- Jan 4 Leon Delagrange, French aviation pioneer, dies
- Jan 17 Wilhelm F Kohlrausch, German physicist (Additiviteitsregel), dies at 69
- Jan 25 Leon Walras, French economist (School of Lausanne), dies at 75
- Jan 27 Thomas Crapper, English plumber and inventor (ballcock), dies at 73
- Jan 28 Jose Garcia Robles, composer, dies at 74
- Jan 29 Edouard Rod, French/Swiss writer (Mishel' Tes'e), dies at 52
- Feb 1 Otto Julius Bierbaum, German writer (Irrgarten Der Liebe), dies at 44
- Feb 6 Alfonso Maria Fusco. Beatified Italian Roman Catholic priest and founder (b.1839)
- Feb 8 Hans Jæger, Norwegian writer and political activist (b. 1854)
- Feb 15 Albert Fuchs, composer, dies at 51
- Feb 16 Albert Heinrich Zabel, 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 Heinrich Carsten Reinecke, composer, dies at 85
- Mar 10 Karl Lueger, Austrian anti-semite/mayor of Vienna, dies at 65
- Mar 17 Joaquin Valverde, composer, dies at 64
- Mar 20 Nadar [Félix Tournachon], French photographer, dies at 89
- Mar 26 Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864)
- Mar 26 An Jung-geun, Korean assassin of Ito Hirobumi (executed) (b. 1879)
- Mar 27 Alexander E Agassiz, US businessman/biologist/geologist, dies at 74
- Mar 27 David Duffle Wood, composer, dies at 72
- Mar 28 Edouard [Judas] Colonne, French violinist/conductor, dies
- Mar 28 David Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1837)
- 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 G Sumner, US sociologist, politicologist (Folkways), dies at 69
- Apr 13 William Orchardson, British painter, dies
- Apr 14 Mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter (b. 1856)
Mark Twain
Apr 21 Mark Twain [Samuel Clemens], American author (Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), dies at 74
Mark Twain
- Apr 26 Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norwegian writer (Mary, Nobel 1903), dies at 77
- May 3 Howard T Ricketts, American pathologist (studied typhus fever), dies of typhus at 39
- 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 Flor van Duyse, composer, dies at 66
- May 18 Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish novelist (b.1841)
- 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
Robert Koch
- 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
Elizabeth Blackwell
- Jun 1 Francis Seymour Haden, English surgeon and etcher, dies at 91
- Jun 5 O. Henry, American author (b. 1862)
- Jun 16 Wendelin Weissheimer, composer, dies at 72
- Jun 22 Marie, Princess of Wied/Orange Nassau, dies
- Jun 23 Gordon B. Hinckley, American religious leader, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1995-2008), born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 2008)
- Jun 28 Gustave Leon Huberti, composer, dies at 67
- Jul 1 Marius Petipa, Fren ballet dancer/choreographer (Casse-noisette), dies
- Jul 3 Julius Slabbe, Belgian writer, dies
- Jul 3 Mordecai Sherwin, English cricket wicketkeeper (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 G Galle, German discoverer of Neptune by telescope, dies
- Jul 12 Charles Stewart Rolls, British engineer and aviator (b. 1887)
- Jul 15 Daniel Kinet, auto racer/1st Belgian flyer, dies
- Jul 21 Johan Peter Selmer, composer, dies at 66
- Jul 24 Arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (b. 1841)
- Jul 26 Philipus J Hoedemaker, theologist, dies at 71
- Aug 3 Nicolas Kinet, Belgian pilot, dies
- Aug 5 Wojciech Gawronski, Polish composer, dies at 42
Florence Nightingale
Aug 13 Florence Nightingale, British nurse (Crimean War), dies at 90
Florence Nightingale
William James
Aug 26 William James, American psychologist and philosopher (Pragmatism), dies at 68
William James
- Aug 27 Clement of Maasdijk, 1st Dutch aircraft death
- Aug 28 Paolo Mantegazza, Italian neurologist and anthropologist, dies at 78
- Aug 29 Allen Hill, cricket bowler (England, 2 Tests), dies
- Aug 29 Johann Oskar Backlund, Swedish-Russian astronomer (planets/asteroids), dies at 64
- Aug 29 John YWJ Eilerts de Cock, sea officer (Suriname), dies at 44
- Aug 30 Albert Vandal, French earl/historian (Napoleon), dies at 57
- Aug 31 Emils Darzins, 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/musicologist, dies at 70
- Sep 5 Julian Edwards, composer, dies at 54
- Sep 7 William Holman Hunt, English painter (Light of the World), dies at 83
- Sep 14 Huo Yuan Jia, Chinese martial artist
- Sep 23 H J H "Tup" Scott, cricketer (Australian Test captain 1886), dies
- Sep 24 Rudolf Dellinger, composer, dies at 53
- Sep 29 Winslow Homer, painter (Prout's Neck), dies
- Sep 30 Maurice Lévy, French engineer (b. 1838)
- Oct 4 Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician, and President of the First Imperial Duma (b. 1850)
- 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, composer (Battle Hymn of Republic), dies at 91
- Oct 17 William V Moody, US poet (Sabine Woman, Great Divide), dies
- 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 Chulalongkorn, King of Thailand (b. 1853)
- 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, dies at 79
- Nov 19 Wilhelm 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
Leo Tolstoy
- 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, founder (Christian Science (Monitor)), dies at 89
Mary Baker Eddy
- Dec 10 Pablo Hernandez Salces, composer, dies at 76
- Dec 31 John Moisant, American aviator (b. 1868)
- Dec 31 Arch Hoxsey, American aviator (b. 1884)
- 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