In the year 1941

441 Notable deaths

Christian Rakovsky

Soviet diplomat (1873-1941).

Born August 13th, 1873 in Kotel. [ref]

Died September 11th, 1941 at 68 years old in Oryol (ballistic trauma). [ref]

Paul Ogorzow

German serial killer (1912-1941).

Born September 29th, 1912 in Muntowo.

Died July 26th, 1941 at 28 years old in Plötzensee Prison (decapitation).

Émile Bernard

French painter (1868-1941).

Born April 28th, 1868 in Lille. [ref]

Died April 16th, 1941 at 72 years old in Paris. [ref]

Gaetano Mosca

Italian political scientist and journalist.

Born April 1st, 1858 in Palermo. [ref]

Died November 8th, 1941 at 83 years old in Rome. [ref]

Hans Berger

German neurologist (1873-1941).

Born May 21st, 1873 in Neuses. [ref]

Died June 1st, 1941 at 68 years old in Jena (hanging). [ref]

Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière

German world war i u-boat commander.

Born March 18th, 1886 in Poznań.

Died February 24th, 1941 at 54 years old in Paris.

Alexej von Jawlensky

Russian painter (1864-1941).

Born March 25th, 1864 in Torzhok. [ref]

Died March 15th, 1941 at 76 years old in Wiesbaden. [ref]

Pál Teleki

Prime minister of hungary (1879–1941).

Born November 1st, 1879 in Budapest.

Died April 3rd, 1941 at 61 years old in Budapest (gunshot wound).

Sueo Ōe

Japanese pole vaulter (1914–1941).

Born August 2nd, 1914 in Maizuru.

Died December 24th, 1941 at 27 years old in Luzon.

Blind Boy Fuller

American blues guitarist and singer.

Born July 10th, 1907 in Anson County. [ref]

Died February 13th, 1941 at 33 years old in Durham. [ref]

Deaths 61 to 70 of 441

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Death and pain are windows to great insight if you have the strength to look through them. James Pierce