In the year 1941
490 Notable deaths
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 L. Romuáldez
Philippine writer, lawyer and politician (1875-1941).
Born June 6th, 1875 in Burauen.
Died November 4th, 1941 at 66 years old in Palapag.
Viktor Dankl von Krasnik
Austro-hungarian general (1854-1941).
Born September 18th, 1854 in Udine.
Died January 8th, 1941 at 86 years old in Innsbruck.
Manuel Teixeira Gomes
Portuguese politician and writer (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 Anastasivka.
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 (1905–1921).
Born August 29th, 1905 in Juva.
Died November 5th, 1941 at 36 years old in Kalevalsky District (execution by shooting).
Arthur Foljambe, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
Viceroy, governor of new zealand (1870-1941).
Born May 27th, 1870 in Eastbourne.
Died May 15th, 1941 at 70 years old in Canwick Hall.
Georg John
German stage and film actor (1879-1941).
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 (1887–1941).
Born May 16th, 1887 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 20th, 1941 at 54 years old in Tallinn, Tartu (myocardial infarction).
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 11th, 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]
František Křižík
Czech engineer, entrepreneur and inventor (1847-1941).
Born July 8th, 1847 in Plánice. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 1941 at 93 years old in Stádlec. [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 December 6th, 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.
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Life without an ideal is spiritual death. Emma Goldman