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In the year 1933
359 Notable deaths
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 (cancer).
Jack Pickford
Canadian-american actor (1896-1933).
Born August 18th, 1896 in Toronto.
Died January 3rd, 1933 at 36 years old in Paris (poliomyelitis).
Kenji Miyazawa
Japanese poet and author of children's literature (1896-1933).
Born August 27th, 1896 in Hanamakikawaguchi.
Died September 21st, 1933 at 37 years old in Hanamaki (pneumonia).
Sara Teasdale
American writer and poet (1884–1933).
Born August 8th, 1884 in St. Louis.
Died January 29th, 1933 at 48 years old in New York City (drug overdose).
Texas Guinan
American prohibition era saloon keeper and entrepreneur (1884-1933).
Born January 12th, 1884 in Waco.
Died November 5th, 1933 at 49 years old in Vancouver (dysentery).
Kamini Roy
British india's first female graduate, bengali poet, social activist and feminist writer.
Born October 12th, 1864 in Barishal.
Died September 27th, 1933 at 68 years old in Hazaribagh.
Robert Augustus Chesebrough
American chemist (1837–1933).
Born January 9th, 1837 in London.
Died September 8th, 1933 at 96 years old in Spring Lake.
Hildegart Rodríguez Carballeira
Spanish politician (1914-1933).
Born December 9th, 1914 in Madrid.
Died June 9th, 1933 at 18 years old in Madrid (gunshot wound, filicide).
Ring Lardner
American sportswriter, short story writer (1885–1933).
Died September 27th, 1933 at 48 years old in East Hampton (tuberculosis).
Adelbert Ames
Union army general and medal of honor recipient (1835-1933).
Born October 31st, 1835 in Rockland.
Died April 13th, 1933 at 97 years old in Ormond Beach.
Zinaida Volkova
Russian revolutionary (1901–1933).
Born March 27th, 1901 in Irkutsk Governorate.
Died January 5th, 1933 at 31 years old in Berlin.
Elizabeth Thompson
British artist (1846–1933).
Born November 3rd, 1846 in Lausanne.
Died October 2nd, 1933 at 86 years old in Ireland, Gormanston. [ref]
Knud Rasmussen
Danish explorer and anthropologist.
Born June 7th, 1879 in Ilulissat. [ref]
Died December 21st, 1933 at 54 years old in Gentofte Hospital. [ref]
George Moore
Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist (1852-1933).
Born February 24th, 1852 in Ballyglass.
Died January 21st, 1933 at 80 years old in Pimlico.
Anatoly Lunacharsky
Russian soviet revolutionary, politician and writer (1875–1933).
Born November 23rd, 1875 in Poltava.
Died December 26th, 1933 at 58 years old in Menton (heart failure).
Nikolai Yudenich
Russian general.
Born July 30th, 1862 in Moscow.
Died October 5th, 1933 at 71 years old in Cannes (tuberculosis).
August Natterer
German painter who suffered from schizophrenia.
Born August 3rd, 1868.
Died October 7th, 1933 at 65 years old in Rottweil.
Anwar Shah Kashmiri
Islamic scholar.
Born November 26th, 1875 in Lolab Valley.
Died May 28th, 1933 at 57 years old in Deoband.
Margaret MacDonald
British artist (1865-1933).
Born November 5th, 1864 in Tipton. [ref]
Died January 7th, 1933 at 68 years old in London. [ref]
Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford
Governor of new south wales; governor of queensland; viceroy of india (1868–1933).
Born August 12th, 1868 in London.
Died April 1st, 1933 at 64 years old in Oxford.
Stefan George
German poet, editor, and translator (1868–1933).
Born July 12th, 1868 in Büdesheim. [ref]
Died December 4th, 1933 at 65 years old in Minusio. [ref]
Sándor Ferenczi
Hungarian psychoanalyst (1873–1933).
Born July 7th, 1873 in Miskolc.
Died May 22nd, 1933 at 59 years old in Budapest.
Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi
Italian explorer (1873-1933).
Born January 29th, 1873 in Madrid.
Died March 18th, 1933 at 60 years old in Jowhar.
Vithalbhai Patel
Indian politician (1873-1933).
Born September 27th, 1873.
Died October 22nd, 1933 at 60 years old
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