Explore notable deaths.

Maria Paternò Arezzo

1869–1908

Official cause

1908 Messina earthquake

Percy B. Molesworth

1867–1908

astronomer, engineer

Official cause

dysentery

Avdo Karabegović

1875–1908

poet

Official cause

tuberculosis

Orrin L. Mann

1833–1908

politician

Official cause

pneumonia

Ida Hawley

1876–1908

actor

Official cause

disease

Charles Edward Beevor

1854–1908

neurologist, anatomist, lecturer

Official cause

heart failure

John Taylor

1882–1908

athletics competitor, veterinarian, athlete

Official cause

typhoid fever

Guangxu Emperor

1871–1908

head of state

Official cause

arsenic poisoning

Sevkaretsi Sako

1870–1908

fedayeen

Official cause

cholera

William Keith Brooks

1848–1908

zoologist, malacologist, naturalist

Official cause

heart failure; kidney failure

Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia

1850–1908

naval officer, aristocrat

Official cause

pneumonia

Rūdolfs Blaumanis

1863–1908

poet, playwright, journalist

Official cause

tuberculosis

Leslie Green

1875–1908

architect

Official cause

tuberculosis

Hermann Speck von Sternburg

1852–1908

diplomat, art collector

Official cause

systemic lupus erythematosus

Hasan Sharifzadeh

Unknown–1908

teacher

Official cause

assassination

Aleksandr Korkin

1837–1908

mathematician, statistician

Official cause

nephritis

Ellen Lawson Dabbs

1853–1908

physician, suffragette, midwife

Official cause

intoxication

Henry Hopkins

1837–1908

Official cause

pneumonia

Ambrose Key

1829–1908

Official cause

stomach cancer

Radoje Domanović

1873–1908

writer, teacher, science fiction writer

Official cause

tuberculosis

Charles T. Dunwell

1852–1908

politician, lawyer

Official cause

disease

Oliver Belmont

1858–1908

politician, financier, socialite

Official cause

appendicitis

Joseph Larocque

1831–1908

lawyer

Official cause

pneumonia

Allen Butler Talcott

1867–1908

painter

Official cause

myocardial infarction