- Jan 26 William K Wrigley, owner (Wrigley Gum, Chicago Cubs), dies
- Feb 29 "Big Ed" Morris, pitcher (Boston Red Sox), dies
- Mar 24 George Robert Canning, cricketer (the 4th Lord Harris), dies
- Apr 26 Bill Lockwood, cricketer (43 wickets in 12 Tests for England), dies
- Jun 5 Henry Taberer, cricket (bowl Trumper only Test wkt for South Africa), dies
- Jun 21 Marshall Taylor, American track cyclist and the first African American to achieve the level of world champion (1899 world track championships), dies from a heart attack at 53
- Jul 9 Henry Howell, English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests 1920-24), dies
- Jul 11 Nathaniel Niles, American figure skater and tennis player, dies at 46
- Jul 21 Bill Gleason, late 19th century baseball player
- Jul 23 Tenby Davies, Welsh half-mile world champion runner, dies at 48
- Aug 1 Arnold Fothergill, cricketer (8 wickets in 2 Tests for Eng 1889), dies
- Oct 18 Ioannis Chrysafis, Greek gymnast (b. 1873)
- Dec 28 John Blackham, cricketer (35 Tests as Aust WK, caught 37), dies