In the year 1941
447 Notable deaths
Sherwood Anderson
American writer (1876–1941).
Born September 13th, 1876 in Camden.
Died March 8th, 1941 at 64 years old in Colón City (peritonitis).
Maurice Leblanc
French writer.
Born December 11th, 1864 in Rouen.
Died November 6th, 1941 at 76 years old in Perpignan (pneumonia).
Guillermo Kahlo
German-mexican photographer.
Born October 26th, 1871 in Pforzheim.
Died April 14th, 1941 at 69 years old in Mexico City.
El Lissitzky
Soviet artist, designer, photographer, teacher, typographer and architect (1890–1941).
Born November 23rd, 1890 in Pochinok.
Died December 30th, 1941 at 51 years old in Moscow (tuberculosis).
Robert Delaunay
French painter (1885–1941).
Born April 12th, 1885 in Paris.
Died October 25th, 1941 at 56 years old in Montpellier (cancer).
Günther Prien
German u-boat commander during world war ii.
Born January 16th, 1908 in Osterfeld.
Died March 8th, 1941 at 33 years old in Atlantic Ocean. [ref]
Werner Mölders
German officer and fighter pilot during world war ii (1913-1941).
Born March 18th, 1913 in Gelsenkirchen.
Died November 22nd, 1941 at 28 years old in Wrocław.
Günther Lütjens
German admiral.
Born May 25th, 1889 in Wiesbaden.
Died May 27th, 1941 at 52 years old in Atlantic Ocean (killed in action).
James George Frazer
Scottish social anthropologist (1854–1941).
Born January 1st, 1854 in Glasgow.
Died May 7th, 1941 at 87 years old in Cambridge.
Arthur Evans
British archaeologist and scholar (1851–1941).
Born July 8th, 1851 in Nash Mills. [ref]
Died July 11th, 1941 at 90 years old in Youlbury House. [ref]
Marina Tsvetaeva
Russian poet (1892 – 1941).
Born October 8th, 1892 in Moscow.
Died August 31st, 1941 at 48 years old in Yelabuga (hanging).
Dmitry Pavlov
Soviet general.
Born October 23rd, 1897 in Pavlovo.
Died July 22nd, 1941 at 43 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Annie Jump Cannon
American astronomer (1863-1941).
Born December 11th, 1863 in Dover.
Died April 13th, 1941 at 77 years old in Cambridge.
Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya
Soviet resistance member of world war ii and heroine of the soviet union (1923–1941).
Born September 13th, 1923 in Osino-Gai.
Died November 29th, 1941 at 18 years old in Petrischevo (hanging).
William Gibbs McAdoo
American politician (1863-1941).
Born October 31st, 1863 in Marietta.
Died February 1st, 1941 at 77 years old in Washington, D.C. (myocardial infarction).
Ernst Lindemann
German naval officer.
Born March 28th, 1894 in Altenkirchen.
Died May 27th, 1941 at 47 years old in Atlantic Ocean.
Benjamin Lee Whorf
American linguist (1897–1941).
Born April 24th, 1897 in Winthrop.
Died July 26th, 1941 at 44 years old in Hartford, Wethersfield (cancer).
Gottfried Feder
German economist and politician (1883-1941).
Born January 27th, 1883 in Würzburg.
Died September 24th, 1941 at 58 years old in Murnau am Staffelsee.
Hugh Walpole
British writer (1884-1941).
Born March 13th, 1884 in Auckland. [ref]
Died June 1st, 1941 at 57 years old in London (heart failure). [ref]
Fred Karno
British theatre manager (1866-1941).
Born March 26th, 1866 in Exeter.
Died September 18th, 1941 at 75 years old in Lilliput (diabetes).
Werner Sombart
German economist, sociologist, historian (1863-1941).
Born January 19th, 1863 in Ermsleben.
Died May 18th, 1941 at 78 years old in Berlin.
Gus Kahn
German-american lyricist (1886-1941).
Born November 6th, 1886 in Koblenz.
Died October 8th, 1941 at 54 years old in Beverly Hills.
Franz von Werra
Recipient of the knights cross (1914-1941).
Died October 25th, 1941 at 27 years old in Katwijk.
Chris Watson
Australian politician, third prime minister of australia (1867-1941).
Born April 9th, 1867 in Valparaíso.
Died November 18th, 1941 at 74 years old in Sydney.
Walther Nernst
German physical chemist and physicist.
Born June 25th, 1864 in Wąbrzeźno. [ref]
Died November 18th, 1941 at 77 years old in Bad Muskau.
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To the most trivial actions, attach the devotion and mindfulness of a hundred monks. To matters of life and death, attach a sense of humor. Zhuangzi