In the year 1941
489 Notable deaths
Fritz Manteuffel
German gymnast (1875-1941).
Born January 11th, 1875 in Berlin.
Died April 21st, 1941 at 66 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Kalle Jalkanen
Finnish cross-country skier (1907-1941).
Born May 10th, 1907 in Suonenjoki. [ref]
Died September 5th, 1941 at 34 years old in Kirjasalo. [ref]
Philipp Johann Heinrich Fauth
German selenographer (1867–1941).
Born March 19th, 1867 in Bad Dürkheim.
Died January 4th, 1941 at 73 years old in Grünwald.
Edmond Haraucourt
French writer (1856–1941).
Born October 18th, 1856 in Bourmont.
Died November 17th, 1941 at 85 years old in Paris.
Bengt Djurberg
Swedish actor and singer (1898–1941).
Born July 23rd, 1898 in Stockholm. [ref]
Died November 2nd, 1941 at 43 years old in Stockholm (cancer). [ref]
Edward Dewhurst
Australian tennis player.
Born March 27th, 1870 in Tamworth.
Died February 25th, 1941 at 70 years old in Australia.
Hans Schinz
Swiss botanist (1858-1941).
Born December 6th, 1858 in Zurich.
Died October 30th, 1941 at 82 years old in Zurich.
Matteo Ceirano
Italian automotive engineer (1870–1941).
Born January 22nd, 1870 in Cuneo. [ref]
Died March 19th, 1941 at 71 years old in Turin. [ref]
Hugo Strauß
German rower.
Born June 25th, 1907 in Mannheim.
Died November 1st, 1941 at 34 years old in Sverdlovsk Oblast.
Kazys Bizauskas
Lithuanian politician (1893-1941).
Born February 14th, 1893 in Pāvilosta.
Died June 26th, 1941 at 48 years old in Bihosava.
Constance Smedley
Author and founder of the international lyceum clubs.
Born June 20th, 1876 in Handsworth.
Died March 9th, 1941 at 64 years old in West Wycombe.
Michael Murach
Boxer (1911-1941).
Born February 1st, 1911 in Gelsenkirchen.
Died August 16th, 1941 at 30 years old in Nevskaya Dubrovka.
Eduardo Toda y Güell
Catalan archaeologist, diplomat, bibliographer and egyptologist (1855-1941).
Born January 9th, 1855 in Reus.
Died April 26th, 1941 at 86 years old in Poblet.
Milton Ross
American actor (1876–1941).
Born December 2nd, 1876 in California.
Died September 6th, 1941 at 64 years old in Los Angeles.
Joseph Harvey Riley
American ornithologist (1873-1941).
Born September 19th, 1873 in Falls Church.
Died December 17th, 1941 at 68 years old
Richard Thomas Baker
Australian botanist (1854-1941).
Born December 1st, 1854 in Woolwich.
Died July 14th, 1941 at 86 years old
Karl Neukirch
German gymnast (1864–1941).
Born November 3rd, 1864 in Berlin.
Died June 26th, 1941 at 76 years old in Berlin.
Valerian Gaprindashvili
Georgian poet (1888–1941).
Born January 2nd, 1889 in Kutaisi.
Died January 31st, 1941 at 52 years old in Tbilisi.
John Lander
British rower (1907-1941).
Born September 7th, 1907 in Liverpool.
Died December 25th, 1941 at 34 years old in Hong Kong.
Hermann Wilker
German rower (1874-1941).
Born July 24th, 1874 in Flomersheim.
Died December 28th, 1941 at 67 years old in Mundenheim.
Władysław Abraham
Polish lawyer, historian (1860-1941).
Born October 10th, 1860 in Sambir.
Died October 15th, 1941 at 81 years old in Lviv.
Prudenci Bertrana
Spanish writer (1867-1941).
Born January 19th, 1867 in Tordera.
Died November 21st, 1941 at 74 years old in Barcelona.
Friedrich Hendrix
German sprinter.
Born January 6th, 1911 in Aachen.
Died August 30th, 1941 at 30 years old in Proletarsk.
Joseph Walker Wear
American tennis player (1876–1941).
Born November 27th, 1876 in St. Louis.
Died June 4th, 1941 at 64 years old in Philadelphia.
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You’ll drift apart, it’s true, but you’ll be out in the open, part of everything alive again. Philip Pullman