20th-century deaths from tuberculosis

Russian dramatist and author (1860–1904)

Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)

British writer and journalist (1903–1950)

Austrian physicist (1887–1961)

Lebanese-American writer, poet, and painter (1883–1931)

American diplomat and activist, First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (1884–1962)

politician and the founder of Pakistan (1876–1948)

British actress

English writer and poet (1885–1930)

Dutch physical and organic chemist (1852-1911)

Bosnian assassin (1894–1918)

French philosopher, writer, and social activist (1909–1943)

Ukrainian poet, writer and feminist (1871–1913)

Italian painter and sculptor (1884–1920)

Soviet psychologist (1896-1934)

Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary (1888–1934)

Russian hebrew linguist, grammarian, journalist, lexicographer, newspaper editor and Zionist activist

Russian philosopher (1856–1918)

Serbian writer (1873–1908)

New Zealand author (1888–1923)

Jewish writer and playwright of Yiddish, who worked in Russian Empire, Switzerland, Germany and the United States (1859-1916)

German journalist, author, pacifist and recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize (1889–1938)

American writer

President of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944

French writer (1873–1907)

French sculptor and painter (1834–1904)

Soviet artist, designer, photographer, teacher, typographer and architect (1890–1941)

Russian author (1899–1951)

Finland Swedish poet and writer (1892–1923)

Tatar poet

French film director and producer, writer and actor (1889-1981)

Polish composer (1882–1937)

Chinese military leader, Marshal of the People's Republic of China (1898–1974)

Russian physician, philosopher and revolutionary (1873–1928)

Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan (1867-1902)

Romanian writer (1884–1935)

French film director (1905–1934)

French composer (1893–1918)

Spanish poet (1910–1942)

Czech poet, journalist and playwright (1900–1924)

American actress (1893–1930)

British actor (1922–1992)

Russian painter (1878–1939)

Russian writer and playwright (1878–1927)

Russian composer, pianist and professor of music

Belarusian writer (1891–1917)

Soviet writer and journalist (1897–1937)

first wife of Josef Stalin (1885–1907)

Austro-Hungarian chess player

Italian saint (1878-1903)

American jazz pianist and composer (1924–1966)

Annamese emperor (1885–1925)

English poet, critic and editor (1849–1903)

Japanese poet (1886-1912)

Russian diarist (1930–1944)

Chilean politician and president (1879-1941)

Indian Bengali filmmaker and script writer (1925–1976)

Japanese author, translator and literary critic (1864–1909)

American poet, novelist, and short story writer (1872–1906)

American country singer (1897–1933)