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Deaths on the year of 1941 in history

Deaths
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02 Jan 1941 Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
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04 Jan 1941 Henri Bergson, French philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
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05 Jan 1941 Amy Johnson, English pilot (b. 1903)
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06 Jan 1941 Franz Hessel: Writer, dies at 60
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06 Jan 1941 Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach (b. 1882)
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07 Jan 1941 Charles Finger, English journalist and author (b. 1869)
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08 Jan 1941 Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, English general (b. 1857)
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09 Jan 1941 Ko Boezeman: Dutch resistance fighter
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09 Jan 1941 Dimitrios Golemis, Greek runner (b. 1874)
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10 Jan 1941 Issai Schur, Belarusian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1875)
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10 Jan 1941 Joe Penner, Hungarian-American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
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10 Jan 1941 John Lavery, Irish painter (b. 1856)
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10 Jan 1941 Frank Bridge, English viola player and composer (b. 1879)
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10 Jan 1941 Joseph Schmidlin German church historian, murdered at 67
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11 Jan 1941 Emanuel Lasker, German mathematician, philosopher, and chess player (b. 1868)
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13 Jan 1941 James Joyce, Irish author and poet (b. 1882)
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17 Jan 1941 Jose Leite de Vasconcelos: Portuguese Scholar (Etnografia), dies at 82
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23 Jan 1941 Dobri Khristov composer, dies at 65
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27 Jan 1941 Iver Paul Fredrik Holter composer, dies at 90
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29 Jan 1941 Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1871)
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02 Feb 1941 Johannes Schlaf: Writer, dies at 78
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04 Feb 1941 Johann Peter Kirsch: Luxembourg church historian, dies at 79
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05 Feb 1941 Otto Strandman, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1875)
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05 Feb 1941 Banjo Paterson, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1864)
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06 Feb 1941 Maximilien Luce: French painter, dies at 82
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11 Feb 1941 Rudolf Hilferding German economist/Minister of Finance (SPD), suicide at 63
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13 Feb 1941 Naomi Uemura Japanese mountain climber, dies on Mt McKinley
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19 Feb 1941 Alexander Josiah Webbe English cricket keeper (v Australia 1879), dies
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19 Feb 1941 Hamilton Hamilton Harty composer/conductor, dies at 61
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20 Feb 1941 La Bolduc, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1894)
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21 Feb 1941 Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
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24 Feb 1941 Oskar Loerke German director (Longest Day-1926), dies at 56
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26 Feb 1941 Jan Keizer Zaanse February striker, shot to death
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27 Feb 1941 William D. Byron, American politician (b. 1895)
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28 Feb 1941 Alfonso XIII de Borb
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01 Mar 1941 Lucien Mérignac, French fencer (b. 1873)
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03 Mar 1941 Constant W L Scheurleer: Archaeologist / banker / art expert, dies at 59
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03 Mar 1941 Ernst Cahn: Owner of Amsterdam Koco ice cream parlor, executed
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04 Mar 1941 Edoardo Mascheroni: Composer, dies at 81
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04 Mar 1941 Ludwig Quidde, German activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
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05 Mar 1941 Ludwig Quidde: German Historian / politician (Nobel 1927), dies at 82
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06 Mar 1941 John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum: Sculptor (Mount Rushmore), dies at 73
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06 Mar 1941 Leen Schijvenschuurder: Dutch February strike leader, executed
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06 Mar 1941 Gutzon Borglum, Danish-American sculptor, designed Mount Rushmore (b. 1867)
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07 Mar 1941 Arnold Schering: German musicologist, dies at 63
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08 Mar 1941 Jose Serrano Simeon: Composer, dies at 67
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08 Mar 1941 Sherwood Anderson, American author and poet (b. 1876)
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09 Mar 1941 Carlos Pedrell: Composer, dies at 62
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11 Mar 1941 Walford Davies British organist/composer, dies at 71
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12 Mar 1941 Charles Sanford Skilton composer, dies at 72
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13 Mar 1941 Elizabeth Madox Roberts, American poet and author (b. 1881)
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13 Mar 1941 A Coenradi Dutch resistance fighter, executed
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13 Mar 1941 Bernard Ijzerdraat Dutch resistance fighter, executed
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13 Mar 1941 E Hellendoorn Dutch resistance fighter, executed
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13 Mar 1941 Isaak E Babel Russian writer (Zakat, Marija), executed at 46
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13 Mar 1941 J Eyl Dutch resistance fighter, executed
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17 Mar 1941 Marguerite Nichols, American actress (b. 1895)
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17 Mar 1941 Isaak Emmanuilovich Babel Russian writer (Crvena Konjica), executed at 46
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17 Mar 1941 Joachim Schepke German commandant (U-100), dies in battle
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18 Mar 1941 Henri Cornet, French cyclist (b. 1884)
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20 Mar 1941 D A van den Bosch anti-Nazi clergyman (Amersfoort Camp), dies
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21 Mar 1941 Robert Liefmann German economist (Kartelle und Trusts), dies at 67
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27 Mar 1941 Primo Riccitelli, Italian composer (b. 1875)
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28 Mar 1941 Virginia Woolf, English author and critic (b. 1882)
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28 Mar 1941 Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian police officer (b. 1877)
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28 Mar 1941 Marcus Hurley, American basketball player and cyclist (b. 1883)
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28 Mar 1941 Virginia [Adeline] Woolf-Stephen author (To Lighthouse), commits suicide at 59
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01 Apr 1941 Hippolyte Delehaye: Flemish historian, dies at 81
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02 Apr 1941 Paul Teleki: Premier Hungary
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03 Apr 1941 Pal Teleki-von Szek: Prime Minister Hungary (1920-21, 39-41), suicide at 61
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03 Apr 1941 Pál Teleki, Hungarian academic and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1879)
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03 Apr 1941 Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (b. 1877)
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05 Apr 1941 Nigel Gresley, Scottish-English engineer (b. 1876)
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13 Apr 1941 William Twaits, Canadian soccer player (b. 1879)
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13 Apr 1941 Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer and academic (b. 1863)
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14 Apr 1941 Guillermo Kahlo, German-Mexican photographer (b. 1871)
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14 Apr 1941 Jack Edmonson Australian corporal in Tobruk (Victoria Cross), dies
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16 Apr 1941 Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, English economist and civil servant (b. 1880)
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16 Apr 1941 Josiah Charles Stamp 1st baron/statisician, dies
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17 Apr 1941 Al Bowlly, Mozambican-English singer-songwriter and bandleader (b. 1899)
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18 Apr 1941 Korysis: Prime Minister of Greece, commits suicide
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18 Apr 1941 Alexander Korysis PM of Greece, commits suicide
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19 Apr 1941 Johanna Müller-Hermann, Austrian composer (b. 1878)
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19 Apr 1941 Johanna Muller-Hermann composer, dies at 63
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20 Apr 1941 Barend ter Haar Dutch lawyer, dies in Buchenwald at 49
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21 Apr 1941 Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (b. 1875)
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22 Apr 1941 Arthur Briscoe cricketer (South African batsman in 2 Tests), dies
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24 Apr 1941 Karin Boye, Swedish author and poet (b. 1900)
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25 Apr 1941 Salih Bozok, Turkish commander and politician (b. 1881)
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26 Apr 1941 Jean Demoor Belgian physician/physiologist/educationalist, dies at 74
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30 Apr 1941 Edgar Aabye, Danish tug of war competitor (b. 1865)
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01 May 1941 John R Locksmith de Brown: Vicar / CHU-politician, dies at 71
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02 May 1941 Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874)
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07 May 1941 David Wijnkoop: Revolutionary socialist
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07 May 1941 James George Frazer, Scottish-English anthropologist and academic (b. 1854)
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08 May 1941 Heinrich Zollner: Composer, dies at 86
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08 May 1941 Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)
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08 May 1941 Natalie of Serbia (b. 1859)
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13 May 1941 Ōnishiki Uichirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 26th Yokozuna (b. 1891)
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13 May 1941 Frederick Christian, English cricketer (b. 1877)
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18 May 1941 Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (b. 1863)
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19 May 1941 Werner Sombart Marxist economist (H
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23 May 1941 Lord Herbert Austin motor manufacturer, dies
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23 May 1941 Slavko Osterc composer, dies at 45
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24 May 1941 Lancelot Holland, English admiral (b. 1887)
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27 May 1941 Ernst Lindemann, German captain (b. 1894)
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27 May 1941 Günther Lütjens, German admiral (b. 1889)
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27 May 1941 AH Borgesius tutor/experimentator/amateur astronomer, dies at 76
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27 May 1941 G
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29 May 1941 Léo-Pol Morin, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1892)
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30 May 1941 Prajadhipok, Thai king (b. 1893)
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01 Jun 1941 Hugh S Walpole: British writer (Killer & the Slain)
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01 Jun 1941 Hans Berger, German neurologist (b. 1873)
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01 Jun 1941 Hugh Walpole, New Zealand-English author (b. 1884)
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02 Jun 1941 Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (b. 1903)
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04 Jun 1941 Wilhelm II, German Emperor (b. 1859)
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06 Jun 1941 Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and businessman, founded Chevrolet and Frontenac Motor Corporation (b. 1878)
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10 Jun 1941 Herschel Mayall: Actor (Tale of 2 Cities), dies at 78
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11 Jun 1941 Daniel Carter Beard, American author and illustrator, founded the Boy Scouts of America (b. 1850)
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14 Jun 1941 Pieter J Kromsigt: Theologist / publicist (John Knox), dies at 74
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15 Jun 1941 Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist and physician (b. 1873)
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15 Jun 1941 Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author (b. 1875)
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16 Jun 1941 Lodo of Hamel: 1st Dutch secret affiliate
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17 Jun 1941 Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1862)
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20 Jun 1941 Stephanie H Lapidoth-Swarth: Author (Lonely flowers
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29 Jun 1941 Ignace Jan Paderewski: Polish Statesman pianist, dies in New York at 80
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29 Jun 1941 Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1860)
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29 Jun 1941 Ignace Paderewski Polish statesman pianist, dies in NY at 80
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30 Jun 1941 Yefim Fomin, Belarusian politician (b. 1909)
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30 Jun 1941 Aleksander Tõnisson, Estonian general and politician, 5th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1875)
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03 Jul 1941 Friedrich Akel, Estonian physician and politician, Head of State of Estonia (b. 1871)
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04 Jul 1941 Antoni Łomnicki, Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1881)
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05 Jul 1941 Oskar Fried: Composer, dies at 69
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08 Jul 1941 Philippe Gaubert: Composer, dies at 62
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08 Jul 1941 Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, historian, and politician (b. 1874)
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10 Jul 1941 Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton: Pioneer jazz pianist, dies in LA at 56
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10 Jul 1941 Jelly Roll Morton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (Red Hot Peppers) (b. 1890)
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10 Jul 1941 Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton pioneer jazz pianist, dies at 56 in LA
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13 Jul 1941 Ilmar Raud, Estonian chess player (b. 1913)
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18 Jul 1941 Dionyssios Lavrangas: Composer, dies at 80
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20 Jul 1941 Lew Fields, American actor and producer (b. 1867)
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21 Jul 1941 Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian poet and scholar (b. 1872)
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23 Jul 1941 George Lyman Kittredge, American scholar and educator (b. 1860)
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23 Jul 1941 José Quiñones Gonzales, Peruvian soldier and pilot (b. 1914)
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26 Jul 1941 Benjamin Whorf: Anthropologist
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26 Jul 1941 Henri Lebesgue, French mathematician and academic (b. 1875)
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26 Jul 1941 Marx Dormoy French socialist, killed by a time bomb
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27 Jul 1941 Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand painter and educator (b. 1858)
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02 Aug 1941 Jose Juan Tablada: Mexican Poet (La Feria), dies at 70
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04 Aug 1941 Mihály Babits, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1883)
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07 Aug 1941 Radindranath Tagore: Indian philosopher / Poet / writer, dies at 80
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07 Aug 1941 Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
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12 Aug 1941 Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English politician, 56th Governor General of Canada (b. 1866)
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12 Aug 1941 Bobby Peel, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1857)
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14 Aug 1941 Josef Jakobs: German spy, executed in Tower of London
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14 Aug 1941 Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr and saint (b. 1894)
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14 Aug 1941 Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
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29 Aug 1941 Henri Louis: French officer / resistance fighter, executed at 40
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29 Aug 1941 Jan L G "Yvan" Doornik: Dutch resist fighter in France, executed at 36
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30 Aug 1941 Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish physicist and engineer (b. 1874)
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31 Aug 1941 Marian Zwetajewa: Writer
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31 Aug 1941 Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (b. 1892)
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01 Sep 1941 Benjamin Dwight: US tennis championship umpire
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02 Sep 1941 Lloyd Seay, American race car driver (b. 1919)
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04 Sep 1941 William Clemens, Australian public servant (b. 1873)
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06 Sep 1941 Hugo Loudon: President-director (Royal Oil), dies at 81
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07 Sep 1941 Mario García Menocal, Cuban lawyer and politician, President of Cuba (b. 1866)
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09 Sep 1941 Gustav Ehrismann: German germanist, dies at 85
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09 Sep 1941 Hans Spemann, German embryologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
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11 Sep 1941 Christian Rakovsky, Bulgarian physician, journalist, and politician, Soviet Ambassador to France (b. 1873)
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13 Sep 1941 Elias Disney, Canadian-American father of Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney (b. 1859)
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18 Sep 1941 Fred Karno, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1866)
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25 Sep 1941 Foxhall P. Keene, American polo player, golfer, and race car driver (b. 1867)
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29 Sep 1941 Friedrich Angel: German Mathematician (group theory), dies at 79
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30 Sep 1941 Alice de Janzé, American-Kenyan heiress (b. 1899)
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03 Oct 1941 Wilhelm Kienzl: Austria Composer (Kuhreigen), dies at 84
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05 Oct 1941 Louis D Brandeis: 1st Jewish Supreme Court Judge (1916-39), dies at 84
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05 Oct 1941 Louis Brandeis, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1856)
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09 Oct 1941 Helen Morgan, American singer and actress (b. 1900)
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13 Oct 1941 GJ Berenschot: General / Supreme Commander Dutch East Indies army
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18 Oct 1941 Dirk Fock: Governor-General van / of the Netherlands Indies 1921-6, dies at 83
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18 Oct 1941 Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portuguese politician, 7th President of Portugal (b. 1860)
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22 Oct 1941 Guy Môquet, French militant (b. 1924)
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25 Oct 1941 Franz von Werra, Swiss-German captain and pilot (b. 1914)
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26 Oct 1941 Arkady Gaidar, Russian journalist and author (b. 1904)
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29 Oct 1941 Harvey Hendrick, American baseball player (b. 1897)
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31 Oct 1941 Herwarth Walden: Writer, dies at 63
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01 Nov 1941 Camille Melloy [the Paepe]: Belgian priest / Poet (Requiem), dies at 50
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02 Nov 1941 Bengt Djurberg, Swedish actor and singer (b. 1898)
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05 Nov 1941 Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish activist (b. 1905)
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07 Nov 1941 Albin Zollinger: Swiss Poet / Author (Das Gewitter), dies at 46
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08 Nov 1941 Gaetano Mosca: Italian sociologist (Elite Circle), dies at 83
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12 Nov 1941 Abe "Kid Twist" Reles: New York gangster / police informer, killed
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17 Nov 1941 Earnest Udet: German General / head air pioneer, commits suicide
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18 Nov 1941 Walter H Nernst: German chemist (Nobel Prize 1920), dies at 77
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21 Nov 1941 Juanita Spellini first woman executed in California
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26 Nov 1941 Niels Hansen Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and cermamist (b. 1861)
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26 Nov 1941 Ernest Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1876)
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29 Nov 1941 Frank Waller, American sprinter and hurdler (b. 1884)
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03 Dec 1941 Johann Christian August Sinding: Composer, dies at 85
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03 Dec 1941 Pavel Filonov, Russian painter and poet (b. 1883)
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05 Dec 1941 Amrita Sher-Gil, Hungarian-Pakistani painter (b. 1913)
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07 Dec 1941 Cecil Forsyth: Composer, dies at 71
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07 Dec 1941 Iida: Japanese pilot / lt, dies in battle at 28
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07 Dec 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor (Mervyn S. Bennion, American captain (b. 1887), Herbert C. Jones, American soldier (b. 1918), Isaac C. Kidd, American admiral (b. 1884), Thomas James Reeves, American soldier (b. 1895), Franklin Van Valkenburgh, American captain (b. 1888))
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09 Dec 1941 Leonard "Leo" Polak: Dutch philosopher, dies in Sachsenhausen at 61
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09 Dec 1941 Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Russian author, poet, and philosopher (b. 1865)
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10 Dec 1941 Erich Jacoby, Estonian-Polish architect (b. 1885)
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10 Dec 1941 Colin Kelly, American captain and pilot (b. 1915)
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11 Dec 1941 John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American pilot and poet (b. 1922)
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11 Dec 1941 Émile Picard, French mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
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12 Dec 1941 César Basa, Filipino lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915)
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19 Dec 1941 L M Dovator Russian general, dies in battle
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20 Dec 1941 Igor Severyanin, Russian-Estonian poet and author (b. 1887)
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22 Dec 1941 Karel Hašler, Czech actor, director, composer, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
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22 Dec 1941 Leopoldo Mugnone composer, dies at 83
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24 Dec 1941 Siegfried Alkan, German composer (b. 1858)
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25 Dec 1941 Richard S. Aldrich, American lawyer and politician (b. 1884)
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28 Dec 1941 Hermann Wilker, German rower (b. 1874)
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29 Dec 1941 Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician and scholar (b. 1873)
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30 Dec 1941 El Lissitzky, Russian photographer and architect (b. 1890)
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31 Dec 1941 Sigwart Aspestrand composer, dies at 85
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