologist and geologist, dies at 74
Mar 27 David Duffle Wood, composer, dies at 72
Mar 28 Édouard Colonne, French violinist and conductor, dies at 71
Mar 28 David Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1837)
Mar 28 William Paul Roberts, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 68
Mar 29 Thomas Lafayette Rosser, American Major General (Confederate Army), dies at 73
Apr 1 Andreas Aschenbach, German painter/engraver, dies at 94
Apr 2 Boyd Alexander, English explorer (Niger to the Nile), murdered at 37
Apr 2 Friedrich von Bodelschwingh, German theologist, dies at 79
Apr 12 William Graham Sumner, American sociologist (Folkways), dies at 69
Apr 13 William Orchardson, British painter, dies at 78
Apr 14 Mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter (b. 1856)
Apr 17 Ignacio Mariscal, Mexican lawyer and diplomat (Secretary of Foreign Affairs), dies at 80
Apr 20 Samuel Gibbs French, American Major General (Confederate Army), dies at 91

Mark Twain

Apr 21 Mark Twain [Samuel Clemens], American author (Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), dies at 74

Apr 26 Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author "Pa Guds Veje" and Nobel laureate 1903, dies at 77
May 3 Howard T Ricketts, American pathologist (studied typhus fever), dies of typhus at 39

Edward VII

May 6 Edward VII, King of England (1901-10), dies at 68

May 10 Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist, dies at 85
May 10 William Huggins, discoverer of stellar nature of Andromeda, dies
May 16 Henri E Cross [Delacroix], French painter, dies at 53
May 18 Florimond Van Duyse, Belgian composer, dies at 66
May 18 Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish novelist (Dziurdziowie), dies at 68
May 18 Pauline Viardot, French pianist, mezzo-soprano, and composer (Cendrillon), dies at 88
May 20 Jean-Baptiste Theodore Weckerlin, French composer, dies at 88
May 22 Jules Renard, French writer (Le plaisir the rompre), dies at 46

Robert Koch

May 27 Robert Koch, German pioneering bacteriologist (TB, Cholera, Nobel Prize 1905), dies at 66

May 29 Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist and composer (Islamej; Tamara), dies at 73

Elizabeth Blackwell

May 31 Elizabeth Blackwell, English-American physician who was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States, dies at 89

Jun 1 Francis Seymour Haden, English surgeon and etcher, dies at 91

O. Henry

Jun 5 O. Henry [William Sydney Porter], American short story writer (Cabbages and Kings), dies of cirrhosis of the liver, diabetes complications and an enlarged heart at 47

Jun 16 Wendelin Weißheimer, German composer and conductor, dies at 72
Jun 22 Marie of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange Nassau, dies at 69
Jun 23 John McGraw, 2nd Governor of Washington (1893-97), dies at 59
Jun 28 Gustave Leon Huberti, Belgian composer, dies at 67
Jul 1 Marius Petipa, French ballet dancer/choreographer (Casse-noisette), dies at 92
Jul 3 Julius Slabbe, Flemish writer and editor (De Halletoren), dies at 64
Jul 3 Mordecai Sherwin, English cricket wicket-keeper (Aust 1886-88), dies
Jul 4 Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (discovered canals of Mars), dies at 75
Jul 4 Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer, dies at 70
Jul 4 Melville Fuller, American 8th Chief Justice of the United States, dies at 77
Jul 10 Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer, discoverer of Neptune by telescope, dies at 98

Charles Rolls

Jul 12 Charles Rolls, British aviator and auto manufacturer who co-founded Rolls Royce, dies in a place crash at 32, the 1st British person to do so

Jul 15 Daniel Kinet, auto racer/1st Belgian flyer, dies
Jul 21 Johan Peter Selmer, Norwegian composer, dies at 66
Jul 24 Arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (b. 1841)
Jul 26 Philippus Jacobus Hoedemaker, Dutch theologist, dies at 71
Aug 3 Nicolas Kinet, Belgian pilot, dies
Aug 5 Wojciech Gawronski, Polish composer, dies at 42
Aug 9 Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist (mizongy), dies at 42
Aug 10 Joe Gans, American boxer (world lightweight champion), dies of tuberculosis at 35

Florence Nightingale

Aug 13 Florence Nightingale, British pioneering nurse (Crimean War), dies at 90

Aug 15 Constantin Fahlberg, Russian chemist who discovered Saccharin (artificial sweetener), dies at 59 [1]
Aug 16 Charles Lenepveu, French composer, dies at 69
Aug 20 Arthur Coquard, French composer, dies at 64
Aug 22 [Joey] George Palmer, Australian cricketer (17 Tests for Aust 1880-86, 78 wickets), dies
Aug 22 Joey Palmer, Australian cricket medium pace/spin bowler (17 Tests, 78 wickets, BB 7/65; Victoria CA), dies at 51

William James

Aug 26 William James, American psychologist and philosopher (Pragmatism), dies at 68

Aug 27 Clement of Maasdijk, 1st Dutch aircraft death
Aug 28 Allen Hill, English cricket fast bowler (took 1st wicket in Test cricket; 2 Tests, 7 wickets; Yorkshire CCC), dies at 64
Aug 28 Paolo Mantegazza, Italian neurologist and anthropologist, dies at 78
Aug 29 Johan Eilerts de Haan, Dutch naval officer and explorer (Lucie River, Suriname), dies, likely due to malaria, at 44
Aug 30 Albert Vandal, French earl/historian (Napoleon), dies at 57
Aug 31 Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer, dies at 34
Sep 2 Henri Rousseau, French post-impressionist painter (The Dream, The Hungry Lion Throws Itself on the Antelope), dies of a blood clot at 66
Sep 5 Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest and musicologist (Magister choralis), dies at 70
Sep 5 Julian Edwards, American composer, dies at 54
Sep 7 William Holman Hunt, English painter (Light of the World), dies at 83
Sep 16 Hormuzd Rassam, Assyrian archaeologist (discovered Epic of Gilgamesh, world's oldest piece of literature), dies at 84
Sep 23 H J H "Tup" Scott, cricketer (Australian Test captain 1886), dies
Sep 24 Rudolf Dellinger, German Bohemian composer, dies at 53
Sep 29 Winslow Homer, American painter known for his marine scenes (Breezing Up), dies at 74
Sep 30 Maurice Lévy, French engineer (b. 1838)
Oct 10 Willem Maris, painter (Hague School), dies at 66
Oct 15 Stanley Ketchel [The Michigan Assassin], Polish-American heavyweight boxing champion (1908-10), murdered at a ranch in Missouri at 24
Oct 17 Julia Ward Howe, American poet and author (Battle Hymn of the Republic), dies at 91
Oct 17 William V Moody, American poet (Sabine Woman, Great Divide), dies
Oct 17 Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer, politician and President of the First Imperial Duma, dies at 60
Oct 17 Julie Ward Howe, American poet and author, dies of pneumonia at 91
Oct 20 David B. Hill, American politician and Governor of New York (1885-91), dies at 67
Oct 23 Rama V [Chulalongkorn], King of Thailand (1868-1910), dies at 57
Oct 25 Willie Anderson, Scottish golfer (US Open 1901, 1903-05), dies of epilepsy at 31
Oct 25 Hermann Kipper, German music teacher and composer, dies at 84
Oct 30 Henri Dunant, Swiss humanitarian, Founder of Red Cross (Nobel 1901), dies at 82
Nov 6 Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer, dies at 72
Nov 15 Wilhelm Raabe [Jakob Corvinus], German author (Der Hungerpastor), dies at 79
Nov 19 Rudolf Fittig, German chemist (synthesizing organic compounds), dies at 74

Leo Tolstoy

Nov 20 Leo Tolstoy [Lev Nikolayevich], Russian novelist (Anna Karenina, War & Peace), dies of pneumonia at 82

Nov 23 Hawley Harvey Crippen [Dr Crippen], American homeopath and first killer to be caught with the aid of wireless telegraphy, dies by hanging at 48

Mary Baker Eddy

Dec 3 Mary Baker Eddy, American founder of the religious movement, Christian Science (Science & Health), dies at 89

Dec 8 George Doherty Johnston, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 78
Dec 10 Pablo Hernandez Salces, Spanish composer, dies at 76
Dec 29 Reginald "R.F." Doherty, British tennis player (Wimbledon 1897-1900), dies of neurasthenia at 38
Dec 31 John Moisant, American aviator (b. 1868)
Dec 31 Archibald Hoxsey, American pioneer aviator (worked for the Wright brothers), dies at 26
Dec 31 John Bevins Moisant, American pioneer aviator, first to cross English Channel with passenger and a cat, killed in New Orleans whose present day airport was originally name for him, dies at 42

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