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In the year 1941
490 Notable deaths
David Raziel
One of the founder of irgun (1910–1941).
Born December 19th, 1910 in Smarhon.
Died May 20th, 1941 at 30 years old in Baghdad.
Alfred Hettner
German geomorphologist (1859–1941).
Born August 6th, 1859 in Dresden.
Died August 31st, 1941 at 82 years old in Heidelberg.
Charles Murray
American film actor of the silent era (1872-1941).
Born June 22nd, 1872 in Laurel. [ref]
Died July 29th, 1941 at 69 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia).
Karel Hašler
Czech songwriter and actor (1879–1941).
Born October 31st, 1879 in Zlíchov. [ref]
Died December 22nd, 1941 at 62 years old in Mauthausen concentration camp (torture). [ref]
Otto Strandman
Estonian politician (1875–1941).
Born November 30th, 1875 in Undla Rural Municipality.
Died February 16th, 1941 at 65 years old in Kadrina (gunshot wound).
Kost Levytsky
Ukrainian politician (1859-1941).
Born November 17th, 1859 in Tysmenytsia. [ref]
Died November 12th, 1941 at 81 years old in Lviv.
Purnell Pratt
American actor (1885–1941).
Born October 20th, 1885 in Bethel.
Died July 25th, 1941 at 55 years old in Hollywood.
Mischa Levitzki
Russian-born american concert pianist (1898–1941).
Born May 25th, 1898 in Kremenchuk.
Died January 2nd, 1941 at 42 years old in New Jersey.
Paul von Hintze
German admiral (1864-1941).
Born February 13th, 1864 in Schwedt/Oder.
Died August 19th, 1941 at 77 years old in Merano.
Matt McGrath
Olympic athletic competitor (1877–1941).
Born December 18th, 1878 in Nenagh.
Died January 29th, 1941 at 62 years old in New York City.
Reginald Campbell Thompson
British archaeologist (1876-1941).
Born August 21st, 1876 in South Kensington.
Died May 23rd, 1941 at 64 years old in London.
Luigi Albertini
Italian politician (1871–1941).
Born October 19th, 1871 in Ancona.
Died December 29th, 1941 at 70 years old in Rome.
Elliott Dexter
American actor (1970–1941).
Born December 21st, 1879 in Galveston.
Died June 23rd, 1941 at 61 years old in Amityville.
Josef Strzygowski
Austrian art historian (1862–1941).
Born March 7th, 1862 in Bielsko-Biała.
Died January 2nd, 1941 at 78 years old in Vienna.
Leonard Ornstein
Dutch physicist (1880-1941).
Born November 12th, 1880 in Nijmegen.
Died May 20th, 1941 at 60 years old in Utrecht.
Feliks Kon
Polish communist official (1864–1941).
Born May 30th, 1864 in Warsaw.
Died July 28th, 1941 at 77 years old in Moscow.
Hippolyte Delehaye
Belgian jesuit and hagiography scholar (1859–1941).
Born August 19th, 1859 in Antwerp.
Died April 1st, 1941 at 81 years old in Etterbeek.
Varvara Yakovleva
Russian bolshevik politician (1885–1941).
Born December 19th, 1885 in Moscow.
Died September 11th, 1941 at 55 years old in Oryol.
James Stephenson
British-american actor (1889-1941).
Born April 14th, 1889 in Selby.
Died July 29th, 1941 at 52 years old in Pacific Palisades (myocardial infarction).
George Hilsdon
English footballer (1885–1941).
Born August 10th, 1885 in London Borough of Bromley.
Died September 10th, 1941 at 56 years old in Leicester.
Vilmos Aba-Novák
Hungarian artist (1894–1941).
Born March 15th, 1894 in Budapest.
Died September 29th, 1941 at 47 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Clifford Grey
English songwriter, actor and screenwriter (1887–1941).
Born January 5th, 1887 in Birmingham.
Died September 25th, 1941 at 54 years old in Ipswich (myocardial infarction).
Arthur Kronfeld
German psychiatrist (1886–1941).
Born January 9th, 1886 in Berlin.
Died October 16th, 1941 at 55 years old in Moscow.
Allan Forrest
Actor (1885-1941).
Born September 1st, 1885 in Brooklyn.
Died July 25th, 1941 at 55 years old in Detroit (disease).
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