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In the year 1941
390 Notable deaths
Hippolyte Delehaye
Jesuit hagiographic scholar.
Born August 19th, 1859 in Antwerp. [ref]
Died April 1st, 1941 at 81 years old in Brussels metropolitan area. [ref]
Margaret Mann
Scottish-american actress (1868-1941).
Born April 4th, 1868 in Aberdeen.
Died February 4th, 1941 at 72 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Friedrich Engel
German mathematician.
Born December 26th, 1861 in Lugau. [ref]
Died September 29th, 1941 at 79 years old in Giessen. [ref]
Otto Strandman
Estonian politician.
Born November 30th, 1875 in Vandu.
Died February 5th, 1941 at 65 years old in Kadrina (ballistic trauma).
Ivan Hribar
Slovenian politician and banker (1851-1941).
Born September 19th, 1851 in Trzin.
Died April 18th, 1941 at 89 years old in Ljubljana (drowning).
Wilhelm Kienzl
Austrian composer.
Born January 17th, 1857 in Waizenkirchen. [ref]
Died October 19th, 1941 at 84 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Miina Härma
Estonian composer (1864-1941).
Born February 9th, 1864 in Livonia.
Died November 16th, 1941 at 77 years old in Tartu.
Ulrich Grauert
German world war ii luftwaffe general and recipient of the knight's cross of the iron cross.
Born March 6th, 1889 in Berlin.
Died May 15th, 1941 at 52 years old in Saint-Omer (killed in action).
Juan Corzo
Chess master (1873-1941).
Born June 24th, 1873 in Madrid.
Died September 27th, 1941 at 68 years old in Havana.
Aleksandrs Grīns
Latvian author, officer and journalist (1895-1941).
Born August 15th, 1895 in Birži Parish.
Died December 25th, 1941 at 46 years old in Astrakhan.
Deaths 231 to 240 of 390
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe