In the year 1941
447 Notable deaths
Matt McGrath
Olympic athletic competitor (1877–1941).
Born December 18th, 1877 in Nenagh.
Died January 29th, 1941 at 63 years old in New York City.
Reginald Campbell Thompson
British archaeologist (1876-1941).
Born August 21st, 1876 in South Kensington. [ref]
Died May 23rd, 1941 at 64 years old in London. [ref]
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 March 29th, 1870 in Galveston.
Died June 23rd, 1941 at 71 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.
Born May 30th, 1864 in Warsaw.
Died July 28th, 1941 at 77 years old in Moscow.
Hippolyte Delehaye
Jesuit hagiographic scholar.
Born August 19th, 1859 in Antwerp. [ref]
Died April 1st, 1941 at 81 years old in Brussels metropolitan area. [ref]
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).
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.
Leo Gestel
Dutch painter (1881-1941).
Born November 22nd, 1881 in Bergen.
Died November 26th, 1941 at 60 years old in Hilversum.
Margarete Steffin
German actress and writer (1908–1941).
Born March 21st, 1908 in Berlin, Rummelsburg, Lichtenberg.
Died June 4th, 1941 at 33 years old in Moscow (tuberculosis).
Margaret Mann
Scottish-american actress (1868-1941).
Born April 4th, 1868 in Aberdeen.
Died February 4th, 1941 at 72 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Franz Hessel
German writer and translator (1880-1941).
Born November 21st, 1880 in Szczecin.
Died January 6th, 1941 at 60 years old in Sanary-sur-Mer.
Friedrich Engel
German mathematician (1861–1941).
Born December 26th, 1861 in Lugau.
Died September 29th, 1941 at 79 years old in Giessen.
Oskar Fried
German composer and conductor.
Born August 10th, 1871 in Berlin.
Died July 5th, 1941 at 69 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Georges Minne
Artist (1866-1941).
Born August 30th, 1866 in Ghent. [ref]
Died February 20th, 1941 at 74 years old in Sint-Martens-Latem. [ref]
Hugo Becker
German cellist and composer (1863–1941).
Born February 13th, 1864 in Strasbourg.
Died July 30th, 1941 at 77 years old in Harlaching.
Aleksandrs Grīns
Latvian author, officer and journalist (1895-1941).
Born August 15th, 1895 in Birži Parish.
Died December 25th, 1941 at 46 years old in Astrakhan.
Johan Wagenaar
Dutch composer, teacher, and organist.
Born November 1st, 1862 in Utrecht.
Died June 17th, 1941 at 78 years old in The Hague.
Deaths 226 to 250 of 447
Life without an ideal is spiritual death. Emma Goldman