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Gabriel Turbay
1901–1947
physician, politician, diplomat
Official cause
myocardial infarction
LeRoy Mason
1903–1947
actor
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Helen Gilmore
1900–1947
composer, editor, actor
Official cause
leukemia
Max Planck
1858–1947
theoretical physicist, university teacher, physicist
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Traian Brăileanu
1882–1947
sociologist, classical scholar, translator
Official cause
ulcer
Ralph D. Hetzel
1882–1947
Official cause
cerebral hemorrhage
Louis How
1873–1947
poet, biographer, writer
Official cause
heart disease
Gregorio Martínez Sierra
1881–1947
publisher, impresario, playwright
Official cause
cancer
Olive Borden
1906–1947
actor, stage actor, film actor
Official cause
pneumonia
Georges Delfanne
1913–1947
spy
Official cause
gunshot wound
Mikhail Ksenofontovich Sokolov
1885–1947
painter, graphic artist, illustrator
Official cause
stomach cancer
Miroslav Bulešić
1920–1947
Catholic priest
Official cause
stab wound
Jezdimir Dangić
1897–1947
military personnel, gendarme, police officer
Official cause
gunshot wound
Eunice Hutto
1904–1947
teacher
Official cause
leukemia
Wolfgang Heyda
1913–1947
submariner, soldier, Marineoffizier
Official cause
poliomyelitis
Theodore G. Bilbo
1877–1947
politician, lawyer, teacher
Official cause
lip and oral cavity carcinoma
Ettore Bugatti
1881–1947
engineer, racing automobile driver, inventor
Official cause
cancer
Ludwig Kübler
1889–1947
military personnel
Official cause
hanging to death
George Atcheson Jr.
1896–1947
diplomat, reporter
Official cause
aviation accident
John Hamilton
1911–1947
trumpeter
Official cause
tuberculosis
Claudio Granzotto
1900–1947
friar, sculptor
Official cause
brain cancer
George McLean Harper
1863–1947
academic, linguist, writer
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Marcel Varnel
1892–1947
film producer, film director, director
Official cause
traffic collision
Yone Noguchi
1875–1947
linguist, poet, journalist
Official cause
stomach cancer