WHO ALL DIED IN 1909.
See all who died in 1909.

Polish-German mathematician Hermann Minkowski died 12. January 1909. (born 1864)

German priest and missionary Arnold Janssen died 15. January 1909. (born 1837)

Australian politician, 4th Premier of Tasmania Francis Smith died 17. January 1909. (born 1819)

Italian composer and pianist Carlo Acton died 2. February 1909. (born 1829)

American tribal leader Geronimo died 17. February 1909. (born 1829)

German historian and businessman Friedrich Amelung died 7. March 1909. (born 1842)

American police officer Joseph Petrosino died 12. March 1909. (born 1860)

Baltic German historian, businessman and chess endgame composer Friedrich Amelung died 20. March 1909. (born 1842)

Irish playwright John Millington Synge died 24. March 1909. (born 1871)

Polish-American actress Helena Modjeska died 9. April 1909. (born 1840)

English author, poet, playwright, and critic Algernon Charles Swinburne died 10. April 1909. (born 1837)

Irish-English lawyer and scholar Whitley Stokes died 13. April 1909. (born 1830)

Spanish pianist and composer Isaac Albéniz died 18. May 1909. (born 1860)

English author and poet George Meredith died 18. May 1909. (born 1828)

American actor and composer Ernest Hogan died 20. May 1909. (born 1859)

American clergyman, historian, and author Edward Everett Hale died 10. June 1909. (born 1822)

Estonian-Russian diplomat, lawyer and historian Friedrich Martens died 20. June 1909. (born 1845)

American author Sarah Orne Jewett died 24. June 1909. (born 1849)

Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician Simon Newcomb died 11. July 1909. (born 1835)

Australian nun, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart Mary MacKillop died 8. August 1909. (born 1842)