In the year 1947
442 Notable deaths
J. Warren Kerrigan
American actor and director (1879-1947).
Born July 25th, 1879 in Louisville.
Died June 9th, 1947 at 67 years old in Balboa Island (pneumonia).
Cosme Damião
Player and coach of s.l. benfica (1885-1947).
Born November 2nd, 1885 in Lisbon.
Died June 12th, 1947 at 61 years old in Sintra.
Gloria Grey
American actress and director (1909-1947).
Born October 23rd, 1909 in Portland.
Died November 22nd, 1947 at 38 years old in Hollywood (influenza).
Elena Văcărescu
Romanian writer.
Born September 21st, 1864 in Bucharest.
Died February 17th, 1947 at 82 years old in Paris.
Nikola Petkov
Bulgarian politician (1893-1947).
Born July 21st, 1893 in Sofia. [ref]
Died September 23rd, 1947 at 54 years old in Sofia (hanging). [ref]
Robert Latham Owen
American politician (1856-1947).
Born February 2nd, 1856 in Lynchburg.
Died July 19th, 1947 at 91 years old in Washington, D.C..
Moses Gomberg
American chemist (1866–1947).
Born February 8th, 1866 in Kropyvnytskyi.
Died February 12th, 1947 at 81 years old in Ann Arbor.
John Arledge
American actor (1907-1947).
Born March 12th, 1907 in Crockett. [ref]
Died May 15th, 1947 at 40 years old in Hollywood.
Friedrich Paschen
German physicist (1865–1947).
Born January 22nd, 1865 in Schwerin.
Died February 25th, 1947 at 82 years old in Potsdam.
Franz Joseph Emil Fischer
German chemist (1877-1947).
Born March 19th, 1877 in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Died December 1st, 1947 at 70 years old in Munich.
Deaths 231 to 240 of 442
If you’re not ready to die for it, take the word “freedom” out of your vocabulary. Malcolm X