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In the year 1943
550 Notable deaths
Vahida Maglajlić
Yugoslav partisan.
Born April 17th, 1907 in Banja Luka. [ref]
Died April 1st, 1943 at 35 years old in Mala Krupska Rujiška. [ref]
Charles Bennett
American actor (1889-1943).
Born March 11th, 1889 in Dunedin.
Died February 15th, 1943 at 53 years old in Hollywood.
Kate Price
Irish-american actress (1872-1943).
Born February 13th, 1872 in Cork.
Died January 4th, 1943 at 70 years old in Woodland Hills.
Henri Focillon
French art historian (1881-1943).
Born September 7th, 1881 in Dijon.
Died March 3rd, 1943 at 61 years old in New Haven.
James Hubert Price
American politician (1878-1943).
Born September 7th, 1878 in Greenbrier County.
Died November 22nd, 1943 at 65 years old in Richmond.
Qazim Koculi
Albanian politician (1887–1943).
Born August 22nd, 1887 in Kocul.
Died January 2nd, 1943 at 55 years old in Vlorë.
Eugen Lovinescu
Romanian writer and academic (1881–1943).
Born October 31st, 1881 in Fălticeni.
Died July 16th, 1943 at 61 years old in Bucharest.
José Gil Fortoul
Venezuelan politician, writer and historian (1861–1943).
Born November 25th, 1861 in Barquisimeto.
Died June 15th, 1943 at 81 years old in Caracas.
Theodor Wolff
German writer (1868-1943).
Born August 2nd, 1868 in Berlin. [ref]
Died September 23rd, 1943 at 75 years old in Jewish Hospital Berlin.
Andres Larka
Estonian military personnel and politician (1879-1943).
Born March 5th, 1879 in Pilistvere.
Died January 8th, 1943 at 63 years old in Kirov Oblast.
Gustave De Smet
Belgian painter (1877-1943).
Born January 21st, 1877 in Ghent. [ref]
Died October 8th, 1943 at 66 years old in Sint-Martens-Latem. [ref]
Anna Dresden-Polak
Dutch gymnast (1906-1943).
Born November 24th, 1906 in Amsterdam.
Died July 23rd, 1943 at 36 years old in Sobibór Extermination Camp.
Rihard Jakopič
Slovenian painter (1869-1943).
Born April 12th, 1869 in Ljubljana.
Died April 21st, 1943 at 74 years old in Ljubljana.
George Cooper
Actor (1892-1943).
Born December 12th, 1892 in Newark.
Died December 9th, 1943 at 50 years old in Sawtelle.
William Fogg Osgood
American mathematician (1864–1943).
Born March 10th, 1864 in Boston. [ref]
Died July 22nd, 1943 at 79 years old in Belmont. [ref]
Willoughby James Hamilton
Irish tennis and badminton player (1864–1943).
Born December 9th, 1864 in Monasterevin.
Died September 27th, 1943 at 78 years old in Dundrum. [ref]
Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli
Azerbaijani writer and politician (1887-1943).
Born September 12th, 1887 in Shusha.
Died January 3rd, 1943 at 55 years old in Unzhlag.
Bayard Veiller
Screenwriter (1869–1943).
Born January 2nd, 1869 in Brooklyn.
Died January 16th, 1943 at 74 years old in New York City.
Wilhelm Schlenk
German chemist (1879-1943).
Born March 22nd, 1879 in Munich.
Died April 29th, 1943 at 64 years old in Tübingen.
Max Beer
German academic (1864-1943).
Born August 10th, 1864 in Tarnobrzeg.
Died April 30th, 1943 at 78 years old in London (tuberculosis).
Leo Smit
Dutch musician (1900–1943).
Born May 14th, 1900 in Amsterdam.
Died April 30th, 1943 at 42 years old in Sobibór Extermination Camp.
Bertha Lamme
American engineer.
Born December 16th, 1869 in Bethel Township.
Died November 20th, 1943 at 73 years old in Pittsburgh.
Gisela Januszewska
Austrian physician (1867–1943).
Born January 22nd, 1867 in Drnovice.
Died March 2nd, 1943 at 76 years old in Theresienstadt concentration camp (genocide).
Josef Szombathy
Austro-hungarian archaeologist (1853–1943).
Born June 11th, 1853 in Vienna.
Died November 9th, 1943 at 90 years old in Vienna.
Gustav Schmidt
German general and knight's cross recipient (1894-1943).
Born April 24th, 1894 in Weimar, Karsdorf.
Died August 7th, 1943 at 49 years old in Darmstadt, Beryozovka, Borisovsky District, Belgorod Oblast.
Deaths 301 to 325 of 550
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