1941 deaths

Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)

Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)

English modernist writer (1882–1941)

French philosopher (1859–1941)

as King of Prussia last German Emperor from 1888 to 1918 (1859–1941)

lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder and Chief Scout of the Scout Movement (1857-1941)

Russian poet (1892 – 1941)

former World Chess champion (1868–1941)

German physical chemist and physicist (1864–1941)

King of Spain from 1886 to 1931 (1886–1941)

Canadian medical scientist and doctor (1891-1941)

French chemist (1854–1941)

American writer (1876–1941)

Scottish social anthropologist (1854–1941)

American astronomer (1863-1941)

Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, martyr and saint of the Roman Catholic Church (1894–1941)

Hungarian-Indian painter (1913–1941)

British archaeologist and scholar (1851–1941)

French painter (1885–1941)

Polish pianist, composer, supporter of Poland's independence movements, politician, Prime Minister of reborn Poland (1860–1941)

German embryologist (1869–1941)

Prajadhipok, also known as Rama VII (8 November 1893 – 30 May 1941) was the seventh monarch of the Chakri dynasty and the last king of Siam under the absolute monarchy. He ascended the throne in 1925 and reigned until his abdication in 1935 during his self-imposed exile following his fallout with the new democratic government after the 1932 Siamese Revolution, which brought an end to the country’s absolute monarchy.

French writer

Soviet artist, designer, photographer, teacher, typographer and architect (1890–1941)

German politician (1858-1941)

pioneering English aviator (1903–1941)

French painter (1868-1941)

German economist, sociologist, historian (1863-1941)

Swedish poet and novelist (1900–1941)

Greek military officer and politician (1871–1941)

Soviet resistance member of World War II and Heroine of the Soviet Union (1923–1941)

Polish general (1886-1941)

Russian novelist, poet, religious thinker, and literary critic (1865–1941)

French mathematician (1875–1941)

Australian politician, third Prime Minister of Australia (1867-1941)

American linguist (1897–1941)

Swedish writer (1869–1941)

Russian painter (1865–1941)

Italian mathematician and physicist (1873–1941)

French mathematician (1856-1941)

American Supreme Court Justice (1856-1941)

Hungarian poet, translator (1883-1941)

American baseball player (1903–1941)

German flying ace (1896–1941)

Lebanese-Palestinian writer (1886-1941)

German politician (1877-1941)

American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer (1890–1941)

Austro-Hungarian general (1856-1941)

German officer and fighter pilot during World War II (1913-1941)

German psychologist (1886–1941)

American sculptor (1867–1941)

American film pioneer (1870–1941)

Swiss motor company founder and racecar driver (1878-1941)

Estonian politician and lawyer (1868–1941)

Soviet children's writer (1904–1941)

Russian terrorist and politician (1884-1941)

Iranian poet (1907–1941)

German U-boat commander during World War II

British writer (1884-1941)

Italian political scientist and journalist (1858–1941)