Famous People Who Died In 1922
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Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1922. This list includes people like Alexander Graham Bell, Marcel Proust, Charles I of Austria, Newton Knight, Nellie Bly and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, military leaders, artists and prime ministers who died in 1922. This list includes people from France, United States, United Kingdom & Ireland and many more countries.
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1
Alexander Graham Bell(Inventor of Telephone & Co-Founder of 'American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T)')
Birthdate: March 3, 1847
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: August 2
Birthdate: February 15, 1874
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kilkea, Ireland
Died: January 5
Birthdate: October 16, 1890
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: County Cork, Republic of Ireland
Died: August 22
4
Nellie Bly(Journalist and Writer Known for Her Record-Breaking Trip Around the World in 72 Days)
Birthdate: May 5, 1864
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Cochrans Mills, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: January 27
5
Marcel Proust(French Novelist Who is Regarded as One of the Most Influential Authors of the 20th Century)
Birthdate: July 10, 1871
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Neuilly-Auteuil-Passy, France
Died: November 18
Birthdate: November 10, 1829
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Jones County
Died: 1922 AD
Birthdate: August 17, 1887
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Persenbeug-Gottsdorf, Austria
Died: April 1
8
William Desmond Taylor(Director and Actor Known for His Films: ‘The Diamond from the Sky’, ‘A Woman Scorned’ and ‘Ben Blair’)
Birthdate: April 26, 1872
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Carlow, Ireland
Died: February 1
9
Enver Pasha(Ottoman Military Officer, Revolutionary and Convicted War Criminal Who Formed One-Third of the 'Three Pashas' Triumvirate)
Birthdate: November 22, 1881
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: İstanbul, Turkey
Died: August 4
Birthdate: June 17, 1867
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Grenfell
Died: September 2
11
Ali Kemal
(Minister of the Interior of the Ottoman Empire in 1919)
Birthdate: September 7, 1867
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Fatih, Turkey
Died: November 6
Birthdate: November 8, 1884
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Zurich, Switzerland
Died: April 1
13
William Stewart Halsted
(Surgeon)
Birthdate: September 23, 1852
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New York City
Died: September 7
14
Cap Anson
(Baseball Player)
Birthdate: April 17, 1852
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Marshalltown, Iowa, United States
Died: April 14
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
15
Lord Leopold Mountbatten
(Military Leader)
Birthdate: May 21, 1889
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Windsor Castle, Windsor, England
Died: April 23
Birthdate: September 19, 1839
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Edgbaston
Died: October 24
17
Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia
(Queen)
Birthdate: July 28, 1860
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Peterhof, Saint Petersburg, Empire of Russia
Died: March 11
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
18
William Rockefeller Jr.
(American Businessman and Co-Founder of 'Standard Oil')
Birthdate: May 31, 1841
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Richford, New York, United States
Died: June 24
19
Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont
(Aristocrat)
Birthdate: February 17, 1861
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Arolsen, Germany
Died: September 1
20
John William Godward
(Painter)
Birthdate: August 9, 1861
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Wimbledon
Died: December 13
21
William J. Seymour
(Preacher)
Birthdate: May 2, 1870
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Louisiana
Died: September 28
22
Andrey Markov
(Mathematician)
Birthdate: June 14, 1856
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Ryazan, Russia
Died: July 20
23
Bert Williams
(Actor, Screenwriter, Stage actor)
Birthdate: November 12, 1874
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Nassau
Died: March 4
24
Gabriel Narutowicz
(First President of Poland)
Birthdate: March 29, 1865
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Telšiai, Lithuania
Died: December 16
25
Walther Rathenau
(Foreign Minister of Germany)
Birthdate: September 29, 1867
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: June 24
26
Georges Sorel
(Social Thinker, Political Theorist & Historian Known for His Advocacy of 'Sorelianism')
Birthdate: November 2, 1847
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cherbourg, France
Died: August 29
27
Lothar von Richthofen
(Aviator, Military personnel)
Birthdate: September 27, 1894
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Wrocław
Died: July 4
28
Arthur Griffith
(Former Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom (1918-1922))
Birthdate: March 31, 1871
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: August 12
29
Christiaan de Wet
(Boer General, Rebel Leader and Politician)
Birthdate: October 7, 1854
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Smithfield, South Africa
Died: February 3
30
Lillian Russell
(Former Actress, Singer known for her beauty and style, as well as for her voice and stage presence)
Birthdate: December 4, 1860
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Clinton, Iowa, United States
Died: June 6
31
Robert Erskine Childers
(Former Teachta Dála of Ireland)
Birthdate: June 25, 1870
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Mayfair, London, England
Died: November 24
Birthdate: June 18, 1845
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: May 18
33
Richard Theodore Greener
(Educator)
Birthdate: January 30, 1844
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: May 2
34
Catherine Dolgorukov
(knyaz)
Birthdate: November 2, 1847
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Russia
Died: February 15
35
Paul Deschanel
(Former President of France)
Birthdate: February 13, 1855
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Schaerbeek, Belgium
Died: April 28
36
Thomas Sutherland
(Founder of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation)
Birthdate: August 16, 1834
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Died: January 1
37
Camille Jordan
(Mathematician, Engineer, Professor)
Birthdate: January 5, 1838
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Lyon
Died: January 22
38
John Butler Yeats
(Artist)
Birthdate: March 16, 1839
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Lawrencetown, County Down, Ireland
Died: February 3
Birthdate: February 12, 1870
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hoxton, London, United Kingdom
Died: October 7
40
Okuma Shigenobu
(Prime Minister)
Birthdate: March 11, 1838
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Saga
Died: January 10
41
Erich von Falkenhayn
(Former Minister of War of Prussia (1913 - 1915))
Birthdate: September 11, 1861
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Białochowo, Poland
Died: April 8
Birthdate: June 20, 1833
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bayonne, France
Died: September 8
43
Rudolf Kjellén
(Swedish Political Scientist, Geographer and Politician Who First Coined the Term 'Geopolitics')
Birthdate: June 13, 1864
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Torsö, Sweden
Died: November 14
44
Jacobus Kapteyn
(Dutch Astronomer Who Used Photography and Statistical Methods in Determining the Motions and Distribution of Stars)
Birthdate: January 19, 1851
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Barneveld, Netherlands
Died: June 18
45
Alfred Harmsworth
(British publisher)
Birthdate: July 15, 1865
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Chapelizod, Ireland
Died: August 14
46
Ernest Solvay
(Belgian Chemist Who Developed the 'Ammonia-Soda Process' for Making Soda Ash)
Birthdate: April 16, 1838
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Rebecq, Belgium
Died: May 26
47
Fredrik Bajer
(Writer and pacifist politician who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1908 together with Klas Pontus Arnoldson)
Birthdate: April 21, 1837
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Næstved, Denmark
Died: January 22
48
Wolfgang Kapp
(Civil Servant)
Birthdate: July 24, 1858
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: June 12
49
Sidney Sonnino
(Statesman)
Birthdate: March 11, 1847
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Pisa, Italy
Died: November 24
50
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
(Poet)
Birthdate: August 17, 1840
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Petworth, England
Died: September 10