In the year 1947
442 Notable deaths
Anna von Mildenburg
Austrian opera singer (1872–1947).
Born November 29th, 1872 in Vienna.
Died January 27th, 1947 at 74 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Elias Katz
Athletics competitor.
Born June 22nd, 1901 in Turku.
Died December 26th, 1947 at 46 years old in Gaza City.
Tor Andræ
Swedish scholar.
Born July 9th, 1885 in Vena church parish. [ref]
Died February 24th, 1947 at 61 years old in Linköping. [ref]
David Enskog
Swedish mathematician and physicist.
Born April 22nd, 1884 in Västra Ämtervik. [ref]
Died June 1st, 1947 at 63 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve
Catholic cardinal (1883–1947).
Born November 2nd, 1883 in Montreal.
Died January 17th, 1947 at 63 years old in Alhambra.
Miroslav Bulešić
Croatian catholic priest beatified in croatia on september 28, 2013.
Died August 24th, 1947 at 27 years old in Lanišće (stab wound).
Sydney Howard Smith
English badminton and tennis player (1872–1947).
Born February 3rd, 1872 in Stroud.
Died March 27th, 1947 at 75 years old in Stroud.
Cecil Madigan
Australian geologist, explorer and botanical collector (1889–1947).
Born October 15th, 1889 in Renmar.
Died January 14th, 1947 at 57 years old in Adelaide.
Vladimir Golenishchev
Russian egyptologist.
Born January 29th, 1856 in Saint Petersburg.
Died August 5th, 1947 at 91 years old in Nice.
Cassius Jackson Keyser
American mathematician and journalist of pronounced philosophical inclinations (1862-1947).
Born May 15th, 1862 in Rawson.
Died May 8th, 1947 at 84 years old in New York City.
Deaths 311 to 320 of 442
We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening. Zhuangzi