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Esilda Villa
1909–1947
lawyer, activist
Official cause
traffic collision
Clive Brewster-Joske
1896–1947
flying ace
Official cause
falling from height
Adolf Theuer
1920–1947
military personnel, concentration camp guard
Official cause
hanging to death
Einar Dønnum
1897–1947
police officer, teacher, preacher
Official cause
gunshot wound
Moshe Barazani
1926–1947
military personnel
Official cause
hand grenade
J. C. Nugent
1868–1947
actor, playwright, screenwriter
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Belmonte
1896–1947
painter, caricaturist, cartoonist
Official cause
tuberculosis
Charles Bidwill
1895–1947
lawyer
Official cause
pneumonia
Jozef Tiso
1887–1947
politician, Catholic priest, military officer
Official cause
hanging to death
Benny Leonard
1896–1947
boxer, actor, athlete
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Harris Gordon
1884–1947
stage actor, film actor
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Qazi Muhammad
1893–1947
judge, cleric, politician
Official cause
hanging to death
Hisakazu Tanaka
1889–1947
military personnel
Official cause
gunshot wound
Edith Craig
1869–1947
actor, theatrical producer, theatre director
Official cause
thrombosis
Alois Kříž
1911–1947
journalist, radio editor, writer
Official cause
hanging to death
Tan Teng-pho
1895–1947
painter
Official cause
gunshot wound
James De Wolf Perry
1871–1947
Anglican priest, bishop
Official cause
myocardial infarction
William Starling Burgess
1878–1947
military flight engineer, design engineer
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Jan Tyranowski
1900–1947
tailor
Official cause
tuberculosis
Tex Rankin
1894–1947
military personnel
Official cause
aircraft crash
Harry Kendall Thaw
1871–1947
architect
Official cause
myocardial infarction
John Corbett
1869–1947
basketball coach, American football player
Official cause
myocardial infarction
August Schmidhuber
1901–1947
military officer
Official cause
hanging to death
Hans Krebs
1888–1947
politician, writer, journalist
Official cause
hanging to death