Alexey Troitsky

Alexey Troitsky

male, deceased (1942)
deathbystarvation, chess composer, chess, siege of leningrad, alexei, Chess problemist…starvation
Alexey Alexeyevich Troitsky, or Alexei, or Troitzky (March 14, 1866-August 1942) is considered to have been one of the greatest composers of chess...
Carl Schlechter

Carl Schlechter

male, deceased (1918)
deathbystarvation, death by pneumonia, Jewish person, Austrian, chess, World Chess Championship
Carl Schlechter (March 2, 1874 - December 27, 1918) was a leading Austrian chess master at the turn of the 20th century. He is best known for...

Thomas Johnson

male, deceased (1537)
deathbystarvation, Carthusian, newgate prison, Derived from Catholic Encyclopedia, beatified, beatification
Blessed Thomas Johnson (died September 20, 1537) was a Carthusian monk who was left to starve in Newgate gaol because he would not sign the Oath of...
Pavel Filonov

Pavel Filonov

male, deceased (1941)
deathbystarvation, Russian avant-garde, Soviet artist, Russian, Analytical art, Pavel Nikolayevich Filonov
Pavel Nikolayevich Filonov (January 8, 1883-December 3, 1941) was a Russian painter, art theorist, and a poet.