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Richard Bedford Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, philanthropist, and politician who served as the 11th prime minister of Canada from 1930 to 1935.
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The 1940s
Explore 6096 historical events from 1940–1949.
1947
Stanislav Kostka Neumann, Czech writer, poet and journalist (born 1875)
Stanislav Kostka Neumann was a Czech poet, literary critic, journalist and translator. He was known for his anarchist and communist views, which influenced his work. He is the fath…
Stanislav Kostka Neumann, Czech writer, poet and journalist (born 1875)
1947
Adolfo Müller-Ury, Swiss-American painter (born 1862)
Adolfo Müller-Ury, KSG was a Swiss-born American portrait painter and impressionistic painter of roses and still life.
Adolfo Müller-Ury, Swiss-American painter (born 1862)
1947
Lucjan Żeligowski, Polish-Lithuanian general and politician (born 1865)
Lucjan Żeligowski was a Polish general, politician, military commander and veteran of World War I, the Polish-Soviet War and World War II. He is mostly remembered for his role in Ż…
Lucjan Żeligowski, Polish-Lithuanian general and politician (born 1865)
1947
Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (born 1902)
James Melvin Lunceford was an American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader in the swing era.
Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (born 1902)
1947
Walter Donaldson, American soldier and songwriter (born 1893)
Walter Donaldson was a prolific American popular songwriter and publishing company founder, composing many hit songs of the 1910s to 1940s, that have become standards and form part…
Walter Donaldson, American soldier and songwriter (born 1893)
1947
Evald Tipner, Estonian footballer and ice hockey player (born 1906)
Evald Tipner was an Estonian footballer widely regarded as one of the greatest Estonian goalkeepers of all time. He was capped 66 times for the Estonia national football team, 7 ti…
Evald Tipner, Estonian footballer and ice hockey player (born 1906)
1947
U Razak, Burmese educator and politician (born 1898)
U Razak was a Burmese politician and an educationalist. Of mixed Bamar-Indian ancestry, he was a cabinet minister in Aung San's pre-independence interim government, and was assassi…
U Razak, Burmese educator and politician (born 1898)
1947
Aung San, Burmese general and politician (born 1915)
Aung San was a Burmese politician, independence activist and revolutionary. He was instrumental in Myanmar's struggle for independence from British rule, but he was assassinated ju…
Aung San, Burmese general and politician (born 1915)
1947
Lyuh Woon-hyung, South Korean politician (born 1886)
Lyuh Woon-hyung, also known by his art name Mongyang, was a Korean independence activist and reunification activist.
Lyuh Woon-hyung, South Korean politician (born 1886)
1947
Joseph Cook, English-Australian miner and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1860)
Sir Joseph Cook was an Australian politician and trade unionist who served as the sixth prime minister of Australia from 1913 to 1914. He held office as the leader of the Liberal P…
Joseph Cook, English-Australian miner and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1860)
1947
Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded Bugatti (born 1881)
Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti was an Italian-French automobile designer and manufacturer. He received French citizenship in 1946 and is remembered as the founder and proprietor of th…
Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded Bugatti (born 1881)
1947
Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Danish actor and director (born 1890)
Gunnar Sommerfeldt was a Danish actor and film maker.
Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Danish actor and director (born 1890)
1947
Kathleen Scott, English sculptor (born 1878)
Edith Agnes Kathleen Young, Baroness Kennet, FRBS was a British sculptor. Trained in London and Paris, Scott was a prolific sculptor, notably of portrait heads and busts and also o…
Kathleen Scott, English sculptor (born 1878)
1947
Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (born 1861)
Frederick Russell Burnham was an American scout and world-traveling adventurer. He is known for his service to the British South Africa Company and to the British Army in colonial …
Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (born 1861)
1947
Fiorello H. La Guardia, American lawyer and politician, 99th Mayor of New York City (born 1882)
Fiorello Henry La Guardia was an American attorney and politician who served as the 100th mayor of New York City from 1934 to 1946. He previously represented New York in the U.S. H…
Fiorello H. La Guardia, American lawyer and politician, 99th Mayor of New York City (born 1882)
1947
Jantina Tammes, Dutch biologist, geneticist, and academic (born 1871)
Jantina "Tine" Tammes was a Dutch botanist and geneticist and the first professor of genetics in the Netherlands.
Jantina Tammes, Dutch biologist, geneticist, and academic (born 1871)
1947
Harry Carey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1878)
Henry DeWitt Carey II was an American actor and one of silent film's earliest superstars, usually cast as a Western hero. One of his best-known performances is as the president of …
Harry Carey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1878)
1947
Andrew C. McLaughlin, American historian and author (born 1861)
Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin was an American historian known as an authority on U.S. Constitutional history.
Andrew C. McLaughlin, American historian and author (born 1861)
1947
Hugh Lofting, English-American author and poet (born 1886)
Hugh John Lofting was an English-American writer, trained as a civil engineer, who created the classic children's literature character Doctor Dolittle. The fictional physician talk…
Hugh Lofting, English-American author and poet (born 1886)
1947
Max Planck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1858)
Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck was a German theoretical physicist. Planck made many contributions to theoretical physics, primarily in his role as the originator of quantum theory an…
Max Planck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1858)
1947
Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic (born 1887)
Leevi Antti Madetoja was a Finnish composer, music critic, conductor, and teacher of the late-Romantic and early-modern periods. He is widely recognized as one of the most signific…
Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic (born 1887)
1947
Yukio Sakurauchi, Japanese businessman and politician, 27th Japanese Minister of Finance (born 1888)
Yukio Sakurauchi was an entrepreneur, politician and cabinet minister in the pre-war Empire of Japan. He was the father of prominent post-war politician Yoshio Sakurauchi, and g…
Yukio Sakurauchi, Japanese businessman and politician, 27th Japanese Minister of Finance (born 1888)
1947
Anna B. Eckstein, German peace activist (born 1868)
Anna Bernhardine Eckstein was a German champion of world peace, who trained as a teacher and campaigned for peace across the world. She gathered six million signatures on a petitio…
Anna B. Eckstein, German peace activist (born 1868)