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In the year 1941
447 Notable deaths
Joachim Gottschalk
German actor (1904–1941).
Born April 10th, 1904 in Calau.
Died November 6th, 1941 at 37 years old in Berlin (asphyxia).
Arndt Pekurinen
Finnish pacifist.
Born August 29th, 1905 in Juva.
Died November 5th, 1941 at 36 years old in Kalevalsky District (execution by shooting).
Georg John
1879–1941; german stage and film actor.
Born July 23rd, 1879 in Śmigiel.
Died November 18th, 1941 at 62 years old in Łódź Ghetto.
Huseyn Javid
Azerbaijani poet and playwright (1882-1941).
Born October 24th, 1882 in Nakhchivan.
Died December 5th, 1941 at 59 years old in Tayshetsky District (sepsis, political repression).
Elwyn Roy King
Fighter ace in the australian flying corps (afc) during world war i.
Born April 13th, 1894 in Bathurst.
Died November 28th, 1941 at 47 years old in Point Cook.
Igor Severyanin
Russian poet.
Born May 16th, 1887 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1941 at 54 years old in Tallinn (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Herwarth Walden
German artist and art collector (1878-1941).
Born September 16th, 1879 in Berlin. [ref]
Died October 31st, 1941 at 62 years old in Saratov. [ref]
Rodolfo Amoedo
Brazilian painter, draftsman, teacher and decorator (1857-1941).
Born December 12th, 1857 in Salvador.
Died May 31st, 1941 at 83 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Vladimir Ćorović
Serbian historian (1885–1941).
Born October 15th, 1885 in Mostar.
Died April 16th, 1941 at 55 years old in Greece (aircraft crash).
Giuseppe Tellera
Italian general (1882–1941).
Born March 14th, 1882 in Bologna.
Died February 7th, 1941 at 58 years old in Ajdabiya.
Gabriel Péri
French journalist and politician (1902-1941).
Born February 9th, 1902 in Toulon. [ref]
Died December 15th, 1941 at 39 years old in Fort Mont-Valérien (gunshot wound). [ref]
Milka Ternina
Croatian opera singer (1863-1941).
Born December 19th, 1863 in Vezišće.
Died May 18th, 1941 at 77 years old in Zagreb.
Richard Carle
American actor and playwright (1871-1941).
Born July 7th, 1871 in Somerville.
Died June 28th, 1941 at 69 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Alexander Vvedensky
Russian poet with formidable influence on "unofficial" and avant-garde art during and after the times of the soviet union.
Born February 1st, 1904 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 20th, 1941 at 37 years old in Kazan (pleurisy).
Kuki Shūzō
Japanese philosopher (1888–1941).
Born February 15th, 1888 in Tokyo.
Died May 6th, 1941 at 53 years old in Kyoto.
Lola Ridge
Irish-american poet (1873-1941).
Born December 12th, 1873 in Dublin.
Died May 19th, 1941 at 67 years old in Brooklyn.
David Raziel
One of the founder of irgun (1910–1941).
Born December 19th, 1910 in Smarhon.
Died May 20th, 1941 at 30 years old in Baghdad.
Alfred Hettner
German geomorphologist.
Born August 6th, 1859 in Dresden.
Died August 31st, 1941 at 82 years old in Heidelberg.
Charles Murray
American film actor of the silent era (1872-1941).
Born June 22nd, 1872 in Laurel.
Died July 29th, 1941 at 69 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia).
Karel Hašler
Czech songwriter and actor (1879–1941).
Born October 31st, 1879 in Zlíchov. [ref]
Died December 22nd, 1941 at 62 years old in Mauthausen concentration camp (torture). [ref]
Otto Strandman
Estonian politician (1875–1941).
Born November 30th, 1875 in Undla Rural Municipality.
Died February 16th, 1941 at 65 years old in Kadrina (gunshot wound).
Kost Levytsky
Ukrainian politician (1859-1941).
Born November 18th, 1859 in Tysmenytsia. [ref]
Died November 12th, 1941 at 81 years old in Lviv.
Purnell Pratt
American actor (1885–1941).
Born October 20th, 1878 in Bethel.
Died July 25th, 1941 at 62 years old in Hollywood.
Mischa Levitzki
Russian-born american concert pianist (1898–1941).
Born January 12th, 1898 in Kremenchuk.
Died January 2nd, 1941 at 42 years old in New Jersey.
Paul von Hintze
German admiral (1864-1941).
Born February 13th, 1864 in Schwedt/Oder.
Died August 19th, 1941 at 77 years old in Merano.
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