Famous People Who Died In 1941
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1941. This list includes people like Rabindranath Tagore, Lou Gehrig, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include poets, artists, political leaders and novelists who died in 1941. This list includes people from Germany, United States, United Kingdom & France and many more countries.
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Lou Gehrig(One of the Most Durable Players in American Professional Baseball and One of its Great Hitters)
Birthdate: June 19, 1903
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Yorkville, New York, United States
Died: June 2
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
2
Virginia Woolf(One of the Most Important Modernist 20th-Century Authors)
Birthdate: January 25, 1882
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kensington, London, England
Died: March 28
3
Wilhelm II(German Emperor and King of Prussia (1888 - 1918))
Birthdate: January 27, 1859
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: June 4
4
James Joyce(One of the Most Influential Writers of the 20th Century)
Birthdate: February 2, 1882
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Rathgar, Ireland
Died: January 13
Birthdate: May 7, 1861
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Died: August 7
Birthdate: November 14, 1891
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Alliston, New Tecumseth, Canada
Died: February 21
Birthdate: February 22, 1857
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paddington, London, England
Died: January 8
Birthdate: February 17, 1864
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Orange
Died: February 5
9
Louis Chevrolet(Race Car Driver and Co-Founder of the ‘Chevrolet Motor Car Company’ and ‘Frontenac Motor Corporation’)
Birthdate: December 25, 1878
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Died: June 6
Birthdate: July 1, 1903
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died: January 5
11
Jelly Roll Morton
(Pianist, Bandleader, Composer, Conductor, Jazz musician)
Birthdate: October 20, 1890
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Gulfport
Died: July 10
12
Henri Bergson(French Philosopher and Winner of the 1927 Nobel Prize in Literature)
Birthdate: October 18, 1859
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: January 4
Birthdate: December 11, 1863
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Dover
Died: April 13
Birthdate: September 13, 1876
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ohio, United States
Died: March 8
Birthdate: November 13, 1856
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Died: October 5
16
Amrita Shergil(Greatest avant-garde women artists of the early 20th century)
Birthdate: January 30, 1913
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: December 5
17
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
(Former Prime Minister of Poland, Pianist)
Birthdate: November 6, 1860
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kurylivka, Ukraine
Died: June 29
Birthdate: August 14, 1883
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Died: October 27
19
Edward Rydz-Śmigły
(Commander-In-Chief and Inspector General of the Polish Armed Forces (1935 - 1939))
Birthdate: March 11, 1886
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Berezhany, Ukraine
Died: December 2
Birthdate: April 22, 1918
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Milan
Died: August 7
21
Maurice Leblanc
(French Novelist Known as the Creator of the Fictional Gentleman Thief and Detective ‘Arsène Lupin')
Birthdate: December 11, 1864
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Rouen, France
Died: November 6
22
Isaac C. Kidd
(Military officer)
Birthdate: March 26, 1884
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Died: December 7
23
Arthur Evans
(Archaeologist)
Birthdate: July 8, 1851
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Nash Mills, England
Died: July 11
Birthdate: June 25, 1864
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Wąbrzeźno
Died: November 18
25
Jock Lewes
(Military personnel)
Birthdate: December 21, 1913
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kolkata Calcutta, Bengal, British India
Died: December 31
Birthdate: August 2, 1900
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Danville, Illinois, United States
Died: October 9
Birthdate: January 8, 1894
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Zduńska Wola, Poland
Died: August 14
28
Edwin S. Porter
(Pioneering Filmmaker of the Early 1900s)
Birthdate: April 21, 1870
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Connellsville, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: April 30
29
Kurt Koffka
(Psychologist, University teacher)
Birthdate: March 18, 1886
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Berlin
Died: November 22
Birthdate: April 12, 1885
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: October 25
31
James George Frazer
(Anthropologist, Writer, Historian, Mythographer)
Birthdate: January 1, 1854
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Glasgow
Died: May 7
32
Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya
(Resistance fighter)
Birthdate: September 13, 1923
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Osino-Gay, Russia
Died: November 29
33
Benjamin Lee Whorf
(Anthropologist, Linguist)
Birthdate: April 24, 1897
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Winthrop, Massachusetts
Died: July 26
34
Émile Nelligan
(Canadian Poet)
Birthdate: December 24, 1879
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died: November 18
35
Tullio Levi-Civita
(Mathematician)
Birthdate: March 29, 1873
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Padua
Died: December 29
36
Frank Bridge
(Composer, Conductor, Music educator)
Birthdate: February 26, 1879
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Brighton
Died: January 10
37
Eduard Freiherr von Böhm-Ermolli
(Austrian general during World War I who rose to the rank of field marshal in the Austro-Hungarian Army)
Birthdate: February 12, 1856
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Ancona, Italy
Died: December 9
Birthdate: March 20, 1856
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Belfast, Ireland
Died: January 10
39
Gaetano Mosca
(Former Member of Italian Chamber of Deputies for Palermo (1909 - 1919))
Birthdate: April 1, 1858
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Palermo, Italy
Died: November 8
40
Werner Sombart
(German Economist and Sociologist Known for Coining the Term ‘Late Capitalism')
Birthdate: January 19, 1863
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Ermsleben, Falkenstein, Germany
Died: May 18
41
Elizabeth von Arnim
(Novelist)
Birthdate: August 31, 1866
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Kirribilli Point, Australia
Died: February 9
42
Hugh Walpole
(British Novelist)
Birthdate: March 13, 1884
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Auckland, New Zealand
Died: June 1
Birthdate: November 8, 1893
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bangkok, Siam, Thailand
Died: May 30
44
Tom Phillips
(Military officer)
Birthdate: February 19, 1888
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Pendennis Castle, Falmouth, England
Died: December 10
45
John Leach
(Military personnel)
Birthdate: September 1, 1894
Sun Sign: Virgo
Died: December 10
46
William Gibbs McAdoo
(Politician)
Birthdate: October 31, 1863
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Marietta, Georgia, U.S
Died: February 1
47
Émile Bernard
(Post-Impressionist painter, Writer)
Birthdate: April 28, 1868
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Lille, France
Died: April 16
48
Nicolae Titulescu
(Diplomat)
Birthdate: March 4, 1882
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Craiova, Romania
Died: March 17
49
Alexej von Jawlensky
(Russian Expressionist Painter)
Birthdate: March 26, 1864
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Torzhok, Russia
Died: March 15
50
Émile Picard
(Mathematician)
Birthdate: July 24, 1856
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 11
