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In the year 1941

1,415 Notable birthdays

Lester Bowie

American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999).

Born October 11th, 1941 in Frederick.

Died November 8th, 1999 at 58 years old in Brooklyn (liver cancer).

Roger Lemerre

French football player and manager (born 1941).

Born June 18th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Bricquebec.

Şener Şen

Turkish actor (born 1941).

Born December 26th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Adana.

Naomi Uemura

Japanese mountain climber.

Born February 12th, 1941 in Hyōgo Prefecture.

Died February 13th, 1984 at 43 years old

Abdiqasim Salad Hassan

President of somalia.

Born January 1st, 1941 (age 85 years) in Galdogob.

John Hancock

American actor (1941-1992).

Born March 4th, 1941 in Hazen.

Died October 12th, 1992 at 51 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).

Randall Collins

American sociologist (born 1941).

Born July 29th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Knoxville.

Gerald Cohen

Canadian philosopher (1941–2009).

Born April 14th, 1941 in Montreal.

Died August 5th, 2009 at 68 years old in Oxford. [ref]

Roger Taylor

British tennis player.

Born October 14th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Sheffield.

Domenico Losurdo

Italian scholar (1941-2018).

Born November 14th, 1941 in Sannicandro di Bari. [ref]

Died June 28th, 2018 at 76 years old in Ancona (esophageal cancer).

Mohamed Ghannouchi

Tunisian politician.

Born August 18th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Sousse.

Lou Perryman

American actor (1941-2009).

Born August 15th, 1941 in Cooke County.

Died April 1st, 2009 at 67 years old in Austin. [ref]

Bas van Fraassen

American philosopher.

Born April 5th, 1941 (age 85 years) in Goes.

Barbara Brylska

Polish actress.

Born June 5th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Skotniki, Gmina Ozorków.

Yuri Norstein

Soviet film director.

Born September 15th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Andreyevka. [ref]

Abd al-Qadir ibn Saleh

Algerian politician (1941–2021).

Born November 24th, 1941 in Fellaoucene. [ref]

Died September 22nd, 2021 at 79 years old in Aïn Naadja Military Hospital. [ref]

Prince Abbas Hilmi

Turkey prince.

Born October 16th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Cairo.

Ulf Merbold

German astronaut.

Born June 20th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Greiz. [ref]

Franco Freda

Italian neo-nazi and neo-fascist terrorist (born 1941).

Born February 11th, 1941 (age 85 years) in Padua.

John Strasberg

American actor.

Born May 20th, 1941 (age 84 years) in New York City.

Michael Victor Berry

British physicist.

Born March 14th, 1941 (age 85 years) in Surrey.

Erkin Koray

Turkish singer-songwriter (1941–2023).

Born June 24th, 1941 in Istanbul.

Died August 7th, 2023 at 82 years old in Toronto. [ref]

Denis Michael Rohan

Australian criminal.

Born July 1st, 1941 in Grenfell.

Died March 20th, 2013 at 71 years old in Sydney. [ref]

Raúl Ruiz

Filmmaker (1941-2011).

Born July 25th, 1941 in Puerto Montt.

Died August 19th, 2011 at 70 years old in 12th arrondissement of Paris (liver cancer). [ref]

Edmund Stoiber

German politician.

Born September 28th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Oberaudorf.

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