1933 deaths

president of the United States from 1923 to 1929

English novelist and playwright (1867–1933)

Communist activist, and advocate for women's rights (1857–1933)

British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator (1847-1933)

Greek-Egyptian poet and journalist (1863–1933)

1st king of Hashemite Iraq from 1921 to 1933

Russian Soviet revolutionary, politician and writer (1875–1933)

Austrian and Czech architect and art collector (1870-1933)

13th Dalai Lama of Tibet (1876-1933)

German poet, editor, and translator (1868–1933)

president of Argentina (1852-1937)

German chancellor (1876-1933)

Austrian and Dutch theoretical physicist (1880–1933)

Romanian-French writer (1876-1933)

President of Generalitat de Catalunya (1931-33)

Russian general

British Liberal statesman (1862-1933)

American actor, director and comedian

King of Afghanistan from 1929 to 1933

English engineer, car designer, co-founder of Rolls-Royce

American writer and poet (1884–1933)

French mathematician and politician (1863-1933)

Danish explorer and anthropologist

Japanese poet and author of children's literature (1896-1933)

Chinese martial artist and herbalist who claimed extreme longevity

Prime Minister of Japan (1852-1933)

American diplomat (1852–1933)

Russian and Soviet engineer, rocket designer (1887-1933)

American stained glass and jewelry designer (1848-1933)

Hungarian psychoanalyst (1873–1933)

English novelist (1863-1933)

Austro-Hungarian general (1853-1933)

Italian explorer (1873-1933)

Japanese educator, agricultural economist and diplomat (1862–1933)

German philosopher (1852–1933)

American athlete, Olympic medalist (1878–1933)

French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist (1853-1933)

Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist (1852-1933)

French scientist (1863-1933)

American boxer (1866-1933)

youngest daughter of Christian IX of Denmark and Queen Louise (1853–1933)

German botanist and geneticist (1864–1933)

German ornithologist (1859–1933)

American country singer (1897–1933)

American academic (1868-1933)

Estonian writer and politician (1865–1933)

dynast of the Russian Empire (1866-1933); brother-in-law of Tsar Nicholas II

Japanese writer (1903–1933)

Peruvian politician (1889-1933)

French poet, novelist, playwright, musician, and chess enthusiast (1877-1933)

French actress (1898-1933)

Georgian composer (1871–1933)

British India's first female graduate, Bengali poet, social activist and feminist writer

American novelist and playwright (1884–1933)

Ukrainian writer and poet

British artist (1846–1933)

Latvian writer (1861–1933)

British astronomer (1861–1933)

Japanese journalist (1859–1933)

Prime Minister of France (1857-1933)