Famous People Who Died In 1921

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Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1921. This list includes people like Camille Saint-Saëns, Peter Kropotkin, Devil Anse Hatfield, Gabriel Lippmann, George Stephen and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, emperors & kings, journalists and inventors who died in 1921. This list includes people from Germany, United States, United Kingdom & Russia and many more countries.
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 1 
Bat Masterson
(U.S. Army Scout, Lawman and Columnist for ‘The Morning Telegraph’)
Bat Masterson
6
Birthdate: November 26, 1853
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Henryville, Canada
Died: October 25
 2 
Camille Saint-Saëns
(One of the Greatest Organists and Composers of the Romantic Era)
Camille Saint-Saëns
4
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: October 9, 1835
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 16
 3 
Peter Kropotkin
(Anarchist, Socialist & Historian)
Peter Kropotkin
3
Birthdate: December 9, 1842
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: February 8
 4 
Lady Randolph Churchill
(Socialite, Mother of Winston Churchill)
Lady Randolph Churchill
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 9, 1854
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Cobble Hill, New York, United States
Died: June 29
 5 
Henrietta Swan Leavitt
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: July 4, 1868
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Lancaster, Massachusetts
Died: December 12
 6 
Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi
(Islamic Scholar, Reformer)
Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi
69
Birthdate: June 14, 1856
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bareilly
Died: October 28
 7 
Engelbert Humperdinck
(Composer)
Engelbert Humperdinck
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: September 1, 1854
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Siegburg, Germany
Died: September 27
 8 
Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
(Queen)
Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
2
Birthdate: October 22, 1858
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Lubsko, Poland
Died: April 11
 9 
Mykola Leontovych
(Legendary Ukrainian Composer Known for His A Cappella Choral Music)
Mykola Leontovych
2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: December 13, 1877
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Monastyrysche, Ukraine
Died: January 23
 10 
John Boyd Dunlop
(Inventor, Entrepreneur)
John Boyd Dunlop
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Birthdate: February 5, 1840
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Dreghorn
Died: October 23
Height: 5'0" (152 cm)
 11 
Peter I of Yugoslavia
(King)
Peter I of Yugoslavia
2
Birthdate: June 29, 1844
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Belgrade, Serbia
Died: August 16
 12 
Devil Anse Hatfield
(Patriarch of the Hatfield Clan)
Devil Anse Hatfield
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 9, 1839
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Logan, West Virginia, United States
Died: January 6
 13 
Carl Menger
(Economist, University teacher)
Carl Menger
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Birthdate: February 23, 1840
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Nowy Sącz
Died: February 26
 14 
P. B. S. Pinchback
(Politician)
P. B. S. Pinchback
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 10, 1837
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Macon, Georgia, United States
Died: December 21
 15 
Alexander Blok
(Poet)
Alexander Blok
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Birthdate: November 28, 1880
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: August 7
 16 
Gabriel Lippmann
(French Physicist and Winner of the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physics)
Gabriel Lippmann
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: August 16, 1845
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bonnevoie, Luxembourg
Died: July 13
 17 
Andrew Watson
(World's first black person to play association football at international level)
Andrew Watson
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 24, 1856
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Demerara, Guyana
Died: March 8
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 18 
William II of Württemberg
(Politician)
William II of Württemberg
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Birthdate: February 25, 1848
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Stuttgart
Died: October 2
 19 
Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah
(9th Ruler of Kuwait)
Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah
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Birthdate: 1864 AD
Birthplace: Kuwait
Died: February 23
 20 
Michael Llewelyn Davies
(Student)
Michael Llewelyn Davies
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 16, 1900
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: London, England
Died: May 19
 21 
Charles White Whittlesey
(United States Army Medal of Honor recipient who led the "Lost Battalion" in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive during World War I)
Charles White Whittlesey
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 20, 1884
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Florence, Wisconsin, United States
Died: November 26
 22 
Robert de Montesquiou
(Poet)
Robert de Montesquiou
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 7, 1855
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 11
 23 
Pauline von Metternich
(Socialite)
Pauline von Metternich
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 25, 1836
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: August 28
 24 
Emily Davies
(English Suffragist, Feminist and Co-founder of Girton College, Cambridge University)
Emily Davies
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Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: April 22, 1830
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Carlton Crescent, Southampton, England
Died: July 13
 25 
Emilia Pardo Bazán
(Writer Known for Introducing Naturalism Into Spanish Literature)
Emilia Pardo Bazán
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 16, 1851
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: A Coruña, Spain
Died: May 12
 26 
William Friese-Greene
(Photographer, Inventor)
William Friese-Greene
0
Birthdate: September 7, 1855
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bristol
Died: May 5
 27 
Hermann Schwarz
(Mathematician)
Hermann Schwarz
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: January 25, 1843
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Jerzmanowa, Poland
Died: November 30
 28 
Ivan Vazov
(Bulgarian Novelist, Poet and Playwright Best Known for His Novel 'Under the Yoke')
Ivan Vazov
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 9, 1850
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Sopot, Bulgaria
Died: September 22
 29 
Nikolay Gumilyov
(Poet)
Nikolay Gumilyov
0
Birthdate: April 15, 1886
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Kronshtadt, Russia
Died: August 24
 30 
William Rutherford Benn
(Journalist and a member of the political Benn family)
William Rutherford Benn
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Birthdate: 1855 AD
Birthplace: Poplar, London, England
Died: 1921 AD
 31 
Roman von Ungern-Sternberg
(Anticommunist general in the Russian Civil War and then an independent warlord who intervened in Mongolia against China)
Roman von Ungern-Sternberg
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Listed In: Criminals
Birthdate: January 10, 1886
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Graz, Austria
Died: September 15
 32 
Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg
(Diplomat)
Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 12, 1847
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kaliningrad, Prussia
Died: September 17
 33 
Peter Cooper Hewitt
(Electrical Engineer)
Peter Cooper Hewitt
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Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: May 5, 1861
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: August 25
 34 
James Mooney
(Ethnographer)
James Mooney
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Birthdate: February 10, 1861
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Richmond, Indiana, United States
Died: December 22
 35 
Zemaite
(Writer)
Zemaite
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 31, 1845
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bukantė , Kaunas County, Lithuania
Died: December 7
 36 
Mary Watson Whitney
(American Astronomer Who Built Vassar College’s Research Program in Astronomy Into One of the Nation’s Finest)
Mary Watson Whitney
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 11, 1847
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
Died: January 21
 37 
Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav
(Poet)
Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 2, 1849
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Vyšný Kubín, Slovakia
Died: November 8
 38 
Marigold Churchill
(Daughter of British Politician and Army Officer, Sir Winston Churchill)
Marigold Churchill
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 15, 1918
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: United Kingdom
Died: August 23
 39 
Prince Louis of Battenberg
(Admiral)
Prince Louis of Battenberg
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 24, 1854
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Graz, Austria
Died: September 11
 40 
Nikolai Zhukovsky
(Scientist, Mathematician, Engineer)
Nikolai Zhukovsky
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Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: January 17, 1847
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Orekhovo
Died: March 17
 41 
Christina Nilsson
(Swedish Operatic Soprano from the 19th Century)
Christina Nilsson
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Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: August 20, 1843
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Småland, Sweden
Died: November 20
 42 
Juhani Aho
(Journalist and Author)
Juhani Aho
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 11, 1861
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Lapinlahti, Finland
Died: August 8
 43 
Natalie Curtis
(Ethnomusicologist)
Natalie Curtis
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Birthdate: April 26, 1875
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: October 23
 44 
Edward Douglass White
(Politician)
Edward Douglass White
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 3, 1845
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Thibodaux, Louisiana, United States
Died: May 19
 45 
Henry Hyndman
(English Writer, Politician and Socialist)
Henry Hyndman
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 7, 1842
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: London, England
Died: November 20
 46 
Vladimir Korolenko
(Ukrainian-Russian Writer and Journalist)
Vladimir Korolenko
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 27, 1853
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Zhytomyr, Ukraine
Died: December 25
 47 
C. I. Scofield
(Theologian)
C. I. Scofield
0
Birthdate: August 19, 1843
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Michigan, United States
Died: July 24
 48 
Talaat Pasha
(The Grand Vizier of Turkey during World War I)
Talaat Pasha
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 1, 1874
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Kardzali, Bulgaria
Died: March 15
 49 
François Hennebique
(Engineer)
François Hennebique
0
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: April 26, 1842
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: France
Died: March 7
 50 
Gertrud von Hindenburg
(Noblewoman)
Gertrud von Hindenburg
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 4, 1860
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Magdeburg, Germany
Died: May 14