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Famous People Who Died in February 1933

  • Feb 4 Archibald Sayce, English educator (b. 1846)
  • Feb 7 Albert Apponyi, Hungarian politician (Minister of Religion and Education of Hungary), dies at 86
  • Feb 12 Henri Duparc, French composer, dies at 85
  • Feb 16 Archie Jackson, Australian cricket batsman (8 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 164; NSWCA), dies from tuberculosis at 23
  • Feb 17 Henri Viotta, Dutch conductor and composer (Handbook of Music), dies at 84

James J. Corbett (1866-1933)

Feb 18 American boxer (world heavyweight champion 1892-97), dies of liver cancer at 66

  • Feb 19 Arnold Mendelssohn, German composer, dies at 77
  • Feb 21 Acacio Gabriel Viegas, Indian physician who identified the plague in Bombay, dies at 76
  • Feb 24 Spottiswoode Aitken, Scottish actor (The Birth of a Nation, The Avenging Conscience), dies at 65
  • Feb 26 Antoni Nicolau, Spanish composer and conductor, dies at 74
  • Feb 26 Princess Thyra, daughter of Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1853)