Deaths in the 1920s

Álvaro Obregón

1880–1928 (age 48)

Huatabampo

Álvaro Obregón was a Mexican military leader and president who lived from 1880 to 1928.

Ricardo Flores Magón

1873–1922 (age 49)

Panteón de Dolores

Francisco R. Serrano

1889–1927 (age 38)

Panteón Francés

Francisco R. Serrano was a Mexican military officer who lived from 1889 to 1927.

Salvador Alvarado

1880–1924 (age 44)

Panteón Francés

Emilio Carranza

1905–1928 (age 23)

Panteón de Dolores

Emilio Carranza was a Mexican military aviator who lived from 1905 to 1928.

Ramón López Velarde

1888–1921 (age 33)

Panteón de Dolores

José López Portillo y Rojas

1850–1923 (age 73)

Panteón Francés

José López Portillo y Rojas was a Mexican writer who lived from 1850 to 1923.

Luis Segura Vilchis

1903–1927 (age 24)

Panteón del Tepeyac

José Guadalupe Velázquez

1855–1920 (age 65)

Panteón de los Queretanos Ilustres

José Guadalupe Velázquez was a Mexican composer who lived from 1855 to 1920.

Lucio Blanco

1879–1922 (age 43)

Rotonda de los Coahuilenses Ilustres

William H. Ellis

1864–1923 (age 59)

Spanish Cemetery

William H. Ellis was a businessperson who lived from 1864 to 1923.

Ángel Ortiz Monasterio

1849–1922 (age 73)

Spanish Cemetery

Francisco Ramírez Luque

1886–1924 (age 38)

Spanish Cemetery

Francisco Ramírez Luque was a Mexican politician who lived from 1886 to 1924.

Francisco de Assis Rosa e Silva

1856–1929 (age 73)

Brazil

Brazilian politician whose extended career shaped national governance during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Wilhelm Rotermund

1843–1925 (age 82)

São Leopoldo

Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil

1846–1921 (age 75)

Cathedral of Petrópolis

Princess Imperial of Brazil and regent whose enlightened governance contributed to national modernization.

Prince Gaston, Count of Eu

1842–1922 (age 80)

Cathedral of Petrópolis

Lima Barreto

1881–1922 (age 41)

Cemitério de São João Batista

Lima Barreto was a pioneering Brazilian writer and social critic whose realist works examined poverty and injustice in e...

João do Rio

1881–1921 (age 40)

Cemitério de São João Batista

Leopoldo de Bulhões

1856–1928 (age 72)

Cemitério de São João Batista

Leopoldo de Bulhões was a Brazilian politician who contributed significantly to the nation's political development duri...

Carlos Luís d'Amour

1837–1921 (age 84)

Cathedral Basilica of the Good Lord Jesus

Clementino de Sousa e Castro

1846–1929 (age 83)

Consolação Cemetery

Clementino de Sousa e Castro was a Brazilian judge who served in the nation's judicial system during the nineteenth and ...

Moacyr de Toledo Piza

1891–1923 (age 32)

Consolação Cemetery

Júlio César de Mesquita

1862–1927 (age 65)

Consolação Cemetery

Júlio César de Mesquita was a Brazilian businessperson and entrepreneur who contributed to the nation's economic devel...

Emílio Ribas

1862–1925 (age 63)

Consolação Cemetery

Carlos de Campos

1866–1927 (age 61)

Consolação Cemetery

Carlos de Campos was a Brazilian politician who served during the early twentieth century.

Jorge Tibiriçá

1855–1928 (age 73)

Consolação Cemetery

Luigi Chiaffarelli

1856–1923 (age 67)

Consolação Cemetery

Luigi Chiaffarelli was a composer whose musical works contributed to Brazilian cultural life in the early twentieth cent...

Ramos de Azevedo

1851–1928 (age 77)

Consolação Cemetery

Antônio da Silva Prado

1840–1929 (age 89)

Consolação Cemetery

Antônio da Silva Prado was a prominent Brazilian politician whose lengthy career significantly influenced the nation's ...

Luís Pereira Barreto

1840–1923 (age 83)

Consolação Cemetery

Venceslau de Queirós

1865–1921 (age 56)

Consolação Cemetery

Venceslau de Queirós was a Brazilian judge who served in the nation's judicial system during the late nineteenth and ea...

Otávio Rocha

1877–1928 (age 51)

Cemitério Antigo 01 Caxias do Sul.

Álvaro Ribeiro

1876–1929 (age 53)

Cemitério da Saudade

Álvaro Ribeiro was a Brazilian businessperson and entrepreneur who contributed to the nation's economic development in ...

Afonso Emílio Massot

1865–1925 (age 60)

Cemitério Antigo 01 Caxias do Sul.

Hoshina Kenichirō

1866–1926 (age 60)

Cemitério da Colônia Japonesa

Hoshina Kenichirō was a Japanese-Brazilian businessperson who contributed to the development of Japanese commerce and c...

Antônio Clemente Ribeiro Bittencourt

1853–1926 (age 73)

Cemitério de São João Baptista

Francisco Públio Ribeiro Bittencourt

1840–1921 (age 81)

Cemitério de São João Baptista

Francisco Públio Ribeiro Bittencourt was a Brazilian teacher who dedicated his life to education.

Vicente de Carvalho

1866–1924 (age 58)

Paquetá Cemetery

George Mallory

1886–1924 (age 38)

Mount Everest

George Mallory was a renowned British mountaineer whose fatal 1924 expedition to Mount Everest made him an enduring lege...

Andrew Comyn Irvine

1902–1924 (age 22)

Mount Everest

Zhao Erxun

1844–1927 (age 83)

Beijing

Zhao Erxun was a Chinese politician and scholar who served during the transition from the Qing dynasty to the Chinese Re...

Pingmei Shi

1902–1928 (age 26)

Beijing

Luo Dunrong

1872–1924 (age 52)

Beijing

Luo Dunrong was a Chinese poet whose works contributed to early twentieth-century Chinese literature.

Natong

1856–1925 (age 69)

Beijing

Gao Junyu

1896–1925 (age 29)

Beijing

Gao Junyu was a Chinese politician and activist whose brief career reflected the revolutionary ideals of early twentieth...

Frederick W. Baller

1852–1922 (age 70)

Shanghai

Cecil Holliday

1857–1924 (age 67)

Shanghai

Cecil Holliday was a foreign resident of Shanghai during the treaty port era of early twentieth-century China.

John Prentice

1847–1925 (age 78)

Shanghai

Lydia Brown Hipps

1890–1925 (age 35)

Shanghai

Lydia Brown Hipps was an American missionary who served in Shanghai during the early twentieth century.