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676 Notable deaths
by ballistic trauma
Isaak Babel
Russian language journalist, playwright, literary translator, and short story writer (1894-1940).
Born July 12th, 1894 in Odesa. [ref]
Died January 27th, 1940 at 45 years old in Butyrka prison (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Stanisława Walasiewicz
Polish olympic champion.
Born April 13th, 1911 in Wierzchownia, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Died December 4th, 1980 at 69 years old in Cleveland (ballistic trauma).
Otto Weininger
Austrian philosopher and writer.
Born April 3rd, 1880 in Vienna. [ref]
Died October 4th, 1903 at 23 years old in Vienna (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Werner von Haeften
German resistance fighter.
Born October 9th, 1908 in Berlin.
Died July 21st, 1944 at 35 years old in Tiergarten (ballistic trauma).
Paul Ehrenfest
Austrian and dutch theoretical physicist.
Born January 18th, 1880 in Vienna. [ref]
Died September 25th, 1933 at 53 years old in Amsterdam (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Vanessa Marquez
American actress (1968-2018).
Born December 21st, 1968 in Los Angeles.
Died August 30th, 2018 at 49 years old in South Pasadena (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Hannah Szenes
Jewish poet and anti-nazi fighter in world war ii.
Born July 17th, 1921 in Budapest. [ref]
Died November 7th, 1944 at 23 years old in Budapest (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Dmitry Pavlov
Soviet general (1897-1941).
Born October 23rd, 1897.
Died July 22nd, 1941 at 43 years old in Moscow (ballistic trauma).
Tom Mboya
Kenyan politician (1930-1969).
Born August 15th, 1930 in Ol Donyo Sabuk National Park. [ref]
Died July 5th, 1969 at 38 years old in Nairobi (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Peter Fechter
German bricklayer (1944-1962).
Born January 14th, 1944 in Berlin.
Died August 17th, 1962 at 18 years old in Checkpoint Charlie (ballistic trauma).
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