In the year 1947
442 Notable deaths
Theodore Romzha
Blessed martyr, eparch of mukacheve.
Born April 14th, 1911 in Bocicoiu Mare.
Died November 1st, 1947 at 36 years old in Mukachevo (poison).
Hanns Ludin
German nazi diplomat (1905-1947).
Born June 10th, 1905 in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
Died December 9th, 1947 at 42 years old in Bratislava (hanging).
Almroth Wright
British microbiologist and immunologist.
Born August 10th, 1861 in Middleton Tyas.
Died April 30th, 1947 at 85 years old in Farnham Common.
Clement Calhoun Young
Governor of california (1869-1947).
Born April 28th, 1869 in Lisbon.
Died December 26th, 1947 at 78 years old in Berkeley.
Archduchess Maria Cristina, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Tuscany
Two sicilian and austro-tuscan imperial and royal.
Born April 10th, 1877 in Cannes.
Died October 4th, 1947 at 70 years old in Sankt Gilgen.
Emil Haussmann
Ss officer (1910–1947).
Born October 11th, 1910 in Ravensburg.
Died July 31st, 1947 at 36 years old in Nuremberg (hanging). [ref]
Wilhelm Uhde
German art historian, dealer and collector (1874-1947).
Born October 28th, 1874 in Strzelce Krajeńskie.
Died August 17th, 1947 at 72 years old in Paris.
Aleksander Stavre Drenova
Albanian poet.
Born April 11th, 1872 in Drenovë.
Died December 11th, 1947 at 75 years old in Bucharest.
Benedict Wallet Vilakazi
South african zulu poet, novelist, and educator (1906–1947).
Born January 6th, 1906 in KwaDukuza.
Died October 26th, 1947 at 41 years old in Johannesburg (meningitis).
Ricarda Huch
German writer.
Born July 18th, 1864 in Brunswick. [ref]
Died November 17th, 1947 at 83 years old in Schönberg. [ref]
Deaths 191 to 200 of 442
There is only one god and his name is Death, and there is only one thing we say to Death: ‘Not today’. Syrio Forel