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In the year 1933
306 Notable deaths
Paul Painlevé
French mathematician and politician (1863-1933).
Born December 5th, 1863 in Paris.
Died October 29th, 1933 at 69 years old in Paris.
Daphne Akhurst
Australian tennis player (1903-1933).
Born April 22nd, 1903 in Sydney.
Died January 9th, 1933 at 29 years old in Sydney (maternal death).
Albert Calmette
French scientist (1863-1933).
Born July 12th, 1863 in Nice. [ref]
Died October 29th, 1933 at 70 years old in Paris. [ref]
Sayyid Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi
Libyan supreme leader of the senussi order (1873–1933).
Born December 18th, 1873 in Jaghbub.
Died March 10th, 1933 at 59 years old in Medina.
Francesc Macià i Llussà
1st president of generalitat de catalunya (1932-33).
Born September 21st, 1859 in Vilanova i la Geltrú.
Died December 25th, 1933 at 74 years old in Barcelona (appendicitis). [ref]
Felix Adler
German-american professor of political and social ethics, rationalist, and lecturer (1851-1933).
Born August 13th, 1851 in Alzey.
Died April 24th, 1933 at 81 years old in New York City.
Raymond Roussel
French poet, novelist, playwright, musician, and chess enthusiast (1877-1933).
Born January 20th, 1877 in Paris.
Died July 14th, 1933 at 56 years old in Palermo (drug overdose).
Chen Chiung Ming
Chinese politician (1878-1933).
Born January 13th, 1878 in Haifeng County.
Died September 22nd, 1933 at 55 years old in Hong Kong (typhus).
Wilhelm Cuno
German chancellor (1876-1933).
Born July 2nd, 1876 in Suhl. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1933 at 56 years old in Aumühle. [ref]
John Henry Mackay
German writer (1864–1933).
Born February 6th, 1864 in Greenock.
Died May 21st, 1933 at 69 years old in Berlin (drug overdose).
Deaths 61 to 70 of 306
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