In the year 1947
442 Notable deaths
Oluf Olsson
Gymnast (1873-1947).
Born May 30th, 1873 in Copenhagen.
Died May 25th, 1947 at 73 years old in Copenhagen.
Theodor Nauman
Swedish water polo player (1885–1947).
Born December 7th, 1885 in Stockholm.
Died February 6th, 1947 at 61 years old in Stockholm.
Aukusti Sihvola
Olympic wrestler (1895–1947).
Born March 7th, 1895 in Sippola.
Died June 18th, 1947 at 52 years old in Luumäki.
Marcello Nizzola
Olympic wrestler (1900–1947).
Born December 17th, 1900 in Genoa.
Died February 22nd, 1947 at 46 years old in Genoa.
Louis Delaunoij
Dutch fencer (1879–1947).
Born March 3rd, 1879 in Amsterdam.
Died October 29th, 1947 at 68 years old in Bussum.
Mikhail Bondarenko
Soviet wwii ace and twice hero of the soviet union (1913–1947).
Born October 20th, 1913 in Bohdanivka.
Died July 27th, 1947 at 33 years old in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (drowning).
Øistein Schirmer
Gymnast.
Born April 11th, 1879 in Fredrikstad.
Died May 24th, 1947 at 68 years old in Larvik.
Uliana Kravchenko
Ukrainian poet.
Born April 18th, 1860 in Mykolaiv, Lviv Oblast.
Died March 31st, 1947 at 86 years old in Przemyśl.
Heinrich August Luyken
German british author and esperantist (1864-1947).
Born December 10th, 1864 in United Kingdom, Altenkirchen.
Died September 21st, 1947 at 82 years old in Amersham.
Ivan Ivanovich Zhegalkin
Russian mathematician.
Born August 3rd, 1869 in Mtsensk.
Died March 28th, 1947 at 77 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 431 to 440 of 442
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Kahlil Gibran