Deaths Date 1947 | History by KabAstro

Elizabeth Short (1924-1947)

Jan 15 American victim in the Black Dahlia case, murdered at 22

Jan 16 Fate Marable, American jazz pianist, riverboat calliope player, and bandleader, dies of pneumonia at 56
Jan 17 Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, French cardinal and Archbishop of Quebec, dies at 63
Jan 17 Pyotr Krasnov, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1869)

Josh Gibson (1911-1947)

Jan 20 American Baseball HOF catcher (Negro World Series 1943, 44; 12 × NL All-Star; Triple Crown 1936, 37; batting average .466 1943), dies of a brain tumor at 35

Jan 23 Pierre Bonnard, French painter and illustrator, dies at 79
Jan 23 Roy Park, Australian cricketer (prolific Victorian bat & official), dies at 54
Jan 24 Felix Timmermans, Flemish painter and illustrator (Pallieter), dies at 60

Al Capone (1899-1947)

Jan 25 American gangster (Chicago bootlegging), dies of a stroke complicated by pneumonia after suffering from late-stage syphilis of neurosyphilis at 48

Jan 26 Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (One Night of Love), dies at 48
Jan 26 Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, Swedish prince second-in-line to the Swedish throne, dies in an airplane crash at 40
Jan 27 Anna von Mildenburg, Austrian Wagnerian soprano, dies at 74
Jan 28 Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan-French singer, composer, conductor, and music critic, dies at 72
Jan 29 Fred Barratt, English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 5 wickets; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 52
Jan 30 Frederick F. Blackman, English botanist, dies at 80
Feb 3 Marc Mitscher, American naval commander (WWII - Task Force 58 in the Pacific), dies at 60
Feb 5 Ganzefles, Dutch nazi spy/Jews hunter, executed
Feb 5 Hans Fallada [Rudolf Wilhelm Friedrich Ditzen], German writer (Little Man, What Now?), dies at 53
Feb 6 Luigi Russolo, Italian Futurist composer (The Art of Noises), dies at 61
Feb 8 Ernest Williams, American composer, dies at 65
Feb 12 [Hooper] Sidney Toler, American theater director, playwright, stage and screen actor (Madame X; Meeting at Midnight; Charlie Chan films, 1938-46), dies of cancer at 72
Feb 24 Pierre Janet, French psychologist and neurologist (contributed to the modern concept of mental and emotional disorders involving anxiety, phobias, and other abnormal behaviour), dies at 87
Feb 25 Friedrich Paschen, German physicist (Paschen series), dies at 82
Feb 26 Ben Webster, British actor (Old Curiosity Shop), dies at 82
Feb 26 Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss politician, member of the Federal Council, dies at 78
Feb 26 Kálmán Tihanyi, Hungarian physicist and engineer (invented cathode ray tube for television), dies at 49
Feb 27 Francis MacKinnon, English cricket batsman (1 Test; Kent CCC) and 35th Chief of MacKinnon clan, dies at 98
Mar 5 Alfredo Casella, Italian pianist, conductor (Boston Pops, 1927-29), and composer (La Giara; Concerto Romana), dies at 63
Mar 6 Halford John Mackinder, British geographer (Britain and the British Seas), dies at 86

Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947)

Mar 9 American women's suffrage leader and founder (League of Women Voters), dies of a heart attack at 88

Mar 9 Stanley Jackson, English cricketer (20 Tests for England 1893-1905), dies at 76
Mar 11 Victor Hely-Hutchinson, British composer (Carol Symphony), dies of pneumonia at 45
Mar 12 "Winston Churchill the American", American novelist (b. 1871)
Mar 12 Smith Wigglesworth, British religious figure, dies at 87
Mar 18 William C. Durant, American automobile pioneer (General Motors), dies at 85
Mar 19 Willem Pijper, Dutch composer and music critic, dies at 52
Mar 19 William Starling Burgess, American yacht designer (America's Cup yachts "Enterprise", "Rainbow", "Ranger") and aviation pioneer, dies at 68
Mar 20 Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and film director (Ebberöds bank, Med folket för fosterlandet), dies at 62
Mar 23 Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (b. 1870)
Mar 27 Charles Smith, cricketer (batted for South Africa in 1902-03), dies
Mar 28 Johnny Evers, American Baseball HOF 2nd baseman (World Series 1907, 08 Chicago Orphans/Cubs; WS & NL MVP 1914 Boston Braves) and manager (Chicago Cubs/WS), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 65
Mar 28 Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (b. 1897)
Mar 28 Rudolph Simonsen, Danish composer (Olympic Arts bronze, 1928 - Symphony No. 2 (Hellas)), and educator (Royal Danish Academy, 1916-47), dies at 57
Apr 1 George II, King of Greece (192-24 and 1935-47), dies of arteriosclerosis at 56
Apr 2 Joe Hardstaff Sr., English cricket batsman (5 Tests; 3 x 50; Nottinghamshire CCC) and umpire (21 Tests), dies at 64
Apr 4 William O'Donnell, Irish politician (Teachta Dála, 1943-47), dies at 71
Apr 6 Herbert Backe, German Nazi politician (Reich Minister for Food and Agriculture), dies at 50
Apr 6 Václav Kaprál, Czech composer, pianist, and pedagogue, dies at 58

Henry Ford (1863-1947)

Apr 7 American industrialist and auto maker (Ford Model T), dies at 83

Apr 9 Konrad Friedrich Noetel, German composer, dies at 43
Apr 10 Charles Bally, Swiss linguist (Le langage et la vie), dies at 82
Apr 11 Louise Peete, American convicted serial killer, dies at 66
Apr 12 Christian Frederik Leipoldt, South African poet, writer (Die Moormansgat) and physician, dies at 66
Apr 16 Rudolf Höss, German commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, dies at 45
Apr 18 Benny Leonard, American boxer (world lightweight title 1917-25), dies from a heart attack at 51

Jozef Tiso (1887-1947)

Apr 18 Slovak politician (President of the First Slovak Republic), executed for treason for collaborating with Nazi Germany at 59

Apr 19 Charles Bidwill, American Pro Football HOF team owner (Chicago Cardinals 1933-46), dies of pneumonia at 51
Apr 20 Christian X, King of Denmark (1912-47), dies at 76
Apr 24 Willa Cather, American Pulitzer-Prize winning author (One of Ours; My Ántonia), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage while battling cancer at 73
Apr 29 Irving Fisher, 'America's greatest economist' (Fisher’s Theory of Interest, Monetarism), dies at 80 [1]
Apr 30 Almroth Wright, English bacteriologist (developed one of 1st vaccines for typhoid), dies at 85
May 1 Sanner, leader of Norger blood bath, executed
May 2 Dorothea Binz, German Nazi war criminal (Ravensbrück concentration camp), executed by hanging for her crimes at 27
May 2 William Moulton Marston, American psychologist (inventor of an early prototype of the lie detector) and writer (co-creator, Wonder Woman), dies at 53
May 5 Ty LaForest, Canadian baseball player, dies at 30
May 8 Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-born department store founder (b. 1858)
May 11 Ture Rangström, Swedish composer, dies at 62
May 14 John Ray Sinnock, US chief engraver (1925-47), dies at 59
May 16 Frederick Gowland Hopkins, British biochemist (Nobel Prize, 1929), dies at 85
May 17 George William Forbes, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869)
May 18 Hal Chase, American MLB baseball player and manager, dies at 64
May 20 Philipp Lenard, Austrian physicist (Nobel 1905), dies at 84
May 23 Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss writer (Le Petit Village), dies at 68
May 27 Ed Konetchy, American MLB player, dies at 61
May 28 August Eigruber, Austrian war criminal, dies at 40
May 30 Georg von Trapp, Austrian WWI submarine commander and inspiration for "The Sound of Music" character, dies at 67
May 30 Sidney Nicholson, English composer, dies at 72
May 31 Adrienne Ames [McClure], American actress (Black Sheep; 24 Hours), dies of cancer at 39
May 31 Henri Casadesus, French violist and composer (Preludes for Viola d'amour), dies at 67
Jun 2 Herman Darewski, Polish-British stage and light music composer (The Better 'Ole), and conductor, dies at 64
Jun 6 Norman Reid, cricketer (Test S Af v Aust 1921-22, 11 & 6, 2-63), dies
Jun 8 Tom O'Brien, American actor (Flying Fool), dies at 56
Jun 9 Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, Polish politician (President of Poland in-exile 1939-47), dies at 62
Jun 10 Alexander Bethune, Canadian politician (b. 1852)
Jun 11 David I. Walsh, 46th Governor of Massachusetts, dies at 74
Jun 12 Jazeps Medins, Latvian composer, dies at 70
Jun 16 Jean-Francois Capart, Belgian Egyptologist (Memphis), dies at 86

Maxwell Perkins (1884-1947)

Jun 17 American editor and publisher for Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Thomas Wolfe, dies at 62

Jun 18 Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral, hanged for war crimes at 48
Jun 19 Willem H. Fly, Dutch typographer/co-founder (SDAP), dies at 84

Bugsy Siegel (1906-1947)

Jun 20 American gangster who built casinos in Las Vegas, shot dead by a sniper in Beverly Hills at 41

Jun 24 Emil Seidel, German-American politician (36th Mayor of Milwaukee), dies at 82

Richard Bedford Bennett (1870-1947)

Jun 26 11th Prime Minister of Canada (Conservative: 1930-35), dies of a heart attack at 76

Jun 28 Stanislav K Neumann, Czech poet (Anti-Guide), dies at 72
Jul 1 Clarence Lucas, Canadian composer, dies at 80
Jul 9 Lucjan Żeligowski, Polish general (b. 1865)
Jul 12 Jimmie Lunceford, American swing jazz saxophonist and bandleader (Rhythm Is Our Business; For Dancers Only), dies of a heart attack at 45 [1] [2]
Jul 13 Warwick Armstrong, cricketer (50 Tests 1901-21, 2863 runs), dies at 68
Jul 15 Henry Kolker, German-American actor and director (Holiday, Baby Face, Mad Love), dies at 72
Jul 15 Walter Donaldson, American pianist and popular song composer ("Makin' Whoopee"; "My Blue Heaven"; "My Buddy"), dies at 54
Jul 16 Horatio Mbelle, South African interpreter, community leader and politician, dies in Pretoria at 77
Jul 17 Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved thousands of Jews), dies at 34

Aung San (1915-1947)

Jul 19 Burmese general and nationalist politician, assassinated by armed paramilitaries along with 6 members of his cabinet at 32

Jul 19 U Razak, Burmese politician (b. 1898)
Jul 24 Ernest Austin, English composer, dies at 72
Jul 29 Willem Vliegen, Dutch journalist and chairman (SDAP), dies at 84
Jul 30 George Challenor, West Indian cricketer (played in 1st WI Test side 1928), dies at 59
Jul 30 Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia, dies at 86
Aug 3 Vic Willis, American Baseball HOF pitcher (no-hitter 1899; World Series 1909; MLB ERA leader 1899 & strikeout leader 1902; Boston Beaneaters, Pittsburgh Pirates), dies at 71
Aug 8 Anton Ivanovich Denikin, Russian general (led anti-Bolshevik White forces during Russian Civil war), dies at 73
Aug 13 Tobias Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies at 68
Aug 19 Ernst Laqueur, Dutch chemist and psychologist (sexual hormones), dies at 67
Aug 20 Franz VM Cumont, Belgian religious historian, dies at 79

Ettore Bugatti (1881-1947)

Aug 21 Italian-French automobile designer and manufacturer (Automobiles E. Bugatti), dies at 65

Aug 25 Clark Wissler, American anthropologist (American Indian), dies at 76
Aug 25 Franz Cumont, Belgian religious historian and archaeologist (cult of Mithra), dies at 79
Aug 28 Manolete [Manuel Laureano Rodríguez Sánchez], Spanish bullfighter, dies at 30
Sep 1 Frederick Russell Burnham, American scout and adventurer whose friendship with Baden-Powell inspired the founding of the international scouting movement, dies at 86
Sep 5 Emma Mary Woolley, American educator and women's rights activist (President of Mount Holyoke College), dies at 84
Sep 6 Paul Guthnick, German astronomer, dies at 76
Sep 8 Victor Horta, Belgium architect, founder of Art Nouveau movement (Hôtel Tassel), dies at 86
Sep 12 Harry Rowe Shelley, American hymn composer, dies at 89
Sep 15 Richard Le Gallienne, English writer (had affair with Oscar Wilde, father of actress Eva Le Gallienne), dies at 81

Fiorello La Guardia (1882-1947)

Sep 20 American politician and Mayor of New York City (Republican: 1933-45), dies of pancreatic cancer at 64

Sep 21 Harry Carey [Henry DeWitt Carey II], American actor (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington; Red River), dies at 69
Sep 23 Nikola Petkov, leader of Bulgaria Boer party, hanged
Sep 26 Hugh Lofting, English writer (Dr Dolittle), dies at 61
Sep 28 Francisco Santiago, Filipino pianist, composer (Taga-ilog Symphony), conductor, and pedagogue, dies at 58
Sep 28 William B. Davidson, American film actor dies at 59
Oct 2 Peter D. Ouspensky, Russian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
Oct 4 Max Planck, German physicist, father of Quantum Physics (Planck Constant, Nobel 1918), dies at 89
Oct 6 Leevi Antti Madetoya, composer, dies at 60
Oct 10 [Joseph Jacinto] Jo Mora, Uruguayan-born American cartoonist, cowboy and illustrator who lived with the Hopi tribe and wrote extensively of his experiences, dies at 70
Oct 12 Ian Hamilton, British military commander (Boer Wars, Gallipoli Campaign), dies at 94
Oct 12 Nelson Betancourt, Trinidad and Tobago cricket wicket-keeper (WI Test 1930), dies at 42
Oct 13 Sydney Webb, English socialist and economist (founded London School of Economics) and husband of Beatrice Webb, dies at 88
Oct 24 Dudley Digges, Irish actor (Mutiny on the Bounty, The Invisible Man), dies at 68
Oct 26 Canon Edwin Sidney Savage, English rector (b. 1862)
Oct 29 Frances Cleveland, American First Lady (1885-89 93-97), wife of Grover Cleveland dies at 83
Oct 29 Theodore Holland, British composer, dies at 69
Nov 1 Man o' War, American thoroughbred racehorse (Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes 1920), dies from a heart attack at 30
Nov 6 Kristian Elster, Norwegian author (Paradisets Have), dies at 66
Nov 11 Martin Dibelius, German theologist (That Drawer Jahwes), dies at 64
Nov 12 Emmuska Orczy, Hungarian-born British Baroness and writer (The Scarlet Pimpernel), dies at 82
Nov 14 Joseph Allard, French Canadian fiddler and composer, dies at 74
Nov 17 Ricarda Huch, German writer and historian "First Lady of German humanism", dies at 83
Nov 17 Victor Serge, Russian anarchist, novelist, and historian (b. 1890)
Nov 20 Wolfgang Borchert, German writer, dies at 26
Nov 25 Léon-Paul Fargue, French poet (Tancrède), dies at 71
Nov 28 Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general and WWII hero known as the "Liberator of Paris", dies in a plane crash at 44
Nov 30 Ernst Lubitsch, German actor, producer and film director (To Be or Not to Be, Love Parade, Anna Boleyn, Ninotchka), dies from a heart attack at 55
Dec 1 Aleister Crowley, British occultist, founded the religion of Thelema, dies at 72
Dec 1 G. H. Hardy, English mathematician (Hardy–Weinberg principle, A Mathematician's Apology), dies at 70
Dec 7 Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher, diplomat (Nobel Peace Prize 1931), educator (Columbia University President), dies at 85
Dec 7 Tristan Bernard, French playwright and novelist, dies at 81
Dec 12 Huda Sha'arawi, Egyptian feminist and nationalist, founder of Egyptian Feminist Union, dies at 68
Dec 13 Nicholas Roerich, Russian painter, dies at 73
Dec 14 Edward Higgins, English General of The Salvation Army, dies at 84
Dec 14 Franz Zorell, German lexicographer, dies at 84

Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947)

Dec 14 British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1923-24, 1924-29, 1935-37), dies at 80

Dec 15 Arthur Machen, Welsh author (The Great God Pan), dies at 84
Dec 15 George L. Funke, Dutch botanist (Flower Physiology), dies after an operation at 50
Dec 22 Therese Brandl, German Nazi concentration camp guard (Auschwitz), and convicted war criminal, executed by hanging in Kraków, Poland at 45
Dec 25 Gaspar G. Bacon, was Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1886)

Victor Emmanuel III (1869-1947)

Dec 28 King of Italy (1900-46), Emperor of Ethiopia and King of the Albanians, dies of pulmonary edema at 78

Dec 29 Joseph Cuvelier, Belgian historian and general archivist, dies at 78

Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947)

Dec 30 British mathematician and philosopher (Adventures of Ideas), dies at 86

Dec 30 Han [Henricus Antonius] van Meegeren, Dutch painter and art forger (Vermeer), dies at 58
Dec 31 Franz Ritter von Epp, German general and Nazi official (Reichsstatthalter for Bavaria 1933-45), dies awaiting trial at Nuremberg at 79