Deaths in History in 1924

Jan 21 Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin, Russian Revolutionary leader and Premier, dies of a stroke at 53

Jan 24 Thephilo Braga, Portuguese poet/politician, dies at 80
Jan 24 Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. 1894)
Jan 28 Simon Abramsz, Dutch teacher and writer (For the Young Ones), dies at 56

Feb 3 Woodrow Wilson, 28th US President (1913-21), dies at his home in Washington at 67

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

Feb 24 Edmond Picard, Fren/Belgium writer (Ambidextre journalist), dies at 87
Mar 1 Louise MA, princess of Belgium, dies at 66
Mar 12 Hilaire Comte de Chardonnet, inventor (rayon), dies
Mar 22 R G Nivelle, French general (Verdun), dies at 67
Apr 2 Johannes E. B. Warming, Danish Botanist (plant ecology, environment-organism interactions), dies at 82

Apr 14 Louis Sullivan, 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 24 G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist (b. 1844)
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 15 Paul d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist, dies at 71
May 21 Bobby Franks, American school boy killed by Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, at 14

May 25 Lyubov Popova, Russian avant-garde artist and painter, dies at 35
May 25 Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee, prolific Bengali educator, jurist, barrister and mathematician described as the "Banglar Bagh" (Tiger of Bengal), dies abruptly at 59
May 29 Pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat (Madrid/London), dies

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

Jun 8 George Mallory, English mountain climber ("because it is there"), dies in a climbing accident at 37 (b. 1886)

Jun 10 Giacomo Matteotti, Italian socialist deputy, assassinated by fascists
Jun 11 Alexander F de Savornin Lohmann Jr, Dutch minister (CHU), dies at 87
Jun 30 Jacob Israel de Haan, Dutch poet/writer (Pypelyntjes), dies at 42
Jul 10 Johannes B van Heutsz, gov-gen of Dutch Indies (1904-09), dies at 73
Jul 13 Alfred Marshall, English economist (Principles of Economics), dies at 81
Jul 23 Frank Frost Abbott, American classical scholar, dies at 64

Aug 3 Joseph Conrad, Polish/British writer (Heart of Darkness), dies at 66

Aug 9 Jacob P Vis, Dutch founder (NV Royal Salt Industries), dies at 66
Aug 17 Pavel S "Paul" Urysohn, Russian mathematician, drowns at 26
Aug 25 Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general (b. 1818)
Aug 27 William Maddock Bayliss, British physiologist, co-discoverer of hormones, dies at 64
Sep 18 Francis H. Bradley, British idealist philosopher (Appearance and Reality), dies at 78
Sep 24 Manuel Estrada Cabrera, 13th President of Guatemala (1898-1920), dies in prison at 66
Oct 6 Jacques Oppenheim, lawyer, dies at 75
Oct 7 Clemens Baeumker, German historian (Christian Philosophy), 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 29 Frances Hodgson Burnett, British born American playwright and children's author ("Little Lord Fauntleroy"), dies at 74
Nov 4 Richard Conner, American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient (b. 1843)
Nov 7 Hans Thoma, German painter, dies at 75
Nov 9 Henry Cabot Lodge, American Senator (b. 1850)
Nov 19 Lee Stack, British sirdar in Egypt/gov-gen of Sudan, murdered
Nov 21 Florence Harding, American First Lady (b. 1860)
Nov 22 Herman Heijermans Jr, author (On Hope, Heap of Blessing), dies
Dec 2 Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian philologist (b. 1879)

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

Dec 27 William Archer, Scottish critic/playwright (Green Goddess), 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)