In the year 1941
489 Notable deaths
Louisa Martin
Irish tennis player.
Born September 3rd, 1865 in Newtowngore.
Died October 24th, 1941 at 76 years old in Portrush.
Fredrik Stang
Norwegian politician (1867-1941).
Born December 27th, 1867 in Oslo.
Died November 15th, 1941 at 73 years old in Oslo.
Kirstine Meyer
Danish physicist (1861–1941).
Born October 12th, 1861 in Skærbæk.
Died September 28th, 1941 at 79 years old in Hellerup.
Alicia Amherst
English horticulturist, botanist (1865-1941).
Born July 30th, 1865 in Poole.
Died September 14th, 1941 at 76 years old in Poole.
Stanisław Ruziewicz
Polish mathematician (1889–1941).
Born August 29th, 1889 in Kolomyia.
Died July 12th, 1941 at 51 years old in Lviv (massacre of Lviv professors).
Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead
American gynecologist.
Born April 6th, 1867 in Danville.
Died January 1st, 1941 at 73 years old in Middlesex County, Haddam.
Anna Lindhagen
Swedish politician, editor (1870-1941).
Born April 7th, 1870 in Katarina church parish. [ref]
Died May 15th, 1941 at 71 years old in Sofia church parish. [ref]
Peggy Michell
English tennis player (1905-1941).
Born January 28th, 1905 in Chiswick.
Died June 19th, 1941 at 36 years old in Harrow.
William Clifford
Actor and screenwriter (1877-1941).
Born June 27th, 1877 in New Orleans.
Died December 23rd, 1941 at 64 years old in Los Angeles.
Paul Duboc
French racing cyclist (1884–1941).
Born April 2nd, 1884 in Rouen.
Died August 19th, 1941 at 57 years old in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
Verner Järvinen
Finnish athletics competitor (1870–1941).
Born March 4th, 1870 in Ruovesi.
Died January 31st, 1941 at 70 years old in Tampere.
Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith
British tennis player (1883–1941).
Born August 14th, 1883 in Sydenham.
Died September 18th, 1941 at 58 years old in Middleham.
Jakob Emanuel Lange
Danish mycologist (1864-1941).
Born April 2nd, 1864 in Flensburg.
Died December 27th, 1941 at 77 years old in Odense.
Daniel Vorländer
German chemist (1867-1941).
Born June 11th, 1867 in Eupen.
Died June 8th, 1941 at 73 years old in Halle (Saale).
Mikhail Savoyarov
Russian actor and singer (1876-1941).
Born November 30th, 1876 in Moscow.
Died August 4th, 1941 at 64 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Leonid Leonidov
Russian and soviet actor, film and theatre director (1873–1941).
Died August 6th, 1941 at 68 years old in Moscow.
Helmut Hamann
German sprinter (1912-1941).
Born August 31st, 1912 in Berlin.
Died June 22nd, 1941 at 28 years old in Lublin Voivodeship.
Salman Mumtaz
Azerbaijani poet (1884–1941).
Died September 6th, 1941 at 57 years old in Oryol (gunshot wound).
Karel Kašpar
Czech cardinal, lawyer and theologist (1870-1941).
Born May 16th, 1870 in Mirošov. [ref]
Died April 21st, 1941 at 70 years old in Prague. [ref]
Eduard Eelma
Estonian footballer (1902-1941).
Born April 7th, 1902 in Saint Petersburg.
Died November 16th, 1941 at 39 years old in Kirov (gunshot wound).
Noach Pryłucki
Polish politician and academic (1882–1941).
Born October 1st, 1882 in Berdychiv.
Died August 12th, 1941 at 58 years old in Vilnius.
Amleto Palermi
Italian film director and screenwriter (1889–1941).
Died April 20th, 1941 at 51 years old in Rome (meningitis).
Ira Davenport
American track athlete, baseball player, american football player and coach (1887–1941).
Born October 8th, 1887 in Winfield.
Died July 17th, 1941 at 53 years old in Dubuque.
Nina Gnilitskaya
Hero of the soviet union (1916-1941).
Born August 1st, 1916 in Kniahynivka.
Died December 10th, 1941 at 25 years old in Kniahynivka.
Adolfo Venturi
Italian art historian (1856-1941).
Born September 4th, 1856 in Modena.
Died June 10th, 1941 at 84 years old in Santa Margherita Ligure.
Deaths 376 to 400 of 489
Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves. Rabindranath Tagore