In the year 1933
359 Notable deaths
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.
Ernest Torrence
British-born american actor (1878-1933).
Born June 26th, 1878 in Edinburgh.
Died May 15th, 1933 at 54 years old in New York City.
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).
Albert Apponyi
Hungarian politician (1846-1933).
Born May 29th, 1846 in Vienna.
Died February 7th, 1933 at 86 years old in Geneva.
Theodor Lessing
German philosopher (1872–1933).
Born February 8th, 1872 in Hanover.
Died August 31st, 1933 at 61 years old in Mariánské Lázně. [ref]
George Saintsbury
British critic and literary historian (1845–1933).
Born October 23rd, 1845 in Southampton.
Died January 28th, 1933 at 87 years old in Bath.
Augustine Birrell
British politician (1850-1933).
Born January 19th, 1850 in Wavertree. [ref]
Died November 20th, 1933 at 83 years old in London. [ref]
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.
Apollinary Vasnetsov
Russian artist (1856-1933).
Born August 6th, 1856 in Ryabovo.
Died January 23rd, 1933 at 76 years old in Moscow.
F. Holland Day
American photographer (1864–1933).
Born July 8th, 1864 in Boston.
Died November 12th, 1933 at 69 years old in Norwood.
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).
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.
G. R. S. Mead
English author, editor, translator, and theosophist (1863–1933).
Born March 22nd, 1863 in Peckham. [ref]
Died September 28th, 1933 at 70 years old in London. [ref]
Sophia Parnok
Russian writer.
Born August 11th, 1885 in Taganrog.
Died August 26th, 1933 at 48 years old in Karinskoe (myocardial infarction).
Archibald Sayce
British assyriologist and linguist (1845–1933).
Born September 25th, 1846 in Shirehampton. [ref]
Died February 4th, 1933 at 86 years old in Bath.
Karol Adamiecki
Polish engineer (1866–1933).
Born March 18th, 1866 in Dąbrowa Górnicza.
Died May 16th, 1933 at 67 years old in Warsaw.
Sissieretta Jones
American soprano singer.
Born January 5th, 1868 in Portsmouth.
Died June 24th, 1933 at 65 years old in Providence.
Laurits Andersen Ring
Danish artist (1854-1933).
Born August 15th, 1854 in Ring.
Died September 10th, 1933 at 79 years old in Sankt Jørgensbjerg Parish.
Harriet Brooks
Canadian nuclear physicist (1876–1933).
Born July 2nd, 1876 in Exeter. [ref]
Died April 17th, 1933 at 56 years old in Montreal. [ref]
Zelia Nuttall
American archaeologist and anthropologist (1857-1933).
Born September 6th, 1857 in San Francisco.
Died April 12th, 1933 at 75 years old in Coyoacán.
Sun Lu-t'ang
Chinese martial artist (1860–1933).
Born December 22nd, 1860 in Wangdu County.
Died December 16th, 1933 at 72 years old
Meir Shapiro
Rabbi, rosh yeshiva (1887-1933).
Born March 3rd, 1887 in Suceava.
Died October 27th, 1933 at 46 years old in Łódź, Lublin.
Ada Leverson
British writer (1862-1933).
Born October 10th, 1862 in London.
Died August 30th, 1933 at 70 years old in London.
John Joly
Irish scientist (1857–1933).
Born November 1st, 1857 in Bracknagh.
Died December 8th, 1933 at 76 years old in Dublin.
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Losing your life is not the worst thing that can happen. The worst thing is to lose your reason for living. Jo Nesbø