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In the year 1947
389 Notable deaths
Heiti Talvik
Estonian poet.
Born November 9th, 1904 in Tartu.
Died July 18th, 1947 at 42 years old in Tyumen Oblast.
Fedir Krychevsky
Ukrainian painter (1879-1947).
Born May 22nd, 1879 in Lebedyn.
Died July 30th, 1947 at 68 years old in Irpin.
Heinrich Häberlin
Member of the swiss federal council (1868-1947).
Born September 6th, 1868 in Weinfelden.
Died February 26th, 1947 at 78 years old in Frauenfeld.
Max Gülstorff
German actor.
Born March 23rd, 1882 in Sovetsk.
Died February 6th, 1947 at 64 years old in Berlin (pneumonia).
Frantz Funck-Brentano
French librarian, historian and play writer (1862-1947).
Born June 15th, 1862 in Munsbach Castle. [ref]
Died June 13th, 1947 at 84 years old in Paris.
Verda Majo
Japanese pacifist, esperantist, feminist and antifascist.
Born March 7th, 1912 in Ōtsuki. [ref]
Died January 14th, 1947 at 34 years old in Jiamusi.
Ivan Regen
Slovenian biologist (1868-1947).
Born December 9th, 1868 in Gorenja Vas.
Died July 27th, 1947 at 78 years old in Vienna.
Julio Lores
Peruvian footballer (1908-1947).
Born September 15th, 1908 in Huaral.
Died July 15th, 1947 at 38 years old
Jantina Tammes
Dutch botanist and geneticist (1871-1947).
Born June 23rd, 1871 in Groningen. [ref]
Died September 20th, 1947 at 76 years old in Groningen. [ref]
Louis Delâge
French automotive engineer.
Born March 22nd, 1874 in Cognac. [ref]
Died December 14th, 1947 at 73 years old in Le Pecq. [ref]
Deaths 311 to 320 of 389
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks