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In the year 1941
447 Notable deaths
Henry Burr
Canadian singer, radio performer and producer (1882-1941).
Born January 15th, 1882 in St. Stephen.
Died April 6th, 1941 at 59 years old in Chicago (esophageal cancer).
Hamilton Harty
Irish composer, conductor, pianist and organist.
Born December 17th, 1880 in Royal Hillsborough.
Died February 19th, 1941 at 60 years old in Hove.
Kazimierz Bartel
Polish mathematician and politician (1882-1941).
Died July 26th, 1941 at 59 years old in Lviv.
Pavel Filonov
Russian painter and poet (1883-1941).
Born January 20th, 1883 in Moscow. [ref]
Died December 3rd, 1941 at 58 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Philippe Gaubert
French musician.
Born July 3rd, 1879 in Cahors.
Died July 8th, 1941 at 62 years old in Paris (stroke). [ref]
Stanley Fields
American actor (1883-1941).
Born May 20th, 1883 in Allegheny.
Died April 23rd, 1941 at 57 years old in Los Angeles.
Eugen Ritter von Schobert
German general (1883–1941).
Born March 13th, 1883 in Würzburg.
Died September 12th, 1941 at 58 years old in Mykolaiv.
Eugène Boch
Belgian painter (1855-1941).
Born September 1st, 1855 in La Louvière. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1941 at 85 years old in Monthyon. [ref]
Talaat Harb
Egyptian economist (1867-1941).
Born November 25th, 1867 in Al-Jamāliyah. [ref]
Died August 13th, 1941 at 73 years old in Cairo.
Károly Huszár
Hungarian politician (1882-1941).
Born September 10th, 1882 in Nussdorf.
Died October 29th, 1941 at 59 years old in Budapest.
Georgette Leblanc
French singer (1869–1941).
Born February 8th, 1869 in Rouen. [ref]
Died October 27th, 1941 at 72 years old in Le Cannet (cancer).
Guy Môquet
French resistance member.
Born April 26th, 1924 in 18th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died October 22nd, 1941 at 17 years old in Châteaubriant (ballistic trauma, execution by shooting). [ref]
Jacques Curie
French physicist.
Born October 28th, 1855 in Paris.
Died February 19th, 1941 at 85 years old in Montpellier. [ref]
George Pardee
Governor of california (1857-1941).
Born July 25th, 1857 in San Francisco.
Died September 1st, 1941 at 84 years old in Oakland.
Fritz Noether
German-born mathematician.
Born October 7th, 1884 in Erlangen.
Died September 10th, 1941 at 56 years old in Oryol (gunshot wound).
Walford Davies
British composer.
Born September 6th, 1869 in Oswestry. [ref]
Died March 11th, 1941 at 71 years old in Wrington. [ref]
Minakata Kumagusu
Japanese mycologist, biologist and writer (1867-1941).
Born April 15th, 1867 in Wakayama. [ref]
Died December 29th, 1941 at 74 years old in Tanabe.
Alfred Pringsheim
German jewish mathematician, art collector, patron of the arts and refugee from nazis (1850-1941).
Born September 2nd, 1850 in Oława. [ref]
Died June 25th, 1941 at 90 years old in Zürich. [ref]
Luigi Capello
Italian general.
Born April 14th, 1859 in Intra.
Died June 25th, 1941 at 82 years old in Rome.
Pavel Rychagov
Commander of the soviet air forces (1911–1941).
Born January 15th, 1911 in Moscow.
Died October 28th, 1941 at 30 years old in Samara.
Francis Meadow Sutcliffe
British photographer (1853–1941).
Born October 6th, 1853 in Bridlington. [ref]
Died May 31st, 1941 at 87 years old in Whitby. [ref]
Dayton Miller
American physicist (1866–1941).
Born March 13th, 1866 in Strongsville.
Died February 22nd, 1941 at 74 years old in Cleveland.
Franciszek Kleeberg
Polish general (1888–1941).
Born February 1st, 1888 in Ternopil.
Died April 5th, 1941 at 53 years old in Dresden.
Štefan Banič
Slovak inventor (1870-1941).
Born November 23rd, 1870 in Smolenice.
Died January 2nd, 1941 at 70 years old in Smolenice.
Deaths 151 to 175 of 447
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