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In the year 1941
422 Notable deaths
James Stephenson
British-american actor (1889-1941).
Born April 14th, 1889 in Selby.
Died July 29th, 1941 at 52 years old in Pacific Palisades (myocardial infarction).
Arkady Gaidar
Soviet children's writer (1904–1941).
Born January 22nd, 1904 in Lgov.
Died October 26th, 1941 at 37 years old in Lipliave. [ref]
Hanns Kerrl
Nazi minister for religion (1887-1941).
Born December 11th, 1887 in Fallersleben.
Died December 15th, 1941 at 54 years old in Paris.
Maurice Bavaud
Swiss assassin (1916-1941).
Born January 15th, 1916 in Neuchâtel.
Died May 14th, 1941 at 25 years old in Plötzensee Prison (decapitation). [ref]
Yakov Smushkevich
Soviet military commander.
Born April 14th, 1902 in Rokiškis.
Died October 28th, 1941 at 39 years old in Moscow.
Simon Dubnow
Historian, writer, activist.
Born September 10th, 1860 in Mscislaŭ.
Died December 8th, 1941 at 81 years old in Riga.
Christian Sinding
Norwegian composer (1856–1941).
Born January 11th, 1856 in Kongsberg.
Died December 3rd, 1941 at 85 years old in Oslo.
George Abraham Grierson
Irish linguistic scholar and civil servant (1851–1941).
Born January 7th, 1851 in Glenageary.
Died March 9th, 1941 at 90 years old in Camberley.
William McGregor Paxton
American artist (1869-1941).
Born June 22nd, 1869 in Baltimore. [ref]
Died May 13th, 1941 at 71 years old in Boston (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Charles Émile Picard
French mathematician.
Born July 24th, 1856 in Paris. [ref]
Died December 11th, 1941 at 85 years old in Paris. [ref]
Deaths 121 to 130 of 422
Even trees do not die without a groan. Henry David Thoreau