John Reed

John Reed

male, deceased (1920)
poet, deathbyinfluenza, October Revolution, industrial worker of the world, Marxist journalist, Harvard University alumni…death by infectious disease
John "Jack" Silas Reed (October 22, 1887 - October 19, 1920) was an American journalist, poet, and communist activist, famous for his first-hand...
Wallace Reid

Wallace Reid

male, deceased (1923)
buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, deathbyinfluenza, Vaudeville performer, From st. louis, missouri, From St. Louis, Silent film actor…Drug-related death
Wallace Reid was an actor in silent film referred to by "Motion Picture Magazine" as "the screen's most perfect lover".
Sam Steele

Sam Steele

male, deceased (1919)
Anglican, deathbyinfluenza, Legion of Frontiersmen member, Canadian historical figure, Member of the Royal Victorian Order, General
Major General Sir Samuel Benfield Steele, CB, KCMG, MVO (5 January 1849 - 30 January 1919) was a distinguished soldier and famous member of the...
Vestal Goodman

Vestal Goodman

female, deceased (2003)
deathbyinfluenza, Southern Gospel, metropolitan opera, Southern gospel performer, dove award, Grammy
Vestal Goodman (born December 13,1929 in Fyffe, Alabama; died December 27, 2003, in Celebration, Florida) was a musician who performed in the...
Leefe Robinson

Leefe Robinson

male, deceased (1918)
Old Dragon, Old St Beghians, Royal Air Force officer, airship, lieutenant, World War I Victoria Cross recipient…deathbyinfluenza
William Leefe Robinson (July 14 1895-December 31 1918) was the first British pilot to shoot down a German airship over Britain during the First...

Ruby Lindsay

female, deceased (1919)
National Gallery of Victoria, deathbyinfluenza, Spanish Flu, painter, influenza, The Bulletin
Ruby Lindsay was an Australian illustrator and painter, sister of Norman Lindsay and Percy Lindsay. Lindsay was born in Creswick, Victoria and...
James Vernor

James Vernor

male, deceased (1927)
american civil war, entrepreneur, pharmacist, American, pharmacy, manufacturing plant…influenza, death by pneumonia, deathbyinfluenza
James Vernor, Sr. was an American pharmacist and druggist who invented Vernor's ginger ale in 1866. Vernor was born in Albany, New York and moved...
Guillaume Apollinaire

Guillaume Apollinaire

male, deceased (1918)
Pandemic, buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery, polish, fantasy writer, World War I, French…deathbyinfluenza, died from influenza
Guillaume Apollinaire (August 26, 1880 - November 9, 1918) was a French poet, writer, and art critic born in Italy to a Polish mother. Among the...
Mark Sykes

Mark Sykes

male, deceased (1919)
Roman Catholic, deathbyinfluenza, British, Sykes-Picot Agreement, Baronet in the Baronetage of Great Britain, Conservative MP
Sir Mark Sykes, 6th Baronet (born Tatton Benvenuto Mark Sykes) (16 March 1879 - 16 February 1919) was an English traveller, Conservative Party...
Albert Edward McKenzie

Albert Edward McKenzie

male, deceased (1918)
British, Royal Navy sailor, From London, English, World War I Victoria Cross recipient, Victoria Cross…deathbyinfluenza
Albert Edward McKenzie (23 October 1898- 3 November 1918) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award...