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In the year 1906
41 Notable deaths
Pierre Curie
French physicist (1859-1906).
Born May 15th, 1859 in Paris. [ref]
Died April 19th, 1906 at 46 years old in Paris (struck by vehicle). [ref]
Stanford White
Architect (1853-1906).
Born November 9th, 1853 in New York City. [ref]
Died June 25th, 1906 at 52 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Paul Laurence Dunbar
American poet, novelist, and short story writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Born June 27th, 1872 in Dayton. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1906 at 33 years old in Dayton (tuberculosis). [ref]
Alexander Stepanovich Popov
Russian physicist.
Born March 16th, 1859 in Krasnoturyinsk.
Died January 13th, 1906 at 46 years old in Saint Petersburg (cerebral hemorrhage).
Georgy Gapon
Russian priest (1870-1906).
Born February 17th, 1870 in Bilyky. [ref]
Died April 10th, 1906 at 36 years old in Ozerki (hanging).
Archduke Otto of Austria
Austrian archduke (1865-1906).
Born April 21st, 1865 in Graz.
Died November 1st, 1906 at 41 years old in Vienna (syphilis).
Mekonnen Welde Mikael
Ethiopian prince (1852–1906).
Died March 21st, 1906 at 53 years old in Ethiopia (typhus).
Alfred Beit
German born businessman and mining magnate in south africa (1853-1906).
Born February 15th, 1853 in Hamburg.
Died July 16th, 1906 at 53 years old in Welwyn.
Elizabeth of the Trinity
French carmelite nun and mystic.
Born July 18th, 1880 in Bourges.
Died November 9th, 1906 at 26 years old in Dijon (Addison's disease).
Anton Arensky
Russian composer, pianist and professor of music.
Born August 11th, 1861 in Veliky Novgorod.
Died February 25th, 1906 at 44 years old in Zelenogorsk (tuberculosis). [ref]
Deaths 1 to 10 of 41
It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live. Victor Hugo