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In the year 1941
441 Notable deaths
James Gordon
American silent film actor (1871-1941).
Born April 23rd, 1871 in Pittsburgh.
Died May 12th, 1941 at 70 years old in Hollywood.
Eduard Norden
German classical philologist and historian (1868–1941).
Born September 21st, 1868 in Emden.
Died July 13th, 1941 at 72 years old in Zurich.
Panos Terlemezyan
Soviet armenian painter (1865-1941).
Born March 11th, 1865 in Van.
Died April 30th, 1941 at 76 years old in Yerevan.
Dobri Hristov
Bulgarian composer (1875-1941).
Born December 14th, 1875 in Varna.
Died January 23rd, 1941 at 65 years old in Sofia.
Ivan Proskurov
Soviet general (1907–1941).
Born February 18th, 1907 in Mala Tokmachka.
Died October 28th, 1941 at 34 years old in Samara.
Walter Granger
American paleontologist (1872-1941).
Born November 7th, 1872 in Middletown Springs.
Died September 6th, 1941 at 68 years old in Lusk.
Ivan Trush
Ukrainian artist (1869-1941).
Born January 18th, 1869 in Brody. [ref]
Died March 22nd, 1941 at 72 years old in Lviv.
Viktor Talalikhin
Hero of the soviet union (1918–1941).
Born September 18th, 1918 in Teplovka.
Died October 27th, 1941 at 23 years old in Podolsk.
José Leite de Vasconcelos
Portuguese ethnographer, archaeologist and author.
Born July 7th, 1858 in Ucanha.
Died May 17th, 1941 at 82 years old in Lisbon.
Robert Byron
British writer (1905-1941).
Born February 26th, 1905 in London.
Died February 24th, 1941 at 35 years old in Cape Wrath.
Deaths 281 to 290 of 441
Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. Leo Tolstoy