October 7 – Ivan Banjavčić, Croatian politician and philanthropist (b. 1843) October 10 Adolphus Busch, German-American brewer, co-founder of Anheuser-Busch (b. 1839) Gregorio Maria Aguirre y Garcia, Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1835) Katsura Tarō, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1848) October 12 – Elisabeth Leisinger, German soprano (b 1864) October 13 – Leonid Sobolev, 6th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1844) October 16 – Ralph Rose, American Olympic athlete (b. 1885) October 19 – Charles Tellier, French engineer, inventor of the chemical refrigerator (b. 1828) October 20 – Viktor Kirpichov, Russian engineer and physicist (b. 1845) October 21 – Theodor Kolde, German Protestant theologian (b. 1850) October 29 – Darío de Regoyos, Spanish painter (b. 1857) November November 3 – Sava Grujić, Serbian diplomat, general and politician, 5-time Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1840) November 4 – Fredericus Anna Jentink, Dutch zoologist (b. 1844) November 7 – Alfred Russel Wallace, Welsh biologist (b. 1823) November 6 – Cho Ki-chon, North Korean poet (d. 1951) November 8 – Ferdinand Abell, American businessman (b. 1835) November 21 – Francesco Acri, Italian philosopher (b. 1834) November 25 – Haviland Le Mesurier, Australian soldier (b. 1856) December December 1 Juho Lallukka, Finnish businessman (b. 1852) Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet and short story writer (b. 1864) December 5 – Ferdinand Dugué, French playwright (b. 1816) December 7 Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian Catholic churchman, last surviving cardinal of Pius IX (b. 1828) Aaron Montgomery Ward, American businessman, inventor of mail order (b. 1844) December 8 – František Koláček, Austro-Hungarian physicist (b. 1851) December 10 – Léon Letort, French aviator (b. 1889) December 11 Abraham Hirsch, French architect (b. 1828) Carl von In der Maur, Governor of Liechtenstein (b. 1852) Ioan Kalinderu, Romanian jurist (b. 1840) December 12 – Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1844) December 13 – Birger Kildal, Norwegian businessman (b. 1849) December 15 – Miguel Lebrija, Mexican aviator (b. 1887) December 19 – Patriarch Anthimus VII of Constantinople (b. 1827) December 25 – Alberto Aguilera, Spanish politician (b. 1842) December 26 – Ambrose Bierce, American writer, journalist (disappeared on this date) (b. 1842) December 27 – Infanta Antónia of Portugal (b. 1845) December 30 – Giovanni Maria Boccardo, Italian Roman Catholic priest and saint (b. 1848) Nobel Prizes Physics – Heike Kamerlingh Onnes Chemistry – Alfred Werner Medicine – Charles Richet Literature – Rabindranath Tagore Peace – Henri La