In the year 1947

442 Notable deaths

Sidney Toler

American actor, playwright and theatre director (1874-1947).

Born April 28th, 1874 in Warrensburg.

Died February 12th, 1947 at 72 years old in Beverly Hills (colorectal cancer).

Pyotr Krasnov

White movement cossack (1869-1947).

Born September 22nd, 1869 in Saint Petersburg.

Died January 17th, 1947 at 77 years old in Moscow (hanging).

Halford Mackinder

British geographer, academic and politician (1861-1947).

Born February 15th, 1861 in Gainsborough.

Died March 6th, 1947 at 86 years old in Bournemouth.

Theodore G. Bilbo

American politician (1877-1947).

Born October 13th, 1877 in Poplarville. [ref]

Died August 21st, 1947 at 69 years old in New Orleans (lip and oral cavity carcinoma). [ref]

Manolete

Spanish bullfighter (1917-1947).

Born July 4th, 1917 in Córdoba.

Died August 29th, 1947 at 30 years old in Linares (cornada, bull goring).

James Larkin

Irish socialist and trade union leader (1876–1947).

Born January 21st, 1876 in Liverpool.

Died January 30th, 1947 at 71 years old in Dublin.

Victor Horta

Belgian architect, designer, publicist, teacher and creator of art nouveau (1861–1947).

Born January 6th, 1861 in Ghent.

Died September 8th, 1947 at 86 years old in City of Brussels.

Marc Mitscher

United states admiral (1887–1947).

Born January 26th, 1887 in Hillsboro.

Died February 3rd, 1947 at 60 years old (coronary thrombosis).

Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger

Nazi leader (1890-1947).

Born April 14th, 1890 in Zielonowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship.

Died April 25th, 1947 at 57 years old in Nuremberg.

Dorothea Binz

German supervisor at ravensbrück concentration (1920-1947).

Born March 16th, 1920 in Templin.

Died May 2nd, 1947 at 27 years old in Hamelin (hanging to death).

Deaths 51 to 60 of 442

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Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. Helen Keller (Remember that Helen Keller was blind)