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In the year 1941

390 Notable deaths

Eugen Ritter von Schobert

German general.

Born March 13th, 1883 in Würzburg.

Died September 12th, 1941 at 58 years old in Mykolaiv.

Infanta Maria das Neves of Portugal

Portuguese infanta.

Born August 5th, 1852 in Kleinheubach.

Died February 14th, 1941 at 88 years old in Vienna.

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]

Stanley Fields

American actor (1883-1941).

Born May 20th, 1883 in Allegheny.

Died April 23rd, 1941 at 57 years old in Los Angeles.

George Pardee

Governor of california (1857-1941).

Born July 25th, 1857 in San Francisco.

Died September 1st, 1941 at 84 years old in Oakland.

Štefan Banič

Slovak inventor (1870-1941).

Born November 23rd, 1870 in Smolenice.

Died January 2nd, 1941 at 70 years old in Smolenice.

Francis Meadow Sutcliffe

British photographer.

Born October 6th, 1853 in Bridlington. [ref]

Died May 31st, 1941 at 87 years old in Whitby. [ref]

Georgette Leblanc

French singer.

Born February 8th, 1869 in Rouen. [ref]

Died October 27th, 1941 at 72 years old in Le Cannet (cancer).

Talaat Harb

Egyptian economist (1867-1941).

Born November 25th, 1867 in Al-Jamāliyah. [ref]

Died August 13th, 1941 at 73 years old in Cairo.

Walford Davies

British composer.

Born September 6th, 1869 in Oswestry. [ref]

Died March 11th, 1941 at 71 years old in Wrington. [ref]

Deaths 151 to 160 of 390

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