In the year 1941
441 Notable deaths
Georgette Leblanc
French singer (1869–1941).
Born February 8th, 1869 in Rouen. [ref]
Died October 27th, 1941 at 72 years old in Le Cannet (cancer).
Guy Môquet
French resistance member.
Born April 26th, 1924 in 18th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died October 22nd, 1941 at 17 years old in Châteaubriant (ballistic trauma, execution by shooting). [ref]
Jacques Curie
French physicist.
Born October 28th, 1855 in Paris.
Died February 19th, 1941 at 85 years old in Montpellier. [ref]
George Pardee
Governor of california (1857-1941).
Born July 25th, 1857 in San Francisco.
Died September 1st, 1941 at 84 years old in Oakland.
Fritz Noether
German-born mathematician.
Born October 7th, 1884 in Erlangen.
Died September 10th, 1941 at 56 years old in Oryol (gunshot wound).
Walford Davies
British composer.
Born September 6th, 1869 in Oswestry. [ref]
Died March 11th, 1941 at 71 years old in Wrington. [ref]
Minakata Kumagusu
Japanese mycologist, biologist and writer (1867-1941).
Born April 15th, 1867 in Wakayama.
Died December 29th, 1941 at 74 years old in Tanabe.
Alfred Pringsheim
German jewish mathematician, art collector, patron of the arts and refugee from nazis (1850-1941).
Born September 2nd, 1850 in Oława. [ref]
Died June 25th, 1941 at 90 years old in Zürich. [ref]
Luigi Capello
Italian general.
Born April 14th, 1859 in Intra.
Died June 25th, 1941 at 82 years old in Rome.
Deaths 161 to 170 of 441
We owe respect to the living; to the dead we owe only truth. Voltaire