Explore notable deaths.

Otto, King of Bavaria

1848–1916

politician

Official cause

intestinal volvulus

Wilhelm Müller-Wismar

1881–1916

anthropologist, ethnographer, ethnologist

Official cause

typhus

John W. Taylor

1858–1916

missionary

Official cause

stomach cancer

Serafín Avendaño

1837–1916

painter

Official cause

atherosclerosis

Thomas Gregor Brodie

1866–1916

physiologist, writer, lecturer

Official cause

heart failure

Umberto Boccioni

1882–1916

painter, sculptor, draftsperson

Official cause

horse fall

Adolphe Goossens

1896–1916

musician

Official cause

death in battle

Nazario Sauro

1880–1916

naval officer

Official cause

hanging to death

Charles Dawson

1864–1916

archaeologist, prehistorian, paleoanthropologist

Official cause

sepsis

Guido Gozzano

1883–1916

poet, writer, science fiction writer

Official cause

tuberculosis

Franz Eckert

1852–1916

composer

Official cause

cancer

Leonard Haigh

1880–1916

rugby union player

Official cause

pneumonia

Frédéric Janssoone

1838–1916

Catholic priest

Official cause

stomach cancer

Thomas Almond Ashby

1848–1916

politician, surgeon, author

Official cause

tuberculosis

Justin Foxton

1849–1916

politician, lawyer

Official cause

stroke

Pak Chesoon

1858–1916

politician, autobiographer, Chinilpa

Official cause

disease

Helmuth von Moltke the Younger

1848–1916

military officer, soldier, anthroposophist

Official cause

stroke

Ryuun Daimai

1872–1916

Official cause

hanging to death

Jean Webster

1876–1916

writer, novelist, playwright

Official cause

puerperal disorders

Steve MacGordon

1892–1916

aircraft pilot

Official cause

aircraft crash

James Tyler Kent

1849–1916

physician, homeopath, university teacher

Official cause

nephritis

Yuan Shikai

1859–1916

politician, military personnel, military leader

Official cause

uremia

Conn Colbert

1888–1916

politician

Official cause

gunshot wound

Michael Mallin

1874–1916

rebel, socialist, trade unionist

Official cause

gunshot wound