Famous People Who Died in 1935

Teddy Flack (1873-1935)

Jan 10 Australian athlete, (Olympic gold 800m, 1500m 1896), dies at 61

Jan 14 Heinrich Schenker, Austrian musicologist (Urlinie) know for his Schenkerian analysis of music, dies at 66
Jan 16 Ma Barker, American criminal (b. 1871)
Jan 16 Richard Wetz, German composer (Requiem, Op. 50 in B minor), dies of lung cancer at 59
Jan 22 Horace Rawlins, English golfer (US Open 1895), dies at 60
Jan 28 Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer and musician (Armenian Rhapsody), dies at 75
Feb 3 Hugo Junkers, German engineer (b. 1859)
Feb 8 Max Liebermann, German impressionist painter and graphic artist, dies at 87
Feb 9 Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist, dies at 61
Feb 12 Auguste Escoffier, French chef & writer (Le Guide Culinaire), dies at 88
Feb 13 Vernon Lee [Violet Paget], British author (Satan the Master, Gospels of Anarchy), dies at 78
Feb 23 Jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Hotel Gooiland), dies at 44
Feb 28 (Francisca) "Chiquinha" Gonzaga, Brazilian pianist, composer, and 1st female conductor in Brazil, dies at 87
Feb 28 Alexander Willem Frederik Idenburg, Dutch politician of the Anti Revolutionary Party and Governor-General of Dutch Indies (1909-16), dies at 73
Mar 3 Neville Knox, cricketer (bowled in 2 Tests for England 1907), dies
Mar 6 Fridolf Rhudin, Swedish actor and comedian (The Wrong Millionaire, Secret Svensson), dies from brain fever at 39

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr (1841-1935)

Mar 6 US 59th Supreme Court justice (1902-32), dies of pneumonia at 93

Mar 8 Ruan Lingyu [Fenggen], Chinese silent film actress (The Goddess), commits suicide at 24
Mar 10 Barend Barendse, Dutch actor and director (Heilig recht), dies at 82
Mar 12 Mihajlo "Micheal" Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and telephone pioneer, dies at 76
Mar 16 Aron Nimzowitsch, Latvian-born chess player (b. 1886)
Mar 16 John Macleod, Scottish-Canadian physiologist (Nobel 1923), dies at 58
Mar 23 Florence Moore, American vaudeville, stage and silent screen actress, dies of cancer at 48
Mar 30 Romanos Melik'yan, Armenian composer, dies at 51
Apr 5 Emil Młynarski, Polish conductor and composer, dies at 64
Apr 6 Edward Arlington Robinson, American poet, dies
Apr 8 Edwin Cannan, British economist and historian (A History of the Theories of Production and Distribution), dies at 74
Apr 14 Amalie Emmy Noether, German mathematician (b. 1882)
Apr 18 Ignazio Guidi, Italian orientalist & archaeologist, dies at 90
Apr 18 Panait Istrati, Romanian writer, dies at 50
Apr 20 Juliaan de Vriendt, Flemish painter, dies at 92
Apr 20 Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, English fashion designer, dies at 71
Apr 24 Paul Klengel, German pianist, violinist, composer and educator, dies at 80
Apr 28 Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, Scottish composer, dies at 87
Apr 29 Leroy Carr, American blues piano player and singer-songwriter ("How Long, How Long Blues"), dies of nephritis of the kidneys at 30
May 1 Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (Tour de France 1923), dies of a gunshot wound at 46
May 11 Edward Herbert Thompson, American archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78

Józef Piłsudski (1867-1935)

May 12 Father of the Second Polish Republic who served as its Chief of State (1918-22), Marshall of Poland and later its de facto leader (1926-35), dies at 67

Magnus Hirschfeld (1868-1935)

May 14 German physician and gay rights advocate, dies of a heart attack at 67

May 15 Kazimir Malevich, Polish-Ukrainian avant-garde painter, diesof cancer at 56
May 17 Paul Dukas, French composer (The Sorcerer's Apprentice), dies at 69
May 19 Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler, German-American violinist and composer, dies at 74

T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935)

May 19 British author, soldier and diplomat famous for his liaison role in Arabia during WWI, dies at 46, in a motorcycle accident in Dorset, England

May 20 Ivans [Jacob van Schevichaven], Dutch lawyer and detective writer, dies at 68
May 21 Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist and geneticist who rediscovered Mendel's theory of heredity and for his work on genes (The Mutation Theory), dies at 87

Jane Addams (1860-1935)

May 21 American pacifist, social activist, feminist, author, co-founder of ACLU (Nobel Prize for Peace, 1931), dies at 65 [1]

May 25 Sir Frank Watson Dyson, English astronomer, dies at 71
May 29 Josef Suk, Czech violinist (Bohemian String Quartet, 1891-1933), composer (Asrael Symphony; Ripening; Serenade for Strings), and educator, dies at 61
May 30 Lothar Windsperger, German composer and editor, dies at 49
Jun 1 Alberto Cametti, Italian composer, dies at 64
Jun 6 Jacques Urlus, Dutch dramatic tenor (Opera of Leipzig, 1900-14; Tristan und Isolde; Song of the Earth), dies at 68
Jun 6 Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, British army officer, dies at 72
Jun 7 Ivan V Mitsjoerin, Russian botanist, dies
Jun 7 Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, Russian botanist (more than 300 new types of fruit), dies at 79
Jun 18 August Reusner, German composer, dies at 64
Jun 21 Alice Brown Davis, first female Principal Chief of the Seminole Tribe of Oklahoma (1922-35), dies at 82
Jun 22 Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian, diplomat and politician (b. 1866)

Carlos Gardel (1890-1935)

Jun 24 Argentine singer and the most prominent figure in the history of tango, dies in a plane crash at 44

Jun 27 Eugene Augustin Lauste, French inventor (1st sound-on-film recording), dies at 77
Jun 29 Jack O'Neill, American baseball player (b. 1873)
Jun 30 Bill Brockwell, English cricketer (British all-rounder in 7 Tests 1893-99), dies at 70
Jul 2 Hank O'Day, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher, umpire, manager (umpire 10 World Series), dies of bronchial pneumonia at 75
Jul 3 André Citroën, French automobile pioneer (b. 1878)
Jul 5 Daniel Plooy, Dutch new testament expert, dies at 58
Jul 10 Paul Hines, American MLB outfielder (Triple Crown 1878, Providence Grays), dies at 80

Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935)

Jul 12 French Jewish artillery officer (Dreyfus Affair), dies at 75

Jul 15 Pieter Cort van de Linden, Dutch politician (Prime Minister of Netherlands 1913-18), dies at 89
Jul 17 George William Russell, Irish nationalist, poet and artist, dies at 68
Aug 1 Arthur Dehon Little, American chemist (patented rayon), dies at 71
Aug 6 Alexander Winkler, Russian composer, dies at 70
Aug 11 William Watson, British poet (Purple East), dies at 77
Aug 12 Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician (Schottky's theorem), dies at 84
Aug 15 Gerard Brucken Fock, Dutch composer and painter, dies at 75
Aug 15 Paul Signac, French painter (developed the technique called pointillism with Georges Seurat), dies at 71

Wiley Post (1898-1935)

Aug 15 American aviator (1st solo flight around the world), killed in plane crash in Alaska at 36

Will Rogers (1879-1935)

Aug 15 American humorist and actor (Judge Priest), dies in a plane crash in Alaska at 55

Aug 17 Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American feminist, writer and lecturer for social reform, dies at 75
Aug 20 Otakar Ostrčil, Czech composer (Křížova cesta - Way of the Cross), and conductor (National Theater, 1920-35), dies at 56
Aug 21 John Hartley, English tennis player (Wimbledon 1879-80), dies at 86
Aug 21 Josef Cyril Sychra, Czech composer, dies at 76
Aug 29 Astrid of Sweden, Queen of the Belgians, first wife of King Leopold III (1934-35), dies in a car accident at 29
Aug 29 Charles Lee Williams, English composer (Gloucester Cathedral), dies at 82
Aug 30 Henri Barbusse, French novelist (Le feu), dies at 62
Aug 31 Abraham Isaac Kook, rabbi/author (Hokhmat Ha-kodesh), dies at 69
Sep 3 Johannes Aengenent, Bishop of Haarlem (1928-35), dies at 62
Sep 8 Carl Weiss, American physician who murdered US Senator Huey Long, shot and killed by the senator's bodyguards at 28

Edward L. Doheny (1856-1935)

Sep 8 American oil tycoon who drilled the 1st successful oil well in Los Angeles and set off the California oil boom, dies of natural causes at 79

Huey Long (1893-1935)

Sep 8 American politician, 40th Governor of Louisiana (1928-32) and Senator (1932-35), assassinated at 42 by Carl Weiss at the Baton Rouge Capitol building

Sep 19 Jules Cambon, French ambassador, to U.S. (1897), Spain (1902–07) and Germany (1907–14), dies at 90
Sep 19 Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian pioneer in rocket and space research, dies at 78
Sep 21 Herm McFarland, American MLB outfielder (first grand slam in AL history), dies at 65
Sep 22 Karl Schröder II, German composer, dies at 86
Sep 26 Andy Adams, American writer (Cattle fire), dies at 76
Sep 27 Alan Gray, British composer, dies at 79
Sep 28 William Kennedy Dickson, Scottish inventor (devised an early motion picture camera), dies at 75
Oct 4 Barbados Joe Walcott, Barbadian boxer (World Welterweight champion 1901-06; first Black to hold that title), dies in a car accident at 62
Oct 4 Jean Béraud, French Belle Époque painter, dies at 86
Oct 4 Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German operatic soprano (Vienna State Opera, 1920-26), and pedagogue, dies at 61
Oct 6 Frederic Hymen Cowen, composer, dies at 83
Oct 10 Arthur Henderson, British Labour minister (Nobel Peace Prize 1934), dies at 72
Oct 11 Frank Mitchell, cricketer (2 Tests for Eng then 3 for South Africa), dies
Oct 11 Steele Rudd, Australian author (b. 1868)
Oct 20 Adolphus Washington Greely, American Arctic explorer and recipient of the Medal of Honor, dies at 91
Oct 22 Edward Carson, Irish Unionist politician and lawyer (Irish Unionist Party), dies at 81
Oct 22 Komitas [Soghomon Soghomonian], Armenian priest, composer (Patarag), and musicologist, dies at 66
Oct 24 Abe Landau, American gangster (henchman for Dutch Schultz), murdered at 39
Oct 24 Dutch Schultz [Arthur Flegenheimer], American gangster, murdered at 33
Oct 24 Henri Pirenne, Belgian historian (History of Belgium), dies at 72
Oct 24 Otto "Aba Daba" Berman, American gangster (accountant for Dutch Schultz), murdered at 44
Oct 25 Bernard "Lulu" Rosenkrantz, American gangster (chauffeur and bodyguard for Dutch Schultz), murdered at 33
Oct 26 Akos Buttykai, Hungarian composer, dies at 64
Oct 27 Ernest Eldridge, British auto racer (world land speed record 1924 at Arpajon, France; 1 mile −145.89 mph), dies from pneumonia at 40
Nov 1 Émile Francqui, Belgian soldier and diplomat, dies at 72
Nov 2 Jock "Herbie" Cameron, South African cricket wicketkeeper and captain (26 Tests; 51 dismissals), dies of typhoid at 30
Nov 4 Miklos Radnai, Hungarian composer, dies at 43
Nov 5 Mina Dilis-Beersmans, Flemish actress/wife of John Dilis, dies at 71
Nov 6 Billy Sunday, American evangelist (revivals and sermons reflected the emotional upheavals caused by transition from rural to industrial society in the United States), dies at 72
Nov 6 Henry Fairfield Osborn, American paleontologist, geologist (founded US Eugenics Society), dies at 78
Nov 7 Lidj Jasu [Iyasu], Emperor of Ethiopia (1913-16), dies under mysterious circumstances under guard at 39
Nov 8 Charles Kingsford-Smith, Australian pioneering aviator (1st transpacific flight), disappears on a flight over the Andaman Sea at 38
Nov 8 Hans Windisch, German New Testament scholar, dies at 54
Nov 9 Paolo Orsi, Italian archaeologist (Sicilian excavations), dies at 76
Nov 14 J Wouter[us] van Dieren, biologist (Terschelling), dies
Nov 16 Kurt Schindler, composer, dies at 53
Nov 19 Freddie Calthorpe, English cricketer (England captain v WI 1930), dies of cancer at 43

John Jellicoe (1859-1935)

Nov 20 1st Earl Jellicoe, British Admiral of the Fleet in World War I (Battle of Jutland), dies of pneumonia at 75

Nov 23 Louise Mack, Australian poet and novelist, dies at 65
Nov 25 Maria H "Mina" Beersmans, Flemish actress (After 30 Years), dies at 72
Nov 28 Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian ethno-musicologist, dies at 58
Nov 30 Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet and writer (The Book of Disquiet), dies at 47
Dec 1 Bernard Schmidt, German optical instrument maker (inventor of the Schmidt telescope), dies at 56
Dec 2 James Henry Breasted, American Egyptologist and anthropologist, dies at 70
Dec 2 Martha Carey Thomas, American educator, suffragist, linguist and second President of Bryn Mawr College, dies of a coronary occlusion at 78
Dec 2 State of California uses gas chamber instead of hanging for 1st time: Robert Lee Cannon (29) and Albert Kessel (28) executed for role in Folsom Prison escape attempt resulting in murder of warden and guard (San Quentin State Prison. Marin County)
Dec 3 Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom, fourth child and second daughter of Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark, dies at 67
Dec 4 Charles Richet, French physiologist (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1913 for work on anaphylaxis), dies at 85
Dec 4 Hylton Philipson, English cricket wicketkeeper (5 Tests, 11 dismissals), dies at 69
Dec 4 Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, conductor (Nationaltheatret Orchestra, 1899-1929), and composer (Bergensiana), dies at 71
Dec 5 Frans Erens, Dutch literary critic (Years Gone By), dies at 78
Dec 9 Walter Liggett, American crusading newspaper editor and muckraker (b. 1886)
Dec 13 John Nicolson, cricketer (South African lefty batsman 1926-27), dies
Dec 13 Victor Grignard, French chemist (Nobel 1912 - development of the Grignard reaction), dies at 64
Dec 14 Stanley G. Weinbaum, American sci-fi writer (Martian Odyssey), dies at 33
Dec 16 Thelma Todd, actress (Horse Feathers, Bohemian Girl), dies of 30
Dec 17 Lizette Woodworth Reese, American poet (Branch of May, Tears), dies at 79
Dec 18 Juan Vicente Gomez, Venezuelan general and dictator of Venezuela (1908-35), dies at 78
Dec 20 Martin O'Meara, Australian WWI soldier and Victoria Cross honoree, dies at 50
Dec 21 Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist/writer (Die Weltbühne), dies after taking sleeping tablets at 45
Dec 24 Alban Berg, Austrian composer (Wozzeck; Lulu), dies of sepsis at 50
Dec 25 Paul Bourget, French novelist and critic, dies at 83
Dec 28 Clarence Day, American author (Life with Father), dies at 61

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