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Famous People Who Died in March 1947

  • 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