May – Margarete Steiff, German seamstress and company founder (born 1847) 13 May – Heinrich Limpricht, German chemist (born 1827) 19 May - Gustav zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg, German politician (born 1849) 24 May – Georg von Neumayer, German polar explorer (born 1826) 3 June - Theodor Barth, German politician and publicis (born 1849) 8 June – Fritz Overbeck, German painter (born 1869) 3 July – Hermann Johannes Pfannenstiel, German gynecologist (born 1862) 13 October – Julius Ruthardt, German violinist and composer (born 1841) 30 October – Leopold Sonnemann, German newspaper publisher (born 1831) 16 December – Ludwig Friedländer, German philologist (born 1824) References Years of the 20th century in Germany Germany Germany