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In the year 1943
493 Notable deaths
Manshuk Mametova
Soviet kazakh machine gunner and heroine of the soviet union (1922-1943).
Born October 23rd, 1922 in Zhiekkum.
Died October 15th, 1943 at 20 years old in Nevel.
Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach
German politician (1875-1943).
Born February 9th, 1875 in Wahn.
Died August 25th, 1943 at 68 years old in Linz am Rhein.
F. M. Cornford
British classical scholar (1874–1943).
Born February 27th, 1874 in Eastbourne.
Died January 3rd, 1943 at 68 years old in Cambridge.
Gordon Coates
New zealand politician (1878–1943).
Born February 3rd, 1878 in Ruatuna.
Died May 27th, 1943 at 65 years old in Wellington.
Eva Kotchever
Polish feminist writer.
Born June 15th, 1891 in Mława.
Died December 17th, 1943 at 52 years old in Auschwitz.
Guido Fubini
Italian mathematician (1879-1943).
Born January 19th, 1879 in Venice.
Died June 6th, 1943 at 64 years old in New York City.
Nils von Dardel
Swedish post-impressionist painter (1888-1943).
Born October 25th, 1888 in Bettna.
Died May 25th, 1943 at 54 years old in New York City.
Albert Bushnell Hart
American historian.
Born July 1st, 1854 in Clark. [ref]
Died June 16th, 1943 at 88 years old in Boston. [ref]
Maria Restituta Kafka
Franciscan nun and nurse; nazi critic; victim of execution in nazi-run austria.
Born May 1st, 1894 in Husovice.
Died March 30th, 1943 at 48 years old in Vienna (guillotine). [ref]
Walter Thiel
German rocket scientist (1910-1943).
Born March 3rd, 1910 in Wrocław.
Died August 18th, 1943 at 33 years old in Peenemünde.
Deaths 191 to 200 of 493
If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death. Samuel Butler