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In the year 1947

403 Notable deaths

John Halliday

American stage and screen actor (1880-1947).

Born September 14th, 1884 in Brooklyn.

Died October 17th, 1947 at 63 years old in Honolulu.

Rosalia Zemlyachka

Russian revolutionary (1876-1947).

Born March 20th, 1876 in Mogilev.

Died January 21st, 1947 at 70 years old in Moscow.

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).

Karl Rahm

Nazi concentration camp commandant.

Born April 2nd, 1907 in Klosterneuburg.

Died April 30th, 1947 at 40 years old in Litoměřice (hanging).

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]

Reginald Innes Pocock

British zoologist (1863–1947).

Born March 4th, 1863 in Bristol.

Died August 9th, 1947 at 84 years old in London.

Tadeusz Kutrzeba

Polish general.

Born April 15th, 1886 in Kraków.

Died January 8th, 1947 at 60 years old in London (cancer).

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).

Ellsworth Huntington

American geographer (1876-1947).

Born September 16th, 1876 in Galesburg.

Died October 17th, 1947 at 71 years old in New Haven.

Siegfried Seidl

Ss officer (1911-1947).

Born August 24th, 1911 in Tulln an der Donau.

Died February 4th, 1947 at 35 years old in Vienna (hanging).

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