keanggotaan di volksraad ditetapkan 60:30; 60 orang belanda, 25 indonesia, dan 5 anggota lainnya keturunan arab atau tionghoa.
17 juni - perjanjian anti-penggunaan senjata kimia
2 januari - patrice lumumba, perdana menteri dan menteri pertahanan republik demokratik kongo
2 februari - pramoedya ananta toer
14 februari - robert wolter monginsidi, malalayang
11 juni - william styron , novelis dari amerika serikat
19 juni - di pandjaitan, balige
25 juli  sarwo edhie wibowo, mantan komandan rpkad
24 november - yosaphat sudarso, salatiga
4 januari  nellie cashman, irish-born prospector (b. 1845)
8 januari  george bellows, american artist (b. 1882)
camille decoppet, swiss federal councilor (b. 1852)
harry furniss, english cartoonist, illustrator and pioneer animator (b. 1854)
caspar f. goodrich, american admiral (d. 1847)
sir james mackenzie, scottish cardiologist (d. 1853)
31 januari  george washington cable, american writer (b. 1844)
2 februari  jaap eden, dutch speed skater (b. 1873)
3 februari  oliver heaviside, english mathematician (b. 1850)
4 februari  robert koldewey, german architect and archaeologist (b. 1855)
10 februari  aristide bruant, french singer and nightclub owner (b. 1851)
11 februari  h.e. beunke, dutch writer (b. 1851)
18 februari  james lane allen, american writer (b. 1849)
24 februari  hjalmar branting, prime minister of sweden, recipient of the nobel peace prize (b. 1860)
25 februari  louis feuillade, french silent film director (b. 1873)
28 februari  friedrich ebert, president of germany (weimar republic) (b. 1871)
2 maret  luigj gurakuqi, albanian freedom fighter (assassinated) (b. 1879)
moritz moszkowski, polish composer (b. 1854)
james ward, english philosopher and psychologist (b. 1843)
john montgomery ward, american baseball player (b. 1860)
5 maret  clement ader, french army captain and aviation pioneer (b. 1841)
7 maret  georgy evgenyevich lvov, prime minister of russia (b. 1861)
10maret  myer prinstein, american track athlete (b. 1878)
gergely luthr, hungarian slovene writer (b. 1841)
sun yat-sen, chinese revolutionary (b. 1866)
walter camp, american football coach (b. 1859)
h. rider haggard, english novelist (b. 1856)
20 maret  george nathaniel curzon, 1st marquess curzon of kedleston, viceroy of india (b. 1859)
28 maret  henry rawlinson, 1st baron rawlinson, british general (b. 1864)
30 maret  rudolf steiner, austrian philosopher (b. 1861)
6 april  alexandra kitchin, british model for lewis carroll (b. 1864)
7 april  tikhon of moscow, patriarch of the russian orthodox church (b. 1865)
13 april  elwood haynes, american inventor (b. 1857)
14 april  john singer sargent, american artist (b. 1856)
15 april  fritz haarmann, german serial killer (executed) (b. 1879)
19 april  john walter smith, american politician (b. 1845)
22 april  andr caplet, french composer and conductor (b. 1878)
johann palisa, austrian astronomer (b. 1848)
antun branko simic, croatian poet (b. 1898)
william hesketh lever, english industrialist, philanthropist and politician (b. 1851)
doveton sturdee, british admiral (b. 1859)
10 mei  william massey, prime minister of new zealand (b.1856)
amy lowell, american poet (b. 1874)
charles mangin, french general (b. 1866)
14 mei  h. rider haggard, english writer (b. 1856)
elias m. ammons, governor of colorado (b. 1860)
joseph howard, 1st prime minister of malta (b. 1862)
21 mei  hidesabur ueno, japanese agricultural scientist and guardian of hachik (b. 1871)
22 mei  john french, 1st earl of ypres, british world war i field marshal (b. 1852)
31 mei  john palm, curaao born composer (b. 1885)
lucien guitry, french actor (b. 1860)
thomas r. marshall, vice president of the united states (b. 1854)
2 juni  james ellsworth, american mine owner and banker (b. 1849)
16 juni  emmett hardy, american jazz cornetist (b. 1903)
17 juni  adolf pilar von pilchau, baltic german politician, regent of the united baltic duchy and baron (b. 1851)
18 juni  robert m. la follette, sr., american politician (b. 1855)
22 juni  felix klein, german mathematician (b. 1849)
29 juni  christian michelsen, prime minister of norway (b. 1857)
1 juli  erik satie, french composer (b. 1866)
7 juli  clarence hudson white american photographer (b. 1871)
14 juli  pancho villa, filipino world boxing champion (b. 1901)
17 juli  lovis corinth, german painter (b. 1858)
antonio ascari, italian race car driver (b. 1888)
william jennings bryan, american lawyer and politician (b. 1860) (diabetes and fatigue)
gottlob frege, german mathematician and philosopher (b. 1848)
15 agustus  konrad mgi, estonian landscape painter (b. 1878)
17 agustus  ioan slavici, romanian writer (b. 1848)
25 agustus  franz graf conrad von htzendorf, austrian field marshal (b. 1852)
7 september  ren viviani, prime minister of france (b. 1863)
16 september  alexander alexandrovich friedman, russian mathematician (b. 1888)
17 september  carl eytel, german-american artist working in palm springs, california (b. 1862)
29 september  lon bourgeois, french statesman, recipient of the nobel peace prize (b. 1851)
7 oktober  christy mathewson, american baseball player (b. 1880)
mikhail frunze, russian bolshevik leader (b. 1885)
max linder, french silent film actor (b. 1883) (suicide)
1 november  lester cuneo, american actor (b. 1888)
3 november  lucile mcvey, american actress, part of comedy team with her late husband sidney drew (b. 1890)
6 november  khai dinh, emperor of vietnam (b. 1885)
20 november  alexandra of denmark, queen of edward vii of the united kingdom (b. 1844)
25 november  king vajiravudh of siam (b. 1880)
5 desember  wladyslaw reymont, polish writer, nobel prize laureate (b. 1867)
8 desember  marguerite marsh, american actress (b. 1888)
9 desember  pablo iglesias, co-founder of the spanish socialist workers party (b. 1850)
15 desember  battling siki, senegalese boxer (b. 1897)
19 desember  jose ignacio quinton, puerto rican composer and pianist (b. 1881)
lottie lyell, australian female pioneer film director and producer (b. 1890)
jules mline, prime minister of france (b. 1838)
alice heine, american wife of albert i of monaco (b. 1858)
mary thurman, american actress (b. 1895)
25 desember  karl abraham, german psychoanalyst (b. 1877)
raymond p. rodgers, american admiral (b. 1849)
sergei aleksandrovich yesenin, russian lyrical poet (b. 1895)
29 desember  flix vallotton, swiss painter (b. 1865)
31 desember  j. gordon edwards, canadian film director (b. 1867)