Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
In the year 1943
456 Notable deaths
Ashraf Ali Thanwi
Indian muslim scholar.
Born August 19th, 1863 in Thana Bhawan.
Died July 20th, 1943 at 79 years old in Thana Bhawan. [ref]
Lepa Radić
Serbian communist partisan (1925-1943).
Born December 19th, 1925 in Gašnica.
Died February 8th, 1943 at 17 years old in Bosanska Krupa (hanging).
Oskar Schlemmer
German painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer (1888-1943).
Born September 4th, 1888 in Stuttgart. [ref]
Died April 13th, 1943 at 54 years old in Baden-Baden. [ref]
Hans Scholl
German pacifist, executed by nazi germany (1918-1943).
Born September 22nd, 1918 in Ingersheim an der Jagst.
Died February 22nd, 1943 at 24 years old in Stadelheim Prison (decapitation).
Prince Christoph of Hesse-Kassel
German air force officer (1901-1943).
Born May 14th, 1901 in Frankfurt am Main.
Died October 7th, 1943 at 42 years old in Forlì.
Władysław Sikorski
Polish military and political leader (1881-1943).
Born May 20th, 1881 in Tuszów Narodowy.
Died July 4th, 1943 at 62 years old in Gibraltar (1943 Gibraltar B-24 crash).
Lorenz Hart
American lyricist.
Born May 2nd, 1895 in Harlem. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 1943 at 48 years old in New York City (pneumonia). [ref]
Charlotte Salomon
German-jewish artist and holocaust victim (1917-1943).
Born April 16th, 1917 in Berlin. [ref]
Died October 12th, 1943 at 26 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp (asphyxia). [ref]
Helen Herron Taft
First lady to william howard taft (1861-1943).
Born June 2nd, 1861 in Cincinnati.
Died May 22nd, 1943 at 81 years old in Washington, D.C..
Lydia Litvyak
Soviet flying ace.
Born August 18th, 1921 in Moscow. [ref]
Died August 1st, 1943 at 21 years old in Donbas (killed in action).
Deaths 31 to 40 of 456
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. Jean de La Fontaine