In the year 1941
390 Notable deaths
Günther Lütjens
German admiral.
Born May 25th, 1889 in Wiesbaden.
Died May 27th, 1941 at 52 years old in Atlantic Ocean (killed in action).
James George Frazer
Scottish social anthropologist.
Born January 1st, 1854 in Glasgow. [ref]
Died May 7th, 1941 at 87 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Arthur Evans
British archaeologist and scholar (1851–1941).
Born July 8th, 1851 in Nash Mills. [ref]
Died July 11th, 1941 at 90 years old in Youlbury House. [ref]
Marina Tsvetaeva
Russian poet (1892 – 1941).
Born October 8th, 1892 in Moscow. [ref]
Died August 31st, 1941 at 48 years old in Yelabuga (hanging). [ref]
Annie Jump Cannon
American astronomer (1863-1941).
Born December 11th, 1863 in Dover. [ref]
Died April 13th, 1941 at 77 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Dmitry Pavlov
Soviet general (1897-1941).
Born October 23rd, 1897.
Died July 22nd, 1941 at 43 years old in Moscow (ballistic trauma).
Benjamin Lee Whorf
American linguist (1897-1941).
Born April 24th, 1897 in Winthrop. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1941 at 44 years old in Wethersfield (cancer). [ref]
Ernst Lindemann
German naval officer.
Born March 28th, 1894 in Altenkirchen.
Died May 27th, 1941 at 47 years old in Atlantic Ocean.
Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya
Soviet resistance member of world war ii and heroine of the soviet union (1923–1941).
Born September 13th, 1923 in Ossino-Gai.
Died November 29th, 1941 at 18 years old in Petrischevo (hanging).
Edward Rydz-Śmigły
Polish general (1886-1941).
Born March 11th, 1886 in Berezhany.
Died December 12th, 1941 at 55 years old in Warsaw (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deaths 31 to 40 of 390
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot