In the year 1943

511 Notable deaths

Lorenz Hart

American lyricist.

Born May 2nd, 1895 in Harlem. [ref]

Died November 22nd, 1943 at 48 years old in New York City (pneumonia). [ref]

Franz Jägerstätter

Austrian martyr and conscientious objector.

Born May 20th, 1907 in Sankt Radegund. [ref]

Died August 9th, 1943 at 36 years old in Brandenburg-Görden Prison (guillotine). [ref]

Jean Moulin

French resistance fighter and civil servant (1899-1943).

Born June 20th, 1899 in Béziers. [ref]

Died July 8th, 1943 at 44 years old in Metz (torture). [ref]

Ashraf Ali Thanwi

Indian muslim scholar.

Born August 19th, 1863 in Thana Bhawan.

Died July 20th, 1943 at 79 years old in Thana Bhawan. [ref]

Nikolai Vavilov

Russian (soviet) agronomist, botanist and geneticist (1887-1943).

Born November 25th, 1887 in Moscow.

Died January 26th, 1943 at 55 years old in Saratov (starvation).

Władysław Sikorski

Polish military and political leader (1881-1943).

Born May 20th, 1881 in Tuszów Narodowy.

Died July 4th, 1943 at 62 years old in Gibraltar (1943 Gibraltar B-24 crash).

Lepa Radić

Serbian communist partisan (1925-1943).

Born December 19th, 1925 in Gašnica.

Died February 8th, 1943 at 17 years old in Bosanska Krupa (hanging to death). [ref]

Hans Scholl

German pacifist, executed by nazi germany (1918-1943).

Born September 22nd, 1918 in Ingersheim an der Jagst.

Died February 22nd, 1943 at 24 years old in Munich Prison (decapitation).

Prince Christoph of Hesse-Kassel

German air force officer (1901-1943).

Born May 14th, 1901 in Frankfurt am Main.

Died October 7th, 1943 at 42 years old in Forlì.

Franceska Mann

Polish dancer.

Born February 4th, 1917 in Warsaw.

Died October 23rd, 1943 at 26 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp.

Helen Herron Taft

First lady to william howard taft (1861-1943).

Born June 2nd, 1861 in Cincinnati.

Died May 22nd, 1943 at 81 years old in Washington, D.C..

Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

Member of the british royal family, british army officer (1914-1943).

Born August 9th, 1914 in Mayfair.

Died April 26th, 1943 at 28 years old in Ottawa (hypothermia).

Gregoria de Jesús

First lady of the philippines (1875-1943).

Born May 9th, 1875 in Caloocan.

Died March 15th, 1943 at 67 years old in Manila.

Dwight Frye

Actor (1899-1943).

Born February 22nd, 1899 in Kansas.

Died November 7th, 1943 at 44 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).

Sophie Taeuber-Arp

Swiss artist (1889–1943).

Born January 19th, 1889 in Davos.

Died January 13th, 1943 at 53 years old in Zurich (carbon monoxide poisoning).

Charlotte Salomon

German-jewish artist and holocaust victim (1917–1943).

Born April 16th, 1917 in Berlin. [ref]

Died October 12th, 1943 at 26 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp. [ref]

Lydia Litvyak

Soviet flying ace.

Born August 18th, 1921 in Moscow. [ref]

Died August 1st, 1943 at 21 years old in Donbas (killed in action).

Oskar Schlemmer

German painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer (1888-1943).

Born September 4th, 1888 in Stuttgart. [ref]

Died April 13th, 1943 at 54 years old in Baden-Baden. [ref]

Beatrice Webb

English sociologist, economist, socialist, and social reformer (1858–1943).

Born January 22nd, 1858 in Standish.

Died April 30th, 1943 at 85 years old in Liphook.

Radclyffe Hall

British poet and author.

Born August 12th, 1880 in Bournemouth.

Died October 7th, 1943 at 63 years old in London (colorectal cancer).

R. G. Collingwood

British historian and philosopher (1889–1943).

Born February 22nd, 1889 in Cartmel Fell.

Died January 9th, 1943 at 53 years old in Coniston.

W. W. JOSE

English author of short stories and novels.

Born September 8th, 1863 in Wapping. [ref]

Died September 1st, 1943 at 79 years old in Islington. [ref]

Willem Arondeus

Dutch painter and writer.

Born August 22nd, 1894 in Naarden. [ref]

Died July 1st, 1943 at 48 years old in Haarlem (ballistic trauma, execution). [ref]

Max Reinhardt

Theatre director and actor (1873-1943).

Born September 9th, 1873 in Baden.

Died October 31st, 1943 at 70 years old in New York City (stroke).

Elinor Glyn

British novelist and scriptwriter (1864-1943).

Born October 17th, 1864 in Saint Helier.

Died September 23rd, 1943 at 78 years old in London.

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Man always thinks about the past before he dies, as if he were frantically searching for proof that he truly lived. Jet Black