In the year 1941
456 Notable deaths
Cornelia Barns
American illustrator and cartoonist (1888-1941).
Born September 25th, 1888 in Flushing.
Died November 4th, 1941 at 53 years old in Los Gatos (tuberculosis).
Leon Sperling
Polish footballer (1900-1941).
Born August 7th, 1900 in Kraków.
Died December 15th, 1941 at 41 years old in Lviv, Lvov Ghetto.
Antonín Janoušek
Czechoslovak politician (1877-1941).
Born August 22nd, 1877 in Nymburk.
Died March 30th, 1941 at 63 years old in Moscow.
William Worthington
American silent film actor and director (1872-1941).
Died April 9th, 1941 at 69 years old in Beverly Hills.
Oskar Baum
Czech writer and music educator (1883–1941).
Born January 21st, 1883 in Plzeň. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1941 at 58 years old in Prague. [ref]
Arthur Erich Haas
Austrian physicist.
Born April 30th, 1884 in Brno.
Died February 20th, 1941 at 56 years old in Chicago (pneumonia).
Hsü Ti-shan
Chinese writer (1893–1941).
Born February 3rd, 1893 in Tainan.
Died August 4th, 1941 at 48 years old in Hong Kong.
Carl Grimberg
Swedish historian (1875–1941).
Born September 22nd, 1875 in Domkyrkoförsamlingen in Göteborg.
Died June 11th, 1941 at 65 years old in Danderyd.
Foxhall Keene
American racecar driver, equestrian, polo player, amateur golfer (1867–1941).
Born December 18th, 1867 in San Francisco.
Died September 25th, 1941 at 73 years old in Ayer's Cliff.
James Gordon
American silent film actor (1871-1941).
Born April 23rd, 1871 in Pittsburgh.
Died May 12th, 1941 at 70 years old in Hollywood.
Eduard Norden
German classical philologist and historian (1868–1941).
Born September 21st, 1868 in Emden.
Died July 13th, 1941 at 72 years old in Zurich.
Panos Terlemezyan
Soviet armenian painter (1865-1941).
Born March 11th, 1865 in Van.
Died April 30th, 1941 at 76 years old in Yerevan.
Dobri Hristov
Bulgarian composer (1875-1941).
Born December 14th, 1875 in Varna.
Died January 23rd, 1941 at 65 years old in Sofia.
Ivan Proskurov
Soviet general (1907–1941).
Born February 18th, 1907 in Mala Tokmachka.
Died October 28th, 1941 at 34 years old in Samara.
Walter Granger
American paleontologist (1872-1941).
Born November 7th, 1872 in Middletown Springs.
Died September 6th, 1941 at 68 years old in Lusk.
Ivan Trush
Ukrainian artist (1869-1941).
Born January 18th, 1869 in Brody. [ref]
Died March 22nd, 1941 at 72 years old in Lviv.
Viktor Talalikhin
Hero of the soviet union (1918–1941).
Born September 18th, 1918 in Teplovka.
Died October 27th, 1941 at 23 years old in Podolsk.
José Leite de Vasconcelos
Portuguese ethnographer, archaeologist and author (1858–1941).
Born July 7th, 1858 in Freguesia de Ucanha.
Died May 17th, 1941 at 82 years old in Lisbon.
Robert Byron
British writer (1905-1941).
Born February 26th, 1905 in London.
Died February 24th, 1941 at 35 years old in Cape Wrath.
Lajos Vajda
Hungarian painter (1908-1941).
Born August 6th, 1908 in Zalaegerszeg. [ref]
Died September 7th, 1941 at 33 years old in Budakeszi (tuberculosis). [ref]
Karl Joseph Schulte
Catholic cardinal (1871–1941).
Born September 14th, 1871 in Haus Valbert. [ref]
Died March 11th, 1941 at 69 years old in Cologne.
Charles Jaffe
American chess player.
Born April 25th, 1879 in Dubroŭna.
Died July 12th, 1941 at 62 years old in Brooklyn.
Ivan Dmitriyevich Shadr
Russian and soviet artist, sculptor (1887-1941).
Born February 11th, 1887 in Taktashi.
Died April 3rd, 1941 at 54 years old in Moscow.
Leo Graetz
German physicist (1856–1941).
Born September 16th, 1856 in Wrocław.
Died November 12th, 1941 at 85 years old in Munich.
Giuseppe Amisani
Italian painter (1881-1941).
Born December 7th, 1881 in Mede.
Died September 8th, 1941 at 59 years old in Portofino.
Deaths 276 to 300 of 456
By becoming deeply aware of our mortality, we intensify our experience of every aspect of life. Robert Greene