List of Famous people who died in 1914

Henry Howard

First Name Henry
Last Name Howard
Born on September 17, 1850
Died on August 4, 1914 (aged 63)

Henry Charles Howard, was a British politician.

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Karl Frenzel

First Name Karl
Last Name Frenzel
Died on June 10, 1914
Born in Germany

Karl Wilhelm Theodor Frenzel was a German novelist, essayist and theatre critic.

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Adna Chaffee

First Name Adna
Born on April 14, 1842
Died on November 1, 1914 (aged 72)

Adna Romanza Chaffee was a lieutenant general in the United States Army. Chaffee took part in the American Civil War and Indian Wars, played a key role in the Spanish–American War, and fought in the Boxer Rebellion in China. He was the Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1904 to 1906, overseeing far-reaching transformation of organization and doctrine in the army.

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Marcel Kerff

First Name Marcel
Last Name Kerff
Born on June 2, 1866
Died on August 7, 1914 (aged 48)

Marcel Kerff was a Belgian cyclist who participated in the 1903 Tour de France, where he finished sixth.

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Ernst Leopold van Saksen-Meiningen

First Name Ernst
Last Name Saksen-Meiningen
Born on September 23, 1895
Died on August 17, 1914 (aged 18)
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George Minchin Minchin

First Name George
Last Name Minchin
Born on May 25, 1845
Died on March 23, 1914 (aged 68)

George Minchin Minchin was an Irish mathematician and experimental physicist. He was a pioneer in the development of astronomical photometry: the first-ever celestial photometric measurements were made using photovoltaic cells that he developed for the purpose. He invented the absolute sine-electrometer and was a prolific author of mathematical and scientific textbooks and papers.

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Arthur James Ogilvy

First Name Arthur
Last Name Ogilvy
Born on April 15, 1834
Died on January 1, 1914 (aged 79)
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Dev Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana

First Name Dev
Last Name Rana
Born on July 17, 1862
Died on February 20, 1914 (aged 51)
Born in Bagmati

Sri Maharaja, Dev Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana was the Prime Minister of Nepal for 114 days in 1901. He was also the King of Lamjung and Kaski.

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Mordecai Cubitt Cooke

First Name Mordecai
Born on July 12, 1825
Died on November 12, 1914 (aged 89)

Mordecai Cubitt Cooke was an English botanist and mycologist.

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Prince Maurice of Battenberg

First Name Prince
Last Name Battenberg
Born on October 3, 1891
Died on October 27, 1914 (aged 23)

Prince Maurice of Battenberg, was a member of the Hessian princely Battenberg family and the extended British Royal Family, and the youngest grandchild of Queen Victoria. He was known as Prince Maurice of Battenberg throughout his life, since he died before the British Royal Family relinquished their German titles during World War I and the Battenbergs changed their name to Mountbatten.

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