Famous people and celebrities who died in 1907
A dedicated page for remembering the famous people and celebrities who passed away in 1907. This year saw the loss of many influential and beloved figures who left a lasting impact on the world. From entertainment icons and sports legends to renowned scholars and public figures, our comprehensive list pays tribute to their lives and legacies. Join us in honoring their contributions and celebrating their achievements as we reflect on their remarkable stories.
- Jan. 25 René Pottier
French racing cyclist, who was regarded as the best climber of tour de france. he won it in 1906.
- Feb. 1 Léon Serpollet
French industrialist, and pioneer of steam cars, gardner-serpollet. he also designed steam trams.
- Feb. 2 Dmitri Mendeleev
Russian inventor and chemist. he created the periodic law and his own version the periodic table of element and used it to correct some elements already found and to predict those elements.
- Feb. 8 Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom
Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1854)
- Feb. 16 Giosuè Carducci
LIT - Italian poet and educator, nobel prize laureate (b. 1835)
- Feb. 20 Henri Moissan
CHE - French chemist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1852)
- March 5 Friedrich Blass
German philologist, scholar, and academic (b. 1843)
- May 12 Joris-Karl Huysmans
French novelist, originally of dutch descent, who held a civil job at the french ministry for 30 years. he was a part of the naturalism movement in literature from the beginning, but his publication of aeur rebours made him a part of the decadent movement. his writings expressed his deep pessimism that had lead him to the philosophy arthur schopenhauer. …
- May 19 Benjamin Baker
English engineer, designed the forth bridge (b. 1840)
- June 27 Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz
American educator, co-founded radcliffe college (b. 1822)
- June 29 Konstantinos Volanakis
Greek painter and academic (b. 1837)
- July 6 August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein
German linguist and theologian (b. 1826)
- July 14 William Henry Perkin
English chemist and academic (b. 1838)
- July 17 Hector Malot
French author and critic (b. 1830)
- Sept. 4 Edvard Grieg
Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1843)
- Sept. 6 Sully Prudhomme
LIT - French poet and critic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1839)
- Sept. 9 Ernest Wilberforce
English bishop (d. 1907)
- Sept. 12 Ilia Chavchavadze
Georgian poet, journalist, and lawyer (b. 1837)
- Sept. 17 Ignaz Brüll
Czech-austrian pianist and composer (b. 1846)
- Oct. 21 Jules Chevalier
French priest, founded the missionaries of the sacred heart (b. 1824)
- Nov. 1 Alfred Jarry
French dramatist, writer. he is known for his style and infantile taste in scatology.
- Nov. 13 Francis Thompson
British essayist, writer, and journalist. thompson was not a well-known writer and continued to make bad decisions and suffer unnecessary suffering. he is most famous for his 1893 work "the hound of heaven".
- Nov. 16 Robert I
Duke of parma (d. 1907)
- Nov. 21 Paula Modersohn-Becker
German painter, and one of the most prominent representatives of early expressionism. she created many striking images that were intense in a short career. she is now recognized as the first female artist to paint female nudes. she and matisse, fellow-artists picasso & matisse introduced modernism to the world at the beginning of the 20th century by boldly exploring subject …
- Nov. 22 Asaph Hall
Discovered the two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos.
- Nov. 28 Stanisław Wyspiański
Polish poet, playwright, and painter (d. 1907).
- Dec. 17 William Thomson
Prominent music educator and researcher at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music, specializing in cognitive and perceptual aspects of music from 1980-1992.
- Dec. 21 Klara Hitler
Austrian woman and mother to nazi dictator adolf hitler
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