The following events occurred in the United States in the year 1924.
Incumbents
:Henry Cabot Lodge (R-Massachusetts) (until November 9)
:vacant (November 9âÂÂ28)
:Charles Curtis (R-Kansas) (starting November 28)
State governments
Events
JanuaryâÂÂMarch
AprilâÂÂJune
- April 16 – American media company Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) is founded in Los Angeles, California, through the merger of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures, and Louis B. Mayer Pictures.
- May 3 – The Aleph Zadik Aleph, the oldest Jewish youth fraternity, is founded in Omaha, Nebraska.
- May 10 – J. Edgar Hoover is appointed head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- May 21 – University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks, in a thrill killing. The event will inspire the 1929 play Rope.
- May 26 – The Asian Exclusion Act is enacted, banning all Asian immigration to the United States. It was a slap in the face to Japan after their participation as a principal ally in WWI, and is seen as the spark that spurred Japan's alliance with Germany and down the path to World War II.
- June 2 – U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.
- June 12 – Rondout Heist: Six men of the Egan's Rats gang rob a mail train in Rondout, Illinois; the robbery is later found to have been an .
- June 23 – American airman Russell L. Maughan flies from New York to San Francisco in 21 hours and 48 minutes on a dawn-to-dusk flight in a Curtiss pursuit.
- June 24âÂÂJuly 9 – The 1924 Democratic National Convention takes a record 103 ballots to nominate John W. Davis of West Virginia as Democratic Party candidate to oppose Calvin Coolidge in the presidential election.
JulyâÂÂSeptember
OctoberâÂÂDecember
- October 9 – Soldier Field, the home of the Chicago Bears opens.
- October 10
- The Alpha Delta Gamma fraternity is founded at the Lake Shore Campus of Loyola University, Chicago.
- The Washington Senators defeat the New York Giants (baseball), 4 games to 3.
- November – The last known sighting of a California grizzly bear is recorded, by Colonel John R. White at Sequoia National Park.
- November 4
- U.S. presidential election, 1924: Republican Calvin Coolidge defeats Democrat John W. Davis and Progressive Wisconsin Senator Robert M. La Follette
- Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is elected as the first woman governor in the United States.
- November 15 – In Los Angeles, silent film director Thomas Ince ("The Father of the Western") meets publishing tycoon William Randolph Hearst to work out a deal. When Ince dies a few days later, reportedly of a heart attack, rumors soon surface that he was murdered by Hearst.
- November 27 – In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (formerly known as the Macy's Christmas Parade) is held.
- December 1 – George Gershwin's Lady Be, Good, including the song "Fascinating Rhythm", (book by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson, lyrics by Ira Gershwin) premieres in New York City.
Undated
Ongoing
Births
January
- January 1 â Charlie Munger, businessman and philanthropist (d. 2023)
- January 4
- Walter Ris, freestyle swimmer (d. 1989)
- Charles Thone, politician (d. 2018)
- January 5 â Glenn Boyer, historian and author (d. 2013)
- January 6 â Earl Scruggs, musician (d. 2012)
- January 7 â Gene L. Coon, screenwriter and producer (d. 1973)
- January 8 â James Clinkscales Hill, jurist (d. 2017)
- January 9 â Mary Kaye, guitarist and singer (d. 2007)
- January 10
- Earl Bakken, engineer and businessman, inventor of the modern Artificial pacemaker (d. 2018)
- Max Roach, African-American percussionist, drummer and composer (d. 2007)
- January 11
- Don Cherry, pop singer (d. 2018)
- Sam B. Hall Jr., politician (d. 1994)
- Slim Harpo, musician (d. 1970)
- January 12 â Chris Chase (also known as Irene Kane), model, film actress, writer and journalist (d. 2013)
- January 13 â Lillian B. Rubin, writer, professor, psychotherapist and sociologist (d. 2014)
- January 14
- Carole Cook, actress and singer (d. 2023)
- Guy Williams, actor (d. 1989)
- January 19 â Nicholas Colasanto, actor and television director (d. 1985)
- January 23 â Frank Lautenberg, politician (d. 2013)
- January 25
- Lou Groza, American football player and coach (d. 2000)
- Rollie Seltz, basketball player (d. 2022)
- Speedy West, musician (d. 2003)
- January 26 â Annette Strauss, philanthropist and politician (d. 1998)
- January 28 â Betty Tucker, baseball player (d. 2012)
- January 30
- Lloyd Alexander, writer (d. 2007)
- Dorothy Malone, actress (d. 2018)
February
- February 1 â Richard Hooker, writer and surgeon (d. 1997)
- February 4 â Dorothy Harrell, professional baseball player (d. 2011)
- February 7 â Catherine Small Long, politician (d. 2019)
- February 8 â Joe Black, African-American baseball player (d. 2002)
- February 10 â Randy Van Horne, singer and musician (d. 2007)
- February 11 â Budge Patty, tennis player (d. 2021)
- February 14 â Gabe Pressman, journalist (d. 2017)
- February 15 â Toni Arden, singer (d. 2012)
- February 16 â Frank Saul, basketball player (d. 2019)
- February 17 â Margaret Truman, novelist and only child of U.S. President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman (d. 2008)
- February 19 â Lee Marvin, actor (d. 1987)
- February 20
- Donald M. Fraser, politician (d. 2019)
- Gerson Goldhaber, German-American physicist and astrophysicist (d. 2010)
- Gloria Vanderbilt, socialite, artist and fashion designer (d. 2019)
- February 21 â William Hathaway, politician and lawyer (d. 2013)
- February 28
- Bettye Ackerman, actress (d. 2006)
- Christopher C. Kraft Jr., aerospace engineer (d. 2019)
- February 29 â Al Rosen, baseball player (d. 2015)
March
- March 1 â Deke Slayton, American astronaut (d. 1993)
- March 3 â Isadore Singer, American mathematician (d. 2021)
- March 4 â Kenneth O'Donnell, American political consultant, aide to U.S. President John F. Kennedy (d. 1977)
- March 6
- Ed Mierkowicz, American baseball player (d. 2017)
- William H. Webster, American lawyer and jurist (d. 2025)
- March 9
- Herbert Gold, American novelist (d. 2023)
- George Haines, American swimmer and coach (d. 2006)
- William Hamilton, American theologian (d. 2012)
- Ben Schadler, American basketball player (d. 2015)
- March 17 â Edith Savage-Jennings, African-American civil rights leader (d. 2017)
- March 20 â Philip Abbott, American actor (d. 1998)
- March 22
- Al Neuharth, American businessman and journalist (d. 2013)
- Bill Wendell, American TV announcer (d. 1999)
- Lionel Wilson, American voice actor (d. 2003)
- March 23 â Bette Nesmith Graham, American typist, commercial artist, and inventor (d. 1980)
- March 24
- Lois Andrews, American actress (d. 1968)
- Norman Fell, American actor (d. 1998)
- March 25
- Roberts Blossom, American actor and poet (d. 2011)
- Julia Perry, African-American composer (d. 1979)
- March 27 â Sarah Vaughan, African-American jazz singer (d. 1990)
- March 28 â Byrd Baylor, American novelist, essayist and author (d. 2021)
- March 29 â Jimmy Work, American singer-songwriter (d. 2018)
- March 31 â Kathleen O'Malley, American actress (d. 2019)
April
- April 1 â Brendan Byrne, American politician, statesman, and prosecutor (d. 2018)
- April 2 â Delwin Jones, American politician (d. 2018)
- April 3 â Marlon Brando, American actor (d. 2004)
- April 4
- Gil Hodges, American baseball player (d. 1972)
- Joye Hummel, American comic book author (d. 2021)
- Noreen Nash, American actress (d. 2023)
- April 5 â John Fraser Hart, American geographer (d. 2024)
- April 6 â Jimmy Roberts, American singer (d. 1999)
- April 8 â Bob Mann, American football player (d. 2006)
- April 9 â Milburn G. Apt, American test pilot (d. 1956)
- April 13
- Jack Chick, American fundamentalist Christian illustrator and publisher (d. 2016)
- Stanley Donen, American film director and choreographer (d. 2019)
- April 14 â Shorty Rogers, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1994)
- April 16
- Henry Mancini, American composer and arranger (d. 1994)
- Rudy Pompilli, American musician (d. 1976)
- April 18
- Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, American blues musician (d. 2005)
- Henry Hyde, American politician (d. 2007)
- Jim Zapp, American baseball player (d. 2016)
- April 23
- Chuck Harmon, American baseball player and scout (d. 2019)
- Bobby Rosengarden, American jazz drummer (d. 2007)
- April 25 â Art Schallock, American baseball player (d. 2025)
- April 28
- Blossom Dearie, American jazz singer and pianist. (d. 2009)
- Emily W. Sunstein, American campaigner, political activist and biographer (d. 2007)
- April 30 â Sheldon Harnick, American lyricist (d. 2023)
May
- May 1
- Art Fleming, American actor and game show host (d. 1995)
- Evelyn Boyd Granville, American mathematician, computer scientist and academic (d. 2023)
- Big Maybelle, American R&B singer (d. 1972)
- May 2 â Ladislava Bakanic, American gymnast (d. 2021)
- May 3 â Isadore Singer, American mathematician (d. 2021)
- May 6 â Patricia Kennedy Lawford, American socialite (d. 2006)
- May 11 â Ninfa Laurenzo, American businessman, founder of Ninfa's (d. 2001)
- May 16 â Frank Mankiewicz, American journalist, presidential campaign press secretary (d. 2014)
- May 18
- Jack Barlow, American country music singer (d. 2011)
- Priscilla Pointer, American actress
- Jack Whitaker, American sportscaster (d. 2019)
- May 21 â Peggy Cass, American actress and comedian (d. 1999)
- May 24 â Philip Pearlstein, American soldier, painter (d. 2022)
- May 29 â Pepper Paire, American female baseball player (d. 2013)
- May 31 â Patricia Roberts Harris, American administrator (d. 1985)
June
- June 1 â William Sloane Coffin, American clergyman (d. 2006)
- June 3
- Bernard Glasser, American film producer, director (d. 2014)
- Herk Harvey, American film director (d. 1996)
- Jimmy Rogers, American musician (d. 1997)
- June 4 â Dennis Weaver, American actor (d. 2006)
- June 5
- Lou Brissie, baseball player and scout (d. 2013)
- Art Donovan, American football player and radio host (d. 2013)
- June 6
- Robert Abernathy, American science fiction author (d. 1990)
- W. Marvin Watson, American presidential advisor, Postmaster General (d. 2017)
- June 7 â Edward Field, poet and author
- June 8
- Sheldon Allman, American-Canadian actor and singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
- Lyn Nofziger, American journalist and author (d. 2006)
- David Pines, American physicist (d. 2018)
- June 12 â George H. W. Bush, American politician, 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 & 43rd vice president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 (d. 2018)
- June 20 â Chet Atkins, American guitarist, record producer (d. 2001)
- June 22 â John C. Whitcomb, American theologian (d. 2020)
- June 23
- Frank Bolle, American comic strip artist, comic book artist and illustrator (d. 2020)
- June Brooks, American businesswoman (d. 2010)
- June 24
- Leonard Everett Fisher, American artist known best for children's books (d. 2024)
- Yoshito Takamine, American politician (d. 2015)
- June 25
- Martin J. Klein, American historian and physicist (d. 2009)
- Sidney Lumet, American film director (d. 2011)
- June 27
- Charles Norman Shay, American Penobscot tribal elder, writer and decorated veteran of both World War II and the Korean War (d. 2025)
- Paul Conrad, American cartoonist (d. 2010)
- June 26
- Richard Bull, American actor (d. 2014)
- James W. McCord Jr., American CIA officer (d. 2017)
- June 29
- Philip H. Hoff, American politician (d. 2018)
- Ezra Laderman, American composer (d. 2015)
July
- July 1
- Ralph Parr, American double-flying ace (d. 2012)
- Curtis W. Harris, American minister, civil rights activist and Virginia politician (d. 2017)
- Richard Longaker, American political scientist (d. 2018)
- July 2 â Charley Winner, American football player (d. 2023)
- July 4
- Eva Marie Saint, American actress
- Harry Stewart Jr., American fighter pilot (d. 2025)
- July 6
- Ernest Graves Jr., United States Army officer (d. 2019)
- Robert Michael White, American military aircraft test pilot, fighter pilot, electrical engineer and major general (d. 2010)
- July 7 â Sam Cathcart, American football halfback, defensive back (d. 2015)
- July 8 â Charles C. Droz, American politician (d. 2025)
- July 10 â Gloria Stroock, American actress (d. 2024)
- July 11
- F. James Rutherford, American science professor (d. 2021)
- Oscar Wyatt, American businessman, self-made millionaire (d. 2025)
- Al Federoff, American professional baseball infielder, manager (d. 2011)
- July 12 â Shirley Neil Pettis, American politician (d. 2016)
- July 14
- Val Avery, American character actor (d. 2009)
- Warren Giese, American football player, coach and politician (d. 2013)
- July 15 â Jeremiah Denton, American politician (d. 2014)
- July 16
- James L. Greenfield, American administrator (d. 2024)
- Bess Myerson, American politician, model and television actress (d. 2014)
- July 18 â Will D. Campbell, American minister, author and activist (d. 2013)
- July 19
- Pat Hingle, American actor (d. 2009)
- Frank Ivancie, American businessman and politician (d. 2019)
- Arthur Rankin Jr., American film director, producer and co-founder of Rankin/Bass Productions (d. 2014)
- July 20 â Lola Albright, American singer, actress (d. 2017)
- July 21 â Don Knotts, American comedic actor (d. 2006)
- July 22 â Margaret Whiting, American singer (d. 2011)
- July 23 â Avern Cohn, American judge (d. 2022)
- July 24 â Paul Meier, American statistician (d. 2011)
- July 25 â Frank Church, American politician (d. 1984)
- July 28
- Anne Braden, American civil rights activist (d. 2006)
- C. T. Vivian, American civil rights activist, minister and author (d. 2020)
- July 29
- Lillian Faralla, American female professional baseball player (d. 2019)
- Robert Horton, American actor, singer (d. 2016)
- July 30 â William H. Gass, American novelist (d. 2017)
August
- August 1
- Marcia Mae Jones, American actress (d. 2007)
- Frank Havens, American canoeist (d. 2018)
- Michael Stewart, American playwright, stage librettist (d. 1987)
- August 2
- James Baldwin, African-American author and civil rights activist (d. 1987)
- Joe Harnell, American pianist and composer (d. 2005)
- Carroll O'Connor, American actor, producer and director (d. 2001)
- August 3 â Leon Uris, American writer (d. 2003)
- August 6 â Ella Jenkins, American folk singer of children's music (d. 2024)
- August 8 â Gene Deitch, American illustrator, animator and film director (d. 2020)
- August 9 â Marta Becket, American dancer (d. 2017)
- August 10 â Martha Hyer, American actress (d. 2014)
- August 15 â Phyllis Schlafly, American activist (d. 2016)
- August 16
- Fess Parker, American actor and businessman (d. 2010)
- Inez Voyce, American female baseball player (d. 2022)
- Benny Bartlett, American child actor and musician (d. 1999)
- August 17
- Evan S. Connell, Jr., American fiction writer and poet (d. 2013)
- Charles Simmons, American author (d. 2017)
- August 18 â Frank Logue, 25th mayor of New Haven, Connecticut (d. 2010)
- August 20 â Frank Joseph Guarini, American politician
- August 23
- Elaine Sturtevant, American artist (d. 2014)
- Robert Solow, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2023)
- August 24 â Louis Teicher, American pianist (Ferrante & Teicher) (d. 2008)
- August 26 â Barbara Staff, American political activist (d. 2019)
- August 28 – Peggy Ryan, American dancer (d. 2004)
- August 29
- Clyde Scott, American athlete (d. 2018)
- Dinah Washington, African-American singer, pianist (d. 1963)
- August 31
- Buddy Hackett, American actor, comedian (d. 2003)
- Thomas J. Hudner Jr., American naval aviator (d. 2017)
September
- September 2 â Sidney Phillips, American physician, WW2 Marine documentary consultant (d. 2015)
- September 3 â Mary Grace Canfield, American actress (d. 2014)
- September 5
- Paul Dietzel, American college football coach (d. 2013)
- Roy Andrew Miller, American linguist (d. 2014)
- September 6
- John Melcher, American politician (d. 2018)
- Dale E. Wolf, American businessman and politician (d. 2021)
- September 7 â Daniel Inouye, American politician (d. 2012)
- September 8 â Wendell H. Ford, American politician (d. 2015)
- September 9
- Jane Greer, actress (d. 2001)
- Sylvia Miles, actress (d. 2019)
- Russell M. Nelson, heart surgeon and religious leader (d. 2025)
- September 11
- Daniel Akaka, soldier, engineer and politician (d. 2018)
- Tom Landry, football player and coach (d. 2000)
- September 12 â Howard C. Nielson, politician (d. 2021)
- September 13 â Scott Brady, actor (d. 1985)
- September 14 â Jerry Coleman, baseball player, manager, broadcaster, and Marine aviator (d. 2014)
- September 15 â Bobby Short, entertainer (d. 2005)
- September 16 â Lauren Bacall, actress (d. 2014)
- September 20
- Gogi Grant, singer (d. 2016)
- Helen Grayco, singer, actress (d. 2022)
- September 22
- J. William Middendorf, soldier and politician (d. 2025)
- Gerald Schoenfeld, chairman (d. 2008)
- September 27
- Wendell Bell, futurist (d. 2019)
- Fred Singer, Austrian-American physicist and academic (d. 2020)
- September 28 â Merwin Coad, politician (d. 2025)
- September 30
- Truman Capote, author (d. 1984)
- Georgiana Young, actress (d. 2007)
October
- October 1
- Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (d. 2024)
- William Rehnquist, 16th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (d. 2005)
- Roger Williams, American pianist (d. 2011)
- October 2 â Ruby Stephens, American female baseball player (d. 1996)
- October 3 â Harvey Kurtzman, American editor, cartoonist and creator of Mad (d. 1993)
- October 5 â Bill Dana, American comedian, actor, screenwriter (d. 2017)
- October 7 â Joyce Reynolds, American actress (d. 2019)
- October 9 â Arnie Risen, American basketball player (d. 2012)
- October 10
- David Shepherd, American producer, director and actor (d. 2018)
- Ed Wood, American filmmaker, actor, writer, producer and director (d. 1978)
- October 11 â Mal Whitfield, American Olympic athlete (d. 2015)
- October 13 â Terry Gibbs, American vibraphone player and bandleader
- October 14 â Robert Webber, American actor (d. 1989)
- October 15
- Warren Miller, American ski and snowboarding filmmaker (d. 2018)
- Lee Iacocca, American automobile executive (d. 2019)
- Mark Lenard, American actor (d. 1996)
- October 17 â Fredd Wayne, American actor (d. 2018)
- October 18
- Arthur J. Jackson, American military officer (d. 2017)
- Buddy MacMaster, American artist (d. 2014)
- October 21 â Joyce Randolph, American actress (d. 2024)
- October 25
- Billy Barty, American actor (d. 2000)
- Bobby Brown, baseball player (b. 2021)
- Earl Palmer, American R&B drummer (d. 2008)
- Weston E. Vivian, American politician (d. 2020)
- October 27 â Bonnie Lou, American singer (d. 2015)
November
- November 6
- Harlon Block, U.S. Marine flag raiser on Iwo Jima (d. 1945)
- November 10 â Russell Johnson, American actor (d. 2014)
- November 11 â Leonard D. Wexler, American judge (d. 2018)
- November 13 â Edward F. Welch, Jr., American admiral (d. 2008)
- November 16 â Sam Farber, American businessman, co-founder of OXO (d. 2013)
- November 19 â J. D. Sumner, American gospel singer (d. 1998)
- November 20 â Mark Miller, American actor (d. 2022)
- November 21 â Joseph Campanella, American actor (d. 2018)
- November 22
- Geraldine Page, American actress (d. 1987)
- Robert M. Young, American film director and producer (d. 2024)
- November 24
- James M. Burns, American attorney and judge (d. 2001)
- Joanne Winter, American female professional baseball pitcher, LPGA player (d. 1996)
- November 25 â Paul Desmond, American jazz alto saxophonist and composer (d. 1977)
- November 26 â Ruth Bradley Holmes, linguist (d. 2021)
- November 28 â Calvin J. Spann, African-American Tuskegee Airman, fighter pilot (d. 2015)
- November 29 – Irv Noren, American baseball and basketball player (d. 2019)
- November 30
- Shirley Chisholm, American politician (d. 2005)
- Allan Sherman, American comedy writer, television producer and song parodist (d. 1973)
December
- December 2 â Alexander Haig, American politician, U.S. Secretary of State (d. 2010)
- December 4 â John C. Portman Jr., American architect (d. 2017)
- December 6 â Wally Cox, American actor (d. 1973)
- December 9 â Frank Sturgis, one of the five Watergate burglars whose capture led to the end of the American Presidency of Richard Nixon (d. 1993)
- December 12 â Ed Koch, American politician (d. 2013)
- December 13
- Robert Coogan, American actor (d. 1978)
- Maria Riva, American actress (d. 2025)
- December 17 â Margaret Wigiser, American female professional baseball player (d. 2019)
- December 19 â Cicely Tyson, American actress (d. 2021)
- December 23 â Bob Kurland, American basketball player (d. 2013)
- December 25 â Rod Serling, American television screenwriter (The Twilight Zone) (d. 1975)
- December 26 â Frank Broyles, American college football coach, athletic director (d. 2017)
- December 27
- James A. McClure, American politician (d. 2011)
- Frank North, American football coach (d. 2017)
- December 29 â Dub Jones, American football player (d. 2024)
- December 31
- Frank J. Kelley, 50th Michigan Attorney General (d. 2021)
- Taylor Mead, American actor (d. 2013)
- J. Donald Monan, American academic administrator (d. 2017)
- Lawrence W. Pierce, American judge (d. 2020)
- Robert Ravenstahl, American politician (d. 2015)
Deaths
- January 4 – John Peters, baseball shortstop (born 1850)
- January 12 – William V. Allen, U.S. Senator from Nebraska from 1893 to 1899. (born 1847)
- January 13 – Albert Abrams, quack doctor (born 1863)
- January 14 – Luther Emmett Holt, pediatrician (born 1855)
- February 1 – Maurice Prendergast, painter (born 1858)
- February 3 – Woodrow Wilson, 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921 and historian (born 1856)
- February 8 – Henry B. Quinby, governor of New Hampshire (born 1846)
- February 16
- Henry Bacon, Beaux-Arts architect of the Lincoln Memorial (born 1866)
- John William Kendrick, railroad executive (born 1853)
- March 9 – Daniel Ridgway Knight, painter (born 1839)
- March 13 – Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, African American civil rights campaigner and publisher (born 1842)
- April 1 – Frank Capone, gangster, shot by police (born 1895)
- April 7 – Marcus A. Smith, U.S. Senator from Arizona from 1912 to 1921 (born 1851)
- April 17 – Jane Kelley Adams, educator (born 1852)
- April 19 – Paul Boyton, extreme water sports pioneer (born 1848 in Ireland)
- April 14 – Louis Sullivan, architect, "father of skyscrapers" (born 1856)
- April 18 – Frank Xavier Leyendecker, illustrator (born 1877)
- April 20 – Caroline Ingalls (b. Caroline Lake Quiner), pioneer, mother of author Laura Ingalls Wilder (born 1839)
- April 21 – Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (born 1858 in Italy)
- April 23 – Bertram Goodhue, neo-gothic architect (born 1869)
- April 24 – G. Stanley Hall, psychologist (born 1844)
- April 27 – Maecenas Eason Benton, U.S. Representative from Missouri (born 1848)
- May 5 – Kate Claxton, stage actress (born 1848)
- May 10 – George Kennan, explorer (born 1845)
- May 11 – Moses Fleetwood Walker, baseball pitcher and Black nationalist (born 1856)
- May 13 – Alva Smith, Nebraska politician (born 1850)
- May 31 – Charles Stockton, admiral (born 1845)
- July 6 – Black Benny (Williams), bass drummer (born. c.1890)
- July 14 – Isabella Stewart Gardner, art collector and philanthropist (born 1840)
- July 23 – Frank Frost Abbott, classical scholar (born 1860)
- August 7 – John Edward Bruce ("Bruce Grit"), African American slave and historian (born 1856)
- August 25 – Velma Caldwell Melville, editor and writer (born 1858)
- September 1 – Samuel Baldwin Marks Young, general, first Chief of Staff of the United States Army (born 1840)
- September 15 – Frank Chance, baseball player (born 1877)
- September 17 – John Martin Schaeberle, German-born astronomer (born 1853 in Germany)
- September 25 – Lotta Crabtree, stage actress (born 1847)
- October 25 – Laura Jean Libbey, novelist (born 1862)
- October 27 – Percy Haughton, baseball player and coach (born 1876)
- October 29 – Frances Hodgson Burnett, children's novelist (born 1849 in the United Kingdom)
- November 3 – Cornelius Cole, U.S. Senator from California from 1867 to 1873 (born 1822)
- November 9 – Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts from 1893 to 1924 (born 1850)
- November 10 – Dean O'Banion, gangster, killed (born 1892)
- November 19 – Thomas H. Ince, silent film producer, "father of the Western" (born 1882)
- November 21 РFlorence Harding, n̩e Kling, First Lady of the United States from 1921 to 1923 as wife of Warren G. Harding, 29th president (born 1860)
- December 6 – Gene Stratton-Porter, novelist and naturalist (born 1863)
- December 13 – Samuel Gompers, labor leader (born 1850)
- December 15
- T. Frank Appleby, United States Congressman from New Jersey from 1921 to 1923. (born 1864)
- William Herbert Carruth, linguist and poet (born 1859)
- December 19 – Stephen Warfield Gambrill, U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 5th District (born 1873)
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