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In the year 1941
447 Notable deaths
Carrie Matilda Derick
Canadian botanist and geneticist (1862-1941).
Born January 14th, 1862 in Clarenceville.
Died November 10th, 1941 at 79 years old
Henri Cornet
French racing cyclist.
Born August 4th, 1884 in Desvres. [ref]
Died March 18th, 1941 at 56 years old in Prunay-le-Gillon.
Ernst, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen
Prinz von sachsen-meiningen, germany; painter, prussian colonel (1859-1941).
Born September 27th, 1859 in Meiningen.
Died December 29th, 1941 at 82 years old in Altenstein Palace.
Teseo Tesei
Italian naval officer and inventor (1909-1941).
Born January 3rd, 1909 in Marina di Campo.
Died July 26th, 1941 at 32 years old in Malta.
Clarence Wilson
American actor (1876-1941).
Born November 17th, 1876 in Cincinnati.
Died October 5th, 1941 at 64 years old in Hollywood.
Yefim Fomin
Soviet political commissar (1909–1941).
Born January 15th, 1909 in Kalyshki.
Died June 30th, 1941 at 32 years old in Brest (gunshot wound). [ref]
Leo Deutsch
Russian politician (1855–1941).
Born September 26th, 1855 in Tulchyn.
Died August 4th, 1941 at 85 years old in Moscow.
Elsie Clews Parsons
American anthropologist (1875-1941).
Born November 27th, 1875 in New York City.
Died December 19th, 1941 at 66 years old in New York City.
Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński
Polish writer and translator (1874–1941).
Born December 21st, 1874 in Warsaw.
Died July 4th, 1941 at 66 years old in Lviv (gunshot wound).
Filipp Makharadze
Georgian soviet politician.
Born March 9th, 1868 in Gonebiskari.
Died December 10th, 1941 at 73 years old in Tbilisi.
Bob Crompton
English footballer (1879–1941).
Born September 26th, 1879 in Blackburn.
Died March 16th, 1941 at 61 years old in Blackburn.
Menachem Ussishkin
Jewish politician.
Born August 14th, 1863 in Dubroŭna.
Died October 2nd, 1941 at 78 years old in Jerusalem.
Carl Friedrich von Siemens
German businessman (1872-1941).
Born September 5th, 1872 in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf.
Died July 8th, 1941 at 68 years old in Neu Fahrland.
Guido Adler
Austrian musicologist, writer (1855–1941).
Born November 1st, 1855 in Ivančice. [ref]
Died February 15th, 1941 at 85 years old in Vienna. [ref]
José Quiñones Gonzales
Peruvian air force general (1914-1941).
Born April 22nd, 1914 in Pimentel.
Died July 23rd, 1941 at 27 years old in Ecuador.
Mihály Babits
Hungarian poet, translator (1883-1941).
Born November 26th, 1883 in Szekszárd.
Died August 5th, 1941 at 57 years old in Budapest (laryngeal cancer). [ref]
Mustafa Shokay
Kazakhstani politician (1890–1941).
Born December 25th, 1890 in Kyzylorda.
Died December 27th, 1941 at 51 years old in Berlin.
Oliver T. Marsh
American cinematographer (1893-1941).
Born January 30th, 1892 in Kansas City.
Died May 5th, 1941 at 49 years old in Hollywood.
Louis Marcoussis
French painter and engraver (1878-1941).
Born November 14th, 1878 in Warsaw.
Died October 22nd, 1941 at 62 years old in Cusset.
Norberto Romuáldez
Filipino politician and writer (1875-1941).
Born June 6th, 1875 in Burauen.
Died November 4th, 1941 at 66 years old in Palapag.
Viktor Dankl von Krasnik
Austrian general (1854-1941).
Born September 18th, 1854 in Udine.
Died January 8th, 1941 at 86 years old in Innsbruck.
Manuel Teixeira Gomes
President of portugal (1860-1941).
Born May 27th, 1860 in Portimão.
Died October 18th, 1941 at 81 years old in Béjaïa.
Bodil Rosing
American actress (1877-1941).
Born December 27th, 1877 in Copenhagen.
Died December 31st, 1941 at 64 years old in Hollywood.
Fritz Grünbaum
Austrian cabaret artist, art collector and holocaust victim (1880–1941).
Died January 14th, 1941 at 60 years old in Dachau concentration camp.
Yekaterina Zelenko
Soviet su-2 pilot.
Born September 14th, 1916 in Koroshchino.
Died September 12th, 1941 at 24 years old in Romny Raion.
Deaths 176 to 200 of 447
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