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In the year 1941
422 Notable deaths
Yefim Fomin
Soviet political commissar (1909–1941).
Born January 15th, 1909 in Kalyshki.
Died June 30th, 1941 at 32 years old in Brest (gunshot wound). [ref]
Leo Deutsch
Russian politician (1855–1941).
Born September 26th, 1855 in Tulchyn.
Died August 4th, 1941 at 85 years old in Moscow.
Elsie Clews Parsons
American anthropologist (1875-1941).
Born November 27th, 1875 in New York City.
Died December 19th, 1941 at 66 years old in New York City.
Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński
Polish writer and translator (1874–1941).
Born December 21st, 1874 in Warsaw.
Died July 4th, 1941 at 66 years old in Lviv (gunshot wound).
Filipp Makharadze
Soviet politician.
Born March 9th, 1868 in Gonebiskari.
Died December 10th, 1941 at 73 years old in Tbilisi.
Bob Crompton
English footballer (1879–1941).
Born September 26th, 1879 in Blackburn.
Died March 16th, 1941 at 61 years old in Blackburn.
Menachem Ussishkin
Jewish politician.
Born August 14th, 1863 in Dubroŭna.
Died October 2nd, 1941 at 78 years old in Jerusalem.
Carl Friedrich von Siemens
German businessman (1872-1941).
Born September 5th, 1872 in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf.
Died July 8th, 1941 at 68 years old in Neu Fahrland.
Guido Adler
Austrian musicologist, writer (1855–1941).
Born November 1st, 1855 in Ivančice. [ref]
Died February 15th, 1941 at 85 years old in Vienna. [ref]
José Quiñones Gonzales
Peruvian air force general (1914-1941).
Born April 22nd, 1914 in Pimentel.
Died July 23rd, 1941 at 27 years old in Ecuador.
Deaths 181 to 190 of 422
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde