Deaths in the 1920s

Arno Holz

1863–1929 (age 66)

Friedhof Heerstraße

Arno Holz was a pioneering German writer and playwright who significantly influenced modern German literature through hi...

Paul Cassirer

1871–1926 (age 55)

Friedhof Heerstraße

Wilhelm Siegert

1872–1929 (age 57)

Friedhof Heerstraße

Wilhelm Siegert was a German military officer whose career spanned the late imperial and early republican periods of Ger...

Kurt Ungewitter

1891–1927 (age 36)

Friedhof Heerstraße

Hermann Bamberg

1846–1928 (age 82)

Friedhof Heerstraße

Hermann Bamberg was a German businessman whose career spanned the industrial development of 19th and early 20th-century ...

Werner Pittschau

1902–1928 (age 26)

Friedhof Heerstraße

Erich Becher

1882–1929 (age 47)

Münster Central Cemetery

Erich Becher was a German psychologist who contributed to the development of psychological science during the early 20th...

Karl von den Steinen

1855–1929 (age 74)

Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde

Princess Theresa of Bavaria

1850–1925 (age 75)

Theatine Church

Princess Theresa of Bavaria was a royal zoologist who pursued scientific study while fulfilling her duties as a member o...

Franz Stuck

1863–1928 (age 65)

Munich Forest Cemetery

Wilhelm Wien

1864–1928 (age 64)

Munich Forest Cemetery

Wilhelm Wien was a Nobel Prize-winning German physicist whose work on thermal radiation and displacement law made fundam...

Duchess Mathilde Ludovika, Countess of Trani

1843–1925 (age 82)

Munich Forest Cemetery

Albert von Schrenck-Notzing

1862–1929 (age 67)

Munich Forest Cemetery

Albert von Schrenck-Notzing was a German physician and pioneering researcher in parapsychology and psychical phenomena d...

Sizzo, Prince of Schwarzburg

1860–1926 (age 66)

Munich Forest Cemetery

Eduard von Grützner

1846–1925 (age 79)

Munich Forest Cemetery

Eduard von Grützner was a German teacher whose career in education spanned the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Friedrich von Thiersch

1852–1921 (age 69)

Munich Forest Cemetery

Lena Christ

1881–1920 (age 39)

Munich Forest Cemetery

Lena Christ was a German writer whose realistic novels depicted Bavarian working-class life in early 20th-century Munich...

Júlia da Silva Bruhns

1851–1923 (age 72)

Munich Forest Cemetery

Karl von Gareis

1844–1923 (age 79)

Munich Forest Cemetery

Karl von Gareis was a Bavarian politician whose career spanned the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Georg von Vollmar

1850–1922 (age 72)

Munich Forest Cemetery

Alfred Dillmann

1849–1924 (age 75)

Munich Forest Cemetery

Alfred Dillmann was a German jurist whose scholarly contributions shaped legal thought in late 19th-century Bavaria.

Michael Doeberl

1861–1928 (age 67)

Munich Forest Cemetery

Carl von Hess

1863–1923 (age 60)

Munich Forest Cemetery

Carl von Hess was a German university teacher whose academic career contributed to higher education in Munich.

Ludwik Włodek

1869–1922 (age 53)

Munich Forest Cemetery

Alfred von Bary

1873–1926 (age 53)

Munich Forest Cemetery

Alfred von Bary was a German opera singer who performed in Munich's prestigious musical venues.

Franz Penzoldt

1849–1927 (age 78)

Munich Forest Cemetery

Anton Kaindl

1849–1922 (age 73)

Munich Forest Cemetery

Anton Kaindl was a German sculptor whose works contributed to Bavaria's artistic heritage.

Jakob Heilmann

1846–1927 (age 81)

Munich Forest Cemetery

Friedrich Perlberg

1848–1921 (age 73)

Munich Forest Cemetery

Friedrich Perlberg was a German painter whose artistic career contributed to late 19th-century Bavarian visual culture.

Maria Luise Weissmann

1899–1929 (age 30)

Munich Forest Cemetery

Otto Pittinger

1878–1926 (age 48)

Munich Forest Cemetery

Otto Pittinger was a German politician whose career spanned the early 20th-century transformation of German politics.

Ernst Voit

1838–1921 (age 83)

Munich Forest Cemetery

Joseph Nevinny

1853–1923 (age 70)

Munich Forest Cemetery

Joseph Nevinny was a German pharmacologist whose scientific work advanced pharmaceutical knowledge in the late 19th cent...

Paul Burmeister

1847–1923 (age 76)

Munich Forest Cemetery

Paul Klapper

1863–1928 (age 65)

Munich Forest Cemetery

Paul Klapper was a German artist whose creative work contributed to Bavarian artistic culture.

Anselm Simon

1851–1928 (age 77)

Bingen am Rhein

Hermann Hoepke

1865–1928 (age 63)

Bingen am Rhein

Hermann Hoepke was a German politician from Bingen am Rhein who served his community during the late 19th and early 20th...

Wilhelm Ernst I, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

1876–1923 (age 47)

Weimarer Fürstengruft

Johannes Thummerer

1888–1921 (age 33)

Leipzig South Cemetery

Johannes Thummerer was a German writer from Leipzig whose brief career contributed to early 20th-century German literatu...

Karl Boysen

1852–1922 (age 70)

Leipzig South Cemetery

Karl Rohn

1855–1920 (age 65)

Leipzig South Cemetery

Karl Rohn was a German mathematician whose scholarly work contributed to 19th-century mathematical advancement.

Arthur Nikisch

1855–1922 (age 67)

Leipzig South Cemetery

Rudolf Kittel

1853–1929 (age 76)

Leipzig South Cemetery

Rudolf Kittel was a prominent German theologian and biblical scholar whose work shaped 19th-century religious scholarshi...

Adolph Strümpell

1853–1925 (age 72)

Leipzig South Cemetery

Paul Emil Flechsig

1847–1929 (age 82)

Leipzig South Cemetery

Paul Emil Flechsig was a pioneering German psychiatrist and neuroscientist whose groundbreaking work advanced modern psy...

Hans Meyer

1858–1929 (age 71)

Leipzig South Cemetery

Hugo Licht

1841–1923 (age 82)

Leipzig South Cemetery

Hugo Licht was a German architect whose 19th-century designs contributed to Germany's built environment.

Arthur von Oettingen

1836–1920 (age 84)

Leipzig South Cemetery

Wilhelm Wundt

1832–1920 (age 88)

Leipzig South Cemetery

Wilhelm Wundt was a foundational German psychologist and philosopher whose prolific work established modern experimental...

Otto Wiener

1862–1927 (age 65)

Leipzig South Cemetery