In the year 1943
511 Notable deaths
Albert Bushnell Hart
American historian.
Born July 1st, 1854 in Clark. [ref]
Died June 16th, 1943 at 88 years old in Boston. [ref]
Maria Restituta Kafka
Franciscan nun and nurse; nazi critic; victim of execution in nazi-run austria.
Born May 1st, 1894 in Husovice.
Died March 30th, 1943 at 48 years old in Vienna (guillotine). [ref]
Walter Thiel
German rocket scientist (1910-1943).
Born March 3rd, 1910 in Wrocław.
Died August 18th, 1943 at 33 years old in Peenemünde.
Frank Campeau
Actor (1864-1943).
Born December 14th, 1864 in Detroit.
Died November 5th, 1943 at 78 years old in Woodland Hills.
Henner Henkel
German tennis player (1915-1943).
Born October 9th, 1915 in Poznań.
Died January 13th, 1943 at 27 years old in Voronezh (hypothermia).
Helga Deen
Author of a diary, discovered in 2004.
Born April 6th, 1925 in Szczecin.
Died July 16th, 1943 at 18 years old in Sobibór Extermination Camp.
Hans Woellke
German shot putter (1911-1943).
Born February 18th, 1911 in Biskupiec.
Died March 22nd, 1943 at 32 years old in Khatyn.
André Antoine
French actor and director (1858–1943).
Born January 31st, 1858 in Limoges. [ref]
Died October 23rd, 1943 at 85 years old in Le Pouliguen. [ref]
Oswald Wirth
Swiss occultist.
Born August 5th, 1860 in Brienz. [ref]
Died March 9th, 1943 at 82 years old in Mouterre-sur-Blourde. [ref]
Max Eitingon
German psychoanalyst & physician.
Born June 26th, 1881 in Mogilev.
Died July 30th, 1943 at 62 years old in Jerusalem.
Arthur Byron
American actor (1872–1943).
Born April 3rd, 1872 in Brooklyn.
Died July 17th, 1943 at 71 years old in Hollywood.
Tōson Shimazaki
Japanese writer (1872–1943).
Born March 25th, 1872 in Magome-juku.
Died August 22nd, 1943 at 71 years old in Oiso (cerebral hemorrhage).
Robert Ranulph Marett
British ethnologist.
Born June 13th, 1866 in Jersey. [ref]
Died February 18th, 1943 at 76 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Actor (1862-1943).
Born August 4th, 1862 in Haimhausen.
Died December 25th, 1943 at 81 years old in Woodland Hills.
Walther von Hünersdorff
German general during world war ii (1898–1943).
Born November 28th, 1898 in Cairo.
Died July 17th, 1943 at 44 years old in Kharkiv.
Estella Agsteribbe
Dutch gymnast (1909–1943).
Born April 6th, 1909 in Amsterdam.
Died September 17th, 1943 at 34 years old in Auschwitz.
Sam Ruben
American biochemist (1913-1943).
Born November 5th, 1913 in San Francisco.
Died September 28th, 1943 at 29 years old
Ivan Goran Kovačić
Croatian poet and writer (1913-1943).
Born March 21st, 1913 in Lukovdol.
Died July 13th, 1943 at 30 years old in Foča.
Frumka Płotnicka
Polish jewish resistance fighter during world war ii; activist of the jewish fighting organization (żob) and member of the labour zionist organization dror.
Born November 11th, 1914 in Pinsk.
Died August 3rd, 1943 at 28 years old in Będzin Ghetto.
Marija Bursać
First woman proclaimed a people's hero of yugoslavia.
Born August 2nd, 1920 in Kamenica.
Died September 22nd, 1943 at 23 years old in Vidovo Selo (died of wounds).
Johan Petter Johansson
Swedish inventor (1853-1943).
Born December 12th, 1853 in Södra Härene parish. [ref]
Died August 25th, 1943 at 89 years old in Enköping parish. [ref]
Azim Azimzade
Azerbaijani artist (1880-1943).
Born May 7th, 1880 in Novxanı.
Died June 15th, 1943 at 63 years old in Baku.
Ita Wegman
Dutch physician.
Born February 22nd, 1876 in Java.
Died March 4th, 1943 at 67 years old in Arlesheim.
Rupert Julian
Hollywood director and actor (1879-1943).
Born January 25th, 1879 in Whangaroa.
Died December 27th, 1943 at 64 years old in Hollywood (stroke).
Milutin Ivković
Serbian footballer (1906-1943).
Born March 3rd, 1906 in Belgrade.
Died May 25th, 1943 at 37 years old in Jajinci.
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Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson