In the year 1933
311 Notable deaths
Calvin Coolidge
President of the united states from 1923 to 1929.
Born July 4th, 1872 in Plymouth Notch. [ref]
Died January 5th, 1933 at 60 years old in Northampton (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Roscoe Arbuckle
American actor, director and comedian.
Born March 24th, 1887 in Smith Center.
Died June 29th, 1933 at 46 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Faisal I of Iraq
King of iraq in 1921-1933 (and syria, in 1920).
Born May 20th, 1883 in Ta'if. [ref]
Died September 8th, 1933 at 50 years old in Bern (heart failure). [ref]
Thubten Gyatso
13th dalai lama of tibet (1876-1933).
Born February 12th, 1876 in Samye.
Died December 17th, 1933 at 57 years old in Potala Palace (pneumonia).
Giuseppe Zangara
Convicted killer.
Born September 7th, 1900 in Ferruzzano.
Died March 20th, 1933 at 32 years old in Union Correctional Institution (electrocution).
Alva Belmont
American suffragette and socialite (1853–1933).
Born January 17th, 1853 in Mobile.
Died January 26th, 1933 at 80 years old in Paris, Augerville-la-Rivière.
Mary Ann Bevan
Side show performer, nurse (1874–1933).
Born December 20th, 1874 in London.
Died December 26th, 1933 at 59 years old in Coney Island.
John Galsworthy
English novelist and playwright.
Born August 14th, 1867 in Kingston upon Thames. [ref]
Died January 31st, 1933 at 65 years old in London (brain cancer). [ref]
James J. Corbett
American boxer (1866-1933).
Born September 1st, 1866 in San Francisco.
Died February 18th, 1933 at 66 years old in Queens (liver cancer).
Clara Zetkin
German politician, editor (1857-1933).
Born July 5th, 1857 in Königshain-Wiederau. [ref]
Died June 20th, 1933 at 75 years old in Arkhangelskoye. [ref]
Ranjitsinhji
Indian cricket player. (1872-1933).
Born September 10th, 1872 in Sadodar.
Died April 2nd, 1933 at 60 years old in Jamnagar.
Anton Cermak
American politician (1873-1933).
Born May 9th, 1873 in Kladno. [ref]
Died March 6th, 1933 at 59 years old in Miami (ulcerative colitis). [ref]
Konstantinos P. Cavafy
Greek poet.
Born April 29th, 1863 in Alexandria. [ref]
Died April 29th, 1933 at 70 years old in Alexandria (prostate cancer). [ref]
Erik Jan Hanussen
Austrian publicist and clairvoyant performer.
Born June 2nd, 1889 in Vienna.
Died March 25th, 1933 at 43 years old in Berlin.
Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia
Dynast of the russian empire (1866-1933); brother-in-law of tsar nicholas ii.
Born April 13th, 1866 in Tbilisi.
Died February 26th, 1933 at 66 years old in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin.
Adolf Loos
Austrian and czech architect and art collector (1870-1933).
Born December 10th, 1870 in Brno. [ref]
Died August 23rd, 1933 at 62 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Thyra, Crown Princess of Hanover
Youngest daughter of christian ix of denmark and queen louise (1853–1933).
Born September 29th, 1853 in Yellow Palace.
Died February 26th, 1933 at 79 years old in Gmunden.
Henry Royce
English engineer, car designer, co-founder of rolls-royce.
Born March 27th, 1863 in Huntingdonshire.
Died April 22nd, 1933 at 70 years old in West Wittering.
Paul Ehrenfest
Austrian and dutch theoretical physicist (1880–1933).
Born January 18th, 1880 in Vienna.
Died September 25th, 1933 at 53 years old in Amsterdam (gunshot wound).
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon
British liberal statesman (1862-1933).
Born April 25th, 1862 in Fallodon.
Died September 7th, 1933 at 71 years old in Fallodon.
Arthur Currie
Canadian wwi general (1875–1933).
Born December 5th, 1875 in Strathroy-Caradoc.
Died November 30th, 1933 at 57 years old in Montreal.
Jimmie Rodgers
American country singer known for yodeling (1897–1933).
Born September 8th, 1897 in Meridian. [ref]
Died May 26th, 1933 at 35 years old in New York City (tuberculosis). [ref]
Robert W. Chambers
American artist, novelist, short story writer (1865–1933).
Born May 26th, 1865 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died December 16th, 1933 at 68 years old in New York City. [ref]
Anagarika Dharmapala
Sri lankan buddhist revivalist and writer (1864-1933).
Born September 17th, 1864 in Colombo.
Died April 29th, 1933 at 68 years old in Sarnath.
Mary Parker Follett
American academic (1868-1933).
Born September 3rd, 1868 in Quincy.
Died December 18th, 1933 at 65 years old in Boston (hemorrhoid).
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He who is not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan