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<html> <head> <title>Died in 1943</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 1943 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/025/000117671/">Charles McLean Andrews</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Feb-1863</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Sep-1943</tt></td> <td>The Colonial Period of American History</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/133/000174608/">Harry Baur</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Apr-1880</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Apr-1943</tt></td> <td>Un carnet de bal</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/418/000044286/">Stephen Vincent Benét</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jul-1898</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Mar-1943</tt></td> <td>John Brown's Body</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/350/000179810/">Paul Boucherot</a></td> <td><center>Engineer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Oct-1869</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Aug-1943</tt></td> <td>Ocean thermal energy conversion</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/582/000030492/">George Washington Carver</a></td> <td><center>Botanist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1860</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jan-1943</tt></td> <td>Crop rotation and peanut butter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/987/000350934/">Spencer Charters</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Mar-1875</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jan-1943</tt></td> <td>Character actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/346/000032250/">Camille Claudel</a></td> <td><center>Sculptor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1864</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Oct-1943</tt></td> <td>French sculptor, mistress of Rodin</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/255/000164760/">Gordon Coates</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Feb-1878</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-May-1943</tt></td> <td>Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1925-28</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/687/000117336/">R. G. Collingwood</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Feb-1889</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jan-1943</tt></td> <td>The Idea of History</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/328/000078094/">W. S. Van Dyke</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Mar-1889</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Feb-1943</tt></td> <td>The Thin Man</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/021/000031925/">Theodore Eicke</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Oct-1892</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Feb-1943</tt></td> <td>Inspector of Concentration Camps</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/615/000117264/">Richard T. Ely</a></td> <td><center>Economist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Apr-1854</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Oct-1943</tt></td> <td>Introduction to Political Economy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/283/000112944/">Edsel Ford</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Nov-1893</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-May-1943</tt></td> <td>President of Ford, 1919-43</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/439/000131046/">Dwight Frye</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Feb-1899</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Nov-1943</tt></td> <td>Renfield in 1931 Dracula</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/560/000118206/">Mildred Fish Harnack</a></td> <td><center>Spy</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Sep-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Feb-1943</tt></td> <td>Guillotined by the Gestapo</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/509/000113170/">Lorenz Hart</a></td> <td><center>Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-May-1895</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Nov-1943</tt></td> <td>Lyricist, Rodgers and Hart</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/735/000087474/">David Hilbert</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jan-1862</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Feb-1943</tt></td> <td>Hilbert Space</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/064/000177530/">Arthur Cardinal Hinsley</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Aug-1865</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-1943</tt></td> <td>Archbishop of Westminster, 1935-43</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/302/000134897/">James P. Hogan</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Sep-1890</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Nov-1943</tt></td> <td>Bulldog Drummond films</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/945/000065750/">Leslie Howard</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Apr-1893</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jun-1943</tt></td> <td>Pygmalion</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/227/000044095/">W. W. Jacobs</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Sep-1863</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Sep-1943</tt></td> <td>The Monkey's Paw</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/622/000168118/">Paul B. Johnson, Sr.</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Mar-1880</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Dec-1943</tt></td> <td>Governor of Mississippi, 1940-43</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/018/000133616/">John Harvey Kellogg</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Feb-1852</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Dec-1943</tt></td> <td>Battle Creek Sanitarium</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/948/000170438/">Albert Kingsbury</a></td> <td><center>Engineer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Dec-1863</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jul-1943</tt></td> <td>Kingsbury thrust bearing</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/933/000166435/">Nile Kinnick</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jul-1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jun-1943</tt></td> <td>Winner, 1939 Heisman Trophy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/769/000091496/">Henri La Fontaine</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Apr-1854</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-May-1943</tt></td> <td>Belgian activist, Nobel Prize recipient</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/698/000091425/">Karl Landsteiner</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jun-1868</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jun-1943</tt></td> <td>Discovered blood typing</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/075/000206454/">Ben B. Lindsey</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Nov-1869</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Mar-1943</tt></td> <td>Created the first juvenile court</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/768/000134366/">Montagu Love</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1877</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-May-1943</tt></td> <td>British character actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/645/000206027/">Frank O. Lowden</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jan-1861</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Mar-1943</tt></td> <td>Governor of Illinois, 1917-21</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/743/000167242/">A. Lawrence Lowell</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jan-1856</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jan-1943</tt></td> <td>President, Harvard University, 1909-33</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/939/000163450/">Lon D. Marrs</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1867</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-May-1943</tt></td> <td>Mayor of Amarillo, 1908-10, 1917-22</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/060/000278223/">Tully Marshall</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Apr-1864</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Mar-1943</tt></td> <td>The Covered Wagon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/203/000114858/">Francis Sydney Marvin</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Aug-1863</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1943</tt></td> <td>The Living Past</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/051/000164556/">Reginald McKenna</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jul-1863</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Sep-1943</tt></td> <td>UK Home Secretary, 1911-15</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/934/000171421/">J. P. Morgan, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Sep-1867</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Mar-1943</tt></td> <td>Banking magnate, J. P. Morgan & Co.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/074/000113732/">Jean Moulin</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jun-1899</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jul-1943</tt></td> <td>Martyr of the French Resistance</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/878/000161395/">James A. O'Gorman</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-May-1860</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-May-1943</tt></td> <td>US Senator from New York, 1911-17</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/972/000205357/">Camillo Olivetti</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Aug-1868</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Dec-1943</tt></td> <td>Founder of Olivetti SpA</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/326/000278489/">Lynne Overman</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Sep-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Feb-1943</tt></td> <td>Reap the Wild Wind</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/430/000115085/">William Lyon Phelps</a></td> <td><center>Critic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jan-1865</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Aug-1943</tt></td> <td>Essays on Modern Novelists</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/062/000137648/">Henrik Pontoppidan</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jul-1857</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Aug-1943</tt></td> <td>Lucky Peter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/555/000031462/">Beatrix Potter</a></td> <td><center>Artist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jul-1866</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Dec-1943</tt></td> <td>Peter Rabbit</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/602/000209972/">James H. Price</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Sep-1878</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Nov-1943</tt></td> <td>Governor of Virginia, 1938-42</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/293/000093014/">Sergei Rachmaninov</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Mar-1873</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Mar-1943</tt></td> <td>Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/097/000203485/">Max Reinhardt</a></td> <td><center>Theater Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Sep-1873</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Oct-1943</tt></td> <td>Filmed A Midsummer Night's Dream</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/376/000206755/">Friend Richardson</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Dec-1865</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Sep-1943</tt></td> <td>Governor of California, 1923-27</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/236/000084981/">Sir Charles G. D. Roberts</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jan-1860</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Nov-1943</tt></td> <td>Earth's Enigmas</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/804/000060624/">Kermit Roosevelt</a></td> <td><center>Relative</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Oct-1889</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jun-1943</tt></td> <td>Theodore Roosevelt's son</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/403/000167899/">Daniel C. Roper</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Apr-1867</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Apr-1943</tt></td> <td>US Commerce Secretary, 1933-38</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/408/000172889/">Frank Schlesinger</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-May-1871</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jul-1943</tt></td> <td>Stellar parallaxes</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/260/000167756/">John Frank Stevens</a></td> <td><center>Engineer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Apr-1853</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jun-1943</tt></td> <td>Chief engineer of the Panama Canal</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/792/000128408/">Helen Taft</a></td> <td><center>First Lady</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jun-1861</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-May-1943</tt></td> <td>Wife of US President William Howard Taft</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/334/000022268/">Nikola Tesla</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jul-1856</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jan-1943</tt></td> <td>Invented alternating current</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/900/000031807/">Conrad Veidt</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jan-1893</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Apr-1943</tt></td> <td>Maj. Strasser in Casablanca</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/875/000047734/">Fats Waller</a></td> <td><center>Jazz Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-May-1904</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Dec-1943</tt></td> <td>Influential jazz pianist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/473/000118119/">Simone Weil</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Feb-1909</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Aug-1943</tt></td> <td>The Iliad, or the Poem of Force</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/422/000073203/">Alexander Woollcott</a></td> <td><center>Critic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jan-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jan-1943</tt></td> <td>The Man Who Came to Dinner</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/656/000024584/">Isoroku Yamamoto</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Apr-1884</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Apr-1943</tt></td> <td>Commander of the Japanese Navy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/476/000099179/">Pieter Zeeman</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-May-1865</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Oct-1943</tt></td> <td>Discovered Zeeman Effect</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=106135" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2012 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/397/000000397/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/397/397/s397.jpg" width=128> Black Mayor Fraternity</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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