- Jan 1 Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851)
- Jan 3 Joseph J C Joffre, French marshal, dies at 78
- Jan 4 Arthemus "Art" Acord, American silent film actor and rodeo champion (Arizona Kid, Hard Fists), commits suicide by poison at 40
- Jan 9 Claude Anet [Jean Schopfer], French writer (La fille perdue), dies at 62
- Jan 9 Wayne Munn, wrestler (b. 1896)
- Jan 11 Oscar Fetras, composer, dies at 76
- Jan 11 James Milton Carroll, American Baptist pastor, leader, historian, and author (b. 1852)
- Jan 14 William Ernst Johnson, British mathematician, dies
- Jan 21 Felix Blumenfeld, Russian composer, conductor and pianist, dies at 67
- Jan 22 Alma Rubens, American actress (Humoresque), dies of Lobar pneumonia and bronchitis at 33
- Jan 23 Anna Pavlova, Russian prima ballerina and choreographer (Diaghilew, Dying Swan), dies from pneumonia at 49
- Feb 2 Theodor Batthynyi, Hungarian contra-revolutionary, dies at 71
- Feb 3 Hans Schardt, Swiss geologist, dies at 72
- Feb 7 Ion Vidu, Romanian composer and conductor, dies at 67
- Feb 11 Charles Algernon Parsons, British inventor (steam turbine), dies at 76
- Feb 12 Samedbey Mehmandarov, Russian general (b. 1855)
- Feb 18 Milan Šufflay, Croatian historian and politician, dies at 51
- Feb 23 Nellie Melba, [Helen Mitchell], Australian soprano, dies
- Feb 26 Otto Wallach, German chemist (Nobel 1910), dies at 83
- Feb 27 Chandra Sekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (Hindustan Socialist Republican Army), dies at 24
- Mar 5 Fr. Arthur Tooth SSC, Anglican Clergyman prosecuted and imprisoned for ritualist activities, dies ta 91
- Mar 7 Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Finnish painter, dies at 65
- Mar 7 Theo van Doesburg [Christian Emil Marie Küpper], Dutch painter and architect, dies at 47
- Mar 8 Clara Kathleen Rogers, composer, dies at 87
- Mar 9 Ida B Wells-Barnett, African American civil rights activist, dies in Chicago at 78
- Mar 11 F.W. Murnau, German film director (b. 1888)
- Mar 20 Hermann Müller, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
Bhagat Singh
Mar 23 Bhagat Singh, Indian freedom fighter, hanged at 23
Bhagat Singh
- Mar 25 Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, American journalist and civil rights activist, dies at 68
- Mar 27 Arnold Bennett, English novelist (Anna of the Five Towns), dies at 63
- Mar 28 Ban Johnson, American baseball executive, founder and President of the American League, dies after a long illness at 67
- Mar 31 Knute Rockne, American College Football Hall of Fame receiver, coach, (Notre Dame, 13 National titles), dies in a plane crash at 43
- Mar 31 Hermann Kutter, Swiss Protestant theologian (founder of Christian Socialism in Switzerland), dies at 67
André Michelin
Apr 4 Andre Michelin, French industrialist, tire manufacturer and publisher of the Michelin Guide, dies at 78
André Michelin
- Apr 4 George Whitefield Chadwick, composer, dies at 76
- Apr 6 Giuseppi Radiciotti, composer, dies at 73
- Apr 8 Eric Axel Karlfeldt, poet, dies
- Apr 9 Paul Antonin Vidal, composer, dies at 67
- Apr 10 Khalil Gibran, Lebanese poet and painter (b. 1883)
- Apr 16 Rachel Bluwstein, Hebrew poet, dies of tuberculosis at 40
- Apr 25 Bert Hopkins, Australian cricketer (20 Tests for Aust, 509 runs), dies at 56
- Apr 30 Sammy Woods, Australian cricketer (3 Tests for Australia, 3 for England), dies at 64
- May 3 Frank Hoyt Losey, composer, dies at 59
- May 3 Otto Winter-Hjelm, Norwegian musician and composer, dies at 93
- May 5 Glen Kidston, British aviator and racing driver (b. 1899)
- May 9 A[lbert] A[braham] Michelson, US physicist (1907 Nobel), dies at 78
- May 12 Eugene Ysaye, Belgian composer and violinist, dies at 72
- May 13 Josif Marinković, Serbian composer, dies at 79
- May 14 David Belasco, American theatrical producer (b. 1853)
- May 14 Denys Finch Hatton, English big-game hunter, dies at 44
- May 17 Johan [Eliza J] de Master, art critic/writer, dies
- May 17 Timothy Cole, American wood engraver, dies at about 71
- May 31 Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, French Canadian cardinal, archbishop of Quebec (b. 1866)
- Jun 4 Ibn Ali Hussein, King of Hejaz, dies
- Jun 9 Henrique Oswald, Brazilian composer, dies at 79
- Jun 13 Shibasaburo Kitasato, Japanese physician (b. 1851)
- Jun 22 Armand Fallières, French president (1906-13), dies at 89
- Jun 29 Nérée Beauchemin, Quebec poet (b. 1850)
Alice Mary Robertson
Jul 1 Alice Mary Robertson, American educator, social worker and 2nd woman in US Congress, dies at 77
Alice Mary Robertson
- Jul 2 Stephen Babcock, American agricultural chemist (Babcock test and father of scientific dairying), dies at 87
- Jul 4 Emanuele F duke of Aosta, Italian WW I-general/fascist, dies at 62
- Jul 4 Hussein ibn-Ali, sjarif Mecca/king/kalief of Hedzjaz (1917-24), dies
- Jul 7 Johannes "Kodgee" Kotze, South African cricketer (South Africa 1902-07), dies at 51
- Jul 15 Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian mathematician 9Poisson distribution) and economist (b. 1868)
- Jul 16 Charles Studd, English cricket all-rounder (5 Tests; Middlesex) and missionary (Cambridge Seven), dies from untreated gallstones at 70
- Jul 16 Alice Pike Barney, American painter, dies at 74
- Jul 18 Oskar Minkowski, German Biologist (pancreas and diabetes), dies at 73
- Jul 24 Marie WF Treub, Dutch economist/minister of finance, dies at 75
- Jul 27 Auguste-Henri Forel, Swiss entomologist (b. 1848)
Daniel Williams
Aug 4 Daniel Williams, American heart surgeon who performed the 1st open heart surgery, dies at 73
Daniel Williams
- Aug 5 Ullrich Haupt, Prussian actor (Morocco, Du Barry-Woman of Passion), accidentally shot at 43
- Aug 6 Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, jazz cornetist (In Mist), dies at 29
- Aug 19 Aristides Agramonte y Simoni, Cuban-American Physician, Pathologist and Bacteriologist (yellow fever), dies at 63
- Aug 20 Waldemar von Baussnern, composer, dies at 64
- Aug 27 Willem Hubert Nolens, Dutch priest and ambassador to Vatican, dies at 70
- Aug 27 Frank Harris, Irish-American journalist and writer (My Life & Loves), dies at 75
- Aug 27 Francis Marion Smith, American borax magnate (b. 1846)
- Aug 29 David Abercrombie, Abercrombie & Fitch founder, dies at 64
- Aug 31 Marcel Planiol, French private law scholar, dies
- Sep 5 John Thomson, football player who died in an accidental collision during a match (b. 1909)
- Sep 9 Lujo [Ludwig J von] Brentano, German economist dies at 86
- Sep 10 Alfonso Rendano, Italian composer, dies at 78
- Sep 10 Dmitri Egorov, Russian mathematician (b. 1869)
- Sep 11 Salvatore Maranzano, Sicilian-born American organized crime figure, dies at 63
Lili Elbe
Sep 13 Lili Elbe [born Einar Wegener], Danish transgender woman, former painter, and 1st identifiable recipient of sex reassignment surgery (autobiography: Man into Woman), dies from complications involving a uterus transplant at 48
Lili Elbe
- Sep 18 Hazrat Babajan, a Baloch Muslim saint (b. c. 1806)
- Sep 20 Sam Morris, cricketer (one Test Aust v Eng 1884), dies
- Oct 2 Thomas Lipton, Scottish yachtsman (5-time America's Cup challenger) and tea merchant (Lipton Tea), dies at 81
- Oct 2 George Bradley, American baseball pitcher (first no-hitter in MLB history 1876; NL ERA leader 1876), dies at 79
- Oct 3 Carl August Nielsen, composer, dies at 66
- Oct 7 Daniel Chester French, American sculptor (Minute Man), dies at 81
- Oct 7 Charles Ricketts, British artist and illustrator, dies at 65
- Oct 8 Sir John Monash, Australian soldier general (b. 1865)
- Oct 10 Carl von Bach, German mechanical engineer, dies at 84
- Oct 13 Ernst Didring, Swedish author (b. 1868)
- Oct 17 Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist, dies at 47
Thomas Edison
Oct 18 Thomas Edison, American inventor (lightbulb, phonograph, motion picture camera), dies at 84
Thomas Edison
- Oct 20 Emánuel Moór, Hungarian composer, pianist, and inventor of musical instruments, dies at 68
- Oct 21 A Schnitzler, writer, dies at 69
- Oct 24 Murray Bisset, South African cricketer (South African wicket-keeper 1899 & 1910), dies at 55
- Oct 26 Charles Comiskey, American baseball player, team owner and manager (Chicago White Sox), dies at 72
- Oct 29 Luciano Gallet, Brazilian composer, dies at 38
- Nov 2 Arthur James Cook, British trade union leader (coal miners), dies of cancer at 47
- Nov 2 Henry Musgrove, Australian cricket batsman (1 Test 1885), dies at 72
- Nov 3 Rudolf Wilhelm Canne, Fries playwright (Peaske), dies at 60
- Nov 4 Buddy Bolden, African-American jazz musician, dies
- Nov 6 Jack Chesbro, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (NY Highlanders - won 41 games 1904), dies of heart attack at 57
- Nov 11 Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese industrialist (b. 1840)
- Nov 15 C. A. J. van Dishoeck, Dutch publisher, dies at 68
- Nov 17 Georgi Atanasov, Bulgarian composer (Gergana), dies at 50
- Nov 17 John Paulus Lotsy, Dutch botanist and geneticist (Resumptio Genetics), dies at 64
- Nov 17 Hara Prasad Shastri, Indian academic, Sanskrit scholar, archivist and historian of Bengali literature, dies at 77
- Nov 19 Frederic Cliffe, English composer, dies at 74
- Nov 19 Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet (b. 1897)
- Nov 23 Evert Cornelis, Dutch conductor and pianist, dies at 46
- Nov 27 Lya De Putti [Amália Putti], Hungarian silent film actress, known for portraying vamp characters, dies at 34
- Nov 30 John Hyatt Brewer, American composer, dies at 75
- Nov 30 Marc-Jean-Baptiste Delmas, French composer, dies at 46
- Dec 2 Vincent D'indy, French composer and teacher, dies at 80
- Dec 5 Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
- Dec 10 Max Elskamp, Belgian author and poet (Six Chansons), dies at 69
- Dec 13 Gustave le Bon, French psychologist (b. 1840)
- Dec 16 Gustave J Waffelaert, Flemish theologist and bishop of Bruges, dies at 82
- Dec 18 Jack "Legs" Diamond, American gangster and bootlegger, murdered at 34
- Dec 23 Wilson Bentley, American scientist (b. 1865)
- Dec 26 Melvil Dewey, American librarian and educator (created Dewey Decimal System for libraries), dies at 80
- Dec 27 Peter C. Lutkin, composer, dies at 73
- Dec 27 Walter Courvoisier, composer, dies at 56
- Dec 30 Tyrone Power Sr., British actor (Big Trial, Test of Donald Norton, Alexanders Ragtime Band)), dies at 62