Explore notable deaths.

Émile Zola

1840–1902

political reporter, art critic, novelist

Official cause

carbon monoxide poisoning

Horacio Espondaburu

1855–1902

painter

Official cause

tuberculosis

Camille D'elmar

1861–1902

actor, opera singer, stage actor

Official cause

cancer

Masaoka Shiki

1867–1902

poet, baseball player, writer

Official cause

tuberculosis

Marie Henriette of Austria

1836–1902

consort

Official cause

heart failure

Alonzo Tucker

1874–1902

boxer

Official cause

gunshot wound

Nicholas Fish II

1846–1902

diplomat, banker

Official cause

blunt trauma

Keanolani

1847–1902

Official cause

cardiovascular disease

George Leake

1856–1902

politician, barrister

Official cause

pneumonia

Henry Appenzeller

1858–1902

preacher, translator, missionary

Official cause

drowning

Otto Eckmann

1865–1902

painter, architect, illustrator

Official cause

tuberculosis

Jacint Verdaguer

1845–1902

poet, writer, Catholic priest

Official cause

tuberculosis

Dagmar Hjort

1860–1902

women's rights activist, teacher, author

Official cause

surgical complications

Hirsh Lekert

1879–1902

cobbler

Official cause

hanging to death

Cecil John Rhodes

1853–1902

entrepreneur, politician, economist

Official cause

heart failure

Adolf Jarisch

1850–1902

physician, university teacher, dermatologist

Official cause

typhoid fever

John Ryan

1834–1902

businessperson

Official cause

heart failure

Josephine Bracken

1876–1902

Official cause

tuberculosis

Charles Yelverton O'Connor

1843–1902

civil engineer, engineer, surveyor

Official cause

gunshot wound

Arthur Pearce

1881–1902

Australian rules football player

Official cause

typhoid fever

Christian Fenger

1840–1902

pathologist, surgeon, university teacher

Official cause

pneumonia

Breaker Morant

1864–1902

writer

Official cause

gunshot wound

Constance Stone

1856–1902

physician

Official cause

tuberculosis

Tim Murphy

1878–1902

Australian rules football player, police officer

Official cause

typhoid fever