List of Famous people who died in 1922
Henry Marion Howe
Henry Marion Howe was an American metallurgist, the son of Samuel Gridley Howe and Julia Ward Howe.
Petros Protopapadakis
Petros Protopapadakis was a Greek politician and Prime Minister of Greece in May–August 1922.
Alice Charlotte von Rothschild
Alice Charlotte von Rothschild, otherwise referred to as 'Miss Alice', was a socialite and member of the Rothschild banking family of Austria. Born in Frankfurt, she was the eighth and youngest child of Anselm von Rothschild (1803–1874) and Charlotte Rothschild (1807–1859) and younger sister to the British politician, Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild. She was a small child when her family moved to Vienna, where her father took over management of the family-owned S M von Rothschild bank.
Sir George Charles Erskine Rowley, 3rd Baronet
Benedict XV
Pope Benedict XV, born Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa, was head of the Catholic Church from 1914 until his death in 1922. His pontificate was largely overshadowed by World War I and its political, social, and humanitarian consequences in Europe.
Clementina Black
Clementina Maria Black was an English writer, feminist and pioneering trade unionist, closely connected with Marxist and Fabian socialists. She worked for women's rights at work and for women's suffrage.
Nikolai Wedensky
Nikolai Evgenievich Vvedensky was a Russian physiologist who came up with a theory of parabiosis which examined the phenomenon of anaesthesia and was among the first to use electrical sensors to study nerve activity and physiology.
Mihael Napotnik
Lillian Russell
Lillian Russell, was an American actress and singer. She became one of the most famous actresses and singers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for her beauty and style, as well as for her voice and stage presence.
Yevgeny Vakhtangov
Yevgeny Bagrationovich Vakhtangov was a Russian-Armenian actor and theatre director who founded the Vakhtangov Theatre. He was a friend and mentor of Michael Chekhov.