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In the year 1941

1,289 Notable birthdays

Miriam Margolyes

British actress.

Born May 18th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Oxford.

David Crosby

American singer, guitarist and songwriter (1941–2023).

Born August 14th, 1941 in Los Angeles.

Died January 18th, 2023 at 81 years old in Santa Ynez. [ref]

Jessica Walter

American actress (1941–2021).

Born January 31st, 1941 in Brooklyn.

Died March 24th, 2021 at 80 years old in Manhattan. [ref]

Beau Bridges

American actor.

Born December 9th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Hollywood.

Charlie Watts

British drummer of the rolling stones.

Born June 2nd, 1941 in London. [ref]

Died August 24th, 2021 at 80 years old in London. [ref]

Robert Forster

American actor (1941-2019).

Born July 13th, 1941 in Rochester.

Died October 11th, 2019 at 78 years old in Los Angeles (brain cancer). [ref]

Jesse Jackson

American baptist minister, activist, civil rights leader, politician, and founder of the rainbow push coalition (1941–2026).

Born October 8th, 1941 in Greenville.

Died February 17th, 2026 at 84 years old in Chicago. [ref]

Richard Benjamin Harrison

American pawnbroker and television personality (1941-2018).

Born March 4th, 1941 in Danville.

Died June 25th, 2018 at 77 years old in Las Vegas (Parkinson's disease). [ref]

Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi

Indian cricket player. (1941-2011).

Born January 5th, 1941 in Bhopal.

Died September 22nd, 2011 at 70 years old in New Delhi (lung disease). [ref]

Slobodan Milošević

Yugoslavian and serbian politician (1941−2006).

Born August 20th, 1941 in Požarevac. [ref]

Died March 11th, 2006 at 64 years old in Scheveningen (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Stacy Keach

American actor.

Born June 2nd, 1941 (age 84 years) in Savannah. [ref]

Nora Ephron

American film director and writer (1941-2012).

Born May 19th, 1941 in Upper West Side. [ref]

Died June 26th, 2012 at 71 years old in Manhattan (pneumonia, acute myeloid leukemia). [ref]

Graham Chapman

English actor, comedian and writer (1941–1989).

Born January 8th, 1941 in Stoneygate.

Died October 4th, 1989 at 48 years old in Maidstone (oropharynx cancer).

Harry Nilsson

American singer-songwriter (1941–1994).

Born June 15th, 1941 in Brooklyn.

Died January 15th, 1994 at 52 years old in Agoura Hills (heart failure).

Helen Reddy

Australian and american singer and actress (1941–2020).

Born October 25th, 1941 in Melbourne.

Died September 29th, 2020 at 78 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]

Nambi Narayanan

Indian aerospace scientist (born 1941).

Born December 12th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Nagercoil.

Mike Love

American singer.

Born March 15th, 1941 (age 85 years) in Los Angeles.

Eric Burdon

English singer-songwriter.

Born May 11th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Walker.

Bobby Moore

English association football player (1941–1993).

Born April 12th, 1941 in Barking.

Died February 24th, 1993 at 51 years old in London (colorectal cancer).

Charles Whitman

American mass murderer and spree killer; perpetrator of the university of texas tower shooting.

Born June 24th, 1941 in Lake Worth Beach.

Died August 1st, 1966 at 25 years old in Austin (ballistic trauma).

Vivienne Westwood

British fashion designer (1941–2022).

Born April 8th, 1941 in Hollingworth.

Died December 29th, 2022 at 81 years old in Clapham. [ref]

Franco Nero

Italian actor (born 1941).

Born November 23rd, 1941 (age 84 years) in San Prospero Parmense.

Jon Brower Minnoch

Heaviest ever recorded human (1941-1983).

Born September 29th, 1941 in Bainbridge Island. [ref]

Died September 10th, 1983 at 41 years old in Seattle (edema). [ref]

David Ruffin

American singer (1941–1991).

Born January 18th, 1941 in Whynot.

Died June 1st, 1991 at 50 years old in Philadelphia (drug overdose).

Sanjay Khan

Indian actor.

Born January 3rd, 1941 (age 85 years) in Bengaluru.

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