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In the year 1933
307 Notable deaths
Vilhelm Andersson
Swedish water polo player (1891–1933).
Born March 11th, 1891 in Stockholm.
Died September 21st, 1933 at 42 years old in Stockholm.
Ruurd Leegstra
Dutch rower (1877-1933).
Born June 29th, 1877 in East Java.
Died January 17th, 1933 at 55 years old in Utrecht.
Otto Stapf
Austrian botanist (1857-1933).
Born March 23rd, 1857.
Died August 4th, 1933 at 76 years old in Innsbruck.
Emil Magnusson
Swedish discus thrower (1887-1933).
Born November 23rd, 1887 in Genarp.
Died July 26th, 1933 at 45 years old in Malmö.
Jiří Polívka
Czech ethnographer, linguist, literature historian, literary theorist, professor, publicist, university educator and science writer (1858–1933).
Died March 21st, 1933 at 75 years old in Libeň. [ref]
Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno
Catholic cardinal and apostolic nuncio.
Born April 25th, 1858 in Modena.
Died September 16th, 1933 at 75 years old in Forte dei Marmi.
Osvald Moberg
Gymnast (1888-1933).
Born September 14th, 1888 in Stockholm.
Died December 22nd, 1933 at 45 years old in Stockholm.
Joseph Roffo
French tug of war competitor (1879–1933).
Born January 21st, 1879 in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
Died February 5th, 1933 at 54 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
August Rodenberg
American tug of war competitor.
Born July 25th, 1873 in St. Louis.
Died April 12th, 1933 at 59 years old in St. Louis.
Gardner Williams
American swimmer.
Born April 16th, 1877 in Jamaica Plain.
Died December 14th, 1933 at 56 years old in San Diego, Marblehead.
Deaths 291 to 300 of 307
It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson