Date of Death between 1901-01-01 and 1901-12-31 (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Giuseppe Verdi
Soundtrack | Mad Max: Fury Road
Giuseppe Verdi was born Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi on October 10, 1813, in Le Roncole di Busseto, Parma, Italy. His parents were landowners and innkeepers. Young Verdi received his first organ lessons at the age of 7. He studied composition privately with Ferdinando Provesi in Busseto. At ...
2. Queen Victoria
Writer | En kongelig familie
Princess Alexandrina Victoria was born on May 24, 1819 to the Duke and Duchess of Kent. Victoria as she was called was the granddaughter of King George III. When she was less than a year old her father died leaving her mother broke and at the mercy of her brother Leopold, the King of Belgium. ...
3. William McKinley
Self | President McKinley Reviewing the Troops
William McKinley was born on January 29, 1843 in Niles, Ohio, USA. He is known for his work on President McKinley Reviewing the Troops (1899), President McKinley Reviewing the Troops at the Pan-American Exposition (1901) and President and Mrs. McKinley (1899). He was married to Ida McKinley. He ...
4. Adolphe Le Prince
Self | Accordion Player
Adolphe Le Prince was born in 1872 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. He is known for his work on Accordion Player (1888) and Roundhay Garden Scene (1888). He died in 1901 in Fire Island, New York, USA.
5. Johanna Spyri
Writer | Heidi
Her two-part novel "Heidi" (1881) is the most-successful German-language book of all time, selling over 50 million copies, and translated into 50 languages.
6. Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President of the US. He was born in North Bend, Ohio, on August 20, 1833. He came from a family which had a long history in politics--his grandfather William Henry Harrison was a former US President, his father was a Congressman and he had cousins who were congressmen...
7. Daniel Butterfield
Soundtrack | Stealth
8. Henri de Toulouse Lautrec
Henri de Toulouse Lautrec was born on November 24, 1864 in Albi, Tarn, France. He is known for his work on Coded (2021). He died on September 9, 1901 in Saint-André-du-Bois, Gironde, France.
9. Princess Royal Victoria
Self | Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled
Princess Royal Victoria was born on November 21, 1840 in Buckingham Palace, Westminster, London, England. She is known for her work on Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled (2014), Queen Victoria and Her Tragic Family (2018) and Queen Victoria's Empire (2001). She was married to King ...
10. Leon Czolgosz
Leon Czolgosz was an American anarchist of Polish extraction who shot President William McKinley while the president was attending the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York in September 1901.
Born in Michigan in May 1873, the 28-year-old Czolgosz was the son of ethnic Polish immigrants from ...
12. Arnold Böcklin
Writer | De Dødes Ø
13. Hiram Revels
Hiram Revels was born on September 27, 1827 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA. He died on January 16, 1901 in Aberdeen, Mississippi, USA.
14. Eduardo Prado
Writer | Edu, Coração de Ouro
Eduardo Prado was born on February 27, 1860 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. He was a writer and actor, known for Edu, Coração de Ouro (1968), Balada Dos Infiéis (1970) and Todas as Mulheres do Mundo (1966). He died on August 30, 1901 in São Paulo.
15. Gunnar Wennerberg
Soundtrack | Prins Gustaf
17. Ignatius Donnelly
Ignatius Donnelly was born on November 3, 1831 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on January 1, 1901 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
18. Victor Betzonich
Actor | Henrettelsen
Victor Betzonich was born on September 10, 1864 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was an actor, known for Capital Execution (1903). He died on November 29, 1901.
20. Edward M. Alfriend
Writer | The Great Diamond Robbery
Prior to the outbreak of American Civil War, Edward Morrison Alfriend was working as an insurance underwriter at his father's firm in Richmond, Virginian. On 10 June, 1861 he was commissioned a 1st lieutenant in Company E of the 44th Virginia Infantry Division. Less than a year later, on 1 May, ...
22. Ramón de Campoamor
Soundtrack | Café con aroma de mujer
Poet and moralist, known for his witty observations in epigrams in verse which he called 'humoradas' and very concise poems expressing simple truths, which he called 'doloras'.
23. Philippe Gille
Soundtrack | True Romance
24. Michal Balucki
Writer | Bialy Murzyn
25. Lev Ivanov
26. Emilio De Marchi
Writer | Giacomo l'idealista
27. Robert Buchanan
Writer | Matt
28. Peter Benoît
Composer | Peter Benoît
Upon his return from France to Belgium, he was considered one of the most promising composers. He did not let his admirers down and composed a piano (1864) and flute concerto (1865) as well as his Lucifer oratorio (1866). This work marks the beginning of a long collaboration with the poet Emanuel ...
31. Hung-chang Li
Self | The Arrival of Li Hung Chang
Hung-chang Li was born on February 15, 1823 in Qunzhi, Anhui, China. He is known for his work on The Arrival of Li Hung Chang (1896), Li Hung Chang at Grant's Tomb (1896) and Li Hung Chang (1901). He died on November 7, 1901 in Beijing, China.
32. Kate Greenaway
Art Department | The Sweet Hereafter
British artist, writer and illustrator of children's books.