In the year 1943
511 Notable deaths
Max von Schenckendorff
German general (1875–1943).
Born February 24th, 1875 in Prenzlau.
Died July 6th, 1943 at 68 years old in Karpacz.
Wilhelm Geiger
German orientalist and historian (1856–1943).
Born July 21st, 1856 in Nuremberg. [ref]
Died September 2nd, 1943 at 87 years old in Neubiberg. [ref]
Cecilia Loftus
British actress.
Born October 22nd, 1876 in Hutchesontown.
Died July 12th, 1943 at 66 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Günther Angern
German general and knight's cross recipient (1893–1943).
Born March 5th, 1893 in Kołobrzeg.
Died February 2nd, 1943 at 49 years old in Volgograd.
Robert Sherard
British writer (1861–1943).
Born December 3rd, 1861 in England.
Died January 30th, 1943 at 81 years old
Ben Tillett
British politician (1860-1943).
Born September 11th, 1860 in Bristol.
Died January 27th, 1943 at 82 years old
Nguyen An Ninh
Vietnamese writer, activist and revolutionary (1900–1943).
Born September 15th, 1900 in Cholon. [ref]
Died August 14th, 1943 at 42 years old in Côn Sơn Island.
Edward Bagnall Poulton
Evolutionary biologist (1856–1943).
Born January 27th, 1856 in Reading.
Died November 20th, 1943 at 87 years old
Fujishima Takeji
Japanese painter (1867-1943).
Born October 15th, 1867 in Ikenoue-chō. [ref]
Died March 19th, 1943 at 75 years old in Tokyo (intracranial hemorrhage).
Vittorio Sella
Italian photographer.
Born August 28th, 1859 in Biella. [ref]
Died August 12th, 1943 at 83 years old in Biella. [ref]
Charles Tate Regan
British zoologist (1878–1943).
Born February 1st, 1878 in Sherborne.
Died January 12th, 1943 at 64 years old
Johan Ludwig Mowinckel
16th prime minister of norway (1870–1943).
Born October 22nd, 1870 in Bergen.
Died September 30th, 1943 at 72 years old in New York City.
Berty Albrecht
French resistance fighter (1893–1943).
Born February 15th, 1893 in Marseille.
Died May 31st, 1943 at 50 years old in Fresnes (hanging to death).
Susan Stebbing
British philosopher (1885-1943).
Born December 2nd, 1885 in North Finchley.
Died September 11th, 1943 at 57 years old in London.
Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt
German general.
Born July 13th, 1887 in Perleberg.
Died May 9th, 1943 at 55 years old in Berlin.
Alexander von Hartmann
German general and knight's cross recipients (1890-1943).
Born December 11th, 1890 in Berlin.
Died January 26th, 1943 at 52 years old in Volgograd.
Aspazija
Latvian poet and playwright (1865–1943).
Born March 16th, 1865 in Mitava parish.
Died November 5th, 1943 at 78 years old in Dubulti.
Umetarō Suzuki
Japanese agricultural chemist (1874-1943).
Born April 7th, 1874 in Makinohara.
Died September 20th, 1943 at 69 years old in Keio University Hospital (bowel obstruction).
Arthur Rosenberg
German historian refugee from nazis because of jewish heritage (1889-1943).
Born December 19th, 1889 in Berlin.
Died February 7th, 1943 at 53 years old in New York City.
Anita Augspurg
German jurist, actress, writer, editor, and activist (1857-1943).
Born September 22nd, 1857 in Verden. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1943 at 86 years old in Zurich. [ref]
Tsezar Kunikov
Soviet naval officer.
Born June 23rd, 1909 in Rostov-on-Don.
Died February 14th, 1943 at 33 years old in Gelendzhik.
Mihailo Petrović
Serbian mathematician and philosopher.
Born May 6th, 1868 in Belgrade. [ref]
Died June 8th, 1943 at 75 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Charles McLean Andrews
American historian (1863–1943).
Born February 22nd, 1863 in Wethersfield.
Died September 9th, 1943 at 80 years old in New Haven.
Attila Petschauer
Hungarian fencer (1904–1943).
Born December 14th, 1904 in Budapest.
Died January 20th, 1943 at 38 years old in Davidovka concentration camp (hypothermia). [ref]
Deaths 251 to 275 of 511
For some moments in life there are no words. David Seltzer