In the year 1933
359 Notable deaths
Émile Sartorius
French association football player (1885–1933).
Born April 2nd, 1885 in Roubaix.
Died November 23rd, 1933 at 48 years old in Roubaix.
Anastasia Golovina
Moldovan-bulgarian physician.
Born October 17th, 1850 in Chișinău.
Died March 5th, 1933 at 82 years old in Varna.
Ernst Friedrich Gilg
German botanist (1867–1933).
Born January 12th, 1867 in Schliengen.
Died October 11th, 1933 at 66 years old in Berlin.
William Grant Craib
British botanist (1882–1933).
Born March 10th, 1882 in Banff.
Died November 1st, 1933 at 51 years old in Kew.
Otto Stapf
Austrian botanist (1857-1933).
Born March 23rd, 1857.
Died August 4th, 1933 at 76 years old in Innsbruck.
Eduard Daniël van Oort
Dutch ornithologist (1876-1933).
Born October 31st, 1876 in Barneveld.
Died September 21st, 1933 at 56 years old in Leiden.
Paul Graebner
German botanist (1871–1933).
Born June 29th, 1871 in Aplerbeck.
Died February 6th, 1933 at 61 years old in Berlin.
Francisco Henríquez de Zubiría
Colombian-french tug of war competitor.
Born December 10th, 1869 in Paris.
Died September 2nd, 1933 at 63 years old in 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Eric Powell
British rower and artist (1886-1933).
Born May 6th, 1886 in Hornsey, Edmonton.
Died August 17th, 1933 at 47 years old in Pontresina, Piz Roseg.
Vilhelm Andersson
Swedish water polo player (1891–1933).
Born March 11th, 1891 in Stockholm.
Died September 21st, 1933 at 42 years old in Stockholm.
Jean Cugnot
French cyclist (1899–1933).
Born August 3rd, 1899 in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Died June 25th, 1933 at 33 years old in 12th arrondissement of Paris.
Jules Clévenot
French water polo player and swimmer (1875–1933).
Born June 7th, 1875 in Schirmeck.
Died September 11th, 1933 at 58 years old in Paris.
Ruurd Leegstra
Dutch rower (1877-1933).
Born June 29th, 1877 in East Java.
Died January 17th, 1933 at 55 years old in Utrecht.
Jiří Polívka
Czech ethnographer, linguist, literature historian, literary theorist, professor, publicist, university educator and science writer (1858–1933).
Died March 21st, 1933 at 75 years old in Libeň. [ref]
Emil Magnusson
Swedish discus thrower (1887-1933).
Born November 23rd, 1887 in Genarp.
Died July 26th, 1933 at 45 years old in Malmö.
Henri Monnot
French olympic sailor (1866–1933).
Born July 27th, 1866 in 2nd arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died February 23rd, 1933 at 66 years old in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. [ref]
Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno
Catholic cardinal and apostolic nuncio (1858–1933).
Born April 25th, 1858 in Modena.
Died September 16th, 1933 at 75 years old in Forte dei Marmi.
Joseph Roffo
French tug of war competitor (1879–1933).
Born January 21st, 1879 in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
Died February 5th, 1933 at 54 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Osvald Moberg
Gymnast (1888-1933).
Born September 14th, 1888 in Stockholm.
Died December 22nd, 1933 at 45 years old in Stockholm.
James T. Kelley
Irish actor (1854–1933).
Born July 10th, 1854 in Castlebar.
Died November 12th, 1933 at 79 years old in New York City.
Rudolph Lewis
South african road racing cyclist (1887-1933).
Died October 29th, 1933 at 46 years old in Pretoria.
August Rodenberg
American tug of war competitor (1873–1933).
Born July 25th, 1873 in St. Louis.
Died April 12th, 1933 at 59 years old in St. Louis.
Gardner Williams
American swimmer (1877-1933).
Born April 16th, 1877 in Jamaica Plain.
Died December 14th, 1933 at 56 years old in San Diego, Marblehead.
Robert Gufflet
Olympic sailor (1883-1933).
Born June 5th, 1883 in Bordeaux.
Died January 2nd, 1933 at 49 years old in Casablanca.
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The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. Mark Twain