List of Famous people who died in 1934

Harris J. Ryan was an American electrical engineer and a professor first at Cornell University and later at Stanford University. Ryan is known for his significant contributions to high voltage power transmission, for which he received the IEEE Edison Medal. Ryan was elected to the National Academy of Science in 1920 and served as president of the AIEE during 1923-1924.

Janakinath Bose was an Indian lawyer and advocate, who was the father of Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose. He is also the father of barrister Sarat Chandra Bose.

Infante Gonzalo of Spain was the fourth surviving son and youngest child of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and his wife Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg. He was the youngest grandson of Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom.

Mitrofan Borisovich Grekov was a Russian and Soviet painter, considered to be the "father of Soviet battle painting".

Thomas Aubrey Spring Rice, 3rd Baron Monteagle of Brandon was an Anglo-Irish peer and British diplomat.

Victor Villiger was a Swiss-born German chemist and the discoverer of the Baeyer-Villiger oxidation.

Charles Francis Jenkins was an American pioneer of early cinema and one of the inventors of television, though he used mechanical rather than electronic technologies. His businesses included Charles Jenkins Laboratories and Jenkins Television Corporation. Over 400 patents were issued to Jenkins, many for his inventions related to motion pictures and television.

Philippe Berthelot was an important French diplomat, son of Marcellin Berthelot. He was a republican.