List of Famous people who died in 1907
Domenico Svampa
Domenico Svampa was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate and cardinal who served as the Archbishop of Bologna from 1894 until his death.
Prince Arnulf of Bavaria
Prince Arnulf of Bavaria was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach and a General of Infantry.
Eduard Hitzig
Eduard Hitzig was a German neurologist and neuropsychiatrist of Jewish ancestry born in Berlin.
Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt
Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt M.I.C.E. was a British civil engineer, author of several treatises on river and harbour engineering.
Prince Wilhelm, 5th Prince of Wied
William V, Prince of Wied was a German officer and politician, elder son of Hermann, Prince of Wied. He was the father of William, Prince of Albania and brother of Queen Elisabeth of Romania.
Heinrich Kreutz
Heinrich Carl Friedrich Kreutz was a German astronomer, most notable for his studies of the orbits of several sungrazing comets, which revealed that they were all related objects, produced when a very large sun-grazing comet fragmented several hundred years previously. The group is now known as the Kreutz Sungrazers, and has produced some of the brightest comets ever seen.
Elisabet Ney
Franzisca Bernadina Wilhelmina Elisabeth Ney was a celebrated German-American sculptor who spent the first half of her life and career in Europe, producing portraits of famous leaders such as Otto von Bismarck, Giuseppe Garibaldi and King George V of Hanover. At age 39, she immigrated to Texas with her husband, Edmund Montgomery, and became a pioneer in the development of art there. Among her most famous works during her Texas period were life-size marble figures of Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin, commissions for the Texas State Capitol. A large group of her works are housed in the Elisabet Ney Museum, located in her home and studio in Austin. Other works can be found in the US Capitol, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and numerous collections in Germany.