List of deaths due to tuberculosis
The following is a list of notable people who have died due to tuberculosis.
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- 1574: Charles IX of France – King of France, aged 23.[1]
- 1830: Simón Bolívar – Venezuelan political leader, aged 47 (reported).[2]
- 1831: James Monroe – American Founding Father and 5th president of the United States, aged 73.[3]
- 1849: Frédéric Chopin – Polish composer, aged 39 (possibly cystic fibrosis).[4]
- 1862: Henry David Thoreau – American naturalist and author, aged 44.[5]
- 1866: Bernhard Riemann – German mathematician, aged 39.[6]
- 1890: Christopher Latham Sholes – American inventor, aged 71.[7]
- 1897: Thérèse of Lisieux – French Catholic Carmelite nun and saint, aged 24.[8]
- 1904: Anton Chekhov – Russian playwright, aged 44.[9]
- 1906: Paul Laurence Dunbar – American poet, aged 33.[10]
- 1911: Robert Tressell – Irish writer, aged 40.
- 1918: Gavrilo Princip – Bosnian Serb assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, aged 23.[11]
- 1944: Manuel L. Quezon – Filipino politician and 2nd president of the Philippines, aged 65.[12]
- 1956: Johnny Claes – British-born Belgian race car driver, aged 39.
- 1961: Erwin Schrödinger – Austrian physicist, aged 73.[citation needed]
- 1967: Vivien Leigh – British actress, aged 53.[13]
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- ^ "Christopher Latham Sholes invented the QWERTY Typewriter". scihi.org. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "St. Thérèse of Lisieux". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, I.c. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ "The Death of Anton Chekhov, Told in Proteins". Science History Institute. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ^ "Dayton Honors Poet Paul Laurence Dunbar". WOSU News. 2006-02-06. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ^ "How a Wrong Turn Started World War I". HISTORY. 2023-03-28. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ^ "Manuel L. Quezon | American Experience | PBS". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ^ "A Timeline of Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier's Tragic Love Story". Harper's BAZAAR. 2017-10-09. Retrieved 2023-10-11.