Explore notable deaths.

Harry Fragson

1869–1913

singer, composer, lyricist

Official cause

gunshot wound

Hughie Johns

1867–1913

Australian rules football player

Official cause

drowning

William Harold Clark

1869–1913

businessperson

Official cause

tuberculosis

Charles Arthur Frederick

1861–1913

Official cause

heart failure

Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach

1851–1913

painter

Official cause

bowel obstruction

Menilek II

1844–1913

politician

Official cause

stroke

Charles Gore

1871–1913

cricketer

Official cause

pneumonia

Camille Jenatzy

1868–1913

engineer, racing automobile driver, automobile manufacturer

Official cause

hunting accident

Katsura Tarō

1848–1913

politician, military personnel

Official cause

stomach cancer

Adolphus Busch I

1839–1913

entrepreneur

Official cause

edema

Beatrice Bhadrayuvadi

1876–1913

writer

Official cause

tuberculosis

Rudolf Diesel

1858–1913

inventor, entrepreneur, engineer

Official cause

drowning

Ernest Austin

1890–1913

Official cause

hanging to death

Max Lillie

1881–1913

aircraft pilot

Official cause

aviation accident

Charles F. Bishop

1844–1913

politician

Official cause

cancer

Aurel Vlaicu

1882–1913

military flight engineer, inventor, aircraft pilot

Official cause

killed by own invention; aviation accident

Vidosava Kovačević

1889–1913

painter

Official cause

tuberculosis

Peter Sabroe

1867–1913

journalist, politician

Official cause

railway accident by collision

Joseph Vardon

1843–1913

politician, printer, publisher

Official cause

cerebral hemorrhage

Andrew Tennant

1835–1913

politician, pastoralist, racehorse owner

Official cause

dementia

Jiggs Donahue

1879–1913

baseball player

Official cause

syphilis

Alford W. Cooley

1873–1913

lawyer, judge, politician

Official cause

tuberculosis

Hampden Zane Churchill Cockburn

1867–1913

military personnel

Official cause

horse fall

Charles Payson

1837–1913

diplomat

Official cause

stroke