1921: The Year in People

What happened in 1921

1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1921st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 921st year of the 2nd millennium, the 21st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1920s decade. As of the start of 1921, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

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Died in 1921

• Bat Masterson1853–1921 · American army scout, lawman, gambler, and journalist
• Camille Saint-Saëns1835–1921 · French composer
• C. I. Scofield1843–1921 · American theologian, minister and writer
• Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein1858–1921 · German Empress from 1888 to 1918
• Annie Edson Taylor1838–1921 · American schoolteacher and daredevil
• Engelbert Humperdinck (composer)1854–1921 · German composer
• Henrietta Swan Leavitt1868–1921 · American astronomer
• Edward Douglass White1845–1921 · Chief Justice of the United States from 1910 to 1921
• John Burroughs1837–1921 · American naturalist and essayist
• Alexander Blok1880–1921 · Russian poet
• Champ Clark1850–1921 · American politician
• Antoinette Brown Blackwell1825–1921 · American philosopher