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In the year 1943
511 Notable deaths
Alexander Schmorell
Active within the white rose non-violent resistance group in nazi germany.
Born September 16th, 1917 in Orenburg.
Died July 13th, 1943 at 25 years old in Munich (decapitation).
Chaïm Soutine
Belarusian-french painter (1893–1943).
Born January 13th, 1893 in Smilavičy.
Died August 9th, 1943 at 50 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (stomach cancer).
Laurence Binyon
English poet, dramatist, and art scholar (1869-1943).
Born August 10th, 1869 in Lancaster. [ref]
Died March 10th, 1943 at 73 years old in Reading. [ref]
Howard Atwood Kelly
American academic and gynecologist (1858–1943).
Born February 20th, 1858 in Camden.
Died January 12th, 1943 at 84 years old in Baltimore.
Arthur Streeton
Australian landscape impressionist (1867-1943).
Born April 8th, 1867 in Duneed.
Died September 1st, 1943 at 76 years old in Olinda.
Pieter Zeeman
Dutch physicist (1865-1943).
Born May 25th, 1865 in Zonnemaire. [ref]
Died October 9th, 1943 at 78 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
Maurice Denis
French painter (1870–1943).
Born November 25th, 1870 in Granville.
Died November 13th, 1943 at 72 years old in Hôpital Cochin (struck by vehicle).
Ignaz Trebitsch-Lincoln
British politician (1879-1943).
Died October 7th, 1943 at 64 years old in Shanghai.
Jimmy Barry
American boxer (1870–1943).
Born March 7th, 1870 in Chicago.
Died April 4th, 1943 at 73 years old in Chicago.
Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia
Russian noble, titled grand duke (1877–1943).
Born November 24th, 1877 in Saint Petersburg.
Died November 9th, 1943 at 65 years old in Paris (disease).
Otto Jespersen
Danish linguist (1860-1943).
Born July 16th, 1860 in Randers. [ref]
Died April 30th, 1943 at 82 years old in Roskilde. [ref]
Daisy, Princess of Pless
British socialite born in wales.
Born June 18th, 1873 in Ruthin Castle.
Died June 29th, 1943 at 70 years old in Wałbrzych.
Wilhelm Kube
German politician and nazi official (1887-1943).
Born November 13th, 1887 in Głogów.
Died September 22nd, 1943 at 55 years old in Minsk (explosive device).
Prince Georg of Bavaria
Bavarian prince.
Born April 2nd, 1880 in Munich.
Died May 31st, 1943 at 63 years old in Rome.
Leonard Darwin
Son of charles darwin (1850-1943).
Born January 15th, 1850 in Downe. [ref]
Died March 26th, 1943 at 93 years old in London. [ref]
Henrik Pontoppidan
Writer, nobel laureate.
Born July 24th, 1857 in Fredericia. [ref]
Died August 21st, 1943 at 86 years old in Ordrup. [ref]
Vito Cascio Ferro
Member of the sicilian mafia (1862–1943).
Born January 22nd, 1862 in Palermo.
Died September 20th, 1943 at 81 years old in Palermo.
Abdelaziz of Morocco
Sultan of morocco (1878-1943).
Born February 24th, 1878 in Marrakesh.
Died June 10th, 1943 at 65 years old in Tangier.
Ludwig von Reuter
German admiral (1869–1943).
Born February 9th, 1869 in Guben.
Died December 18th, 1943 at 74 years old in Potsdam.
Lin Sen
Chairman of the national government of china (1868-1943).
Born March 16th, 1868 in Minhou County.
Died August 1st, 1943 at 75 years old in Chongqing (traffic collision).
Dmitry Ilyich Ulyanov
Russian revolutionary (1874-1943).
Born August 16th, 1874 in Ulyanovsk.
Died July 16th, 1943 at 68 years old in Gorki Leninskiye.
Ruth Belville
British businesswoman (1854–1943).
Born March 5th, 1854 in Greenwich.
Died December 7th, 1943 at 89 years old in Beddington (carbon monoxide poisoning).
Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
German prince.
Born August 24th, 1909 in Reinhardsbrunn.
Died November 26th, 1943 at 34 years old in Velyki Mosty.
William Aberhart
Canadian politician (1878-1943).
Born December 30th, 1878 in Perth County.
Died May 23rd, 1943 at 64 years old in Vancouver.
Salvo D'Acquisto
Recipient of the gold medal of military valor and servant of god (1920–1943).
Born October 15th, 1920 in Naples.
Died September 23rd, 1943 at 22 years old in Fiumicino (gunshot wound).
Deaths 76 to 100 of 511
It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson