In the year 1947
494 Notable deaths
Herman Bing
1930s-1940's character actor.
Born March 30th, 1889 in Frankfurt.
Died January 9th, 1947 at 57 years old in Hollywood (gunshot wound).
Albert Howard
British botanist 1873-1947.
Born December 8th, 1873 in Bishop's Castle.
Died October 20th, 1947 at 73 years old in Blackheath.
Heinrich Schwarz
Ss officer (1906-1947).
Born June 14th, 1906 in Munich.
Died March 20th, 1947 at 40 years old in Sandweier.
Hatazō Adachi
Japanese officer, war criminal 1890-1947.
Born June 17th, 1890 in Tokyo.
Died September 10th, 1947 at 57 years old in Rabaul (exsanguination).
Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote
British politician (1876-1947).
Born March 5th, 1876 in Bristol.
Died October 11th, 1947 at 71 years old in Godalming.
Ziauddin Ahmad
Indian mathematician and philosopher (1873-1947).
Born February 13th, 1878 in Meerut.
Died December 23rd, 1947 at 69 years old in London.
Rosalia Zemlyachka
Russian revolutionary (1876-1947).
Born April 1st, 1876 in Mogilev.
Died January 21st, 1947 at 70 years old in Moscow.
Paul P. Harris
American lawyer.
Born April 19th, 1868 in Racine.
Died January 27th, 1947 at 78 years old in Chicago.
Bronisław Huberman
Polish musician (1882–1947).
Born December 19th, 1882 in Częstochowa.
Died June 16th, 1947 at 64 years old in Corsier-sur-Vevey.
August Schmidhuber
German general (1901–1947).
Born May 8th, 1901 in Augsburg.
Died February 19th, 1947 at 45 years old in Belgrade (hanging to death).
Emil Racoviță
Romanian polar explorer (1868–1947).
Born November 15th, 1868 in Iași.
Died November 19th, 1947 at 79 years old in Cluj-Napoca.
Cecil Clementi
British colonial administrator (1875–1947).
Born September 1st, 1875 in Kanpur.
Died April 5th, 1947 at 71 years old in High Wycombe.
Eduard Krebsbach
German physician and ss doctor in the nazi concentration camp in mauthausen (1894-1947).
Born August 8th, 1894 in Bonn.
Died May 28th, 1947 at 52 years old in Landsberg Prison (hanging to death).
Stanhope Forbes
British artist (1857-1947).
Born November 18th, 1857 in Dublin.
Died March 2nd, 1947 at 89 years old in Newlyn.
Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton
British politician and colonial administrator (1876-1947).
Born August 9th, 1876 in Shimla.
Died October 25th, 1947 at 71 years old in Exeter.
Frits Clausen
Danish national socialist politician (1893-1947).
Born November 12th, 1893 in Aabenraa.
Died December 5th, 1947 at 54 years old in Vestre Prison (myocardial infarction).
Greta Bösel
German nurse, camp guard at concentration camp ravensbrück (1908-1947).
Born May 9th, 1908 in Elberfeld.
Died May 2nd, 1947 at 38 years old in Hamelin (hanging to death).
Siegfried Kasche
German politician (1903-1947).
Died June 19th, 1947 at 44 years old in Zagreb (hanging to death).
Moshe Barazani
Member of lehi.
Born June 14th, 1926 in Baghdad.
Died April 21st, 1947 at 20 years old in Jerusalem (hand grenade).
Edmund FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent
British politician (1855–1947).
Born June 1st, 1855 in London.
Died May 18th, 1947 at 91 years old in Cumberland Lodge.
Friedrich Entress
German ss-doctor (1914-1947).
Born December 8th, 1914 in Poznań. [ref]
Died May 28th, 1947 at 32 years old in Landsberg Prison (hanging to death).
James J. Davis
American politician (1873-1947).
Born October 27th, 1873 in Tredegar.
Died November 22nd, 1947 at 74 years old in Takoma Park (myocardial infarction).
Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena
Thai military officer & politician (1887-1947).
Born March 29th, 1887 in Phra Nakhon Province.
Died February 14th, 1947 at 59 years old in Paruskavan Palace (hemorrhagic stroke).
Reginald Innes Pocock
British zoologist (1863–1947).
Born March 4th, 1863 in Bristol.
Died August 9th, 1947 at 84 years old in London.
Deaths 151 to 175 of 494
It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson