In the year 1941
490 Notable deaths
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.
Carrie Matilda Derick
Canadian botanist and geneticist (1862-1941).
Born January 14th, 1862 in Clarenceville.
Died November 10th, 1941 at 79 years old
Aribert Mog
German actor (1904–1941).
Born August 3rd, 1904 in Berlin. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 1941 at 37 years old in Soviet Union.
Henri Cornet
French racing cyclist (1884–1941).
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]
Lew Fields
American actor, comedian, vaudeville star, theatre manager, and producer (1867-1941).
Born January 1st, 1867 in New York City, Beverly Hills.
Died July 20th, 1941 at 74 years old in Beverly Hills.
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 (1863–1941).
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.
Deaths 176 to 200 of 490
Neither the sun, nor death can be looked at steadily. François de La Rochefoucauld