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<html> <head> <title>Died in 1941</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Died in 1941 LISTS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_grunk"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/635/000207014/">Charles Alderton</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jun-1857</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-May-1941</tt></td> <td>Invented Dr Pepper</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/326/000117972/">Alfonso XIII</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-May-1886</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Feb-1941</tt></td> <td>King of Spain, 1902-31</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/831/000048687/">Sherwood Anderson</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Sep-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Mar-1941</tt></td> <td>The Triumph of the Egg</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/049/000044914/">Robert Baden-Powell</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Feb-1857</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jan-1941</tt></td> <td>Founder of the Boy Scout movement</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/894/000126516/">James A. Baker</a></td> <td><center>Attorney</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jan-1857</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Aug-1941</tt></td> <td>Baker Botts</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/843/000126465/">Frederick G. Banting</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Nov-1891</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Feb-1941</tt></td> <td>Discovered insulin</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/284/000174759/">Hans Berger</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-May-1873</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jun-1941</tt></td> <td>Electroencephalogram</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/215/000084960/">Henri Bergson</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Oct-1859</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jan-1941</tt></td> <td>L'Évolution Créatrice</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/610/000166112/">Gutzon Borglum</a></td> <td><center>Sculptor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Mar-1867</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Mar-1941</tt></td> <td>Mount Rushmore</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/237/000044105/">Louis D. Brandeis</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Nov-1856</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Oct-1941</tt></td> <td>US Supreme Court Justice, 1916-39</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/466/000164971/">Annie Jump Cannon</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Dec-1863</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Apr-1941</tt></td> <td>Census-taker of the sky</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/324/000164829/">Louis Chevrolet</a></td> <td><center>Auto Racing</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Dec-1878</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jun-1941</tt></td> <td>Designed the first Chevrolet</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/550/000180010/">A. J. Clark</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Aug-1885</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jul-1941</tt></td> <td>Drug responses</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/364/000167860/">Harry M. Daugherty</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jan-1860</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1941</tt></td> <td>US Attorney General, 1921-24</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/643/000206025/">Louis L. Emmerson</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Dec-1863</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Feb-1941</tt></td> <td>Governor of Illinois, 1929-33</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/398/000168891/">William L. Emmet</a></td> <td><center>Engineer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jul-1859</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Sep-1941</tt></td> <td>All-electric warships</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/121/000278284/">Stanley Fields</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-May-1883</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Apr-1941</tt></td> <td>Way Out West</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/600/000099303/">Sir James Frazer</a></td> <td><center>Anthropologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jan-1854</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-May-1941</tt></td> <td>The Golden Bough</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/467/000023398/">Lou Gehrig</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jun-1903</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jun-1941</tt></td> <td>Played 2,130 consecutive games</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/495/000270682/">Frederick Griffith</a></td> <td><center>Biologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1877</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Apr-1941</tt></td> <td>Discovered the transforming principle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/075/000087811/">Franz Guertner</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Aug-1881</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jan-1941</tt></td> <td>Reich Minister of Justice</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/177/000196586/">Hamilton Harty</a></td> <td><center>Conductor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Dec-1879</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Feb-1941</tt></td> <td>Principal Conductor, The Hallé, 1920-34</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/298/000175770/">Willis C. Hawley</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-May-1864</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jul-1941</tt></td> <td>Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/617/000127236/">Alanson B. Houghton</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Oct-1863</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Sep-1941</tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to the UK, 1925-29</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/672/000210042/">Frank L. Houx</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Dec-1854</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Apr-1941</tt></td> <td>Governor of Wyoming, 1917-19</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/374/000205756/">Howard Johnson</a></td> <td><center>Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jun-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-May-1941</tt></td> <td>We All Scream for Ice Cream</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/073/000031977/">James Joyce</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Feb-1882</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jan-1941</tt></td> <td>Ulysses</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/995/000160515/">Ernest Just</a></td> <td><center>Biologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Aug-1883</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Oct-1941</tt></td> <td>Cell surfaces and egg fertilization</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/450/000205832/">Gus Kahn</a></td> <td><center>Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Nov-1886</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Oct-1941</tt></td> <td>Ain't We Got Fun?</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/225/000114880/">Maurice Leblanc</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Dec-1864</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Nov-1941</tt></td> <td>Creator of Arsène Lupin</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/212/000031119/">Tullio Levi-Civita</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Mar-1873</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Dec-1941</tt></td> <td>Explored tensor calculus and PDE's</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/198/000210565/">E. W. Marland</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-May-1874</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Oct-1941</tt></td> <td>Governor of Oklahoma, 1935-39</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/100/000119740/">William G. McAdoo</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Oct-1863</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Feb-1941</tt></td> <td>US Secretary of the Treasury, 1913-18</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/173/000205555/">Helen Morgan</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Aug-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Oct-1941</tt></td> <td>Show Boat</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/283/000092007/">Jelly Roll Morton</a></td> <td><center>Jazz Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Oct-1890</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jul-1941</tt></td> <td>Jazz composer, pianist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/244/000099944/">Walther Nernst</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jun-1864</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Nov-1941</tt></td> <td>Third Law of Thermodynamics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/308/000093029/">Ignace Paderewski</a></td> <td><center>Pianist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Nov-1860</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jun-1941</tt></td> <td>Polish pianist and composer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/582/000078348/">Joe Penner</a></td> <td><center>Radio Personality</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Nov-1904</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jan-1941</tt></td> <td>Wanna buy a duck?</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/843/000172327/">John S. Plaskett</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Nov-1865</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Oct-1941</tt></td> <td>Plaskett's star</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/280/000205662/">Edwin Stanton Porter</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Apr-1870</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Apr-1941</tt></td> <td>The Great Train Robbery</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/704/000091431/">Ludwig Quidde</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Mar-1858</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Mar-1941</tt></td> <td>German pacifist, Nobel Prize recipient</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/310/000112971/">Abe Reles</a></td> <td><center>Criminal</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1906</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Nov-1941</tt></td> <td>Hitman for Murder, Inc.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/147/000048003/">Elizabeth Madox Roberts</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Oct-1881</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Mar-1941</tt></td> <td>The Great Meadow</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/418/000079181/">Charles Edward Russell</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Sep-1860</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Apr-1941</tt></td> <td>The Greatest Trust in the World</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/265/000099965/">Paul Sabatier</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Nov-1854</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Aug-1941</tt></td> <td>Heterogeneous catalysis</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/180/000114835/">Pitts Sanborn</a></td> <td><center>Critic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1878</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Mar-1941</tt></td> <td>Music critic for New York Globe</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/671/000174149/">Victor Schertzinger</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Apr-1890</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Oct-1941</tt></td> <td>Road to Singapore</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/225/000175697/">Reed Smoot</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jan-1862</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Feb-1941</tt></td> <td>Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/309/000127925/">Hans Spemann</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jun-1869</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Sep-1941</tt></td> <td>Experimental embryology</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/464/000135059/">James Speyer</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jul-1861</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Oct-1941</tt></td> <td>New York Banker</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/424/000087163/">Eugene O. 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