- February 28
- Johan C Braakensiek, Dutch political cartoonist, dies at age 81. [1]
- March 1
- Josef Swickard, actor (Lost City, Tale of Two Cities), dies at age 73. [1]
- March 10
- Louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Merchant of Venice), dies at age 68. [1]
- March 15
- Alfred Marr, cricket player (Test for Australia 1885, scored 0 and 5), dies. [1]
- March 16
- Selma O Lagerlöf, Swedish author (Nils Holgersson, Nobel Prize 1909), dies at age 81. [1]
- March 19
- Gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs, dies at age 54. [1]
- April 9
- Mrs Patrick Campbell, English actress (Outcast Lady, Riptide), dies. [1]
- April 26
- Carl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, IG Farben, Nobel Prize 1931), dies at age 65. [1]
- May 10
- Euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer, Dutch author/poster artist, dies at age 56. [1]
- May 14
- Emma Goldman, US anarchist/feminist/author (Living My Life), dies. [1]
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- Jacob van Gelderen, economist/sociologist/SDAP-2nd-Chamber, dies at age 49. [1]
- Menno ter Braak, Dutch writer (Forum, New Elite), commits suicide at age 38. [1]
- May 15
- Joseph Limburg, liberal second-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at age 75. [1]
- Willem A Bonger, Dutch criminologist (Race and Crime), commits suicide at age 63. [1]
- May 20
- Amar Singh, cricket player (Indian pace bowler 1932-36), dies of pneumonia. [1]
- Joris [Georges] van Severen, Flemish fascist/Member of parliament, dies. [1]
- May 23
- Andrej N Rimsky-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies. [1]
- Paul Nizan, French journalist/writer (Ce Soir, Aden Arabia), dies at age 35. [1]
- May 28
- Adriaan J Enschedé, director (Dutch printers Joh Enschedé), dies at age 50. [1]
- Randle Ayrton, actor (Manx Man), dies at age 70. [1]
- Walter Connolly, actor (It Happened One Night, Good Earth), dies at age 53. [1]
- May 30
- Y de Smit-Rog, eldest Dutchman, dies at age 104. [1]
- July 15
- Robert Wadlow, world's tallest man (8 feet 11.1 inches), dies at age 32. [1]
- July 19
- Samuel H Chang, American newspaper magnate, is murdered in Shanghai, China. [1]
- August 21
- Leon Trotsky dies of wounds inflicted by an assailant the previous day. [1]
- December 6
- Charlie Hime, cricket player (one Test for South Africa 1895), dies. [1]
- December 9
- Maletti, Italian general, dies in battle. [1]
- December 13
- Dusty Tapscott, cricket player (brother of Doodles, 4&1 in only South Africa Test), dies. [1]
- George Macaulay, cricket player (took 24 wickets in 8 Tests, England 22-33), dies. [1]
- December 16
- M Eugène F T Dubois, geologist/paleontologist (Wadjakmens), dies. [1]
- December 21
- Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, author (Great Gatsby, Zelda), dies of a heart attack in Hollywood, California at age 44. [1] [5]
- December 22
- Nathanael West [Weinstein], American writer (Cool Million), dies at age 37. [1]
- December 25
- Agnes Ayres, actress (Johnny Belinda, Sheik), dies at age 42. [1]
1941
- January 4
- Henri Bergson, French philosopher (Le Rire, Nobel Prize 1928), dies at age 81. [1]
- January 8
- Lord Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout movement, dies at age 83. [1]
- January 9
- Ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies. [1]
- January 10
- Frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at age 61. [1]
- Joseph Schmidlin, German church historian, murdered at age 67. [1]
- January 13
- James Joyce, novelist (Ulysses), dies in Zürich Switzerland, at age 58. [1]
- January 17
- José Leite de Vasconcelos, Portuguese scholar (Etnografia), dies at age 82. [1]
- January 29
- Greek Prime Minister General Ioannis Metaxas dies unexpectedly. The new Greek prime minister invites British forces in for protection against Germany and Italy. [1] [10]
- February 4
- Johann Peter Kirsch, Luxembourg church historian, dies at age 79. [1]
- February 11
- Rudolf Hilferding, German economist/Minister of Finance (SPD), suicide at age 63. [1]
- February 19
- Alexander Josiah Webbe, English cricket keeper (v Australia 1879), dies. [1]
- February 24
- Oskar Loerke, German film director (The Longest Day - 1926), dies at age 56. [1]
- February 28
- Alfonso XIII de Borbón, King of Spain (1902-31), dies. [1] [1157.94]
- March 3
- Constant W L Scheurleer, archaeologist/banker/art expert, dies at age 59. [1]
- Ernst Cahn, owner of Amsterdam Koco ice cream parlor, is executed. [1]
- March 5
- Ludwig Quidde, German historian/politician (Nobel Prize 1927), dies at age 82. [1]
- March 6
- John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum, sculptor (Mount Rushmore), dies at age 73. [1]
- Leen Schijvenschuurder, Dutch February strike leader, executed. [1]
- March 7
- Arnold Schering, German musicologist, dies at age 63. [1]
- Günther Prien, German commandant (U-47), dies in battle. [1]
- March 8
- Sherwood Anderson, American writer/publisher (Winesburg Ohio), dies at age 64. [1]
- March 13
- A Coenradi, Dutch resistance fighter, executed. [1]
- Bernard Ijzerdraat, Dutch resistance fighter, executed. [1]
- E Hellendoorn, Dutch resistance fighter, executed. [1]
- Isaak E Babel, Russian writer (Zakat, Marija), executed at age 46. [1]
- J Eyl Dutch, resistance fighter, executed. [1]
- March 16
- John Murray, Canadian oceanographer (Challenger), dies at age 73. [1]
- March 17
- Isaak Emmanuilovich Babel, Russian writer (Crvena Konjica), executed at age 46. [1]
- Joachim Schepke, German commandant (U-100), dies in battle. [1]
- March 20
- D A van den Bosch, anti-Nazi clergyman (Amersfoort Camp), dies. [1]
- March 21
- Robert Liefmann, German economist (Kartelle und Trusts), dies at age 67. [1]
- March 28
- Virginia [Adeline] Woolf-Stephen, author (To Lighthouse), commits suicide at age 59. [1] [5]
- April 1
- Hippolyte Delehaye, Flemish historian, dies at age 81. [1]
- April 2
- Hungarian Prime Minister Count Teleki kills himself, rather than agree to Adolf Hitler's demand to allow passage of German troops to Yugoslavia. However, the Hungarian Chief of General Staff accedes to the demand. [10]
- April 3
- André Michelin, French tire manufacturer, dies at age 88. [1]
- April 13
- Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer (Henry Draper catalogues), dies at age 77. [1]
- April 14
- Jack Edmonson, Australian corporal in Tobruk (Victoria Cross), dies. [1]
- April 16
- Josiah Charles Stamp, first baron/statisician, dies. [1]
- April 18
- Alexander Korysis, Prime Minister of Greece, commits suicide. [1]
- April 20
- Barend ter Haar, Dutch lawyer, dies in Buchenwald at age 49. [1]
- April 22
- Arthur Briscoe, cricket player (South African batsman in two Tests), dies. [1]
- April 26
- Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist/educationalist, dies at age 74. [1]
- May 1
- John R Locksmith de Brown, vicar/CHU-politician, dies at age 71. [1]
- May 19
- Werner Sombart, Marxist economist (Händler und Heroes), dies at age 78. [1]
- May 23
- Death of Lord Herbert Austin; motor manufacturer. [1]
- May 24
- Lancelot Holland, British Vice-Admiral (battleship Hood), dies in battle. [1]
- May 27
- AH Borgesius, tutor/experimenter/amateur astronomer, dies at age 76. [1]
- Günther Lütjens, German Admiral (Bismarck), dies. [1]
- June 2
- Lou Gehrig, Mew York Yankees great, dies at age 37 of ALS in Riverdale, New York. [1]
- June 10
- Marcus Garvey dies at age 52 in London, England. [1]
- July 3
- Death of Friedrich Karl Akel by execution by the Soviet NKVD; was Estonia State Elder 192, 3-time Foreign Minister, ambassador, on National Council 1938-40, opthalmologist, representative on International Olympic Committee 1927-32. [810.123]
- July 10
- Death of Ferdinand La Menthe AKA Jelly Roll Morton at age 50 in Los Angeles, California, USA; pianist-composer (Red Hot Peppers Band, "Jelly Roll Blues", "Wolverine Blues", "King Porter Stomp"). [1] [457]
- October 5
- Louis D Brandeis, first Jewish US Supreme Court Justice, dies at age 84. [1]
- December 1
- Horace Chapman, cricket player (two Tests for South Africa, 39 runs, one wicket), dies. [1]
- December 7
- Iida, Japanese pilot/lieutenant, dies in battle at age 28. [1]
- December 9
- Leonard "Leo" Polak, Dutch philosopher, dies in Sachsenhausen at age 61. [1]
- December 19
- L M Dovator, Russian general, dies in battle. [1]
1942
- January 5
- Yves Paringaux, French chief of staff, is murdered. [1]
- January 7
- Henry Count of Baillet-Latour, president of International Olympic Committee (1925-42), dies at age 63. [1]
- January 12
- George Francis, cricket player (West Indies Test fast-bowler, 23 wickets in 10), dies. [1]
- January 15
- Melvin Winfield Sheppard, runner (Olympics-gold-1908, 1912), dies at age 58. [1]
- January 16
- Barbara Lynn [Ozen], US singer ("You'll Lose a Good Thing"), dies. [1]
- Carole Lombard, actress (Bolero), is killed in a plane crash (along with her mother and 20 others) at age 33. [1]
- January 22
- Reimond Tollenaere, leader Flemish National Front, dies at age 81. [1]
- Walter Richard Sickert, British painter (Free House!), dies at age 81. [1]
- January 26
- Gerard L F Philips, Dutch manufacturer (Philips), dies at age 83. [1]
- February 7
- Dorando di Desiderio Pietri, marathon runner (Olympics-gold-1908), dies at age 56. [1]
- February 8
- Fritz Todt, German Reichs minister (Organization Todt), dies at age 50. [1]
- February 12
- Grant Wood, American painter (American Gothic), dies at age 49. [1]
- February 15
- Guido Adler, Austrian musicologist, dies at age 91. [1]
- February 23
- Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (Die Welt von Gestern), dies at age 60. [1]
- February 27
- Karel WFM Doorman, Dutch Rear Admiral (Java Sea), killed in action at age 52. [1]
- March 3
- Amedeo Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at age 43. [1]
- March 8
- José R Capablanca, Cuban chess player (world champion 1927), dies at age 53. [1]
- March 15
- Alexander van Zemlinsky, Austrian/US composer (African Dance), dies at age 70. [1]
- March 28
- Herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch foreign minister (1918-27), dies at age 67. [1]
- Miguel Hernadez Gilabert, Spanish poet (Viento del Pueblo), dies at age 31. [1]
- March 30
- Alfred Coville, French historian (Lesson premier Valois), dies at age 81. [1]
- April 13
- Henk Sneevliet, leader of Dutch RSAP/Spartacus, executed at age 58. [1]
- April 15
- Robert Musil, Austrian writer (Mann ohne Eigenschaften), dies at age 61. [1]
- April 23
- Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, President of Argentina (1922-28), dies at age 73. [1]
- April 24
- Death of Lucy Maud Montgomery at age 68 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Canadian author (22 works of fiction, 450 poems, 500 short stories, Anne of Green Gables, Emily of New Moon). [457]
- May 3
- Johan H Westerveld, Lieutenant-Colonel/leader Order Service, executed. [1]
- May 10
- Joseph M Weber, comedian/singer (Weber and Lewis Fields), dies at age 74. [1]
- May 19
- [Nicoline] Magdalene Anchor-Roll, Norwegian author (Enken), dies at age 69. [1]
- May 28
- Jean F van Royen, German secretary PTT (Camp Amersfoort), dies. [1]
- May 29
- John Barrymore, American actor (Beloved Rogue, Dinner at 8), dies at age 60. [1]
- June 4
- Reinhard Heydrich dies of his wounds from an assassination attempt. Adolf Hitler appoints Karl Herman Frank as new protector of Czechoslovakia, and demands the execution of 10,000 Czechs. [10]
- June 22
- Death of Carmi A. Thompson, US Treasurer. [506.40]
- August 25
- Death of George, Duke of Kent, in routine air accident as Sunderland flying boat crashes into low hill Eagles Rock in Caithness, Scotland. This is the first member of royal family to die while on active military service since the 15th century. [861.45]
- December 14
- Eduard C "Edo" Fimmen, Dutch trade union leader, dies at age 61. [1]
- December 18
- Charlie Walker, cricket player (Australian tourist to England 1930, 1938), dies. [1]
- December 21
- Leendert Round, sculptor (Giraffen, Blijdorp), dies at age 63. [1]
- December 24
- French Admiral Jean Darlan is assassinated in Algiers. [10]
- December 26
- Bosinier de la Chapelle, French murderer of Admiral Darlan, executed at age 24. [1]
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