In the year 1933
359 Notable deaths
Renée Adorée
French actress (1898-1933).
Born September 30th, 1898 in Hamburg.
Died October 5th, 1933 at 35 years old in Los Angeles (tuberculosis).
Horatio Bottomley
English financier, journalist, editor, newspaper proprietor, swindler, and member of parliament (1860-1933).
Born March 23rd, 1860 in Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green.
Died May 26th, 1933 at 73 years old in Middlesex Hospital.
William Robertson
British army officer (1860-1933).
Born January 29th, 1860 in Welbourn.
Died February 12th, 1933 at 73 years old in London (thrombosis).
Oskar Potiorek
Austro-hungarian general (1853-1933).
Born November 20th, 1853 in Bad Bleiberg.
Died December 17th, 1933 at 80 years old in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee.
Earl Derr Biggers
American novelist and playwright (1884–1933).
Born August 26th, 1884 in Warren. [ref]
Died April 5th, 1933 at 48 years old in Pasadena (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Nitobe Inazō
Japanese educator, agricultural economist and diplomat (1862–1933).
Born September 1st, 1862 in Morioka.
Died October 15th, 1933 at 71 years old in Royal Jubilee Hospital (pancreatitis).
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.
Lilla Cabot Perry
American artist (1848-1933).
Born January 13th, 1848 in Boston.
Died February 28th, 1933 at 85 years old in Hancock.
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 2nd, 1887 in Paddington.
Died February 15th, 1933 at 46 years old in New York City (alcoholism, pneumonia).
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).
Died April 25th, 1933 at 55 years old in Vienna (gunshot wound).
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.
Faisal I of Iraq
1st king of hashemite iraq from 1921 to 1933.
Born May 20th, 1885 in Mecca. [ref]
Died September 8th, 1933 at 48 years old in Bern (heart failure). [ref]
Prince Aribert of Anhalt
Regent of anhalt (1864–1933).
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 5th, 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).
Yisrael Meir Kagan
Polish rabbi (1838–1933).
Born February 6th, 1838 in Dzyatlava.
Died September 15th, 1933 at 95 years old in Raduń.
Albert Calmette
French scientist (1863-1933).
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
President of generalitat de catalunya (1931-33).
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.
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