In the year 1943
454 Notable deaths
Winnaretta Singer
American socialite.
Born January 8th, 1865 in Yonkers. [ref]
Died November 26th, 1943 at 78 years old in London.
Mildred Harnack
American-german literary historian, professor, translator; resistance fighter and anti-nazi activist, who was executed during wwii in germany.
Born September 16th, 1902 in Milwaukee. [ref]
Died February 16th, 1943 at 40 years old in Plötzensee Prison (guillotine). [ref]
Ganga Singh
Maharaja of bikaner.
Born October 3rd, 1880 in Bikaner State.
Died February 2nd, 1943 at 62 years old in Mumbai.
Alexander Woollcott
American critic (1887-1943).
Born January 19th, 1887 in Phalanx.
Died January 23rd, 1943 at 56 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Alexandre Yersin
Swiss and french physician and bacteriologist.
Born September 22nd, 1863 in Aubonne. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1943 at 79 years old in Nha Trang. [ref]
Alexandre Millerand
French lawyer and statesman (1859-1943).
Born February 10th, 1859 in Paris. [ref]
Died April 6th, 1943 at 84 years old in Versailles. [ref]
Howard Atwood Kelly
American academic and gynecologist.
Born February 20th, 1858 in Camden.
Died January 12th, 1943 at 84 years old in Baltimore.
Christoph Probst
German resistance fighter, white rose member.
Born November 6th, 1919 in Murnau am Staffelsee.
Died February 22nd, 1943 at 23 years old in Stadelheim Prison (decapitation).
Dilly Knox
British cryptographer (1884-1943).
Born July 23rd, 1884 in Oxford.
Died February 27th, 1943 at 58 years old in Hughenden (lymphoma).
Laurence Binyon
English poet, dramatist, and art scholar (1869-1943).
Born August 10th, 1869 in Lancaster. [ref]
Died March 10th, 1943 at 73 years old in Reading. [ref]
Deaths 61 to 70 of 454
There is only one god and his name is Death, and there is only one thing we say to Death: ‘Not today’. Syrio Forel