In the year 1941
490 Notable deaths
Martin Linge
Norwegian actor and military commander (1894-1941).
Born December 11th, 1894 in Norddal Municipality.
Died December 27th, 1941 at 47 years old in Måløy.
Hjalmar Söderberg
Swedish writer.
Born July 2nd, 1869 in Stockholm. [ref]
Died October 14th, 1941 at 72 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
Infanta Maria das Neves of Portugal
Portuguese infanta (1852–1941).
Born August 5th, 1852 in Kleinheubach.
Died February 14th, 1941 at 88 years old in Vienna.
Engelbert Endrass
German navy officer and world war ii u-boat commander.
Born March 2nd, 1911 in Bamberg.
Died December 21st, 1941 at 30 years old in Atlantic Ocean. [ref]
Grigori Shtern
Soviet general (1900–1941).
Born August 6th, 1900 in Smila.
Died October 28th, 1941 at 41 years old in Samara.
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.
Died January 3rd, 1941 at 85 years old in Monthyon.
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 (1924–1941).
Born April 26th, 1924 in 18th arrondissement of Paris.
Died October 22nd, 1941 at 17 years old in Châteaubriant (gunshot wound, execution by shooting).
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 (1869–1941).
Born September 6th, 1869 in Oswestry.
Died March 11th, 1941 at 71 years old in Wrington.
Minakata Kumagusu
Japanese mycologist, biologist and writer (1867-1941).
Born May 18th, 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.
Died June 25th, 1941 at 90 years old in Zurich.
Luigi Capello
Italian general.
Born April 14th, 1859 in Intra.
Died June 25th, 1941 at 82 years old in Rome.
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Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities. George R.R. Martin