In the year 1947
494 Notable deaths
Petr Uspensky
Russian esotericist (1878–1947).
Born March 4th, 1878 in Moscow. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 1947 at 69 years old in Surrey.
Sidney Toler
American actor, playwright and theatre director (1874-1947).
Born April 28th, 1874 in Warrensburg.
Died February 12th, 1947 at 72 years old in Beverly Hills (colorectal cancer).
Pyotr Krasnov
White movement cossack (1869－1947).
Born September 22nd, 1869 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 17th, 1947 at 77 years old in Moscow (hanging to death).
Halford Mackinder
British geographer, academic and politician (1861-1947).
Born February 15th, 1861 in Gainsborough.
Died March 6th, 1947 at 86 years old in Bournemouth.
Theodore G. Bilbo
American politician (1877-1947).
Born October 13th, 1877 in Poplarville. [ref]
Died August 21st, 1947 at 69 years old in New Orleans (lip and oral cavity carcinoma). [ref]
Manolete
Spanish bullfighter (1917–1947).
Born July 4th, 1917 in Córdoba.
Died August 29th, 1947 at 30 years old in Linares, plaza de toros de Linares (cornada, bull goring).
James Larkin
Irish socialist and trade union leader (1876–1947).
Born January 21st, 1876 in Liverpool.
Died January 30th, 1947 at 71 years old in Dublin.
Victor Horta
Belgian architect, designer, publicist, teacher and creator of art nouveau (1861–1947).
Born January 6th, 1861 in Ghent.
Died September 8th, 1947 at 86 years old in Brussels.
Marc Mitscher
United states admiral (1887–1947).
Born January 26th, 1887 in Hillsboro.
Died February 3rd, 1947 at 60 years old (coronary thrombosis).
Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger
Nazi leader (1890-1947).
Born April 14th, 1890 in Zielonowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship.
Died April 25th, 1947 at 57 years old in Nuremberg.
Dorothea Binz
German supervisor at ravensbrück concentration (1920-1947).
Born March 16th, 1920 in Templin.
Died May 2nd, 1947 at 27 years old in Hamelin (hanging to death).
Alexander Löhr
Austrian air force commander and german general (1885–1947).
Born May 20th, 1885 in Drobeta-Turnu Severin.
Died February 26th, 1947 at 61 years old in Belgrade (gunshot wound).
Benigno Aquino, Sr.
Speaker of the house of representatives of the philippines from 1943 to 1944.
Born September 3rd, 1894 in Concepcion.
Died December 20th, 1947 at 53 years old in Rizal Memorial Coliseum (myocardial infarction).
Hans Fallada
German writer (1893–1947).
Born July 21st, 1893 in Greifswald. [ref]
Died February 5th, 1947 at 53 years old in Berlin (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Herbert Backe
German politician (1896-1947).
Died April 7th, 1947 at 50 years old in Nuremberg (hanging to death). [ref]
Ellen Wilkinson
British labour party politician (1891–1947).
Born October 8th, 1891 in Ardwick.
Died February 6th, 1947 at 55 years old in St Mary's Hospital (drug overdose).
Karl Mannheim
Hungarian-german philosopher and sociologist (1893-1947).
Born March 27th, 1893 in Budapest.
Died January 9th, 1947 at 53 years old in London.
Emma Orczy
Hungarian-born british novelist and playwright (1865-1947).
Born September 23rd, 1865 in Tarnaörs.
Died November 12th, 1947 at 82 years old in Henley-on-Thames.
Reynaldo Hahn
Venezuelan-french composer (1874-1947).
Born August 9th, 1874 in Caracas.
Died January 28th, 1947 at 72 years old in Paris (brain cancer).
Victor Serge
Russian revolutionary and writer (1890-1947).
Born December 30th, 1890 in Brussels.
Died November 17th, 1947 at 56 years old in Mexico City.
Nicholas Murray Butler
American philosopher, diplomat, and educator (1862-1947).
Born April 2nd, 1862 in Elizabeth. [ref]
Died December 7th, 1947 at 85 years old in Manhattan.
Winston Churchill
American novelist (1871–1947).
Born November 10th, 1871 in St. Louis.
Died March 12th, 1947 at 75 years old in Winter Park.
Hugh Lofting
British author (1886–1947).
Born January 14th, 1886 in Maidenhead.
Died September 26th, 1947 at 61 years old in Topanga.
Franz Xaver Schwarz
Politician from germany (1875-1947).
Born November 27th, 1875 in Günzburg.
Died December 2nd, 1947 at 72 years old in Civilian Internment Enclosure No. 22, Regensburg (gastrointestinal system disease).
Luigi Russolo
Italian futurist artist and composer (1885–1947).
Born April 30th, 1885 in Portogruaro.
Died February 4th, 1947 at 61 years old in Laveno-Mombello. [ref]
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Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you’re alive, it isn’t. Richard Bach