Famous People Who Died In 1919

Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1919. This list includes people like Theodore Roosevelt, Andrew Carnegie, Emiliano Zapata, Rosa Luxemburg, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, poets, prime ministers and artists who died in 1919. This list includes people from United States, Germany, United Kingdom & Canada and many more countries.
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 1 
Theodore Roosevelt
(26th President of the United States (1901-1909))
Theodore Roosevelt
81
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 27, 1858
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: New York, United States
Died: January 6
 2 
Andrew Carnegie
(Industrialist, Businessman, Entrepreneur and a major Philanthropist.)
Andrew Carnegie
28
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: November 25, 1835
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Dunfermline
Died: August 11
 3 
Madam C. J. Walker
(Entrepreneur)
Madam C. J. Walker
43
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: December 23, 1867
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Delta, Louisiana, United States
Died: May 25
 4 
Emiliano Zapata
(Leading Figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920)
Emiliano Zapata
14
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 8, 1879
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Anenecuilco, Mexico
Died: April 10
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 5 
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
(French Impressionist Painter)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
10
Birthdate: February 25, 1841
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Limoges, France
Died: December 3
 6 
L. Frank Baum
(Best Known for His Children's Books Like 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' and its Sequels)
L. Frank Baum
7
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 15, 1856
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Chittenango, New York, United States
Died: May 6
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 7 
Rosa Luxemburg
(Revolutionary Socialist, Marxist Philosopher & Anti-War Activist)
Rosa Luxemburg
13
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 5, 1871
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Zamosc, Poland
Died: January 15
 8 
Ernst Haeckel
(Zoologist & Evolutionist Who Was a Strong Proponent of 'Darwinism')
Ernst Haeckel
4
Birthdate: February 16, 1834
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Potsdam, Germany
Died: August 9
 9 
Mary Edwards Walker
(Surgeon, Feminist, Activist)
Mary Edwards Walker
3
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: November 26, 1832
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Oswego
Died: February 21
 10 
Seth Bullock
(Politician)
Seth Bullock
2
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: July 23, 1849
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Amherstburg, Canada
Died: September 23
 11 
Henry J. Heinz
(Businessperson)
Henry J. Heinz
2
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: October 11, 1844
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: South Side (Pittsburgh) Birmingham, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: May 14
 12 
William Osler
(Canadian Physician and Co-Founder of ‘Johns Hopkins Hospital’)
William Osler
3
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: July 12, 1849
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bradford West Gwillimbury, Canada
Died: December 29
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 13 
Alfred Deakin
(Former Prime Minister of Australia)
Alfred Deakin
9
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 3, 1856
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Melbourne
Died: October 7
 14 
Princess Charlotte of Prussia
(Princess)
Princess Charlotte of Prussia
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 24, 1860
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: New Palace, Potsdam, Germany
Died: October 1
 15 
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
(Poet and Mystic Rosicrucian)
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
4
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 5, 1850
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Janesville, Wisconsin, United States
Died: October 30
 16 
Louis Botha
(Politician)
Louis Botha
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 27, 1862
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Greytown
Died: August 27
 17 
Gojong of Korea
(King)
Gojong of Korea
3
Birthdate: September 8, 1852
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Unhyeongung, Seoul, South Korea
Died: January 21
 18 
William Crookes
(British Chemist and Physicist Known for His Discovery of the Element 'Thallium' and Invention of 'Crookes Tubes')
William Crookes
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: June 17, 1832
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: London, England
Died: April 4
 19 
Lord Rayleigh
(Discoverer of Argon)
Lord Rayleigh
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: November 12, 1842
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Langford Grove, Maldon, Essex, England
Died: June 30
 20 
Habibullah Khan
(Emir of Afghanistan from 1901 to 1919)
Habibullah Khan
5
Birthdate: June 3, 1872
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Tashkent
Died: February 20
 21 
Henry Clay Frick
(Industrialist)
Henry Clay Frick
4
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: December 19, 1849
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: West Overton, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: December 2
 22 
Sophia Tolstaya
(Writer)
Sophia Tolstaya
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 22, 1844
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Northwestern Administrative Okrug, Russia
Died: November 4
 23 
Milan Rastislav Štefánik
(One of the Founding Fathers of Czechoslovakia)
Milan Rastislav Štefánik
4
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 21, 1880
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Košariská, Slovakia
Died: May 4
 24 
Adelina Patti
(Italian Opera Singer Who is Considered One of the Most Popular Sopranos of All Time)
Adelina Patti
2
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: February 19, 1843
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Died: September 27
 25 
James Reese Europe
(Composer)
James Reese Europe
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: February 22, 1880
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Mobile, Alabama, United States
Died: May 9
 26 
Ruggero Leoncavallo
(Italian Opera Composer and Librettist)
Ruggero Leoncavallo
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: April 23, 1857
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Naples, Italy
Died: August 9
 27 
Anna Howard Shaw
(Leader of the women's suffrage movement in the United States.)
Anna Howard Shaw
1
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: February 14, 1847
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
Died: July 2
 28 
Henry Gantt
(Engineer)
Henry Gantt
1
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: May 20, 1861
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Calvert County
Died: November 23
 29 
Kurt Eisner
(Statesman)
Kurt Eisner
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 14, 1867
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: February 21
 30 
Wilfrid Laurier
(7th Prime Minister of Canada (1896 -1911))
Wilfrid Laurier
2
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: November 20, 1841
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Saint-Lin-Laurentides, Canada
Died: February 17
 31 
Alfred Werner
(Chemist)
Alfred Werner
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 12, 1866
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France
Died: November 15
 32 
Endre Ady
(One of the Greatest Hungarian Poets of the 20th Century)
Endre Ady
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 22, 1877
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Ady Endre, Romania
Died: January 27
 33 
Terauchi Masatake
(Former Prime Minister of Japan (1916 - 1918))
Terauchi Masatake
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 5, 1852
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Japan
Died: November 3
 34 
Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria
(Noblemen)
Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 15, 1842
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria
Died: January 18
 35 
Georg von Hertling
(Politician)
Georg von Hertling
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 31, 1843
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Darmstadt, Germany
Died: January 4
 36 
Hermann Emil Fischer
(German Chemist and Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry in 1902)
Hermann Emil Fischer
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 9, 1852
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Euskirchen, Germany
Died: July 15
 37 
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia
(Grand Duke of Russia)
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 3, 1860
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: January 28
 38 
Ricardo Palma
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 7, 1833
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Lima, Peru
Died: October 6
 39 
Carl Larsson
(Swedish Painter Known for His Watercolors of Idyllic Family Life)
Carl Larsson
1
Birthdate: May 28, 1853
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: January 22
 40 
Maria Theresa of Austria-Este
(Queen)
Maria Theresa of Austria-Este
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 2, 1849
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Brno, Czechia
Died: February 3
 41 
Guido von List
(Poet, Journalist, Novelist)
Guido von List
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 5, 1848
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: May 17
 42 
Johannes Rydberg
(Swedish Physicist Known for Devising the Rydberg Formula to Describe the Wavelengths of Photons)
Johannes Rydberg
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: November 8, 1854
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Halmstad, Sweden
Died: December 28
 43 
José Santos Zelaya
(President of Nicaragua (1893 - 1909))
José Santos Zelaya
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 1, 1853
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Managua, Nicaragua
Died: May 17
 44 
Evelyn De Morgan
(Painter)
Evelyn De Morgan
0
Birthdate: August 30, 1855
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: London
Died: May 2
 45 
Francisco Moreno
(Naturalist, Explorer, Anthropologist, Geographer)
Francisco Moreno
0
Birthdate: May 31, 1852
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died: November 22
 46 
Abraham Valdelomar
(Peruvian Author, Poet, Journalist, and Caricaturist Who Pioneered Avant-Garde Literature in Peru)
Abraham Valdelomar
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 27, 1888
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Pisco
Died: November 3
 47 
Sam Steele
(Canadian Police Official and Soldier)
Sam Steele
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 5, 1848
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Purbrook, Bracebridge, Canada
Died: January 30
 48 
Amado Nervo
(Mexican Poet, Journalist and Educator)
Amado Nervo
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 27, 1870
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico
Died: May 24
 49 
Gustav Landauer
(Politician, Translator, Writer, Journalist)
Gustav Landauer
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 7, 1870
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Karlsruhe
Died: May 2
 50 
Raymonde de Laroche
(Pilot)
Raymonde de Laroche
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 22, 1882
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: July 18