List of Famous people who died in 1916

Gérard Encausse

Gérard Anaclet Vincent Encausse
First Name Gérard
Last Name Encausse
Born on July 13, 1865
Died on October 25, 1916 (aged 51)
Born in Spain, Galicia

Gérard Anaclet Vincent Encausse, whose esoteric pseudonyms were Papus and Tau Vincent, was a Spanish-born French physician, hypnotist, and popularizer of occultism, who founded the modern Martinist Order.

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Henryk Sienkiewicz

Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz
First Name Henryk
Born on May 5, 1846
Died on November 15, 1916 (aged 70)

Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz, also known by the pseudonym Litwos [ˈlitfɔs], was a Polish journalist, novelist and Nobel Prize laureate. He is best remembered for his historical novels, especially for his internationally known best-seller Quo Vadis (1896).

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Solko van den Bergh

First Name Solko
Born on June 4, 1854
Died on December 25, 1916 (aged 62)

Solko or Solke Johannes van den Bergh was a Dutch sports shooter.

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Antonio Devoto

First Name Antonio
Last Name Devoto
Born on March 12, 1833
Died on July 30, 1916 (aged 83)
Born in Italy, Liguria

Don Antonio Devoto was the owner of most of the lands in the current barrio of Buenos Aires called Villa Devoto. Don Devoto was a member of the elite of Buenos Aires. In respect of his help to Italy during World War I he was given the title of count by the king.

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Archibald Hay, 13th Earl of Kinnoull

First Name Archibald
Last Name Kinnoull
Born on June 20, 1855
Died on February 7, 1916 (aged 60)

Archibald FitzRoy George Hay, 13th Earl of Kinnoull, styled Viscount Dupplin from 1886 until 1897, was a Scottish peer and soldier. His titles were Earl of Kinnoull, Viscount Dupplin and Lord Hay of Kinfauns in the Peerage of Scotland; and Baron Hay of Pedwardine in the Peerage of Great Britain.

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Sir Frederick Richard Maunsell

First Name Sir
Born on September 4, 1828
Died on October 29, 1916 (aged 88)
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Arnold Morley

First Name Arnold
Last Name Morley
Born on February 18, 1849
Died on January 16, 1916 (aged 66)

Arnold Morley was a British barrister and Liberal politician.

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Arthur Purey-Cust

First Name Arthur
Last Name Purey-Cust
Born on February 21, 1828
Died on December 23, 1916 (aged 88)

Arthur Perceval Purey-Cust was a Church of England cleric and author who served as Dean of York from 1880 to 1916.

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Arthur Ridley

First Name Arthur
Last Name Ridley
Born on September 11, 1852
Died on August 10, 1916 (aged 63)

Arthur William Ridley was an English first-class cricketer. Ridley was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm underarm medium pace. He also played occasionally as a wicketkeeper.

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Bernard Nevile

First Name Bernard
Last Name Nevile
Born on August 1, 1888
Died on February 11, 1916 (aged 27)

Captain Bernard Philip Nevile was an English first-class cricketer who played five games for Worcestershire in 1913, and another for Free Foresters a year earlier. He also played for and captained Lincolnshire in the Minor Counties Championship.

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