Friedrich Schiller

Friedrich Schiller

male, deceased (1805)
wallenstein, demetrius, don carlos, Die Raeuber, turandot, Wilhelm Tell…death by tuberculosis, from Baden-Württemberg, diedfromtuberculosis
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and dramatist. During the last several years of his life...
Louis Braille

Louis Braille

male (Paris)
blind, inventor, visual impairment, visually impaired, braille, Inventor of writing systems…death by tuberculosis, died of tuberculosis in 1852, at the age of 43, diedfromtuberculosis
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Alfred Jarry

Alfred Jarry

male, deceased (1907)
ubu roi, satirist, theatre of the absurd, Playwright, La papesse jeanne 1908, UBU-COCU…died 1.11.1907, DIED IN PARIS, death by tuberculosis, From France, diedfromtuberculosis
Alfred Jarry (September 8, 1873 - November 1, 1907) was a French writer born in Laval, Mayenne, France, not far from the border of Brittany; he was...
Jean Vigo

Jean Vigo

male, deceased (1934)
À propos de Nice, poetic realism, L'Atalante, A Propos de Nice Point de Vue Documentée, Eugene Bonaventure de Vigo, Taris, roi de l'eau…death by tuberculosis, Tuberculosis, diedfromtuberculosis
Jean Vigo (April 26, 1905 - October 5, 1934) was a short-lived French film director, who helped in the establishment of poetic realism in film in...
Andrei Platonov

Andrei Platonov

male, deceased (1951)
novelist, Chevengur, russian revolution of 1917, communist, Russian, stalin…diedfromtuberculosis
Andrei Platonov was the pen name of Andrei Platonovich Klimentov, a Russian writer of the Soviet period whose works anticipate existentialism....
Stefan Jaracz

Stefan Jaracz

male, deceased (1945)
Theatre director, German, second world war, polish, actor, concentration camp…diedfromtuberculosis
Stefan Jaracz was a Polish actor and director. During the Second World War prisoner of the German concentration camp Auschwitz.
Anita Berber

Anita Berber

female, deceased (1928)
dancer, Anita - Tänze des Lasters, Neukölln, androgynous, From dresden, Sex worker…diedfromtuberculosis
Anita Berber was a German dancer, actress, writer, and prostitute who was the subject of an Otto Dix painting. She lived during the Weimar period....
Ilya Ilf

Ilya Ilf

male, deceased (1937)
az İlya İlf, soviet, writer, Tuberculosis, Russian, Jewish…death by tuberculosis, From Odessa, diedfromtuberculosis
Ilya Ilf ("Ilya Arnoldovich Faynzilberg"; Russian: Илья Ильф; in Odessa - April 13, 1937) was an extremely popular Soviet author of the 1920s an...
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

male, deceased (1736)
Italian opera composer, from Marche, Organist, Italian, Classical era composer, composer…death by tuberculosis, from the Marche, diedfromtuberculosis
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (January 4, 1710 - March 16, 1736) was an Italian composer, violinist and organist
Vincent Youmans

Vincent Youmans

male, deceased (1946)
Theatre Producer, death by tuberculosis, Broadway theatre, Musical theatre composer, Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, Broadway…diedfromtuberculosis
Vincent Youmans (September 27, 1898 - April 5, 1946) was an American popular composer and Broadway producer.