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Karin Swanström, Swedish actress, director, and producer (born 1873)
Karin Swanström was a Swedish actress, producer and director.
Karin Swanström, Swedish actress, director, and producer (born 1873)
The 1940s
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1943
Jean Moulin, French soldier and leader of the French Resistance (born 1899)
Jean Pierre Moulin was a French civil servant and hero of the French Resistance who succeeded in unifying the main networks of the Resistance in World War II. He served as the firs…
Jean Moulin, French soldier and leader of the French Resistance (born 1899)
1943
Willem Arondeus, Dutch artist, author and anti-Nazi resistance fighter (born 1894)
Willem Johan Cornelis Arondéus was a Dutch artist and author who joined the Dutch anti-Nazi resistance movement during World War II. He participated in the bombing of the Amsterdam…
Willem Arondeus, Dutch artist, author and anti-Nazi resistance fighter (born 1894)
1943
Władysław Sikorski, Polish general and politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Second Republic of Poland (born 1881)
Władysław Eugeniusz Sikorski was a Polish military and political leader. Before World War I, Sikorski established and participated in several underground organizations that promote…
Władysław Sikorski, Polish general and politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Second Republic of Poland (born 1881)
1943
Saul Raphael Landau, Polish Jewish lawyer, journalist, publicist and Zionist activist (born 1870)
Saul Raphael Landau was a Polish Jewish lawyer, journalist, publicist and Zionist activist.
Saul Raphael Landau, Polish Jewish lawyer, journalist, publicist and Zionist activist (born 1870)
1943
Yekaterina Budanova, Russian captain and pilot (born 1916)
Yekaterina Vasilyevna Budanova, nicknamed Katya (Катя), was a fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force during World War II. Usually credited with five or more aerial victories, along …
Yekaterina Budanova, Russian captain and pilot (born 1916)
1943
Carlo Zangarini, Italian poet and opera librettist (born 1873)
Carlo Zangarini i was an Italian librettist, poet, and academic. He lived his entire life in the city of Bologna, and is best remembered today for penning the libretti for the oper…
Carlo Zangarini, Italian poet and opera librettist (born 1873)
1943
Charley Paddock, American runner and actor (born 1900)
Charles William Paddock was an American athlete and two-time Olympic champion.
Charley Paddock, American runner and actor (born 1900)
1943
Louis Vauxcelles, French art critic (born 1870)
Louis Vauxcelles was a French art critic. He is credited with coining the terms Fauvism (1905) and Cubism (1908). He used several pseudonyms in various publications: Pinturrichio, …
Louis Vauxcelles, French art critic (born 1870)
1943
Hedley Verity, English cricketer and soldier (born 1905)
Hedley Verity was a professional cricketer who played for Yorkshire and England between 1930 and 1939. A slow left-arm orthodox bowler, he took 1,956 wickets in first-class cricket…
Hedley Verity, English cricketer and soldier (born 1905)
1943
Chaïm Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (born 1893)
Chaïm Soutine was a French painter of Belarusian-Jewish origin of the School of Paris, who made a major contribution to the Expressionist movement while living and working in Paris…
Chaïm Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (born 1893)
1943
Vittorio Sella, Italian photographer and mountaineer (born 1859)
Vittorio Sella was an Italian photographer and mountaineer, whose photographs of mountains are regarded as some of the finest ever made.
Vittorio Sella, Italian photographer and mountaineer (born 1859)
1943
Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager (born 1871)
Joseph James Kelley was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) who starred in the outfield of the Baltimore Orioles teams of the 1890s. Making up the nucleus of th…
Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager (born 1871)
1943
Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (born 1865)
Ali Agha Ismail Agha oghlu Shikhlinski was an Azerbaijani lieutenant-general of the Imperial Russian Army, Deputy Minister of Defense and General of the Artillery of Azerbaijan Dem…
Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (born 1865)
1943
William Irvine, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Victoria (born 1858)
Sir William Hill Irvine was an Australian politician and judge. He served as Premier of Victoria (1902–1904), Attorney-General of Australia (1913–1914), and Chief Justice of Victor…
William Irvine, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Victoria (born 1858)
1943
Lydia Litvyak, Soviet lieutenant and pilot (born 1921)
Lydia Vladimirovna Litvyak, also known as Lilya, was a fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force during World War II. Historians' estimates for her total victories range from thirteen …
Lydia Litvyak, Soviet lieutenant and pilot (born 1921)
1943
Frumka Płotnicka, Polish resistance fighter during World War II (born 1914)
Frumka Płotnicka was a Jewish Polish resistance fighter during World War II; activist of the Jewish Fighting Organization (ŻOB) and member of the Labour Zionist organization Dror. …
Frumka Płotnicka, Polish resistance fighter during World War II (born 1914)
1943
Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1857)
Henrik Pontoppidan was a Danish realist writer who shared with Karl Gjellerup the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1917 for "his authentic descriptions of present-day life in Denmark.…
Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1857)
1943
Antonio Alice, Argentinian painter and educator (born 1886)
Antonio Alice was an Argentine portrait painter. He was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1904.
Antonio Alice, Argentinian painter and educator (born 1886)
1943
Ettore Muti Italian aviator, adventurer and politician (born 1902)
Ettore Muti was an Italian aviator and Fascist politician. He was party secretary of the National Fascist Party from October 1939 until shortly after the entry of Italy into World …
Ettore Muti Italian aviator, adventurer and politician (born 1902)
1943
Simone Weil, French philosopher and activist (born 1909)
Simone Adolphine Weil was a French philosopher, mystic, political activist and labourer. Despite her short life, her ideas concerning religion, spirituality and politics have remai…
Simone Weil, French philosopher and activist (born 1909)
1943
Bîmen Şen, Turkish composer and songwriter (born 1873)
Bîmen Şen was a composer and lyricist of Armenian descent.
Bîmen Şen, Turkish composer and songwriter (born 1873)
1943
Georg Hellat, Estonian architect (born 1870)
Georg Hellat was an Estonian architect.
Georg Hellat, Estonian architect (born 1870)
1943
Boris III of Bulgaria (born 1894)
Boris III was the Tsar of the Kingdom of Bulgaria from 1918 until his death in 1943.
Boris III of Bulgaria (born 1894)