In the year 1933
311 Notable deaths
Anthony Hope
English novelist (1863-1933).
Born February 9th, 1863 in London.
Died July 8th, 1933 at 70 years old in Walton on the Hill (laryngeal cancer).
Eddie Lang
American jazz guitarist (1902–1933).
Born October 25th, 1902 in Philadelphia.
Died March 26th, 1933 at 30 years old in New York City.
Henry van Dyke
American diplomat (1852–1933).
Born November 10th, 1852 in Germantown.
Died April 10th, 1933 at 80 years old in Princeton.
Pat Sullivan
Australian animator (1887–1933).
Born February 22nd, 1885 in Paddington.
Died February 15th, 1933 at 47 years old in New York City (pneumonia, alcoholism).
Yamamoto Gonnohyōe
Prime minister of japan (1852-1933).
Born November 26th, 1852 in Kajiya-chō.
Died December 8th, 1933 at 81 years old in Takanawa (prostatic hypertrophy).
Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás
Hungarian noble and academic (1877-1933).
Born May 3rd, 1877 in Deva. [ref]
Died April 25th, 1933 at 55 years old in Vienna (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Mohammed Nadir Shah
King of afghanistan from 1929 to 1933.
Born April 9th, 1883 in Dehradun.
Died November 9th, 1933 at 50 years old in Kabul.
Haim Arlosoroff
Zionist leader (1899–1933).
Born February 23rd, 1899 in Romny.
Died June 17th, 1933 at 34 years old in Tel-Aviv.
Prince Aribert of Anhalt
Regent of anhalt.
Born June 18th, 1864 in Wörlitz.
Died December 24th, 1933 at 69 years old in Munich.
Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria
Austrian admiral and noble (1860-1933).
Born September 25th, 1860 in Židlochovice.
Died April 7th, 1933 at 72 years old in Żywiec.
Paul Painlevé
French mathematician and politician (1863-1933).
Born December 5th, 1863 in Paris.
Died October 29th, 1933 at 69 years old in Paris.
Daphne Akhurst
Australian tennis player (1903–1933).
Born April 22nd, 1903 in Sydney.
Died January 9th, 1933 at 29 years old in Sydney (maternal death).
Albert Calmette
French scientist (1863-1933).
Born July 12th, 1863 in Nice. [ref]
Died October 29th, 1933 at 70 years old in Paris. [ref]
Sayyid Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi
Libyan supreme leader of the senussi order (1873–1933).
Born December 18th, 1873 in Jaghbub.
Died March 10th, 1933 at 59 years old in Medina.
Francesc Macià i Llussà
1st president of generalitat de catalunya (1932-33).
Born September 21st, 1859 in Vilanova i la Geltrú.
Died December 25th, 1933 at 74 years old in Barcelona (appendicitis). [ref]
Felix Adler
German-american professor of political and social ethics, rationalist, and lecturer (1851-1933).
Born August 13th, 1851 in Alzey.
Died April 24th, 1933 at 81 years old in New York City.
Raymond Roussel
French poet, novelist, playwright, musician, and chess enthusiast (1877-1933).
Born January 20th, 1877 in Paris.
Died July 14th, 1933 at 56 years old in Palermo (drug overdose).
Chen Chiung Ming
Chinese politician (1878-1933).
Born January 13th, 1878 in Haifeng County.
Died September 22nd, 1933 at 55 years old in Hong Kong (typhus).
Wilhelm Cuno
German chancellor (1876-1933).
Born July 2nd, 1876 in Suhl. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1933 at 56 years old in Aumühle. [ref]
John Henry Mackay
German writer (1864–1933).
Born February 6th, 1864 in Greenock.
Died May 21st, 1933 at 69 years old in Berlin (drug overdose).
Bert Hinkler
Australian aviator (1892-1933).
Born December 8th, 1892 in Bundaberg.
Died January 7th, 1933 at 40 years old in Italy.
Princess Nobuko Asaka
Japanese princess.
Born August 7th, 1891 in Tokyo.
Died November 3rd, 1933 at 42 years old in Tokyo.
Rosslyn Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss
Royal navy admiral of the fleet (1864-1933).
Born April 12th, 1864 in London.
Died May 24th, 1933 at 69 years old in Cannes.
Irving Babbitt
American academic and literary criticism (1865-1933).
Born August 2nd, 1865 in Dayton. [ref]
Died July 15th, 1933 at 67 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Tim Keefe
American baseball player (1857–1933).
Born January 1st, 1857 in Cambridge.
Died April 23rd, 1933 at 76 years old in Cambridge.
Deaths 51 to 75 of 311
That’s what literature is. It’s the people who went before us, tapping out messages from the past, from beyond the grave, trying to tell us about life and death! Listen to them! Connie Willis