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In the year 1943
493 Notable deaths
Kōichi Shiozawa
Japanese admiral.
Born March 5th, 1883 in Matsumoto.
Died November 17th, 1943 at 60 years old in Tokyo (pancreatitis).
Baron Max Wladimir von Beck
Austrian servant (1854-1943).
Born September 6th, 1854 in Vienna.
Died January 20th, 1943 at 88 years old in Vienna.
Maria Jotuni
Finnish writer.
Born April 9th, 1880 in Kuopio. [ref]
Died September 30th, 1943 at 63 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė
Lithuanian writer and activist.
Born March 18th, 1861 in Smilgiai. [ref]
Died June 14th, 1943 at 82 years old in Panevezys. [ref]
Albert Armitage
Scottish mariner (1864–1943).
Born July 2nd, 1864 in Balquhidder.
Died October 31st, 1943 at 79 years old in Scotland.
Victor Prouvé
French painter, sculptor and engraver (1858-1943).
Born August 13th, 1858 in Nancy. [ref]
Died February 15th, 1943 at 84 years old in Sétif. [ref]
Lida Gustava Heymann
German feminist, editor.
Born March 15th, 1868 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died July 31st, 1943 at 75 years old in Zürich. [ref]
Hryhorii Kravchenko
Soviet aviator (1912–1943).
Born October 12th, 1912 in Holubivka.
Died February 23rd, 1943 at 30 years old in Putilovskoye rural settlement.
Achille Loria
Italian economist (1857–1943).
Born March 2nd, 1857 in Mantua.
Died November 6th, 1943 at 86 years old in Luserna San Giovanni.
Elise Richter
Austrian philologist, scholar of romance languages, and university teacher, holocaust victim (1865–1943).
Born March 2nd, 1865 in Vienna.
Died June 21st, 1943 at 78 years old in Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Deaths 381 to 390 of 493
It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson