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The list 1941 deaths includes
Virginia Woolf, Peggy Shannon, Lou Gehrig, Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia and Dolly Wilde.
The list consists of 4,565 members
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Virginia Woolf
English modernist writer (1882–1941)
Overview: Adeline Virginia Woolf (née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English writer, considered one of the most important modernist 20th century authors and also a pioneer in the use ...Date of birth: 25 January 1882Date of death: 28 March 1941Age: 59 (age at death)Nationality: BritishOccupation: AuthorGender: FemaleHeight: 5' 7" (170 cm)
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Peggy Shannon
Actress
Overview: Peggy Shannon (born Winona Sammon; January 10, 1907 – May 11, 1941) was an American actress. She appeared on the stage and screen of the 1920s and 1930s.Date of birth: 10 January 1907Date of death: 11 May 1941Age: 34 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: ActressGender: FemaleHeight: 5' 4" (163 cm) 0
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Helen Morgan
American jazz singer and actress
Overview: Helen Morgan (August 2, 1900 – October 9, 1941) was an American singer and actress who worked in films and on the stage. A quintessential torch singer, she made a big splash in the Chicago club scene ...Date of birth: 2 August 1902Date of death: 8 October 1941Age: 39 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: ActressGender: Female 0
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Lou Gehrig
American baseball player (1903–1941)
Overview: Henry Louis Gehrig (GAIR-ig; born June 19, 1903 – June 2, 1941), also known as Heinrich Ludwig Gehrig, was an American professional baseball first baseman who played 17 seasons in Major League B ...Date of birth: 19 June 1903Date of death: 2 June 1941Age: 37 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: BaseballGender: MaleHeight: 6' (183 cm) 0
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Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia
Russian grand duke (1891–1942)
Overview: Grand Duke Dimitri Pavlovich of Russia (Russian: Великий Князь Дмитрий Павлович; 18 September 1891 – 5 March 1942) was a son of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia, a grandson of Tsar Alexander II ...Date of birth: 18 September 1891Date of death: 5 March 1941Age: 49 (age at death)Nationality: RussianOccupation: RoyaltyGender: Male 0
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Dolly Wilde
British writer
Overview: Dorothy Ierne Wilde, known as Dolly Wilde, (11 July 1895 – 10 April 1941) was an English socialite, made famous by her family connections and her reputation as a witty conversationalist. Her charm ...Date of birth: 11 July 1895Date of death: 10 April 1941Age: 45 (age at death)Nationality: BritishOccupation: PersonalityGender: Female 0
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Kaiser Wilhelm II
German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 to 1918
Overview: Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 1859 – 4 June 1941), anglicised as William II, was the last German Emperor (Kaiser) and King of Prussia, reigning from 15 June 1888 until his ...Date of birth: 27 January 1859Date of death: 4 June 1941Age: 82 (age at death)Nationality: GermanOccupation: RoyaltyGender: MaleHeight: 5' 7" (170 cm) 0
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Al Bowlly
British singer
Overview: Albert Allick Bowlly (7 January 1898 – 17 April 1941) was a Mozambican-born South African/British vocalist and jazz guitarist who was popular during the 1930s in Britain. He recorded more than 1,000 songs ...Date of birth: 7 January 1899Date of death: 17 April 1941Age: 42 (age at death)Nationality: BritishOccupation: Jazz MusicianGender: Male 0
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Charles W. Chappelle
American businessmanOverview: Charles Ward Chappelle (July 11, 1872 – February 28, 1941) was an early 1900s African-American aviation pioneer and medal winner, electrical engineer, and businessman who was president of the USA's ...Date of birth: 11 July 1872Date of death: 28 February 1941Age: 68 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Business 0
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Delia Tetreault
Canadian catholic missionary
Overview: Délia Tétreault, M.I.C., also known as Mother Marie of the Holy Spirit (French: Mère Marie-du-Saint-Esprit), (1865–1941) was a Canadian Religious Sister. Though she never left her homeland, she felt called ... 0
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Amrita Sher-Gil
Indian artist
Overview: Amrita Sher-Gil (Punjabi: ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਾ ਸ਼ੇਰਗਿਲ; 30 January 1913 – 5 December 1941) was a Hungarian-Indian painter. She has been called "one of the greatest avant-garde women artists of the early 20th century" ...Date of birth: 30 January 1913Date of death: 5 December 1941Age: 28 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: PainterGender: Female 0
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Dolly Sisters
American actresses popular in the early 1920s
Overview: Rosie Dolly (October 24, 1892 – February 1, 1970) and Jenny Dolly (October 24, 1892 – June 1, 1941), known professionally as (the) Dolly Sisters, were Hungarian-American identical twin dancers, singers ...Date of birth: 25 October 1892Date of death: 1 February 1970Age: 77 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: DancerGender: Female 0
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Masha Bruskina
Soviet Belarusian partisan
Overview: Maria "Masha" Bruskina (Belarusian: Марыя Барысаўна Брускіна Marïya Barïsawna Bruskina; Russian: Мария Борисовна Брускина Mariya Borisovna Bruskina; 1924 – 26 October 1941 in Minsk) was a Belarusian ...Date of birth: 1924Date of death: 26 October 1941Age: 17 (age at death)Nationality: BelarusianOccupation: VictimGender: Female 0
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Ayyankali
Indian social reformer (1863–1941)
Overview: Ayyankali (also Ayyan Kali) (28 August 1863 – 1941) was a social reformer who worked for the advancement of deprived untouchable people in the princely state of Travancore, British India. His efforts ...Date of birth: 1863Date of death: 1914Age: 50 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: Activist 0
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Mary Lawson
British actor
Overview: Mary Elizabeth Lawson (30 August 1910 – 6 May 1941) was a stage and film actress during the 1920s and 1930s. In addition to her performances on stage and screen, Lawson was known for her romantic affairs ...Date of birth: 30 August 1910Date of death: 4 May 1941Age: 30 (age at death)Nationality: BritishOccupation: ActressGender: Female 0
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Georgette Leblanc
Singer
Overview: Georgette Leblanc (8 February 1869, Rouen – 27 October 1941, Le Cannet) was a French operatic soprano, actress, author, and the sister of novelist Maurice Leblanc. She became particularly associated ...Date of birth: 8 February 1875Date of death: 26 October 1941Age: 66 (age at death)Nationality: FrenchOccupation: ActressGender: Female 0
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Julian Eltinge
Actor, female impersonator
Overview: Julian Eltinge (May 14, 1881 – March 7, 1941), born William Julian Dalton, was an American stage and film actor and female impersonator. After appearing in the Boston Cadets Revue at the age of ten ...Date of birth: 14 May 1881Date of death: 7 March 1941Age: 59 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: ActorGender: Male 0
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Annie Vernay
Swiss actress
Overview: Annie Vernay (November 21, 1921 – August 15, 1941) was a French actress, who emerged as a star of the French cinema before her sudden death at the age of nineteen. After winning a beauty contest ...Date of birth: 21 November 1921Date of death: 15 August 1941Age: 19 (age at death)Nationality: SwissOccupation: ActressGender: Female 0
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Eric Barnekow
German flying ace
Overview: Leutnant Raven Erik Freiherr von Barnekow was a German World War I flying ace credited with eleven aerial victories. Postwar, he emigrated to the United States and became romantically involved with movie ...Date of birth: 10 March 1897Date of death: 8 December 1941Age: 44 (age at death)Nationality: GermanGender: Male 0
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Luke Thompson
Japanese rugby union player
Overview: Luke Thompson (トンプソン ルーク, Tonpuson Rūku, born 16 April 1981) is a retired Japanese rugby union player. He played as a lock and occasional flanker. He was born in Christchurch, New Zealand.Date of birth: 16 April 1981Age: 44Nationality: JapaneseOccupation: Rugby UnionGender: MaleHeight: 6' 5" (196 cm) 0
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