In the year 1933
311 Notable deaths
Carl Correns
German botanist and geneticist (1864–1933).
Born September 19th, 1864 in Munich.
Died February 14th, 1933 at 68 years old in Berlin.
Ilya Tolstoy
Russian writer.
Born May 22nd, 1866 in Yasnaya Polyana.
Died December 11th, 1933 at 67 years old in New Haven.
Theodor Fritsch
German antisemitic writer, publisher and politician (1852-1933).
Born October 28th, 1852 in Wiedemar.
Died September 8th, 1933 at 80 years old in Gautzsch.
Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro
Peruvian politician (1889-1933).
Born August 12th, 1889 in Piura.
Died April 30th, 1933 at 43 years old in Lima.
Wilson Mizner
American writer.
Born May 19th, 1876 in Benicia.
Died April 3rd, 1933 at 56 years old in Los Angeles.
Takiji Kobayashi
Japanese writer (1903–1933).
Born October 13th, 1903 in Shimokawazoi.
Died February 20th, 1933 at 29 years old (death by torture).
Anna de Noailles
Romanian-french writer (1876-1933).
Born November 15th, 1876 in 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died April 30th, 1933 at 56 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Thomas James Walsh
American politician (1859-1933).
Born June 12th, 1859 in Two Rivers. [ref]
Died March 2nd, 1933 at 73 years old in Wilson.
Mahmud Tarzi
Afghan politician, secular activist and journalist (1865–1933).
Born August 23rd, 1865 in Ghazni. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 1933 at 68 years old in Istanbul.
Jatindra Mohan Sengupta
Bengali politician (1885-1933).
Born February 22nd, 1885 in Chittagong.
Died July 23rd, 1933 at 48 years old in Ranchi.
Simon Fraser, 14th Lord Lovat
(1877-1933) british army general.
Born November 25th, 1871 in Inverness.
Died February 18th, 1933 at 61 years old in Scotland.
George Luks
American artist (1867-1933).
Born August 13th, 1867 in Williamsport. [ref]
Died October 29th, 1933 at 66 years old in New York City. [ref]
Yossele Rosenblatt
American singer.
Born May 2nd, 1882 in Bila Tserkva.
Died June 19th, 1933 at 51 years old in Jerusalem.
Hermann von François
German general (1856–1933).
Born January 31st, 1856 in Luxembourg.
Died May 15th, 1933 at 77 years old in Lichterfelde.
Freddie Keppard
American jazz cornettist (1889-1933).
Born February 27th, 1889 in New Orleans.
Died July 15th, 1933 at 44 years old in Chicago (tuberculosis).
Ernest Torrence
Actor (1878-1933).
Born June 26th, 1878 in Edinburgh. [ref]
Died May 15th, 1933 at 54 years old in New York City.
Ion G. Duca
Romanian politician (1879-1933).
Born December 20th, 1879 in Bucharest.
Died December 30th, 1933 at 54 years old in Sinaia.
Sigfrid Karg-Elert
German composer (1877–1933).
Born November 21st, 1877 in Oberndorf am Neckar.
Died April 9th, 1933 at 55 years old in Leipzig.
Augustine Birrell
British politician (1850-1933).
Born January 19th, 1850 in Wavertree. [ref]
Died November 20th, 1933 at 83 years old in London. [ref]
Theodor Lessing
German philosopher (1872–1933).
Born February 8th, 1872 in Hanover.
Died August 31st, 1933 at 61 years old in Mariánské Lázně. [ref]
F. Holland Day
American photographer.
Born July 8th, 1864 in Boston. [ref]
Died November 12th, 1933 at 69 years old in Norwood. [ref]
Hans Vaihinger
German philosopher (1852–1933).
Born September 25th, 1852 in Nehren.
Died December 18th, 1933 at 81 years old in Halle (Saale).
Lillian Hall-Davis
Actress (1898-1933).
Born June 23rd, 1898 in Mile End.
Died October 25th, 1933 at 35 years old in London (exsanguination). [ref]
Sophia Parnok
Russian writer.
Born August 11th, 1885 in Taganrog. [ref]
Died August 26th, 1933 at 48 years old in Karinskoe (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Mykola Skrypnyk
Ukrainian revolutionary and political leader (1872–1933).
Born January 25th, 1872 in Yasynuvata.
Died July 7th, 1933 at 61 years old in Kharkiv.
Deaths 76 to 100 of 311
For life be, after all, only a waitin’ for somethin’ else than what we’re doin’; and death be all that we can rightly depend on. Bram Stoker