Famous People Who Died In 1932

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Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1932. This list includes people like John Philip Sousa, Nadezhda Alliluyeva, George Eastman, Peg Entwistle, Ronald Ross and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, artists, prime ministers and novelists who died in 1932. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & France and many more countries.
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 1 
Molly Brown
(American Socialite, Philanthropist and Actress Who Survived the Sinking of the Titanic)
Molly Brown
9
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 18, 1867
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Hannibal, Missouri, United States
Died: October 26
 2 
John Philip Sousa
(Conductor, Composer)
John Philip Sousa
4
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: November 6, 1854
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States
Died: March 6
 3 
George Eastman
(Inventor of Roll Film)
George Eastman
9
Birthdate: July 12, 1854
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Waterville
Died: March 14
 4 
Peg Entwistle
(Actress)
Peg Entwistle
7
Birthdate: February 5, 1908
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Port Talbot, Glamorgan, England
Died: September 16
 5 
Alberto Santos Dumont
(Brazilian aviator)
Alberto Santos Dumont
7
Birthdate: July 20, 1873
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Santos Dumont
Died: July 23
 6 
Sophia of Prussia
(Princess of Prussia and Former Queen consort of the Hellenes (1913 - 1917))
Sophia of Prussia
3
Birthdate: June 14, 1870
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New Palace, Potsdam, Germany
Died: January 13
 7 
Edith Cowan
(Social Campaigner)
Edith Cowan
15
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: August 2, 1861
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Geraldton, Australia
Died: June 9
 8 
William Wrigley, Jr.
(Industrialist)
William Wrigley, Jr.
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: September 30, 1861
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: January 26
 9 
Manuel II of Portugal
(King of Portugal from 1908 to 1910)
Manuel II of Portugal
5
Birthdate: November 15, 1889
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Lisbon, Portugal
Died: July 2
 10 
Ronald Ross
(Medical doctor)
Ronald Ross
1
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: May 13, 1857
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Almora, India
Died: September 16
 11 
Edgar Wallace
(Multi-genre writer who is most famous for King Kong and the J. G. Reeder detective series)
Edgar Wallace
0
Birthdate: April 1, 1875
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Greenwich, Kent, England, united Kingdom
Died: February 10
 12 
Bill Pickett
(Cowboy)
Bill Pickett
3
Birthdate: December 5, 1870
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Williamson County, Texas, United States
Died: April 2
 13 
Gertrude Jekyll
(Horticulturist, Painter, Gardener, Non-fiction writer, Botanist, Architect)
Gertrude Jekyll
0
Listed In: Architects
Birthdate: November 29, 1843
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: London
Died: December 8
 14 
Florence Kelley
(American Social and Political Reformer and the Pioneer of the Term 'Wage Abolitionism')
Florence Kelley
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 12, 1859
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: February 17
 15 
Hart Crane
(Poet)
Hart Crane
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 21, 1899
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Garrettsville, Ohio, United States
Died: April 27
 16 
Wilhelm Ostwald
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 2, 1853
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Riga
Died: April 4
 17 
Reginald Aubrey Fessenden
(Canadian-born American Inventor)
Reginald Aubrey Fessenden
1
Birthdate: October 6, 1866
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: East Bolton, Canada
Died: July 22
 18 
Albert Jacka
(Victoria Cross Winner)
Albert Jacka
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 10, 1893
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Winchelsea
Died: January 17
 19 
Aristide Briand
(Prime Minister)
Aristide Briand
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 28, 1862
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Nantes
Died: April 7
 20 
Aḥmad Shawqī
(Arabic Poet Laureate, Playwright, and Writer)
Aḥmad Shawqī
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 17, 1870
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cairo, Egypt
Died: October 14
 21 
Dorabji Tata
(Key figure in the history and development of the Tata Group)
Dorabji Tata
2
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: August 27, 1859
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Died: June 3
 22 
Henry M. Leland
(American Machinist, Inventor, Automotive Entrepreneur and Founder of Automotive Brands ‘Cadillac’ and ‘Lincoln')
Henry M. Leland
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Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: February 16, 1843
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Vermont, United States
Died: March 26
 23 
King Camp Gillette
(Businessman)
King Camp Gillette
3
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: January 5, 1855
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States
Died: July 9
 24 
Frederick Augustus III of Saxony
(King)
Frederick Augustus III of Saxony
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 25, 1865
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Dresden, Germany
Died: February 18
 25 
Giuseppe Peano
(Mathematician)
Giuseppe Peano
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: August 27, 1858
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cuneo, Italy
Died: April 20
 26 
Major Taylor
(One of the Greatest American Sprinters of All Time)
Major Taylor
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 26, 1878
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Died: June 21
 27 
Julius Rosenwald
(Businessman)
Julius Rosenwald
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: August 12, 1862
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Springfield, Illinois, United States
Died: January 6
 28 
Mabel Loomis Todd
(Editor)
Mabel Loomis Todd
0
Birthdate: November 10, 1856
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Died: October 14
 29 
Pritilata Waddedar
(Former Revolutionary nationalist known for Pahartali European Club attack (1932))
Pritilata Waddedar
5
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 5, 1911
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Patiya Upazila, Bangladesh
Died: September 24
 30 
Kang Pan-sok
(Activists)
Kang Pan-sok
2
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: April 21, 1892
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Mangyongdae, Pyongyang, North Korea
Died: July 31
 31 
Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov
(Biologist)
Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov
0
Birthdate: August 1, 1870
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Shchigry
Died: March 20
 32 
William Williams Keen
(American Physician and the First Brain Surgeon in the United States)
William Williams Keen
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: January 19, 1837
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: June 7
 33 
Paul Bern
(American Film Director, Screenwriter, and Producer for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Paul Bern
1
Birthdate: December 3, 1889
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Wandsbek, Germany
Died: September 5
 34 
Frederick Jackson Turner
(Historian, Writer)
Frederick Jackson Turner
1
Birthdate: November 14, 1861
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Portage
Died: March 14
 35 
Karl Blossfeldt
(German Photographer and Sculptor Best Known for His Close-up Photographs of Plants and Living Things)
Karl Blossfeldt
0
Birthdate: June 13, 1865
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Schielo, Germany
Died: December 9
 36 
Gustav Meyrink
(Austrian Novelist Famous for His Novel 'The Golem')
Gustav Meyrink
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 19, 1868
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: December 4
 37 
Inukai Tsuyoshi
(Politician, Prime Minister)
Inukai Tsuyoshi
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 4, 1855
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Okayama, Japan
Died: May 15
 38 
Dora Carrington
(Painter)
Dora Carrington
3
Birthdate: March 29, 1893
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Hereford
Died: March 11
 39 
Louis Anquetin
(Was a French Painter)
Louis Anquetin
0
Birthdate: January 26, 1861
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Étrépagny, France
Died: August 19
 40 
Ellen Churchill Semple
(American Geographer Who Made Immense Contributions to the Development of Geography as Discipline in the US)
Ellen Churchill Semple
1
Birthdate: January 8, 1863
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Died: May 8
 41 
Karl Fazer
(Finnish Confectioner and Businessman, Who Was Also a Sharp Shooter and an Olympian)
Karl Fazer
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 16, 1866
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Helsinki, Finland
Died: October 9
 42 
Patrick Geddes
(Scottish Biologist, Sociologist and Pioneering Town Planner Who Coined the Term 'Conurbation')
Patrick Geddes
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 2, 1854
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Died: April 17
 43 
Franz von Hipper
(Officer)
Franz von Hipper
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 13, 1863
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Weilheim in Oberbayern
Died: May 25
 44 
Anna Elizabeth Dickinson
(Orator)
Anna Elizabeth Dickinson
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 28, 1842
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: October 22
 45 
Charles W. Chesnutt
(Author)
Charles W. Chesnutt
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 20, 1858
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Died: November 17
 46 
Julia Lathrop
(American Social Reformer and 1st Director of United States Children's Bureau)
Julia Lathrop
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 29, 1858
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Rockford, Illinois, United States
Died: April 15
 47 
Maironis
(Poet)
Maironis
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 2, 1862
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Raseiniai District Municipality, Lithuania
Died: June 28
 48 
Dugald Clerk
(Scottish Engineer Known for Designing the World’s First Successful 'Two-Stroke Engine')
Dugald Clerk
0
Birthdate: March 31, 1854
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Died: November 12
 49 
Christian von Ehrenfels
(Philosopher)
Christian von Ehrenfels
0
Birthdate: June 20, 1859
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: September 8
 50 
Minnie Maddern Fiske
(Actress)
Minnie Maddern Fiske
0
Birthdate: December 19, 1865
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Died: February 15