Death year 1929 celebrities
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Leroy Scott (1875–1929) was an American writer of novels and screenplays. He was born in Fairmount, Indiana 11 May 1875. His father was a minister with the Religious Society of Friends. He graduated from Indiana University in 1897. His writing care
Ogden Mills (December 18, 1856 – January 29, 1929) was an American financier and Thoroughbred racehorse owner.
Aletta Henriëtte Jacobs (9 February 1854 – 10 August 1929) was a Dutch Physician, women’s suffrage activist, and inventor. Born in the small village of Sappemeer in the Netherlands, she had many accomplishments in different fields such as women’s
Karl Friedrich Benz ( ; November 25, 1844 – April 4, 1929) was a German engine designer and engineer, generally regarded as the inventor of the first automobile powered by an internal combustion engine, and together with Bertha Benz, pioneering
Dmitry Ivanovich Litvinov (Russian: Дмитрий Иванович Литвинов; 1854-1929) was a Russian botanist responsible for the naming of a large variety of East European and Asian plants.
Edward Carpenter (29 August 1844 – 28 June 1929) was an English socialist poet, philosopher, anthologist, and early LGBT activist.
Segundo Víctor Aurelio Chomón y Ruiz (also Chomont or Chaumont, 17 October 1871 – 2 May 1929) was a pioneering Spanish-French film director. He produced many short films in France while working for Pathé Frères and has been compared to Georges
Shōzō Makino (マキノ省三, Makino Shōzō, September 22, 1878, Kyoto – July 25, 1929) was a Japanese film director, film producer and businessman who is regarded as a pioneering director of Japanese film. In addition, all four of his sons, in
Elizabeth Bisland Wetmore (February 11, 1861 – January 6, 1929) was an American journalist and author, perhaps best known for her 1889–1890 race around the world against Nellie Bly, which drew worldwide attention.
Stanton Heck (January 8, 1877 – December 16, 1929), was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 50 films between 1918 and 1928. He was born in Wilmington, Delaware and died in Los Angeles, California from pneumonia.
Dion Boucicault Jr. (23 May 1859 – 25 June 1929) was an actor and stage director. Son of the well-known playwright, Dion Boucicault, he followed his father into the theatrical profession and made a career as a character actor and a director. In add
Paul Leni (8 July 1885, Stuttgart – 2 September 1929, Los Angeles) born Paul Josef Levi was a German filmmaker and a key figure in German Expressionist filmmaking, making Backstairs (Hintertreppe, 1921) and Waxworks (1924) in Germany, and The Cat a