In the year 1941
447 Notable deaths
Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon
British politician (1866-1941).
Born September 12th, 1866 in Eastbourne.
Died August 12th, 1941 at 74 years old in Belgravia.
Elizabeth von Arnim
Australian english novelist.
Born August 31st, 1866 in Sydney. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1941 at 74 years old in Charleston (influenza). [ref]
Mikhail Kirponos
Soviet general (1892-1941).
Born January 12th, 1892 in Vertiivka.
Died September 20th, 1941 at 49 years old (gunshot wound).
Evelyn Underhill
British mystic, poet, and novelist (1875–1941).
Born December 6th, 1875 in Wolverhampton.
Died June 15th, 1941 at 65 years old in London (cerebral hemorrhage).
Harry Micajah Daugherty
United states attorney general (1860-1941).
Born January 26th, 1860 in Fayette County.
Died October 12th, 1941 at 81 years old in Columbus.
Henri Lebesgue
French mathematician.
Born June 28th, 1875 in Beauvais. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1941 at 66 years old in Paris. [ref]
Maria Spiridonova
Russian terrorist and politician (1884-1941).
Born October 28th, 1884 in Tambov.
Died September 11th, 1941 at 56 years old in Oryol (gunshot wound).
Edwin Stanton Porter
American film pioneer (1870–1941).
Born April 21st, 1870 in Connellsville.
Died April 30th, 1941 at 71 years old in New York City.
Reed Owen Smoot
United states senator and lds apostle (1862–1941).
Born January 10th, 1862 in Salt Lake City.
Died February 9th, 1941 at 79 years old in St. Petersburg.
Sisowath Monivong
Cambodian king (1875–1941).
Born December 27th, 1875 in Phnom Penh. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1941 at 65 years old in Bokor Hill Station. [ref]
John Lavery
Irish artist (1856-1941).
Born March 20th, 1856 in Belfast.
Died January 10th, 1941 at 84 years old in Kilkenny (disease).
Christian Rakovsky
Soviet diplomat (1873-1941).
Born August 13th, 1873 in Kotel. [ref]
Died September 11th, 1941 at 68 years old in Oryol (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Paul Ogorzow
German serial killer (1912-1941).
Born September 29th, 1912 in Muntowo.
Died July 26th, 1941 at 28 years old in Plötzensee Prison (decapitation).
Émile Bernard
French painter (1868-1941).
Born April 28th, 1868 in Lille. [ref]
Died April 16th, 1941 at 72 years old in Paris. [ref]
Gaetano Mosca
Italian political scientist and journalist (1858–1941).
Born April 1st, 1858 in Palermo.
Died November 8th, 1941 at 83 years old in Rome.
Hans Berger
German neurologist (1873-1941).
Born May 21st, 1873 in Neuses. [ref]
Died June 1st, 1941 at 68 years old in Jena (hanging). [ref]
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière
German world war i u-boat commander (1866-1941).
Born March 18th, 1886 in Poznań.
Died February 24th, 1941 at 54 years old in Paris.
Alexej von Jawlensky
Russian painter (1865–1941).
Born March 26th, 1864 in Torzhok. [ref]
Died March 15th, 1941 at 76 years old in Wiesbaden. [ref]
Pál Teleki
Prime minister of hungary (1879–1941).
Born November 1st, 1879 in Budapest.
Died April 3rd, 1941 at 61 years old in Budapest (gunshot wound).
Sueo Ōe
Japanese pole vaulter (1914–1941).
Born August 2nd, 1914 in Maizuru.
Died December 24th, 1941 at 27 years old in Luzon.
Blind Boy Fuller
American blues guitarist and singer.
Born July 10th, 1907 in Anson County. [ref]
Died February 13th, 1941 at 33 years old in Durham. [ref]
Lancelot Holland
Royal navy admiral (1887-1941).
Born September 13th, 1887 in Middleton Cheney.
Died May 24th, 1941 at 53 years old in Denmark Strait.
Kurt Koffka
German psychologist (1886–1941).
Born March 18th, 1886 in Berlin.
Died November 22nd, 1941 at 55 years old in Northampton.
Tullio Levi-Civita
Italian mathematician and physicist (1873–1941).
Born March 29th, 1873 in Padua.
Died December 29th, 1941 at 68 years old in Rome.
Rudolf Hilferding
German politician (1877-1941).
Born August 10th, 1877 in Vienna. [ref]
Died February 11th, 1941 at 63 years old in Paris.
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You needn’t die happy when your time comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from the beginning to the end. Stephen King