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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 1 
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
(The person whose assassination sparked the First World War)
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
17
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 18, 1863
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Graz, Austria
Died: June 28
 2 
John Muir
(Naturalist)
John Muir
17
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: April 21, 1838
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Dunbar
Died: December 24
 3 
Ambrose Bierce
(Journalist & Writer, soldier)
Ambrose Bierce
10
Birthdate: June 24, 1842
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Meigs County, Ohio, United States
Died: December 1
 4 
Joshua Chamberlain
(Educator & War Hero)
Joshua Chamberlain
7
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 8, 1828
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Brewer
Died: February 24
 5 
George Westinghouse
(American Entrepreneur and Engineer Who Invented the ‘Railway Air Brake’)
George Westinghouse
3
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)
Jacob Riis
4
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: May 3, 1849
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ribe
Died: May 26
 7 
C. W. Post
(Nutritionist)
C. W. Post
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 26, 1854
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Springfield, Illinois, United States
Died: May 9
 8 
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg
(Lady-in-waiting, Photographer)
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
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))
Carol I of Romania
6
Birthdate: April 20, 1839
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Sigmaringen, Germany
Died: October 10
 10 
George Crum
(American Chef)
George Crum
22
Listed In: Food Experts
Birthdate: March 22, 1822
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Saratoga County, New York, United States
Died: July 22
 11 
Rube Waddell
(Baseball Player)
Rube Waddell
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 13, 1876
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: April 1
 12 
Charles Sanders Peirce
(American Philosopher, Mathematician, Logician, and Scientist)
Charles Sanders Peirce
0
Birthdate: September 10, 1839
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Died: April 19
 13 
Adlai Stevenson I
(23rd Vice President of the United States (1893-97))
Adlai Stevenson I
1
Listed In: Leaders
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)
Bertha von Suttner
2
Listed In: Writers
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)
Ellen Wilson
4
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 15, 1860
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia, United States
Died: August 6
 16 
Richard Warren Sears
(Businessman)
Richard Warren Sears
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: December 7, 1863
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Stewartville, Minnesota, United States
Died: September 28
 17 
Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
(Military General)
Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 30, 1832
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kanpur, India
Died: November 14
 18 
Alfred Thayer Mahan
(Naval Officer)
Alfred Thayer Mahan
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 27, 1840
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: West Point, New York, United States
Died: December 1
 19 
Jean Jaurès
(French Socialist Leader )
Jean Jaurès
0
Birthdate: September 3, 1859
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Castres, France
Died: July 31
 20 
John Tenniel
(Illustrator)
John Tenniel
0
Birthdate: February 28, 1820
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bayswater, London, England
Died: February 25
 21 
Theodor Kittelsen
(Artist, illustrator)
Theodor Kittelsen
0
Birthdate: April 27, 1857
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kragerø, Norway
Died: January 21
 22 
Joseph Swan
(Chemist, Physicist, Inventor)
Joseph Swan
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 31, 1828
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Sunderland
Died: May 27
 23 
Charles Martin Hall
3
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)
Margaret E. Knight
0
Birthdate: February 14, 1838
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: York, Maine, United States
Died: October 12
 25 
Joseph Chamberlain
(Politician)
Joseph Chamberlain
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 8, 1836
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Camberwell, London, United Kingdom
Died: July 2
 26 
William Erasmus Darwin
(Charles Darwin's son)
William Erasmus Darwin
1
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: December 27, 1839
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: 1914 AD
 27 
Jean Monet
(Chemist)
Jean Monet
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 8, 1867
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paris
Died: February 10
 28 
George Washington Vanderbilt II
16
Listed In: Miscellaneous
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)
August Macke
0
Birthdate: January 3, 1887
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Meschede, Germany
Died: September 26
 30 
Koos de la Rey
(Military officer)
Koos de la Rey
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 22, 1847
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Doornfontein, Winburg, South Africa
Died: September 15
 31 
Allen Allensworth
(Baptist Minister, Educator, Army Officer)
Allen Allensworth
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 7, 1842
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky
Died: September 14
 32 
Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
(Statesman)
Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
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)
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
0
Birthdate: February 12, 1851
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Brno, Czechia
Died: August 27
 34 
Mary Fields
(Mail carrier)
Mary Fields
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1832 AD
Birthplace: Hickman County, Tennessee, United States
Died: 1914 AD
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 35 
Vinnie Ream
(Sculptor)
Vinnie Ream
0
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)
Pope Pius X
9
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)
Alain-Fournier
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 3, 1886
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: La Chapelle-d'Angillon, France
Died: September 22
 38 
Frédéric Mistral
(Writer)
Frédéric Mistral
0
Listed In: Writers
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)
Peyo Yavorov
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 1, 1878
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Chirpan, Bulgaria
Died: October 17
 40 
Alphonse Bertillon
(Police Officer)
Alphonse Bertillon
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
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')
Henry Gannett
1
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: August 24, 1846
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bath, Maine, United States
Died: November 5
 42 
Adna Chaffee
(Army General)
Adna Chaffee
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 14, 1842
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Orwell, Ohio, United States
Died: November 1
 43 
Maximilian von Spee
(Naval officer)
Maximilian von Spee
1
Listed In: Leaders
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)
Shibli Nomani
0
Birthdate: June 3, 1857
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Uttar Pradesh, India
Died: November 18
 45 
Anatoly Lyadov
(Composer)
Anatoly Lyadov
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: May 12, 1855
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: August 28
 46 
Jane Roberts
(First Lady)
Jane Roberts
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1819 AD
Birthplace: Virginia, United States
Died: January 10
 47 
Charlotte Forten Grimké
(Poet)
Charlotte Forten Grimké
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 17, 1837
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: July 23
 48 
Ovonramwen
(King of Benin)
Ovonramwen
0
Birthdate: 1857 AD
Birthplace: Calabar, Nigeria
Died: December 31
 49 
Roque Sáenz Peña
(Politician)
Roque Sáenz Peña
1
Listed In: Leaders
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)
John Philip Holland
0
Birthdate: 1841 AD
Birthplace: Liscannor, Ireland
Died: August 12