Famous People Who Died In 1906
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1906. This list includes people like Susan B. Anthony, Raja Ravi Varma, Henrik Ibsen, Pierre Curie, Ludwig Boltzmann and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include artists, physicists, political leaders and journalists who died in 1906. This list includes people from United States, Russia and many more countries.
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Susan B. Anthony(Social Reformer and Women's Rights Activist Who Was a Pioneer Crusader for the Women’s Suffrage Movement)
Birthdate: February 15, 1820
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Adams, Massachusetts, United States
Died: March 13
Susan B. Anthony's vital role in the women's suffrage movement changed the course of history. She led one of the two national suffrage organizations, which later became the National American Woman Suffrage Association, with Susan as its leading force. She also played an instrumental role in publishing The Revolution, a women's rights newspaper.
Birthdate: May 15, 1859
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: April 19
A pioneer in crystallography, radioactivity, piezoelectricity, and magnetism, Pierre Curie was a French physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics along with Henri Becquerel and Marie Curie. Despite being an atheist, Pierre Curie was fascinated by spiritualism as he believed that spiritual questions deal with physics.
Birthdate: January 9, 1839
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Aix-en-Provence, France
Died: October 22
French artist Paul Cézanne was a prominent Post-Impressionist painter and influenced much of the early-20th-century movement known as Cubism. Some of his notable works include The Card Players, The Bathers, and Pyramid of Skulls. He experimented with water colors and had created a host of still-life paintings.
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Henrik Ibsen(Norwegian-Danish Playwright and Theatre Director)
Birthdate: March 20, 1828
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Skien, Telemark, Norway
Died: May 23
Henrik Ibsen was a Norwegian theatre director and playwright. One of the most influential and popular playwrights of his generation, Ibsen is credited with co-founding modernism in theatre, for which he is often called the father of realism. After William Shakespeare, Henrik Ibsen is the world's most often performed dramatist. His works have influenced other playwrights like George Bernard Shaw.
Birthdate: February 20, 1844
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Vienna
Died: September 5
Austrian physicist and philosopher, Ludwig Boltzmann, played a key role in the development of statistical mechanics. As a young man, he was appointed a professor of mathematical physics at the University of Graz. He worked extensively with other physicists over the course of his brilliant academic career. He suffered from bipolar disorder and died by suicide in 1906.
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Stanford White
(Architect, Painter)
Birthdate: November 9, 1853
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: New York City
Died: June 25
Stanford White was an American architect who designed several important monuments including the Washington Square Arch. He also helped construct Nikola Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower, which happens to be his last design. Although White was an influential and prominent designer of his time, he is best remembered for his illicit relationship with Evelyn Nesbit which has inspired several works of art.
Birthdate: April 29, 1848
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kilimanoor, Travancore, India
Died: October 2
One of the greatest Indian painters of all time, Raja Ravi Varma is best remembered for mixing Indian mythological subjects with the Western historicist style of art. His painting skills made the king of Travancore his patron at 14. His best-known works include The Milkmaid and The Begum’s Bath.
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James A. Bailey
(American Owner and Manager of Several 19th-Century Circuses)
Birthdate: July 4, 1847
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Died: April 11
James A. Bailey was an American impresario and circus ringmaster. He is credited with co-founding one of the greatest circus companies of all time, Barnum and Bailey's Circus. A year after his death, his widow sold the circus to the Ringling brothers, resulting in the formation of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
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Archduke Otto of Austria
(Archduke of Austria)
Birthdate: April 21, 1865
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Graz, Austria
Died: November 1
Birthdate: June 27, 1872
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Dayton, Ohio, United States
Died: February 9
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Joseph Wheeler
(Military Commander)
Birthdate: September 10, 1836
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Augusta, Georgia, United States
Died: January 25
Birthdate: April 13, 1828
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Northumberland
Died: December 30
Renowned Victorian-era feminist and social reformer Josephine Butler was a champion for women’s suffrage and also fought against human trafficking. It is believed, she devoted herself to charity after the death of her 6-year-old daughter. She also forced Cambridge to encourage women’s education, which culminated in the Newnham women’s college.
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Alexander Stepanovich Popov
(Russian Physicist Who Was One of the First Persons to Invent a Radio Receiving Device)
Birthdate: March 16, 1859
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Krasnoturinsk, Russia
Died: January 13
Alexander Stepanovich Popov was a Russian physicist best remembered for his pioneering work in transmitting radio signals. One of the first inventors to come up with a radio receiving device, Popov's work was contemporaneous with the groundbreaking work of Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi. Popov's life and career inspired the 1949 biographical film Alexander Popov which was directed by Herbert Rappaport.
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Samuel Langley
(American Aviation Pioneer, Astronomer and Physicist Known for Inventing 'Bolometer')
Birthdate: August 22, 1834
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: February 27
Astrophysicist Samuel Pierpont Langley had worked as an engineer before he taught physics and astronomy at the Western University of Pennsylvania. He later took over as the director of the Allegheny Observatory. He is best remembered for his research on solar radiation and for inventing the bolometer.
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Makonnen Wolde Mikael
(Shum of Harar (1887 - 1906) and a Noted General during the First Italo-Ethiopian War)
Birthdate: May 8, 1852
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Sheno, Shewa, Ethiopia
Died: March 21
Makonnen Wolde Mikael served as Shum of Harar from 1887 to 1906 under Ethiopian monarchs Yohannes IV and Menelik II. The governor of Harar province and a military leader, Mikael is best-remembered for his role as an effective general during various military-campaigns, most notably during First Italo–Ethiopian War when he played a key role at the Battle of Adwa.
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Mary Victoria Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston
(Vicereine)
Birthdate: May 27, 1870
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: July 18
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Arthur Bell Nicholls
(Pastor)
Birthdate: January 6, 1819
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Killead, County Antrim, Ireland
Died: December 3
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Elizabeth of the Trinity
(Writer)
Birthdate: July 18, 1880
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Avord, Farges-en-Septaine, (Cher), France
Died: November 9
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Joseph Glidden
(Businessman)
Birthdate: January 18, 1813
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Charlestown, New Hampshire, United States
Died: October 9
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Gabriel Dumont
(Political figure)
Birthdate: December 1, 1837
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Red River Settlement, Canada
Died: May 19
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Veronica of the Passion
(Nun)
Birthdate: October 1, 1823
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: İstanbul, Turkey
Died: November 16
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Manuel García
(Spanish Baritone Singer and Trainer Who Invented the Laryngoscope)
Birthdate: March 17, 1805
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Died: July 1
Spanish baritone singer and voice educator Manuel García was the son of legendary opera singer Manuel del Popolo Vicente García. He started his career with his father’s production of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville. He invented the laryngoscope and penned the classic Complete Treatise on the Art of Singing.
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Princess Louise of Denmark
(Aristocrat)
Birthdate: February 17, 1875
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Amalienborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: April 4
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Bartolomé Mitre
(Soldier, Linguist, Journalist, Historian, Politician, Translator)
Birthdate: June 26, 1821
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Buenos Aires
Died: January 19
Bartolomé Mitre was an Argentine soldier, statesman, and author. He is best remembered for his service as the President of Argentina from 12 October 1862 to 12 October 1868. A major political figure that best characterized liberalism in 19th century Argentina, Bartolomé Mitre was also a historian, journalist, writer, and poet.
Birthdate: October 20, 1847
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Oslo Christiania, Norway
Died: November 5
One of the earliest Skagen painters, Norwegian artist Frits Thaulow was a pioneering figure of Impressionist painting in Norway. Best remembered for his marine landscape painting, he later received the French Legion of Honor. Picquigny, Ambiance Du Soir, and Dordrecht remain some of his best-known works.
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Christopher Columbus Langdell
(Educator)
Birthdate: May 22, 1826
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New Boston, New Hampshire, United States
Died: July 6
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Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts
(Philanthropist)
Birthdate: April 21, 1814
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: London, England
Died: December 30
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Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau
(Princess)
Birthdate: September 14, 1837
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Dessau, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany
Died: May 12
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James Pinson Labulo Davies
(Businessman, 19th-century African merchant-sailor)
Birthdate: August 14, 1828
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bathurst, Sierra Leone
Died: April 29
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William Rainey Harper
(Academic Leader)
Birthdate: July 24, 1856
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New Concord, Ohio, United States
Died: January 10
Birthdate: January 2, 1877
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Ozalj
Died: March 29
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Hashim Jalilul Alam Aqamaddin
(Politician)
Birthdate: May 21, 1825
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Sultan Lama, Brunei Town, Brunei
Died: May 10
Birthdate: 1849 AD
Birthplace: Sierra Leone
Died: 1906 AD
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Charles Eastlake
(Architect)
Birthdate: March 11, 1836
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Plymouth, England
Died: November 20
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Harry Nelson Pillsbury
(American Chess Player)
Birthdate: December 5, 1872
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
Died: June 17
36
Élie Ducommun
(Swiss Peace Activist Who Founded the 'League of Peace and Freedom' in 1867)
Birthdate: February 19, 1833
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Geneva
Died: December 7
Élie Ducommun was a Swiss peace activist best remembered for winning the 1902 Nobel Peace Prize. He is credited with founding the League of Peace and Freedom in 1867. In 1891, he was chosen to serve as the director of the first non-governmental international peace organization, International Peace Office. Élie Ducommun served in this position until his death in 1906.
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Oswald Durand
(Haiti's National Poet Who Was Also a Journalist and a Politician)
Birthdate: September 17, 1840
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Haiti
Died: April 22
Known as Haiti’s Shakespeare, Oswald Durand was an iconic Haitian literary figure who is also considered Haiti’s national poet. Mostly a romantic poet, he had been a journalist and politician, too. He was also made the president of the Chamber of Deputies. Choucoune remains one of his best-known works.
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Prince Albert of Prussia
(General field marshal)
Birthdate: May 8, 1837
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: September 13
Birthdate: May 1, 1827
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Courrières, France
Died: July 5
Birthdate: November 8, 1823
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, France
Died: March 13
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Béhanzin
(Eleventh King of Dahomey)
Birthdate: 1845 AD
Birthplace: Benin
Died: December 10
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Michael Davitt
(Political leader)
Birthdate: March 25, 1846
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Straide, Ireland
Died: May 30
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George Gapon
(Former priest and a popular working-class leader before the 1905 Russian Revolution)
Birthdate: February 17, 1870
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bilyky, Ukraine
Died: April 10
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John William De Forest
(Soldier)
Birthdate: May 31, 1826
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Seymour, Connecticut, United States
Died: July 17
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Tom Cooper
(American Racing Drivers)
Birthdate: December 1, 1874
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: November 16
Tom Cooper was an American cyclist best remembered for his rivalry with Major Taylor. In 1898, he played a major role in the creation of the American Racing Cyclists Union. Tom Cooper was also an early automobile racing driver whose work with Henry Ford resulted in two high-speed race cars.
Birthdate: April 8, 1818
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Gottorf Castle, Schleswig, Germany
Died: January 29
Christian IX of Denmark was King of Denmark from 1863 to 1906, having claimed the throne following the death of King Frederick VII. During his early reign, the Danish saw defeat in the Second Schleswig War and lost several duchies. Recovering from a tumultuous start, he reigned over his nation for several years and was respected by his people.
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Ras Mengesha Yohannes
(Governor of Tigray and Son of Emperor of Ethiopia Yohannes IV)
Birthdate: 1868 AD
Birthplace: Ethiopia
Died: 1906 AD
Ras Mengesha Yohannes who was considered a nephew of Emperor of Ethiopia Yohannes IV was acknowledged by the latter on his deathbed as his natural-son and heir. Negus Menelik of Shewa however proclaimed himself as Emperor and eventually Mengesha had to drop his claims to throne and submit to Menelik who in-turn inducted Mengesha as governor, not negus of Tigray.
Birthdate: August 4, 1816
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Verona, New York, United States
Died: July 22
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Frederic William Maitland
(Historian)
Birthdate: May 28, 1850
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: London, England
Died: December 19
Birthdate: 1850 AD
Birthplace: Gaza Province, Mozambique
Died: December 23