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)
Susan B. Anthony
20
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: February 15, 1820
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Adams, Massachusetts, United States
Died: March 13
 2 
Paul Cezanne
(French Artist and Post-Impressionist Painter)
Paul Cezanne
15
Birthdate: January 9, 1839
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Aix-en-Provence, France
Died: October 22
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 3 
Pierre Curie
(Nobel Laureate in Physics)
Pierre Curie
11
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: May 15, 1859
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: April 19
 4 
Henrik Ibsen
(Norwegian-Danish Playwright and Theatre Director)
Henrik Ibsen
31
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 20, 1828
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Skien, Telemark, Norway
Died: May 23
 5 
Ludwig Boltzmann
(Physicist)
Ludwig Boltzmann
4
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: February 20, 1844
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Vienna
Died: September 5
 6 
James A. Bailey
(American Owner and Manager of Several 19th-Century Circuses)
James A. Bailey
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 4, 1847
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Died: April 11
 7 
Stanford White
(Architect, Painter)
Stanford White
1
Listed In: Architects
Birthdate: November 9, 1853
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: New York City
Died: June 25
 8 
Raja Ravi Varma
(One of the Greatest Painters in the History of Indian Art)
Raja Ravi Varma
13
Birthdate: April 29, 1848
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kilimanoor, Travancore, India
Died: October 2
Paul Laurence Dunbar
3
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 27, 1872
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Dayton, Ohio, United States
Died: February 9
 10 
Joseph Wheeler
(Military Commander)
Joseph Wheeler
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 10, 1836
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Augusta, Georgia, United States
Died: January 25
 11 
Josephine Butler
(Social Worker)
Josephine Butler
1
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: April 13, 1828
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Northumberland
Died: December 30
 12 
Alexander Stepanovich Popov
(Russian Physicist Who Was One of the First Persons to Invent a Radio Receiving Device)
Alexander Stepanovich Popov
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: March 16, 1859
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Krasnoturinsk, Russia
Died: January 13
 13 
Samuel Langley
(American Aviation Pioneer, Astronomer and Physicist Known for Inventing 'Bolometer')
Samuel Langley
0
Birthdate: August 22, 1834
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: February 27
 14 
Makonnen Wolde Mikael
(Shum of Harar (1887 - 1906) and a Noted General during the First Italo-Ethiopian War)
Makonnen Wolde Mikael
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 8, 1852
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Sheno, Shewa, Ethiopia
Died: March 21
 15 
Mary Victoria Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston
(Vicereine)
Mary Victoria Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 27, 1870
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: July 18
 16 
Elizabeth of the Trinity
(Writer)
Elizabeth of the Trinity
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 18, 1880
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Avord, Farges-en-Septaine, (Cher), France
Died: November 9
 17 
Arthur Bell Nicholls
(Pastor)
Arthur Bell Nicholls
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 6, 1819
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Killead, County Antrim, Ireland
Died: December 3
 18 
Gabriel Dumont
(Political figure)
Gabriel Dumont
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 1, 1837
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Red River Settlement, Canada
Died: May 19
 19 
Veronica of the Passion
(Nun)
Veronica of the Passion
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 1, 1823
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: İstanbul, Turkey
Died: November 16
 20 
Princess Louise of Denmark
(Aristocrat)
Princess Louise of Denmark
0
Birthdate: February 17, 1875
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Amalienborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: April 4
 21 
Manuel García
(Spanish Baritone Singer and Trainer Who Invented the Laryngoscope)
Manuel García
0
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: March 17, 1805
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Died: July 1
 22 
Joseph Glidden
(Businessman)
Joseph Glidden
0
Birthdate: January 18, 1813
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Charlestown, New Hampshire, United States
Died: October 9
 23 
Christopher Columbus Langdell
(Educator)
Christopher Columbus Langdell
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 22, 1826
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New Boston, New Hampshire, United States
Died: July 6
 24 
Hashim Jalilul Alam Aqamaddin
(Politician)
Hashim Jalilul Alam Aqamaddin
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 21, 1825
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Sultan Lama, Brunei Town, Brunei
Died: May 10
 25 
Frits Thaulow
(Painter)
Frits Thaulow
0
Birthdate: October 20, 1847
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Oslo Christiania, Norway
Died: November 5
 26 
Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts
(Philanthropist)
Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 21, 1814
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: London, England
Died: December 30
 27 
Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau
(Princess)
Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 14, 1837
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Dessau, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany
Died: May 12
 28 
Slava Raškaj
(Painter)
Slava Raškaj
0
Birthdate: January 2, 1877
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Ozalj
Died: March 29
 29 
Michael Davitt
(Political leader)
Michael Davitt
0
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: March 25, 1846
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Straide, Ireland
Died: May 30
 30 
Harry Nelson Pillsbury
(American Chess Player)
Harry Nelson Pillsbury
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 5, 1872
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
Died: June 17
 31 
Charles Eastlake
(Architect)
Charles Eastlake
0
Listed In: Architects
Birthdate: March 11, 1836
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Plymouth, England
Died: November 20
 32 
Madam Yoko
(Politician)
Madam Yoko
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 1849 AD
Birthplace: Sierra Leone
Died: 1906 AD
 33 
Oswald Durand
(Haiti's National Poet Who Was Also a Journalist and a Politician)
Oswald Durand
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 17, 1840
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Haiti
Died: April 22
 34 
Élie Ducommun
(Swiss Peace Activist Who Founded the 'League of Peace and Freedom' in 1867)
Élie Ducommun
0
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: February 19, 1833
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Geneva
Died: December 7
 35 
Archduke Otto of Austria
(Archduke of Austria)
Archduke Otto of Austria
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 21, 1865
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Graz, Austria
Died: November 1
 36 
William Rainey Harper
(Academic Leader)
William Rainey Harper
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 24, 1856
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New Concord, Ohio, United States
Died: January 10
 37 
Joseph Monier
(Gardener)
Joseph Monier
0
Birthdate: November 8, 1823
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, France
Died: March 13
 38 
Jules Breton
(Painter)
Jules Breton
1
Birthdate: May 1, 1827
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Courrières, France
Died: July 5
 39 
Russell Sage
(Financier)
Russell Sage
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 4, 1816
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Verona, New York, United States
Died: July 22
 40 
Christian IX of Denmark
(Former King of Denmark (1863 – 1906))
Christian IX of Denmark
6
Birthdate: April 8, 1818
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Gottorf Castle, Schleswig, Germany
Died: January 29
 41 
Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann
(Philosopher)
Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann
0
Birthdate: February 23, 1842
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: June 5
 42 
James Pinson Labulo Davies
(Businessman, 19th-century African merchant-sailor)
James Pinson Labulo Davies
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 14, 1828
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bathurst, Sierra Leone
Died: April 29
 43 
Frederic William Maitland
(Historian)
Frederic William Maitland
1
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: May 28, 1850
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: London, England
Died: December 19
 44 
Gungunhana
(King)
Gungunhana
0
Birthdate: 1850 AD
Birthplace: Gaza Province, Mozambique
Died: December 23
 45 
Kodama Gentarō
(Former 4th Governor General of Taiwan (1898 – 1906), 6th Minister of War of the Japanese Empire (1900 - 1902))
Kodama Gentarō
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 16, 1852
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Tokuyama, Suō Province, Japan
Died: July 23
 46 
Richard Seddon
(15th Prime Minister of New Zealand (1893 - 1906) )
Richard Seddon
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 22, 1845
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Eccleston, England
Died: June 10
 47 
Bartolomé Mitre
(Soldier, Linguist, Journalist, Historian, Politician, Translator)
Bartolomé Mitre
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 26, 1821
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Buenos Aires
Died: January 19
 48 
Tom Cooper
(American Racing Drivers)
Tom Cooper
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 1, 1874
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: November 16
 49 
Eugène Carrière
(French Artist Known for His Scenes of Domestic Intimacy and for His Portraits of Distinguished Literary)
Eugène Carrière
0
Birthdate: January 16, 1849
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Gournay, France
Died: March 27
 50 
Anton Arensky
(Composer)
Anton Arensky
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: July 12, 1861
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Veliky Novgorod, Russia
Died: February 25