Explore notable deaths.

Antanas Smetona

1874–1944

politician, writer, pedagogue

Official cause

conflagration

Jovan Plamenac

1873–1944

politician

Official cause

gunshot wound

Eda Kersey

1904–1944

violinist

Official cause

stomach cancer

Henri Robinson

1897–1944

spy, resistance fighter

Official cause

gunshot wound

Hobart Bosworth

1867–1943

actor, screenwriter, film director

Official cause

pneumonia

Yambo

1874–1943

journalist, writer, science fiction writer

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Simone Bourday

1912–1943

actor

Official cause

tuberculosis

Rupert Julian

1879–1943

actor, film director, screenwriter

Official cause

stroke

Lawrence Chenault

1877–1943

actor, stage actor

Official cause

pneumonia

Theodor Berkelmann

1894–1943

politician, military personnel, Obergruppenführer

Official cause

brain cancer

Lutie E. Stearns

1866–1943

librarian

Official cause

cancer

Elisabeth Wollman

1888–1943

microbiologist

Official cause

The Holocaust

Beatrix Potter

1866–1943

writer, illustrator, painter

Official cause

pneumonia

Ali al-Ghumuqi

1878–1943

theologian, pedagogue, qadi

Official cause

typhoid fever

Robert J. Meder

1917–1943

Official cause

beriberi; dysentery

Henri Dobert

1915–1943

Official cause

gunshot wound

Peter Dmytruk

1920–1943

military personnel

Official cause

gunshot wound

Georges Tainturier

1890–1943

fencer, French resistance fighter

Official cause

decapitation

Ruth Belville

1854–1943

businessperson, horologist, merchant

Official cause

carbon monoxide poisoning

Yemelyan Yaroslavsky

1878–1943

revolutionary, politician

Official cause

stomach cancer

Stefan Bryła

1886–1943

inventor, pedagogue, architect

Official cause

execution by shooting

Kazuo Kubokawa

1903–1943

astronomer

Official cause

typhoid fever

Armine von Tempski

1892–1943

writer, novelist, autobiographer

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Frank Sheridan

1869–1943

actor, film actor

Official cause

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