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• Baron Leopold Alexander of Bodmann, Kreuth on the Tegernsee († 1944)
• Anna Dubben, Munsterscheveld, Emmen († 1921)
• Allen Leonard Kosters, Perkins (Sioux County) (Iowa) († 2008)
• Antonia Johanna Strien, Lopik, Utrecht, Nederland († 1938)
• Adrianus Albertus Kaptein, Rotterdam († 1921)
• Albert de Greef, Arnhem (GL) († 2008)
• Adriana Catharina Lassche, Amsterdam
• Albertus Wilhelmus Bijl, Lithoyen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1923)
• Snoep, Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anthonij Maria Krook, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1929)

• Anna Adriana Kramer (68), Utrecht
• Arien Rood (87), Hensboek
• Alfred van Dorp (1)
• Antje Meinderts Botter (64), Ee gem Oostdongeradeel
• Anna Catharina Sauvillers (0), Kasterlee, Antwerpen, België
• Anna Maria Josephina DAVUS (0), Lommel
• Arie ROOD (87), Hensbroek, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Clemmer RUTH (59)
• Antje Botter (64), Ee, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Klazes Visser (72)

• 1919 » Benedict Kiely, Irish journalist and author († 2007)
• 1919 » Huntz Hall, American actor († 1999)
• 1920 » Judy Cassab, Austrian-Australian painter († 2008)
• 1921 » August Kowalczyk, Polish actor and director († 2012)
• 1922 » Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek trumpet player and composer († 2005)
• 1922 » Leonard Baskin, American sculptor and illustrator († 2000)
• 1922 » Sabino Barinaga, Spanish footballer and manager († 1988)
• 1923 » Rose Marie, American actress and singer († 2017)
• 1924 » Hedy Epstein, German-American Holocaust survivor and activist († 2016)
• 1924 » Robert Bolt, English playwright and screenwriter († 1995)

• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Adrianus
9. Petrus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Antonius
15. Hendrikus
16. Arie

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Aaltje
14. Geertruida
15. Jantje
16. Helena

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
• January 12 » Acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected as Major League Baseball's first commissioner.
• July 23 » The Communist Party of China (CPC) is established at the founding National Congress.
• August 14 » Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).
• September 5 » Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle party in San Francisco ends with the death of the young actress Virginia Rappe: One of the first scandals of the Hollywood community.
• September 7 » In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
• October 5 » The World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.

The temperature on August 15, 1921 was between 8.5 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.