Famous Deaths on June 24

South African politician (1890-1968)

Uruguayan singer, songwriter, actor; the most prominent figure in the history of tango

Finnish explorer and writer (1890–1977)

President of the United States (1885–89; 1893–97)

Austrian writer, musicologist and composer (1873–1958)

Finland Swedish poet and writer (1892–1923)

Austrian librettist and playwright (1849-1922)

Polish philosopher (1872–1905)

Finnish writer, screenwriter, director and actor (1910–1967)

Argentine writer of Italian parentage (1900–1935)

Hungarian linguist, pedagogue, natural scientist, mathematician, musician, philosopher, essay writer (c.1800–1897)

Writer (1793–1846)

Brazilian poet and essayist

Swedish botanist (1670-1756)

Duke of Lorraine

German writer (1481-1542)

Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)