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In the year 1947
442 Notable deaths
Ziauddin Ahmad
Indian mathematician and philosopher (1873-1947).
Born February 13th, 1878 in Meerut.
Died December 23rd, 1947 at 69 years old in London.
Rosalia Zemlyachka
Russian revolutionary (1876-1947).
Born March 20th, 1876 in Mogilev.
Died January 21st, 1947 at 70 years old in Moscow.
Paul P. Harris
American lawyer.
Born April 19th, 1868 in Racine.
Died January 27th, 1947 at 78 years old in Chicago.
Bronisław Huberman
Polish musician (1882–1947).
Born December 19th, 1882 in Częstochowa.
Died June 16th, 1947 at 64 years old in Corsier-sur-Vevey.
August Schmidhuber
German general.
Born May 8th, 1901 in Augsburg.
Died February 19th, 1947 at 45 years old in Belgrade (hanging).
Emil Racoviță
Romanian polar explorer (1868–1947).
Born November 15th, 1868 in Iași.
Died November 19th, 1947 at 79 years old in Cluj-Napoca.
Eduard Krebsbach
German physician and ss doctor in the nazi concentration camp in mauthausen (1894-1947).
Born August 8th, 1894 in Bonn.
Died May 28th, 1947 at 52 years old in Landsberg Prison (hanging).
Stanhope Forbes
British artist (1857-1947).
Born November 18th, 1857 in Dublin.
Died March 2nd, 1947 at 89 years old in Newlyn.
Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton
British politician and colonial administrator (1876-1947).
Born August 9th, 1876 in Shimla. [ref]
Died October 25th, 1947 at 71 years old in Exeter. [ref]
Frits Clausen
Danish national socialist politician (1893-1947).
Born November 12th, 1893 in Aabenraa.
Died December 5th, 1947 at 54 years old in Vestre Prison (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 151 to 160 of 442
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