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In the year 1943
511 Notable deaths
Spencer Charters
Actor (1875-1943).
Born March 25th, 1875 in Perry County.
Died January 25th, 1943 at 67 years old in Hollywood (asphyxia).
Curt Haase
German general (1881–1943).
Born December 15th, 1881 in Bad Honnef.
Died February 9th, 1943 at 61 years old in Grunewald (myocardial infarction).
Robert W. Paul
British cinema pioneer (1869–1943).
Born October 3rd, 1869 in Highbury.
Died March 28th, 1943 at 73 years old in Putney.
Joachim Müncheberg
German officer and fighter pilot during world war ii (1918–1943).
Born December 31st, 1918 in Darskowo.
Died March 23rd, 1943 at 24 years old in Meknassy.
Damrong Rajanubhab
Prince of siam (1862-1943).
Born June 21st, 1862 in Bangkok.
Died December 1st, 1943 at 81 years old in Bangkok.
Eddy Hamel
American-dutch association football player (1902-1943).
Born October 21st, 1902 in New York City.
Died April 30th, 1943 at 40 years old in Auschwitz.
Yanagiwara Naruko
Japanese lady-in-waiting; concubine of emperor meiji; mother of emperor taishō.
Born June 26th, 1859 in Kyoto.
Died October 16th, 1943 at 84 years old
Louis Vauxcelles
French art critic (1870–1943).
Born January 1st, 1870 in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died July 21st, 1943 at 73 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Ettore Muti
Italian politician (1902-1943).
Born May 22nd, 1902 in Ravenna.
Died August 24th, 1943 at 41 years old in Fregene.
Arthur Ruppin
Zionist activist (1876-1943).
Born March 1st, 1876 in Rawicz.
Died January 1st, 1943 at 66 years old in Jerusalem.
Constantin Prezan
Romanian general (1861-1943).
Born January 27th, 1861 in Butimanu. [ref]
Died August 27th, 1943 at 82 years old in Bucharest.
Charles G. D. Roberts
Canadian poet (1860–1943).
Born January 10th, 1860 in Douglas.
Died November 26th, 1943 at 83 years old in Toronto.
Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin
French painter (1860-1943).
Born August 5th, 1860 in Grande rue Saint-Michel. [ref]
Died November 12th, 1943 at 83 years old in Labastide-du-Vert. [ref]
Nikolai Avksentiev
Member of the duma (1878–1943).
Born November 29th, 1878 in Penza. [ref]
Died March 4th, 1943 at 64 years old in New York City. [ref]
Robert Antoine Pinchon
French artist (1886-1943).
Died January 9th, 1943 at 56 years old in Bois-Guillaume.
Louisa Garrett Anderson
British physician and feminist.
Born July 28th, 1873 in Aldeburgh.
Died November 15th, 1943 at 70 years old in Brighton.
Otto Freundlich
German jewish artist murdered by nazis in a concentration camp (1878-1943).
Born July 10th, 1878 in Słupsk. [ref]
Died March 9th, 1943 at 64 years old in Lublin-Majdanek concentration camp. [ref]
Hans von Tschammer und Osten
German sports official and nazi politician (1887-1943).
Born October 25th, 1887 in Dresden.
Died March 25th, 1943 at 55 years old in Berlin (pneumonia).
Manshuk Mametova
Soviet kazakh machine gunner and heroine of the soviet union (1922-1943).
Born October 23rd, 1922 in Zhiekkum.
Died October 15th, 1943 at 20 years old in Nevel.
Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach
German politician (1875-1943).
Born February 9th, 1875 in Wahn.
Died August 25th, 1943 at 68 years old in Linz am Rhein.
F. M. Cornford
British classical scholar (1874–1943).
Born February 27th, 1874 in Eastbourne.
Died January 3rd, 1943 at 68 years old in Cambridge.
Gordon Coates
New zealand politician (1878–1943).
Born February 3rd, 1878 in Ruatuna.
Died May 27th, 1943 at 65 years old in Wellington.
Eva Kotchever
Polish feminist writer.
Born June 15th, 1891 in Mława.
Died December 17th, 1943 at 52 years old in Auschwitz.
Guido Fubini
Italian mathematician (1879-1943).
Born January 19th, 1879 in Venice.
Died June 6th, 1943 at 64 years old in New York City.
Nils von Dardel
Swedish post-impressionist painter (1888-1943).
Born October 25th, 1888 in Bettna.
Died May 25th, 1943 at 54 years old in New York City.
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By becoming deeply aware of our mortality, we intensify our experience of every aspect of life. Robert Greene