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Notable Deaths - 1922

1922Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish inventor (telephone), dies at 75

1922Michael Collins, Irish nationalist leader, killed in ambush

1922 Deaths
Date Event
Jan 2
Rennold Wolf, The Beauty Shop 
Jan 2
Søren Nielsen, Kærlighed ved Hoffet 
Jan 5
Ernest H Shackleton, Brit South pole explorer (Endurance), dies at 47 
Jan 5
John T. Kelly, More Money Than Manners 
Jan 5
Ernest Shackleton, South 
Jan 6
Jakob Rosanes, German mathematician (b. 1842) 
Jan 7
Antonio Scontrino, composer, dies at 71 
Jan 8
Charles R Young, colonel, dies at 58, in Lagos Nigeria 
Jan 10
Frank Tudor, Australian Labor Opposition leader (b. 1866) 
Jan 15
John Kirk Barry, Dr/explorer David Livingstone's companion, dies at 89 
Jan 21
J. Crockett, The Ten Thousand Dollar Trail 
Jan 21
John Kendrick Bangs, Mrs. Upton's Device 
Jan 22
Benedictus XV, [Giacomo Markies D Chiesa], pope (1914-22), dies at 67 
Jan 22
Pope Benedict XV (b. 1854) 
Jan 23
Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor (b. 1855) 
Jan 23
Arthur Nikisch,  
Jan 26
Luigi Denza, composer, dies at 75 
Jan 26
Luigi Denza, Despicable Me 2 
Jan 27
Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (I Mala Voglia), dies at 81 
Jan 27
Giovanni Verga, Sparrow 
Jan 28
J. Chauncey Brainerd, Too Many Crooks 
Jan 31
Heinrich Reinhardt, composer, dies at 56 
Feb 1
William Desmond Taylor, director/actor (Broken Coin), dies at 49 
Feb 1
William Desmond Taylor, Johanna Enlists 
Feb 3
Christiaan R de Wet, South African Boer general, dies at 67 
Feb 3
John Butler Yeats, Northern Irish artist (b. 1839) 
Feb 4
Florence Deshon, The Roof Tree 
Feb 4
Goro Kino, Narikin 
Feb 5
James William Tate, composer, dies at 46 
Feb 5
Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian inventor (b. 1871) 
Feb 5
James W. Tate, Nursie! Nursie! 
Feb 10
Paul Mounet, The Return of Ulysses 
Feb 11
Gerardus J P Bolland, Dutch philosopher (Bolland Society), dies at 67 
Feb 14
Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish politician (assassinated) (b. 1880) 
Feb 15
Clara [G Meijer-]Wichmann, German/Dutch anarchist/feminist, dies at 36 
Feb 23
Albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish physicist (b. 1845) 
Feb 24
Dmitri B Shostakovitch, father of Russian composer Dmitri D S, dies 
Feb 25
Henri-Desire Landru, French sex murderer, guillotined at 52 
Feb 27
Samuel A. Derieux, A Boy and His Dog 
Feb 28
Vicente Lleo, composer, dies at 51 
Feb 28
Vicente Lleó, La corte de Faraón 
Mar 1
Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Spanish footballer (b. 1892) 
Mar 2
Henry Bataille, The Private Life of Don Juan 
Mar 3
Wilhelm Voigt,  
Mar 4
Bert Williams, famous black, dies at 46, in NYC 
Mar 4
Max Rott, Maier zieht in den Krieg 
Mar 4
Bert Williams, A Natural Born Gambler 
Mar 5
John Fleming Wilson, The Man Who Came Back 
Mar 5
Joseph R. Grismer, Way Down East 
Mar 7
Carl Ludwig Schleich, Der Verführte 
Mar 10
Arthur Hervey, composer, dies at 67 
Mar 10
Horace Wadham Nicholl, composer, dies at 73 
Mar 11
W.W.E. Gladden, Injustice 
Mar 22
Louis A Ranvier, French anatomist/historian, dies at 86 
Mar 27
Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, composer, dies at 63 
Mar 27
Yevgeni Vakhtangov, Bread 
Apr 1
Charles I, emperor (Austria)/King of Hungary (Charles IV), dies 
Apr 1
Emperor Karl,  
Apr 1
Jean Noté, La Marseillaise 
Apr 2
Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychologist (b. 1884) 
Apr 5
Charles F A Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice, dies at 85 
Apr 12
Frantisek Ondricek, composer, dies at 64 
Apr 17
H.V. Esmond, One Summer's Day 
Apr 19
Johnson Hatfield,  
Apr 21
Alessandro Moreschi, Italian castrato (b. 1858) 
Apr 21
Charles Arling, Back to God's Country 
Apr 24
Richard Batka, composer, dies at 53 
Apr 26
Hans Sommer, composer, dies at 84 
Apr 26
Frederic Van Rensselaer Dey, Three Keys 
Apr 29
Richard Croker, Dick Croker Leaving Tammany Hall 
Apr 30
David M Chumaceiro, Curacaos poet, dies 
May 4
Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian Bolshevik politician (b. 1888) 
May 7
Max Wagenknecht, German composer (b. 1857) 
May 7
Manuel Granero, Gloria que mata 
May 9
Ellen Rindom, Mellem pligt og kærlighed 
May 9
Henry Weaver, For Valour 
May 9
M. Miklós Pásztory, The Village Rogue 
May 15
Harry Williams, P.S. I Love You 
May 18
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1845) 
May 19
Heinrich I Quincke, German internist (postural drainage), dies at 79 
May 21
Sidney Ainsworth, Not in the News 
May 27
Barry Baxter, Captain Swift 
May 28
Carl Teike, composer, dies at 58 
May 29
Jevgeni B Vachtangov, Armenian/Russian actor/director, dies at 39 
May 30
David Mendes Chumaceiro, Curacaos poet (Adelfas), dies at 45 
Jun 1
Frank Walters, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885, scored 7 & 5), dies 
Jun 1
Sam T. Poluski, The Wrong House 
Jun 1
Rutland Barrington, Still Waters Run Deep 
Jun 2
Hooper Toler, The Girl of My Heart 
Jun 3
Duiliu Zamfirescu, Tanase Scatiu 
Jun 4
William Halse Rivers, British psychologist/anthropologist, dies 
Jun 6
Lillian Russell, entertainer, dies at 60 
Jun 6
Lillian Russell, How to Live 100 Years 
Jun 9
Albert Baertsoen, Flemish painter/etcher, dies at 56 
Jun 9
Henry Leone, The Song of the Heart 
Jun 12
Wolfgang Kapp, German politician (Kapp putsch 1920), dies at 63 
Jun 14
Hesketh Prichard, Don Q Son of Zorro 
Jun 15
Howard Crampton, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 
Jun 16
Karl Blasel, Der Unbekannte 
Jun 18
John C Kapteyn, astronomer, dies at 71 
Jun 19
Johannes C Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer, dies at 71 
Jun 20
Vittorio Monti, composer, dies at 54 
Jun 22
Henry H Wilson, Field Marshal, murdered in London 
Jun 24
Walter Rathenau, German foreign minister, killed by anti-semites at 54 
Jun 24
Walther Rathenau,  
Jun 24
Valdemar Keller, The Great Bank Robbery 
Jun 24
Algot Sandberg, 33.333 
Jun 26
Albert H K, monarch of Monaco (1889-1922), dies at 73 
Jun 28
Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet (b. 1885) 
Jul 4
Lothar von Richthofen, German pilot (b. 1894) 
Jul 5
Georg Bluen, Um Krone und Peitsche 
Jul 5
Bobby Connelly, Bobby the Magician 
Jul 6
Maria Theresa Ledochowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic nun (b. 1863) 
Jul 7
Cathal Brugha, Chief of Staff of Irish Republican Army (b.1874) 
Jul 9
Ogai Mori, Sansho the Bailiff 
Jul 13
Martin Dies, American politician (b. 1870) 
Jul 17
Heinrich Rubens, German physicist, dies at 57 
Jul 19
Cornelis A Pekelharing, Dutch histologist, dies on 74th birthday 
Jul 20
Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician (b. 1856) 
Jul 21
Djemal Pasha, dictator of Turkey, murdered 
Jul 22
Jokichi Takamine, Japanese chemist (b. 1854) 
Jul 22
John Motley Morehead III, American Chemist (commercial production of calcium carbide, important for welding), dies at 67 
Jul 22
Alois Sedlácek, Marwille detektivem 
Jul 22
George Thorne, Highlights from The Mikado 
Jul 25
Jarolslaw Zielinski, composer, dies at 75 
Jul 27
Jules Mary, Trap for the Assassin 
Jul 29
Edward Gailliard, Flemish language/archaeologist, dies at 81 
Aug 1
Vaclav Juda Novotny, composer, dies at 72 
Aug 2
Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish inventor (telephone), dies at 75 
Aug 2
[Wilhel]Mina JPR Kruseman, Dutch author/feminist, dies at 82 
Aug 2
Alexander Graham Bell, Animated Weekly, No. 12 
Aug 3
Emma Bell Clifton, The Little Diplomat 
Aug 4
Enver Pasa, Turkish politician, dies at 40 
Aug 12
Arthur Griffith, Irish nationalist/president (Sinn Fein), dies 
Aug 12
Arthur Griffith,  
Aug 14
Alfred CW Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe/newspaper magnate, dies 
Aug 18
William Henry Hudson, Green Mansions 
Aug 19
Felipe Pedrell, composer, dies at 81 
Aug 22
Michael Collins, Irish nationalist leader, killed in ambush 
Aug 22
Michael Collins,  
Aug 26
Marie de Clermont, Mottige Janus 
Aug 27
Carl Fuchs, composer, dies at 83 
Aug 28
Louis PMFG of Orleans, earl of Eu/Brazil, dies at 80 
Aug 28
William Musgrave, The Hero of Bunko Hill 
Sep 2
Henry Lawson, While the Billy Boils 
Sep 4
Georges Sorel, French social philosopher, dies at 74 
Sep 4
Frederik Jacobsen, Under Kærlighedens Aag 
Sep 4
George R. Sims, Lady Letmere's Jewellery 
Sep 5
Georgette Agutte, French painter (b. 1867) 
Sep 6
Frederic S. Isham, Nothing But the Truth 
Sep 10
Arpad Szendy, composer, dies at 59 
Sep 11
Louis Coerne, composer, dies at 52 
Sep 13
Rowland Buckstone, An Enemy to the King 
Sep 14
Harold Skinner, A Bit o' Heaven 
Sep 19
Walker Thompson, The Symbol of the Unconquered 
Sep 21
Tom Armitage, cricketer (England lob bowler v Australia 1877), dies 
Sep 23
W. Chrystie Miller, A Corner in Wheat 
Sep 26
Alfred Møller, Lyset der svandt 
Sep 26
Jenõ Ivánfy, Jehova 
Sep 28
Andrejs Jurjans, composer, dies at 65 
Sep 30
Paul Barth, German philosopher/sociologist, dies at 64 
Oct 1
Henning Eriksen, Unge hjerter 
Oct 6
Walter Howard, Wanted: A Widow 
Oct 7
Marie Lloyd, The Man Who Made Good 
Oct 10
Johannes Guldbrandsen, Circus Queen 
Oct 11
Anton Kolm, Three Tales of Terror 
Oct 12
Daisy M C Baers, Flemish philosophy/theory, dies at 33 
Oct 18
Marie Montbazon, La villa bleue 
Oct 22
Emil Ascher, Four for the Morgue 
Oct 24
George Cadbury, British chocolate and cocoa manufacturer (b. 1839) 
Oct 28
Hugo Verriest, Flemish writer/poet (Flemish Motion), dies 
Oct 29
George August Lumbye, composer, dies at 79 
Oct 29
Charles Eldridge, A Cure for Pokeritis 
Oct 30
Géza Gárdonyi, Stars of Eger 
Nov 1
Alfred Capus, L'aventurier 
Nov 1
Thomas Nelson Page, Unveiling the Pilgrim Fathers' Monument 
Nov 1
Lima Barreto, Fera Ferida 
Nov 6
William Baines, composer, dies at 23 
Nov 7
Sam Thompson, baseball player (b. 1860) 
Nov 14
Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer, dies at 79 
Nov 14
G.H. Chirgwin, The Blind Boy 
Nov 14
Carl Michael Ziehrer, Die Landstreicher 
Nov 15
Ferdinand Tidmarsh, The Gangster 
Nov 16
Max Abraham, German physicist (b. 1875) 
Nov 17
Robert Comtesse, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. 1847) 
Nov 17
Burton Green, Wanted for Murder 
Nov 18
Marcel Proust, French author (Recherche du Temps Perdu), dies at 51 
Nov 18
Marcel Proust, Marcel Proust's Time Regained 
Nov 19
Frank Bacon, Lightnin' 
Nov 20
George Bronson Howard, The Further Adventures of Yorke Norroy 
Nov 21
Ricardo Flores Magón, Mexican anarchist (b. 1874). 
Nov 24
Erskine Childers, The Riddle of the Sands 
Nov 24
Ludwig Hartau, Anna Boleyn 
Nov 27
Domènec Ceret, La loca del monasterio 
Nov 30
George Auger,  
Nov 30
Cardiff Giant, Shadow of the Thin Man 
Nov 30
René Cresté, Judex 
Dec 5
Samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist, dies 
Dec 13
Hannes Hafstein, Icelandic politician and poet (b. 1861) 
Dec 13
Hannes Hafstein, Islands Altings besög i Köbenhavn 
Dec 16
Gabriel Narutowicz, 1st pres of Poland (Dec 7-16, 1922), assassinated 
Dec 19
Robert Entwistle, The Beautiful Adventure 
Dec 21
Leo Leipziger, Die Ballhaus-Anna 
Dec 24
P. Thad. Volkman, The Divorcee 
Dec 25
Alphonse Goovaerts, composer, dies at 75 
Dec 31
George Hernandez, Flapjacks 
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