List of Famous people who died in 1922

Henry Marion Howe

First Name Henry
Last Name Howe
Born on March 2, 1848
Died on May 14, 1922 (aged 74)

Henry Marion Howe was an American metallurgist, the son of Samuel Gridley Howe and Julia Ward Howe.

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Petros Protopapadakis

First Name Petros
Last Name Protopapadakis
Died on November 28, 1922

Petros Protopapadakis was a Greek politician and Prime Minister of Greece in May–August 1922.

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Alice Charlotte von Rothschild

First Name Alice
Last Name Rothschild
Born on February 17, 1847
Died on May 3, 1922 (aged 75)
Born in Germany, Hesse

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.

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Sir George Charles Erskine Rowley, 3rd Baronet

First Name Sir
Born on September 26, 1844
Died on January 15, 1922 (aged 77)
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Benedict XV

Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa
First Name Benedict
Last Name XV
Born on November 21, 1854
Died on January 22, 1922 (aged 67)
Born in Italy, Liguria, Genoa

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.

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Clementina Black

First Name Clementina
Born on July 27, 1853
Died on December 19, 1922 (aged 69)

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.

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Nikolai Wedensky

First Name Nikolai
Died on September 16, 1922

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.

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Mihael Napotnik

First Name Mihael
Born on September 20, 1850
Died on March 28, 1922 (aged 71)
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Lillian Russell

Helen Louise Leonard
First Name Lillian
Last Name Russell
Died on June 6, 1922

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.

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Yevgeny Vakhtangov

First Name Yevgeny
Born on February 1, 1883
Died on May 29, 1922 (aged 39)

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.

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