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In the year 1941
490 Notable deaths
Issai Schur
German mathematician (1875–1941).
Born January 10th, 1876 in Mogilev.
Died January 10th, 1941 at 65 years old in Jaffa.
Maximilien Luce
French painter (1858-1941).
Born March 13th, 1858 in Paris.
Died February 6th, 1941 at 82 years old in Paris.
Helen Morgan
American jazz singer and actress (1900–1941).
Born August 2nd, 1900 in Danville.
Died October 8th, 1941 at 41 years old in Chicago (liver cirrhosis). [ref]
Emine Nazikeda Kadınefendi
Wife of ottoman sultan mehmed vi (1866–1941).
Born October 9th, 1866 in Sukhumi.
Died April 4th, 1941 at 74 years old in Maadi.
Adna R. Chaffee Jr.
United states army general (1884–1941).
Born September 23rd, 1884 in Junction City.
Died August 22nd, 1941 at 56 years old in Massachusetts General Hospital (cancer).
Dorothy Wilde
British writer (1895-1941).
Born July 11th, 1895 in London.
Died April 10th, 1941 at 45 years old in England.
Joachim Schepke
German world war ii u-boat commander (1912-1941).
Born March 8th, 1912 in Flensburg.
Died March 17th, 1941 at 29 years old in Atlantic Ocean.
Ivan Panfilov
Soviet general (1892–1941).
Born January 1st, 1893 in Petrovsk.
Died November 18th, 1941 at 48 years old in Gusenevo.
Natalie of Serbia
Serbian queen (1859–1941).
Born May 15th, 1859 in Florence.
Died September 8th, 1941 at 82 years old in Saint-Denis.
Paul Sabatier
French chemist (1854–1941).
Born November 5th, 1854 in Carcassonne.
Died August 14th, 1941 at 86 years old in Toulouse.
Morris Sheppard
United states senator from texas (1875-1941).
Born May 28th, 1875 in Morris County.
Died April 9th, 1941 at 65 years old in Washington, D.C..
Lazăr Edeleanu
Romanian chemist (1861–1941).
Born September 1st, 1861 in Bucharest. [ref]
Died April 7th, 1941 at 79 years old in Bucharest. [ref]
Hermann Kriebel
German politician (1876-1941).
Born January 20th, 1876 in Germersheim.
Died February 16th, 1941 at 65 years old in Munich.
Abd-ru-shin
Author of grail message (1875-1941).
Born April 18th, 1875 in Bischofswerda.
Died December 6th, 1941 at 66 years old in Kipsdorf.
Parvin E'tesami
Iranian poet (1907–1941).
Born March 16th, 1907 in Tabriz.
Died April 5th, 1941 at 34 years old in Tehran.
Mario García Menocal
Cuban statesman; president of cuba (1866-1941).
Born December 17th, 1866 in Jagüey Grande. [ref]
Died September 7th, 1941 at 74 years old in Santiago de Cuba.
Andrew Jackson Houston
American politician (1854-1941).
Born June 21st, 1854 in Independence.
Died June 26th, 1941 at 87 years old in Baltimore.
Felipe Agoncillo
Filipino politician (1859-1941).
Died September 29th, 1941 at 82 years old in Manila.
May Ziadeh
Lebanese-palestinian writer (1886-1941).
Born February 11th, 1886 in Nazareth.
Died October 17th, 1941 at 55 years old in Cairo.
Hans Adolf Eduard Driesch
German philosopher and biologist (1867 - 1941).
Born October 28th, 1867 in Bad Kreuznach. [ref]
Died April 16th, 1941 at 73 years old in Leipzig. [ref]
Kei Okami
Japanese physician.
Born September 11th, 1859 in Aomori Prefecture. [ref]
Died September 2nd, 1941 at 81 years old in Tokyo (breast cancer). [ref]
Chu Berry
American musician (1908–1941).
Born September 13th, 1908 in Wheeling.
Died October 30th, 1941 at 33 years old in Conneaut (car collision).
Lev Dovator
Soviet major general (1903–1941).
Born February 20th, 1903 in Chocina.
Died December 21st, 1941 at 38 years old in Ruzsky Municipal Okrug.
Tom Mann
Organiser and public speaker in the labour movement in england and australia (1856–1941).
Born April 15th, 1856 in London Borough of Lewisham.
Died March 13th, 1941 at 84 years old
Arkady Gaidar
Soviet children's writer (1904–1941).
Born January 22nd, 1904 in Lgov.
Died October 26th, 1941 at 37 years old in Lipliave. [ref]
Deaths 101 to 125 of 490
Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die. Amelia Burr