List of fatalities from the Spanish flu
The list of fatalities from the Spanish flu shows , in chronological order, known people who fell victim to the Spanish flu .
1918
- Joseph Kaufman , († February 1, 1918), American actor of the early silent film era
- William Walker († 1918), diver
- Jules Fournier († April 16, 1918 in Ottawa), Canadian journalist, essayist, translator and newspaper publisher
- Robert W. Speer († May 14, 1918 in Denver), Mayor of Denver, Colorado
- Frederick Trump († May 30, 1918 in New York City), entrepreneur and grandfather of Donald Trump
- Julián Juderías († June 19, 1918), Spanish sociologist, historian, journalist and translator
- Mehmed V. († July 3, 1918), Sultan and thus head of state of the Ottoman Empire
- Jules-Maurice Abbet († July 11, 1918 in Sion), Bishop of Sion
- Lorenz Hauser († July 15, 1918 in Munich), Bavarian farmer and legendary "millionaire farmer of Munich-Neuhausen"
- Fritz Gerhard Lottmann († September 2, 1918 in Oldenburg), East Frisian writer and local poet
- Eduard Graf († September 11, 1918 in Rebstein), Swiss entrepreneur and politician
- Erik Gustaf of Sweden († September 20, 1918 at Drottningholm Palace near Stockholm), Prince of Sweden and Norway, the third and youngest son of King Gustav V of Sweden and his wife Viktoria von Baden
- True Boardman († September 28, 1918), American actor
- Clara Möller-Coburg († September 30, 1918 in Munich), German craftsperson and graphic artist
- Antonio de Castro y Casaléiz († October 3, 1918 in Vienna), Spanish diplomat and businessman
- Hubert Parry († October 7, 1918 in Knight's Croft, Rustington, Sussex), composer and musicologist
- Mogens Enger († October 9, 1918 in Berlin-Wilmersdorf), Danish actor and director
- Georg Albert Bacmeister († October 9, 1918 in Löbau in West Prussia), German administrative lawyer in Hesse and East Prussia
- Björn Ahlgrensson († October 11, 1918 in Arvika), Swedish painter
- Antonio Fragoso († October 13, 1918), Portuguese composer and pianist
- Hans von Normann († October 14, 1918), German administrative lawyer
- Jacob Edwin Meeker († October 16, 1918 in St. Louis, Missouri), American politician
- Hans Emil Lau († October 16, 1918 in Copenhagen), astronomer
- Alfred Lemm († October 16, 1918 in Berlin), German expressionist writer
- Anton Dilger († October 17, 1918 in Madrid), German-American doctor
- Malak Hifnī Nāsif († October 17, 1918 in Cairo), Egyptian suffragette
- Harold Lockwood († October 19, 1918 in New York), American actor of the early silent film era
- Fritz Kaldenbach († October 20, 1918 in Berlin), German architect and graphic artist
- Joseph Boulnois († October 20, 1918 in Chalaines near Commercy), French composer and organist
- Wilhelm Gross († October 22, 1918 in Vienna), mathematician
- Georges Parent († October 22, 1918 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye), French cyclist
- Léon Durocher († October 23, 1918 in Paris), French chansonnier, writer, journalist and Breton bard
- Gustav Adolf Gerhard († October 24, 1918 in Vienna), classical philologist and papyrologist
- Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso († October 25, 1918 in Espinho, Aveiro district), pioneer of postmodern Portuguese painting
- Minik Wallace († October 29, 1918 in North Stratford, New Hampshire), Inuk
- Egon Schiele († October 31, 1918 in Vienna), painter
- George Raymond Dallas Moor († November 3, 1918 in Mouvaux, France), British officer
- Shimamura Hōgetsu († November 5, 1918), Japanese writer, literary critic and scholar
- Vittorio Luigi Alfieri († November 8, 1918), Italian Lieutenant General and Minister of War
- Guillaume Apollinaire († November 9, 1918 in Paris), writer
- Friedrich Mathias von Galen († November 10th in Dinklage), German member of the Reichstag
- Torfhildur Þorsteinsdóttir († November 14, 1918 in Reykjavík), Icelandic writer
- Jón Trausti (pseudonym for Guðmundur Magnússon ; † November 18, 1918), Icelandic writer
- Robert Victor Neher († November 21, 1918), Swiss industrialist and pioneer of aluminum technology
- Rose Cleveland († November 22, 1918 in Bagni di Lucca), sister of US President Grover Cleveland
- Harald Kidde († November 23, 1918 in Copenhagen), Danish writer
- Jakob Wäch († November 23, 1918 in St. Gallen), Swiss painter and graphic artist
- Bohumil Kubišta († November 27, 1918 in Prague), Bohemian painter
- Margit Kaffka († December 1, 1918 in Budapest), writer and feminist
- Hans Mayr († December 1, 1918 in Vienna), Austrian architect
- Edmond Rostand († December 2, 1918 in Paris), French theater writer
- Carl Hermann Busse († December 3, 1918 in Berlin), German poet
- William Wolfensberger († December 6, 1918 in Rheineck, Canton St. Gallen), Swiss pastor and writer
- Franz Karl of Austria-Tuscany († December 10, 1918 in Wallsee), Archduke of Austria
- Adelsteen Normann († December 26, 1918 in Christiania, now Oslo), Norwegian landscape painter
- Woldemar Neubert († December 31, 1918), German commercial gardener and politician
1919
- David Lubin († January 1, 1919 in Rome), American entrepreneur and agricultural reformer
- Carlos Manuel García Vila († January 14, 1919), Dominican violinist and music teacher
- Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves († January 16, 1919 in Rio de Janeiro), former and newly-elected President of Brazil, died before taking office
- Carl Rehorst († January 21, 1919 in Cologne), German architect, civil engineer and construction officer
- Hugo Krayn († January 25, 1919 in Berlin), German painter of the Berlin Secession
- Jack Caffery († February 2, 1919), Canadian athlete, one of the world's best marathon runners
- Harold Gilman († February 12, 1919), English post-impressionist painter
- Vera Vasilyevna Cholodnaja († February 16, 1919 in Odessa), Ukrainian actress and one of the leading stars of cinema in the Russian Empire
- Mark Sykes († February 16, 1919 in Paris), writer and politician
- Henry Ragas († February 18, 1919 in New York City), American jazz pianist and composer
- Johan Koren († March 3, 1919 in Vladivostok, Russia), Norwegian hunter and polar explorer
- Tommy Allsopp († March 7, 1919 in Norwich), English football and cricket player
- Harald Fryklöf († March 11, 1919 in Stockholm), Swedish organist, music teacher and composer
- Ruby Lindsay († March 12, 1919 in London), Australian illustrator and painter
- Jakow Michailowitsch Swerdlow († March 16, 1919 in Moscow ), Russian revolutionary and head of state of Soviet Russia for a little over a year
- Karl Stamm († March 21, 1919 in Zurich), Swiss poet
- Franz Metzner († March 24, 1919 in Berlin), Austrian stonemason and sculptor
- Francisco Marto († April 4, 1919 in Aljustrel, today part of Fátima), Portuguese saint and witness of the apparition of Mary in Fátima
- Joe Hall († April 5, 1919 in Seattle, Washington, USA), Canadian ice hockey player
- Phoebe Hearst († April 14, 1919 in Pleasanton, California), American philanthropist
- Johannes Ahlburg († September 22, 1919), German geologist
- Carl Stephann († November 11, 1919), Austrian architect
1920 and later
- Zygmunt Janiszewski († January 3, 1920 in Lwów), Polish mathematician
- John Francis Dodge († January 14, 1920 in New York), American automobile manufacturer
- Sophie Freud († January 25, 1920), daughter of Sigmund Freud
- Lya Borré († January 26, 1920 in Berlin), German silent film actress
- Gilda Langer († January 31, 1920 in Berlin), film actress
- Gaby Deslys († February 11, 1920 in Montrouge), French revue dancer, singer and actress
- Jacinta Marto († February 20, 1920 in Lisbon), Portuguese saint and witness of the apparition of Fátima
- Charles Tomlinson Griffes († April 8, 1920 in New York City), American composer
- Max Weber († June 14, 1920 in Munich), sociologist and economist
- Heinrich Wefing († July 6, 1920 in Berlin), German sculptor
- Rosalia Lombardo († 6 December 1920 in Palermo), whose mummy itself, Italian child in the Catacombs of the Capuchins is
- Horace Elgin Dodge († December 10, 1920), American automobile manufacturer
- Ernst von Hoeppner († September 26, 1922 in Groß Mockratz), Prussian general of the cavalry and from 1916 to 1918 commander of the German air force in the First World War
- Jiří Haussmann († January 7, 1923 in Prague), Czech poet
- Franz Kafka († June 3, 1924 in Kierling ), German-speaking writer: pulmonary tuberculosis , which was largely dormant in 1918 , was possibly given its fatal turn by the Spanish flu.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Svante Elis Strömgren : Hans Emil Lau: Obituary. In: nafa.dk. Retrieved March 23, 2018 (German, Danish).
- ↑ Roni Hirsh-Ratzkovsky: From Berlin to Ben Shemen: The Lehman Brothers between Expressionism and Zionism . In: AJS Review . tape 41 , no. 1 , April 2017, ISSN 0364-0094 , p. 37–65, here 37. , Doi : 10.1017 / S0364009417000034 ( cambridge.org [accessed April 10, 2020]).
- ↑ The 100 of the Century: Writers. Reinbek near Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-499-16455-8 , p. 9.
- ↑ Harald Salfellner: The Spanish flu. A history of the 1918 pandemic . Vitalis, Prague 2020, ISBN 978-3-89919-794-5 , p. 149.
- ↑ Hans Michael Kloth: Influenza catastrophe of 1918/19: "Take all carpenters and have coffins made". In: Spiegel.de . April 27, 2009, accessed February 4, 2020 .
- ↑ Wilfried Witte: Belladonna and Quarantine. The history of the Spanish flu . Klaus Wagenbach Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-8031-3628-2 , p. 43 ff.