List of Famous people who died in 1929

Carl Friedrich Benz, sometimes also Karl Friedrich Benz, was a German engine designer and automotive engineer. His Benz Patent Motorcar from 1885 is considered the first practical automobile and first car put into series production. He received a patent for the motorcar in 1886.

Sir Colville Adrian de Rune Barclay was a British diplomat who served as chargé d'affaires in Washington D.C., minister to Sweden and Hungary and ambassador to Portugal.

Count Gyula Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka the Younger was a Hungarian politician.

Elise, Countess of Edla, was a Swiss-born American actress and singer, and the morganatic second wife of the former King Ferdinand II of Portugal.

William Spry was an American politician who was the third Governor of Utah. He is the namesake of the William Spry Agriculture Building that houses the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food.

James Henry Hawley was an American attorney and politician from Idaho. He was state's ninth Governor from 1911 to 1913, and the mayor of Boise from 1903 to 1905. He also acted as prosecutor or defense attorney for a substantial number of criminal cases. Outside of criminal law, he specialized in irrigation and mining cases.

Joseph Kemp Toole was a Democratic politician from Montana. He served as the first and fourth Governor of Montana.

Adolph Davidovich Brodsky was a Russian violinist.