In the year 1933
359 Notable deaths
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).
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 (1891-1931).
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 critic (1865-1933).
Born August 2nd, 1865 in Dayton.
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.
Carl Correns
German botanist and geneticist (1864–1933).
Born September 10th, 1864 in Munich.
Died February 14th, 1933 at 68 years old in Berlin.
Ilya Tolstoy
Russian writer (1866–1933).
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.
Henri Duparc
French composer (1848–1933).
Born January 21st, 1848 in former 1st arrondissement of Paris.
Died February 12th, 1933 at 85 years old in Mont-de-Marsan.
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 J. 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.
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.
Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann
French interior designer (1879–1933).
Born August 28th, 1879 in Paris.
Died November 15th, 1933 at 54 years old in Paris.
George Luks
American artist (1867-1933).
Born August 13th, 1867 in Williamsport.
Died October 29th, 1933 at 66 years old in New York City.
Yossele Rosenblatt
Ukrainian-born hazzan (cantor) (1882–1933).
Born May 9th, 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.
Deaths 76 to 100 of 359
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