In the year 1941
490 Notable deaths
Hanns Kerrl
Nazi minister for religion (1887-1941).
Born December 11th, 1887 in Fallersleben.
Died December 15th, 1941 at 54 years old in Paris.
Maurice Bavaud
Swiss assassin (1916-1941).
Born January 15th, 1916 in Neuchâtel.
Died May 14th, 1941 at 25 years old in Plötzensee Prison (decapitation). [ref]
Yakov Smushkevich
Soviet general of aviation.
Born April 14th, 1902 in Rokiškis.
Died October 28th, 1941 at 39 years old in Samara.
Simon Dubnow
Historian, writer, activist.
Born September 10th, 1860 in Mscislaŭ.
Died December 8th, 1941 at 81 years old in Riga.
Christian Sinding
Norwegian composer (1856–1941).
Born January 11th, 1856 in Kongsberg.
Died December 3rd, 1941 at 85 years old in Oslo.
George Abraham Grierson
Irish linguistic scholar and civil servant (1851–1941).
Born January 7th, 1851 in Glenageary.
Died March 9th, 1941 at 90 years old in Camberley.
William McGregor Paxton
American artist (1869–1941).
Born June 22nd, 1869 in Baltimore.
Died May 13th, 1941 at 71 years old in Boston (myocardial infarction).
Charles Émile Picard
French mathematician (1856-1941).
Born July 24th, 1856 in Paris.
Died December 11th, 1941 at 85 years old in Paris.
Charles Voysey
British architect and designer (1857–1941).
Born May 28th, 1857 in Hessle.
Died February 12th, 1941 at 83 years old in Winchester.
Nicolae Titulescu
Romanian diplomat and politician (1882–1941).
Born March 4th, 1882 in Craiova.
Died March 17th, 1941 at 59 years old in Cannes.
Pedro Aguirre Cerda
Chilean politician and president (1879-1941).
Born February 6th, 1879 in Pocuro.
Died November 25th, 1941 at 62 years old in Santiago (tuberculosis).
Nikolai Gastello
Hero of the soviet union.
Died June 26th, 1941 at 34 years old in Maladziečna District.
Ludwig Quidde
German politician (1858-1941).
Born March 23rd, 1858 in Bremen.
Died March 5th, 1941 at 82 years old in Geneva. [ref]
Peggy Shannon
American actress (1907–1941).
Born January 10th, 1910 in Pine Bluff.
Died May 11th, 1941 at 31 years old in North Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Frank Conrad
American electrical engineer (1874–1941).
Born May 4th, 1874 in Pittsburgh.
Died December 11th, 1941 at 67 years old in Miami.
Sergei Efron
Officer of the white army; russian and soviet publicist, writer, nkvd agent (1893–1941).
Born October 11th, 1893 in Moscow.
Died October 16th, 1941 at 48 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Princess Sophie of Luxembourg
Luxembourgian princess (1902–1941).
Born February 14th, 1902 in Colmar-Berg.
Died May 24th, 1941 at 39 years old in Munich (pneumonia).
Dmitry Lavrinenko
Soviet tank commander (1914–1941).
Born October 14th, 1914 in Krasnodar.
Died December 18th, 1941 at 27 years old in Volokolamsky District.
Victor Schertzinger
American composer, film director, film producer, and screenwriter (1888-1941).
Born April 8th, 1888 in Mahanoy City.
Died October 26th, 1941 at 53 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Henry Justice Ford
British artist (1860–1941).
Born February 5th, 1860 in London.
Died November 19th, 1941 at 81 years old in Shardlow.
Penelope Delta
Greek children's writer (1874–1941).
Born April 24th, 1874 in Alexandria.
Died May 2nd, 1941 at 67 years old in Athens (intoxication).
William Zebina Ripley
American academic (1867–1941).
Born October 13th, 1867 in Medford.
Died August 16th, 1941 at 73 years old in Edgecomb.
Kurt Hensel
German mathematician (1861–1941).
Born December 29th, 1861 in Königsberg.
Died June 1st, 1941 at 79 years old in Marburg.
Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin
British politician (1866-1941).
Born November 8th, 1866 in Little Missenden.
Died May 23rd, 1941 at 74 years old in Birmingham (myocardial infarction).
Pat Harrison
American politician (1881-1941).
Born August 29th, 1881 in Crystal Springs.
Died June 22nd, 1941 at 59 years old in Washington, D.C..
Deaths 126 to 150 of 490
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