Famous People Who Died In 1914
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1914. This list includes people like John Muir, George Washington Vanderbilt II, Joshua Chamberlain, Ambrose Bierce, Jacob Riis and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, poets, inventors and military leaders who died in 1914. This list includes people from United States, Germany, United Kingdom & Austria and many more countries.
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Birthdate: December 18, 1863
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Graz, Austria
Died: June 28
Birthdate: April 21, 1838
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Dunbar
Died: December 24
Birthdate: June 24, 1842
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Meigs County, Ohio, United States
Died: December 1
Birthdate: September 8, 1828
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Brewer
Died: February 24
Birthdate: October 6, 1846
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Central Bridge, New York, United States
Died: March 12
6
Jacob Riis(Danish-American Social Reformer & Social Documentary Photographer)
Birthdate: May 3, 1849
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ribe
Died: May 26
Birthdate: October 26, 1854
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Springfield, Illinois, United States
Died: May 9
8
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg
(Lady-in-waiting, Photographer)
Birthdate: March 1, 1868
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg
Died: June 28
9
Carol I of Romania
(King of Romania (1881 – 1914))
Birthdate: April 20, 1839
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Sigmaringen, Germany
Died: October 10
Birthdate: March 22, 1822
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Saratoga County, New York, United States
Died: July 22
11
Rube Waddell
(Baseball Player)
Birthdate: October 13, 1876
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: April 1
Birthdate: September 10, 1839
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Died: April 19
Birthdate: October 23, 1835
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Christian County, Kentucky, United States
Died: June 14
14
Bertha von Suttner(Austrian-Bohemian Pacifist, Novelist and the First Woman to be Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize)
Birthdate: June 9, 1843
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: The Golz-Kinsky Palace, Prague, Czechia
Died: June 21
15
Ellen Wilson
(Former First Lady of the United States)
Birthdate: May 15, 1860
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia, United States
Died: August 6
16
Richard Warren Sears
(Businessman)
Birthdate: December 7, 1863
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Stewartville, Minnesota, United States
Died: September 28
17
Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
(Military General)
Birthdate: September 30, 1832
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kanpur, India
Died: November 14
Birthdate: September 27, 1840
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: West Point, New York, United States
Died: December 1
19
Jean Jaurès
(French Socialist Leader )
Birthdate: September 3, 1859
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Castres, France
Died: July 31
20
John Tenniel
(Illustrator)
Birthdate: February 28, 1820
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bayswater, London, England
Died: February 25
21
Theodor Kittelsen
(Artist, illustrator)
Birthdate: April 27, 1857
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kragerø, Norway
Died: January 21
22
Joseph Swan
(Chemist, Physicist, Inventor)
Birthdate: October 31, 1828
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Sunderland
Died: May 27
Birthdate: December 6, 1863
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Thompson Township, Ohio, United States
Died: December 27
24
Margaret E. Knight
(Inventor, notably of a machine to produce flat-bottomed paper bags)
Birthdate: February 14, 1838
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: York, Maine, United States
Died: October 12
25
Joseph Chamberlain
(Politician)
Birthdate: July 8, 1836
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Camberwell, London, United Kingdom
Died: July 2
26
William Erasmus Darwin
(Charles Darwin's son)
Birthdate: December 27, 1839
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: 1914 AD
Birthdate: August 8, 1867
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paris
Died: February 10
Birthdate: November 14, 1862
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: New Dorp
Died: March 6
29
August Macke
(German Expressionist Painter Known for His Colorful Landscape Paintings)
Birthdate: January 3, 1887
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Meschede, Germany
Died: September 26
30
Koos de la Rey
(Military officer)
Birthdate: October 22, 1847
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Doornfontein, Winburg, South Africa
Died: September 15
Birthdate: April 7, 1842
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky
Died: September 14
32
Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
(Statesman)
Birthdate: August 6, 1820
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Forres, Scotland
Died: January 21
33
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
(Austrian Economist Who Made Important Contributions to the Development of the Austrian School of Economics)
Birthdate: February 12, 1851
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Brno, Czechia
Died: August 27
34
Mary Fields
(Mail carrier)
Birthdate: 1832 AD
Birthplace: Hickman County, Tennessee, United States
Died: 1914 AD
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
Birthdate: September 25, 1847
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Died: January 12
36
Pope Pius X(Head of the Catholic Church from 1903 to 1914)
Birthdate: June 2, 1835
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Riese Pio X, Italy
Died: August 20
37
Alain-Fournier
(Best remembered for his classic 1913 novel Le Grand Meaulnes)
Birthdate: October 3, 1886
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: La Chapelle-d'Angillon, France
Died: September 22
Birthdate: September 8, 1830
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Provence, France
Died: March 25
39
Peyo Yavorov(Poet , Playwright and a Pioneer of the Bulgarian Symbolist Movement)
Birthdate: January 1, 1878
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Chirpan, Bulgaria
Died: October 17
40
Alphonse Bertillon
(Police Officer)
Birthdate: April 22, 1853
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: February 13
41
Henry Gannett(American Geographer Who is Known as the 'Father of Mapmaking in America')
Birthdate: August 24, 1846
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bath, Maine, United States
Died: November 5
Birthdate: April 14, 1842
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Orwell, Ohio, United States
Died: November 1
43
Maximilian von Spee
(Naval officer)
Birthdate: June 22, 1861
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: December 8
44
Shibli Nomani
(Former writer known for the founding of the Shibli National College in 1883 and the Darul Mussanifin)
Birthdate: June 3, 1857
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Uttar Pradesh, India
Died: November 18
Birthdate: May 12, 1855
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: August 28
Birthdate: 1819 AD
Birthplace: Virginia, United States
Died: January 10
47
Charlotte Forten Grimké
(Poet)
Birthdate: August 17, 1837
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: July 23
48
Ovonramwen
(King of Benin)
Birthdate: 1857 AD
Birthplace: Calabar, Nigeria
Died: December 31
49
Roque Sáenz Peña
(Politician)
Birthdate: March 19, 1851
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died: August 9
50
John Philip Holland
(Former engineer who developed the first submarine to be formally commissioned by the US Navy, and the first Royal Navy submarine, Holland 1)
Birthdate: 1841 AD
Birthplace: Liscannor, Ireland
Died: August 12