Explore notable deaths.

Frederic William Maitland

1850–1906

legal historian, historian, barrister

Official cause

pneumonia

Edwin Davis French

1851–1906

Esperantist, engraver, copper engraver

Official cause

tuberculosis

Henry Jean-Marie Levet

1874–1906

diplomat, poet, writer

Official cause

tuberculosis

Arthur Brown

1843–1906

politician, lawyer

Official cause

gunshot wound

Béhanzin

1844–1906

monarch

Official cause

pneumonia

Carl Lewenhaupt

1835–1906

diplomat, politician

Official cause

arteriosclerosis

Alexander Crombie

1845–1906

surgeon

Official cause

cancer

Samuel Arnold

1834–1906

soldier

Official cause

tuberculosis

Joel Minnick Longenecker

1847–1906

Official cause

liver cirrhosis

Dmitri Trepov

1855–1906

politician, military officer

Official cause

cardiovascular disease

David Henry Goodsall

1843–1906

surgeon

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Leroy Milton Yale

1841–1906

etcher, pediatrician

Official cause

cerebral hemorrhage

Ernesto Cesaro

1859–1906

mathematician, university teacher

Official cause

drowning

Ludwig Boltzmann

1844–1906

physicist, chemist, university teacher

Official cause

hanging to death

Giuseppe Giacosa

1847–1906

librettist, poet, writer

Official cause

asthma

Carolina Falco

1839–1906

stage actor, ballet dancer, opera singer

Official cause

liver failure

Jean Lorrain

1855–1906

poet, writer, librettist

Official cause

peritonitis

James B. Ricks

1852–1906

judge

Official cause

cancer

Fritz Schaudinn

1871–1906

biologist, zoologist, physician

Official cause

infectious disease

Ernst Schultz

1879–1906

sprinter

Official cause

drowning

John M. Pattison

1847–1906

politician, lawyer, governor

Official cause

nephritis

Harry Nelson Pillsbury

1872–1906

chess player, mnemonist

Official cause

syphilis

František Bartoš

1837–1906

pedagogue, writer, ethnomusicologist

Official cause

cerebral hemorrhage

Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi

1842–1906

physician, pharmacist, writer

Official cause

meningioma