Explore notable deaths.

George Barrett

1888–1917

activist, writer, newspaper editor

Official cause

tuberculosis

Félix Wielemans

1863–1917

military officer

Official cause

pneumonia

William McAlmon

1889–1917

American football player

Official cause

diabetes

Bob Martin

1848–1917

golfer

Official cause

tuberculosis

America Newton

1835–1917

Official cause

pneumonia

Nikollë Kaçorri

1862–1917

politician, Catholic priest

Official cause

cancer

Artur Pappenheim

1870–1916

physician, hematologist

Official cause

typhus

Alice Augusta Ball

1892–1916

chemist, pharmacist

Official cause

chlorine exposure

Reddy Mack

1866–1916

baseball player

Official cause

falling from height

Eduard Strauss

1835–1916

composer, conductor

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Dorothy Talbot

1871–1916

writer, scientific illustrator, botanical collector

Official cause

malaria

Naomi Norsworthy

1877–1916

psychologist

Official cause

stomach cancer

Peter J. Murphy

1860–1916

farmer, politician

Official cause

pneumonia

Albert Chmielowski

1846–1916

painter, religious

Official cause

stomach cancer

Leopold Sulerzhitsky

1872–1916

theatre director, painter, actor

Official cause

nephritis

Grigori Rasputin

1869–1916

mystic, occultist, politician

Official cause

drowning; gunshot wound

Hugo Münsterberg

1863–1916

psychologist, university teacher, philosopher

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Charles Taze Russell

1852–1916

publisher, writer, religious leader

Official cause

cystitis

John Braithwaite

1885–1916

journalist

Official cause

gunshot wound

Gérard Encausse

1865–1916

physician, philosopher, non-fiction writer

Official cause

tuberculosis

Lewis Vaughan Lodge

1872–1916

association football player, cricketer

Official cause

drowning

Count Karl von Stürgkh

1859–1916

politician

Official cause

deliberate murder

Trifko Grabež

1895–1916

Official cause

tuberculosis

Harry Farr

1891–1916

military personnel

Official cause

gunshot wound