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In the year 1941
489 Notable deaths
Vera Voloshina
Soviet partisan (1919-1941).
Born September 30th, 1919 in Kemerovo.
Died November 29th, 1941 at 22 years old in Golovkovo (hanging to death).
Jaan Teemant
Estonian lawyer and politician (1872–1940).
Born September 24th, 1872 in Vigala Rural Municipality.
Died July 24th, 1941 at 68 years old in Tallinn. [ref]
Arnold Schering
German musicologist (1877–1941).
Born April 2nd, 1877 in Wrocław.
Died March 7th, 1941 at 63 years old in Berlin.
Antoni Łomnicki
Polish mathematician (1881-1941).
Born January 17th, 1881 in Lviv.
Died July 4th, 1941 at 60 years old in Lviv (gunshot wound).
Elizaveta Kruglikova
Russian and soviet painter (1865-1941).
Born January 31st, 1865 in Saint Petersburg.
Died July 21st, 1941 at 76 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Konstantin Rakutin
Nkvd general (1902–1941).
Born May 21st, 1902 in Vachsky District.
Died October 7th, 1941 at 39 years old in Smolensk Oblast.
Tore Svennberg
Actor (1858-1941).
Born February 28th, 1858 in Stockholm. [ref]
Died May 8th, 1941 at 83 years old in Engelbrekt church parish. [ref]
Alexander Pfänder
German philosopher (1870–1941).
Born February 7th, 1870 in Iserlohn.
Died March 18th, 1941 at 71 years old in Munich.
Charles Rappoport
French writer (1865-1941).
Born June 14th, 1865 in Lithuania.
Died November 17th, 1941 at 76 years old in Cahors.
Pavel Blonsky
Ukrainian psychologist (1884–1941).
Born May 26th, 1884 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died February 15th, 1941 at 56 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Bohdan Lepky
Ukrainian writer.
Born November 4th, 1872 in Kryvenke, Krohulets. [ref]
Died July 21st, 1941 at 68 years old in Kraków.
Mariusz Zaruski
Polish general (1867-1941).
Born January 31st, 1867 in Dumaniv.
Died April 8th, 1941 at 74 years old in Kherson (cholera).
Herbert Adamski
German rower (1910–1941).
Born April 30th, 1910 in Berlin.
Died August 11th, 1941 at 31 years old in Soltsy.
Toivo Antikainen
Finnish politician (1898–1941).
Born June 8th, 1898 in Helsinki.
Died October 4th, 1941 at 43 years old in Arkhangelsk.
Luigi Barbesino
Italian footballer (1894-1941).
Born May 1st, 1894 in Casale Monferrato.
Died April 20th, 1941 at 46 years old in Strait of Sicily. [ref]
Theodor Siebs
German linguist (1862–1941).
Born August 26th, 1862 in Bremen.
Died May 28th, 1941 at 78 years old in Wrocław.
Ludwik Krzywicki
Polish academic (1859–1941).
Born August 21st, 1859 in Płock.
Died June 10th, 1941 at 81 years old in Warsaw.
Louis Bertrand
French historian (1866-1941).
Born March 20th, 1866 in Spincourt.
Died December 6th, 1941 at 75 years old in Antibes.
Albert Döderlein
German physician (1860–1941).
Born July 5th, 1860 in Augsburg.
Died December 10th, 1941 at 81 years old in Munich.
Lorenzo Lauri
Cardinal of the catholic church (1864–1941).
Born October 15th, 1864 in Rome.
Died October 8th, 1941 at 76 years old in Rome.
José Serrano
Spanish composer (1873–1941).
Born October 14th, 1873 in Sueca.
Died March 8th, 1941 at 67 years old in Madrid (esophageal cancer).
Jack McDonald
American actor (1880-1962).
Born September 17th, 1880 in San Francisco.
Died June 19th, 1941 at 60 years old in Sacramento.
Veniamin Fleishman
Russian jewish opera composer (1913–1941).
Born July 20th, 1913 in Bezhetsk.
Died September 14th, 1941 at 28 years old in Krasnoye Selo.
Marģers Skujenieks
Prime minister of latvia (1886–1941).
Died July 12th, 1941 at 55 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
William Jacob Baer
American artist (1860-1941).
Born January 29th, 1860 in Cincinnati.
Died September 21st, 1941 at 81 years old in East Orange. [ref]
Deaths 326 to 350 of 489
Death commences too early – almost before you’re half-acquainted with life – you meet the other. Tennessee Williams