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In the year 1933
359 Notable deaths
Saliamonas Banaitis
Lithuanian businessman (1866-1933).
Born July 15th, 1866 in Vaitiekupiai.
Died May 4th, 1933 at 66 years old in Kaunas (gastric ulcer).
John Arthur Thomson
Scottish naturalist (1861–1933).
Born July 8th, 1861 in Saltoun.
Died February 12th, 1933 at 71 years old in Limpsfield.
Léon Wieger
French sinologist (1856-1933).
Born July 9th, 1856 in Strasbourg.
Died March 25th, 1933 at 76 years old in Xian County.
Gabriel Bonvalot
French explorer (1853-1933).
Born July 13th, 1853 in Épagne.
Died December 10th, 1933 at 80 years old in Paris.
Gerhard Schjelderup
Norwegian composer (1859–1933).
Born November 17th, 1859 in Kristiansand.
Died July 29th, 1933 at 73 years old in Benediktbeuern.
George Calnan
Us navy officer and fencer (1900–1933).
Born January 18th, 1900 in South Boston.
Died April 4th, 1933 at 33 years old in Barnegat Township.
John Cady
Amateur golfer (1866-1933).
Born January 26th, 1866 in New York City, Illinois.
Died November 12th, 1933 at 67 years old in Minneapolis.
Jehan Rictus
French poet (1867–1933).
Born September 3rd, 1867 in Boulogne-sur-Mer.
Died November 7th, 1933 at 66 years old in Paris.
Frank Jarvis
American athlete, olympic medalist (1878–1933).
Born August 31st, 1878 in California.
Died June 2nd, 1933 at 54 years old in Sewickley.
Janet Russell Perkins
American botanist, botanical collector and explorer (1853–1933).
Born March 20th, 1853 in Lafayette.
Died July 7th, 1933 at 80 years old in Hinsdale.
Scipione
Italian painter (1904-1933).
Born February 15th, 1904 in Macerata.
Died November 9th, 1933 at 29 years old in Arco (tuberculosis).
Matilda Cullen Knowles
Irish botanist (1864-1933).
Born January 31st, 1864 in Ballymena, Cullybackey.
Died April 27th, 1933 at 69 years old in Dublin.
Vital Soares
Brazilian lawyer, banker and politician (1874-1933).
Born November 13th, 1874 in Valença.
Died April 19th, 1933 at 58 years old in Salvador.
Victor Dolidze
Georgian composer (1890-1933).
Born July 30th, 1890 in Ozurgeti.
Died May 24th, 1933 at 42 years old in Tbilisi.
Vittorio Scialoja
Italian jurist and politician (1856-1933).
Born April 24th, 1856 in Turin.
Died November 19th, 1933 at 77 years old in Rome.
John Eisele
American middle distance runner (1884–1933).
Born January 18th, 1884 in Newark.
Died March 30th, 1933 at 49 years old in Newark (gunshot wound).
Erich Schönfelder
German screenwriter, actor and film director (1885–1933).
Born April 23rd, 1885 in Frankfurt.
Died May 14th, 1933 at 48 years old in Berlin.
Oskari Friman
Finnish wrestler (1893–1933).
Born January 27th, 1893 in Luzhayka.
Died October 19th, 1933 at 40 years old in Vyborg.
Marc Elder
French writer and art historian.
Born October 31st, 1884 in Nantes.
Died August 16th, 1933 at 48 years old in Saint-Fiacre-sur-Maine.
Ernst Friedrich Gilg
German botanist (1867–1933).
Born January 12th, 1867 in Schliengen.
Died October 11th, 1933 at 66 years old in Berlin.
Anastasia Golovina
Moldovan-bulgarian physician.
Born October 17th, 1850 in Chișinău.
Died March 5th, 1933 at 82 years old in Varna.
William Grant Craib
British botanist (1882–1933).
Born March 10th, 1882 in Banff.
Died November 1st, 1933 at 51 years old in Kew.
Mena Barreto
President of brazil (1874–1933).
Born July 30th, 1874 in Porto Alegre.
Died March 25th, 1933 at 58 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Eduard Daniël van Oort
Dutch ornithologist (1876-1933).
Born October 31st, 1876 in Barneveld.
Died September 21st, 1933 at 56 years old in Leiden.
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