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In the year 1943
456 Notable deaths
Nicholas John Spykman
Dutch-american geopolitician (1893-1943).
Born October 13th, 1893 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died June 26th, 1943 at 49 years old in New Haven (cancer). [ref]
Henri La Fontaine
Belgian lawyer, politician and nobel peace prize laureate (1854-1943).
Born April 22nd, 1854 in City of Brussels. [ref]
Died May 14th, 1943 at 89 years old in City of Brussels. [ref]
Oswald Teichmüller
German mathematician.
Born June 18th, 1913 in Nordhausen.
Died September 11th, 1943 at 30 years old in Dnieper. [ref]
Charley Paddock
American athlete and olympic gold medalist (1900-1943).
Born August 11th, 1900 in Gainesville. [ref]
Died July 21st, 1943 at 42 years old in Sitka.
Yekaterina Budanova
Soviet fighter pilot (1916-1943).
Born December 6th, 1916 in Vyazemsky District.
Died July 19th, 1943 at 26 years old in Antratsyt (killed in action).
Hanns Heinz Ewers
German actor and writer.
Born November 3rd, 1871 in Düsseldorf. [ref]
Died June 12th, 1943 at 71 years old in Berlin (tuberculosis). [ref]
Abraham Grace Merritt
American author (1884-1943).
Born January 20th, 1884 in Beverly. [ref]
Died August 21st, 1943 at 59 years old in Indian Rocks Beach (cardiovascular disease).
John Frank Stevens
American canal engineer.
Born April 25th, 1853 in West Gardiner.
Died June 2nd, 1943 at 90 years old in Southern Pines.
Ignaz Trebitsch-Lincoln
British politician (1879-1943).
Born April 4th, 1879 in Paks. [ref]
Died October 7th, 1943 at 64 years old in Shanghai. [ref]
Dora Gerson
German actress.
Born March 23rd, 1899 in Berlin.
Died February 14th, 1943 at 43 years old in Auschwitz.
Deaths 111 to 120 of 456
It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson