List of Famous people who died in 1914

Mary Fields

First Name Mary
Last Name Fields
Born on January 1, 1832
Died on January 1, 1914 (aged 82)

Mary Fields, also known as Stagecoach Mary and Black Mary, was the first African-American female star route mail carrier in the United States. She was not an employee of the United States Post Office Department, which did not hire or employ mail carriers for star routes, but rather awarded star route contracts to persons who proposed the lowest qualified bids, and who, in accordance with the department’s application process, posted bonds and sureties to substantiate their ability to finance the route. Once a contract was awarded, the contractor could then drive the route themselves, sublet the route, or hire an experienced driver. Some individuals obtained multiple star route contracts and conducted the operations as a business.

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John Tenniel

First Name John
Last Name Tenniel
Born on February 28, 1820
Died on February 25, 1914 (aged 93)

Sir John Tenniel was an English illustrator, graphic humorist and political cartoonist prominent in the second half of the 19th century. He was knighted for artistic achievements in 1893. Tenniel is remembered mainly as the principal political cartoonist for Punch magazine for over 50 years and for his illustrations to Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871).

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Archduke Franz Ferdinand

First Name Archduke
Born on December 18, 1863
Died on June 28, 1914 (aged 50)
Born in Austria, Styria

Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. His assassination in Sarajevo is considered the most immediate cause of World War I.

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Bertha von Suttner

Berta Gräfin Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau
First Name Bertha
Born on June 9, 1843
Died on June 21, 1914 (aged 71)
Born in Czech Republic

Bertha Sophie Felicitas Freifrau von Suttner was an Austrian-Bohemian pacifist and novelist. In 1905, she became the second female Nobel laureate, the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and the first Austrian laureate.

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C. W. Post

Charles William Post
First Name C.
Last Name Post
Born on October 26, 1854
Died on May 9, 1914 (aged 59)

Charles William "C. W." Post was an American innovator, breakfast cereal and foods manufacturer and a pioneer in the prepared-food industry. He was the founder of what is now Post Consumer Brands.

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John Muir

First Name John
Last Name Muir
Born on April 21, 1838
Died on December 24, 1914 (aged 76)

John Muir also known as "John of the Mountains" and "Father of the National Parks", was an influential Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, botanist, zoologist, glaciologist, and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States of America.

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Roswell Park

First Name Roswell
Last Name Park
Born on May 4, 1852
Died on February 15, 1914 (aged 61)

Roswell Park was an American physician, best known for starting Gratwick Research Laboratory in 1898, which is now known as Roswell Park Cancer Institute. In 1900, the Gratwick family of Buffalo helped to finance Park's laboratory with a $25,000 donation in memory of William Henry Gratwick, a patient of Park's. Park was also a professor of surgery at the University at Buffalo Medical School and a surgeon at Buffalo General Hospital.

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Vinnie Ream

First Name Vinnie
Born on September 25, 1847
Died on January 12, 1914 (aged 66)

Lavinia Ellen "Vinnie" Ream Hoxie was an American sculptor. Her most famous work is the statue of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in the U.S. Capitol rotunda.

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Rube Waddell

George Edward Waddell
First Name Rube
Born on October 13, 1876
Died on April 1, 1914 (aged 37)

George Edward Waddell was an American southpaw pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). Over a career spanning 13 years, he played for the Louisville Colonels, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Chicago Orphans in the National League, as well as the Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Browns in the American League. Born in Bradford, Pennsylvania, Waddell was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946.

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Theodor Kittelsen

First Name Theodor
Born on April 27, 1857
Died on January 21, 1914 (aged 56)

Theodor Severin Kittelsen was a Norwegian artist. He is one of the most popular artists in Norway. Kittelsen became famous for his nature paintings, as well as for his illustrations of fairy tales and legends, especially of trolls.

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