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In the year 1947
388 Notable deaths
Josef Albert Meisinger
Gestapo and ss officer (1899-1947).
Born September 14th, 1899 in Munich.
Died March 7th, 1947 at 47 years old in Mokotów Prison (hanging).
Carl Hilpert
German general (1888-1947).
Born September 12th, 1888 in Nuremberg.
Died February 1st, 1947 at 58 years old in Moscow.
Wolfgang Borchert
German playwright, and short story writer.
Born May 20th, 1921 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died November 20th, 1947 at 26 years old in Basel (hepatitis). [ref]
Josef Čapek
Czech painter and writer (1887-1945).
Born March 23rd, 1887 in Hronov. [ref]
Died March 30th, 1947 at 60 years old in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. [ref]
Blanche Hoschedé Monet
French painter (1865-1947).
Born November 10th, 1865 in 10th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1947 at 82 years old in Giverny.
Albert Marquet
French artist (1875-1947).
Born March 27th, 1875 in Bordeaux. [ref]
Died June 14th, 1947 at 72 years old in Paris (prostate cancer). [ref]
Yone Noguchi
Japanese writer of poetry, fiction, essays, and literary criticism (1875-1947).
Born December 8th, 1875 in Tsushima.
Died July 13th, 1947 at 71 years old in Tokyo (stomach cancer).
Hisao Tani
Japanese general.
Born December 23rd, 1882 in Okayama. [ref]
Died April 26th, 1947 at 64 years old in Nanjing (capital punishment in China).
David Ignatius Walsh
U.s. senator from massachusetts (born 1872).
Born November 11th, 1872 in Leominster.
Died June 11th, 1947 at 74 years old in Boston.
Slavko Kvaternik
Croatian soldier and politician (1878-1947).
Born August 25th, 1878 in Moravice.
Died June 13th, 1947 at 68 years old in Zagreb.
Deaths 101 to 110 of 388
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