Famous People Who Died in 1924

Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924)

Jan 21 Russian Marxist Revolutionary and Soviet Leader (1917-24), dies of a stroke at 53

Jan 24 Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, dies at 29
Jan 24 Thephilo Braga, Portuguese poet & politician, dies at 80
Jan 28 Simon Abramsz, Dutch teacher and writer (For the Young Ones), dies at 56

Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924)

Feb 3 28th President of the United States (Democrat: 1913-21) and 1919 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, dies at his home in Washington at 67

Feb 5 Alexis Hollander, composer, dies at 83
Feb 8 Gee John, Chinese-American gangster (1st person in US to be executed by lethal gas in Nevada), executed at 29
Feb 9 Nils Kjær, Norwegian playwright (Det Lykkelige Valg), dies at 53
Feb 15 Lionel Monckton, British composer (Edwardian musical comedy), dies at 62

Henry Bacon (1866-1924)

Feb 17 American architect (Lincoln Memorial), dies at 57

Feb 17 Oskar Merikanto [Ala-Kanto], Finnish pianist, organist, and composer, dies at 55
Feb 21 Salvatore Auteri Manzocchi, Italian opera composer, dies at 78
Feb 24 Edmond Picard, French-Belgian lawyer and writer (Ambidextre journalist), dies at 87
Mar 1 Princess Louise of Belgium, eldest daughter of Leopold II, dies at 66
Mar 6 Meyer van Beem, Dutch actor (Mottige Janus, Black Venus), dies at 85
Mar 7 Pat Moran, American baseball catcher (World Series 1907 Chicago Cubs) and manager (World Series 1919 Cincinnati Reds), dies of Bright's Disease at 48
Mar 12 Hilaire de Chardonnet, French industrialist and inventor (rayon), dies at 84
Mar 18 Frederick Bridge, English organist and composer, dies at 79
Mar 22 Robert Nivelle, French military officer, dies at 67
Mar 25 John Reedman, cricketer (Test for Aust 1894, 17 & 4, 1 for 24), dies
Mar 26 Augusto (de Oliveira) Machado, Portuguese composer (Lauriane; Camões es os Luziadas), dies at 78
Mar 27 Walter Parratt, British organist and composer, dies at 83
Mar 29 Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish organist, conductor, composer, and music teacher (Royal College of Music, 1882-1924), dies at 71
Apr 1 Stan Rowley, Australian athlete (Olympic gold 5,000m team, bronze 60m, 100m, 200m 1900), dies at 47
Apr 2 Johannes Eugenius Bülow Warming, Danish botanist (plant ecology, environment-organism interactions), dies at 82

Louis Sullivan (1856-1924)

Apr 14 American architect (father of skyscrapers), dies at 67

Apr 14 Roland Napoléon Bonaparte, French prince and president of the Société de Géographie, dies at 65
Apr 15 Eduardo Caudella, Romanian opera composer, dies at 82
Apr 16 Jack Board, English cricket wicket-keeper (Eng in 6 Tests 1898-1906), dies at 57
Apr 21 Eleanora Duse, Italian actress (La Gioconda, La Locandiera), dies at 64
Apr 24 George Street, English cricket wicket-keeper (1 Test, 1 dismissal; Surrey CCC, MCC), dies in a road accident at 34
Apr 24 Granville Stanley Hall, American pioneering psychologist, dies at 78
Apr 26 Josef Labor, Austrian composer, dies at 82
May 1 August Cuppens, Flemish author (Limburgs Driemanschap), dies at 62
May 4 Edith Nesbit, British children books author (The Story of the Treasure Seekers, Five Children and It), dies at 65
May 6 Carel S Adama van Scheltema, poet/writer (socialism), dies at 47
May 8 Lev Lunts, Russian writer (Outside the Law, City of Truth), dies at 23
May 10 Adolfo Albertazzi, Italian writer (Amore & Amore, Top), dies at 58
May 11 Moses Walker, American baseball catcher (first African-American open about his heritage to play MLB; Toledo Blue Stockings), dies at 66
May 12 Henri Maréchal, French composer and music critic, dies at 82
May 15 Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and pacifist (Nobel 1909), dies at 71
May 16 William "Candy" Cummings, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (credited with creating the curveball), dies at 75
May 19 Billy Zulch, cricketer (South African batsman scored 2 Test centuries), dies
May 21 Bobby Franks, American school boy killed by Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, at 14
May 21 Charley Barrett, American College Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Cornell undefeated National C'ship 1915), dies from effects of war injuries at 30
May 25 Ashutosh Mukherjee, Bengali educator, jurist, barrister and mathematician described as the "Banglar Bagh" (Tiger of Bengal), dies abruptly at 59
May 25 Lyubov Popova, Russian avant-garde artist and painter, dies at 35
May 25 Theodore F. Morse, American composer, dies at 51
May 26 Johann Heinrich Beck, American composer, dies at 67
May 26 Victor Herbert, American cellist, composer, and conductor (Babes in Toyland; Eileen), dies of a heart attack at 65
May 29 Pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat (negotiated Entente Cordiale), dies at 81

Franz Kafka (1883-1924)

Jun 3 Czech writer (Trial, Amerika, Metamorphosis), dies at 40

Jun 8 Andrew Irvine, English mountain climber (climbing accident) (b. 1902)

George Mallory (1886-1924)

Jun 8 English mountain climber ("because it is there"), dies in a climbing accident at 37

Jun 10 Giacomo Matteotti, Italian Socialist Party leader, assassinated by fascists at 39
Jun 11 Alexander de Savornin Lohman, Dutch minister and party leader (CHU), dies at 87
Jun 11 Theodore Dubois, French composer, dies at 86
Jun 23 Cecil Sharp, British collector of English folk music and dance, dies at 64
Jun 24 Willie Fernie, Scottish golfer (British Open 1883), dies at 69
Jun 28 Jack Darragh, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (Stanley Cup 1911, 20-21, 23; Ottawa Senators), dies of peritonitis at 33
Jun 30 Jacob Israel de Haan, Dutch poet and writer (Pypelyntjes), dies at 42
Jul 2 Matsukata Masayoshi, Japanese politician (Prime Minister of Japan 1891-1892, 1896 -1898), dies at 89
Jul 10 Joannes Benedictus van Heutsz, Dutch general (ended Aceh War) and Governor-General of Dutch East Indies (1904-09), dies at 73
Jul 13 Alfred Marshall, English economist (Principles of Economics), dies at 81
Jul 21 Dudley Allen Sargent, American physician and educator (Harvard U gymnasium), dies at 74
Jul 23 Frank Frost Abbott, American classical scholar, dies at 64
Jul 27 Ferruccio Busoni, Italian piano prodigy, composer (Fantasia Contrappuntistica; Arlecchino), conductor, and pedagogue, dies of heart failure at 58

Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)

Aug 3 Polish-English novelist (Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness), dies at 66

Aug 6 John Henry Roberts, Welsh organist, hymn composer, and pedagogue, dies at 76
Aug 7 Camille Zeckwer, American composer, dies at 49
Aug 9 Jacob P. Vis, Dutch founder (NV Royal Salt Industries), dies at 66
Aug 13 Julian Aguirre, Argentine composer and pianist, dies at 56
Aug 17 Pavel Urysohn, Ukrainian mathematician, drowns at 26
Aug 17 Tom Kendall, Australian cricket slow bowler (2 Tests, 14 wickets in Australia's 1st 2 Tests, BB 7/55), dies at 72
Aug 25 Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general (b. 1818)
Aug 27 William Maddock Bayliss, British physiologist, co-discoverer of hormones, dies at 64
Aug 31 Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian revolutionary, army officer, Macedonian freedom fighter, and teacher, assassinated at 43
Sep 3 Dario Resta, Italian-British auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1916; Vanderbilt Cup 1915, 16; AAA National C'ship 1916), dies in a land-speed record attempt at 42
Sep 5 Karel Komzák III, Austrian conductor and composer, dies at 46 [1]
Sep 6 Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, 4th and last child of Franz Joseph I of Austria and Elisabeth of Bavaria, dies at 56
Sep 10 Walter Lees, English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 26 wickets), dies at 48
Sep 11 Mieczyslaw Surzynski, Polish organ virtuoso and composer (1904 Organ Concerto), dies at 57
Sep 13 P. J. Hannikainen, Finnish composer, dies at 69
Sep 15 Anthony Johnson Showalter, American gospel composer, dies at 66
Sep 15 Frank Chance, American Baseball HOF first baseman (World Series 1907, 08; 2 x NL stolen base leader; NL runs leader 1906 Chicago Orphans/Cubs) and manager (Chicago Cubs, NY Yankees, Boston RS), dies at 47
Sep 18 Francis H. Bradley, British idealist philosopher (Appearance and Reality), dies at 78
Sep 19 Alick Bannerman, Australian cricket batsman (28 Tests, 8 x 50s; NSW 1876–94), dies at 70
Sep 24 Manuel Estrada Cabrera, 13th President of Guatemala (1898-1920), dies in prison at 66
Sep 25 (Charlotte) "Lotta" Crabtree, American stage actress, comedian (Little Nell and the Marchioness), and philanthropist, dies at 76
Sep 25 Karel Burian (also Carl Burrian), Czech operatic tenor, dies at 54
Oct 5 Joseph Vézina, Canadian conductor (Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, 1902-24), and composer (Le Rajah), dies at 75
Oct 5 Tom Campbell, South African cricket wicket keeper (5 Tests, 8 dismissals), dies in a railway accident at 42
Oct 6 Jacques Oppenheim, Dutch lawyer and jurist, dies at 75
Oct 7 Clemens Baeumker, German historian (Patristischen Philosophie), dies at 71
Oct 9 Valery Bryusov, Russian writer and critic (b. 1873)
Oct 12 Anatole France [Jacques Anatole Thibault], French writer (Thaïs, Wickerwork Woman, Nobel 1921), dies at 80
Oct 12 Monroe Althouse, American composer, dies at 71
Oct 21 Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, Belgian composer, dies at 76
Oct 29 Frances Hodgson Burnett, British-American playwright and children's author ("The Secret Garden"; "Little Lord Fauntleroy"), dies at 74
Oct 29 Peter Verigin, Russian Doukhobor leader (led Doukhobor community in Canada), dies, possibly assassinated in an explosion on a train at 65 [1]
Nov 4 Gabriel Urbain Fauré, French organist, composer (Requiem; Ballade), and educator (Paris Conservatoire, 1905-20), dies at 79
Nov 4 Richard Conner, American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient (b. 1843)
Nov 7 Hans Thoma, German painter, dies at 75
Nov 8 Sergei Lyapunov, Russian pianist and composer (Lezghinka), dies at 64
Nov 9 Henry Cabot Lodge, American Senator (b. 1850)
Nov 10 Archibald Geikie, Scottish geologist (Scenery of Scotland), dies at 88
Nov 15 Artur de Sacadura Freire Cabral, Portuguese aviator (1st flight across the south Atlantic), disappears flying over the English Channel at 43
Nov 16 Alexander Andreyevich Archangel'sky, Russian composer, dies at 78
Nov 16 Edward Everett Rice, composer, dies at 75
Nov 19 Lee Stack, British sirdar in Egypt/gov-gen of Sudan, murdered
Nov 19 Thomas Ince, American film director (b. 1882)
Nov 20 Ebenezer Cobb Morley, English sportsman (drafted first FA rules), dies at 93
Nov 21 Florence Harding, American First Lady (b. 1860)
Nov 22 Herman Heijermans, Dutch writer (On Hope, Heap of Blessing), dies at 59

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

Nov 29 Italian opera composer (La bohème; Tosca; Madame Butterfly), dies in Brussels at 65

Dec 2 Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian philologist (b. 1879)
Dec 6 Gene Stratton-Porter, American author, screenwriter and naturalist (b. 1863)
Dec 8 (Franz) Xaver Scharwenka, German pianist, educator, and composer (Mataswintha), dies at 74
Dec 9 Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel, To My Fatherland), dies at 70
Dec 10 August Belmont Jr., American financier (construction of New York subway, NY Jockey Club), dies at 71

Samuel Gompers (1850-1924)

Dec 13 American labor union leader (American Federation of Labor), dies at 74

Dec 15 T. Frank Appleby, American politician (U.S. House of Representatives - (R) New Jersey, 1921-23), dies at 60
Dec 27 William Archer, Scottish critic and playwright (Green Goddess, translated and popularised Ibsen), dies at 68
Dec 28 Léon Bakst, Russian painter and scene and costume designer, dis at 58
Dec 29 Carl Spitteler, Swiss writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)