In the year 1943
550 Notable deaths
Jan Campert
Dutch poet (1902-1943).
Born August 15th, 1902 in Spijkenisse.
Died January 12th, 1943 at 40 years old in Neuengamme concentration camp.
Kiyotsugu Hirayama
Japanese astronomer (1874-1943).
Born October 13th, 1874 in Sendai.
Died April 8th, 1943 at 68 years old in Tokyo.
Gerard De Geer
Swedish geologist (1858-1943).
Born October 2nd, 1858 in Klara Church Parish.
Died July 24th, 1943 at 84 years old in Saltsjöbaden Parish.
Friedrich Hartogs
German mathematician (1874–1943).
Born May 20th, 1874 in Brussels.
Died August 18th, 1943 at 69 years old in Munich (intoxication).
Charles West
American film actor of the silent era (1885-1943).
Born November 30th, 1885 in Pittsburgh.
Died October 10th, 1943 at 57 years old in Los Angeles.
Theodor Berkelmann
German general (1894–1943).
Born April 17th, 1894 in Metz.
Died December 27th, 1943 at 49 years old in Poznań (brain cancer).
Stefan Bryła
Polish civil engineer (1886-1943).
Born August 17th, 1886 in Kraków.
Died December 3rd, 1943 at 57 years old in Warsaw (execution by shooting).
Leon Rodal
Polish journalist.
Born January 29th, 1913 in Kielce.
Died May 6th, 1943 at 30 years old in Warsaw.
Anthonie Cornelis Oudemans
Dutch zoologist (1858–1943).
Born November 12th, 1858 in Jakarta.
Died January 14th, 1943 at 84 years old in Arnhem.
George Hillyard
British tennis player (1864-1943).
Born February 6th, 1864 in Hanwell.
Died March 24th, 1943 at 79 years old in Pulborough.
Henri Antoine Jules-Bois
French occult writer (1868–1943).
Born September 28th, 1868 in Marseille.
Died July 2nd, 1943 at 74 years old in New York City (cancer).
Augusta Stowe-Gullen
Canadian physician and suffragette (1857–1943).
Born July 27th, 1857 in Mount Pleasant.
Died September 25th, 1943 at 86 years old in Toronto. [ref]
Eustáquio van Lieshout
Dutch priest and pastor in brazil.
Born November 3rd, 1890 in Aarle-Rixtel.
Died August 30th, 1943 at 52 years old in Belo Horizonte (animal attack).
James P. Hogan
Director (1890-1943).
Born September 21st, 1890 in Lowell.
Died November 4th, 1943 at 53 years old in North Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Pierre-Georges Latécoère
Aviation pioneer and creator of aeropostale (1883-1943).
Born August 25th, 1883 in Bagnères-de-Bigorre.
Died August 10th, 1943 at 59 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Ulyana Gromova
Member of the soviet underground resistance in world war ii.
Born January 3rd, 1924 in Krasnodon.
Died January 16th, 1943 at 19 years old in Krasnodon.
Johanna Elberskirchen
German writer (1864-1943).
Born April 11th, 1864 in Bonn.
Died May 17th, 1943 at 79 years old in Rüdersdorf bei Berlin.
Guillermo Valencia Castillo
Colombian poet (1873-1943).
Born October 10th, 1873 in Popayán.
Died July 8th, 1943 at 69 years old in Popayán.
Jean Alavoine
French cyclist.
Born April 1st, 1888 in Roubaix.
Died July 18th, 1943 at 55 years old in Argenteuil (traffic collision).
Hans Junkermann
German actor (1872-1943).
Born February 24th, 1872 in Stuttgart.
Died June 12th, 1943 at 71 years old in Berlin.
René de Saussure
Swiss mathematician and esperantist (1868-1943).
Born March 17th, 1868 in Geneva.
Died December 2nd, 1943 at 75 years old in Bern.
Rosa Manus
Dutch pacifist and female suffragist (1881–1943).
Born August 20th, 1881 in Amsterdam.
Died April 28th, 1943 at 61 years old in Oświęcim, Bernburg, Ravensbrück concentration camp.
Adolf Paul
Swedish writer (1863–1943).
Born January 6th, 1863 in Brommö.
Died October 5th, 1943 at 80 years old in Berlin.
Frank Schlesinger
United states astronomer (1871-1943).
Born May 11th, 1871 in New York City.
Died July 10th, 1943 at 72 years old in Old Lyme.
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Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. Henry David Thoreau