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In the year 1941

1,415 Notable birthdays

Robert Hass

American poet.

Born March 1st, 1941 (age 85 years) in San Francisco. [ref]

James Rachels

American philosopher (1941–2003).

Born May 30th, 1941 in Columbus.

Died September 5th, 2003 at 62 years old in Birmingham.

ʻAkilisi Pohiva

15th prime minister of tonga (1941–2019).

Born April 7th, 1941 in Fakakakai. [ref]

Died September 12th, 2019 at 78 years old in Auckland City Hospital (pneumonia). [ref]

Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya

President of mauritania from 1984 to 2005.

Born November 28th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Atar.

Theodor W. Hänsch

German physicist and nobel laureate (born 1941).

Born October 30th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Heidelberg.

Larry Laudan

American philosopher (1941–2022).

Born October 16th, 1941 in Austin.

Died August 23rd, 2022 at 80 years old [ref]

Art Heyman

American basketball player (1941-2012).

Born June 24th, 1941 in New York City.

Died August 27th, 2012 at 71 years old in Clermont. [ref]

Alfred G. Gilman

American pharmacologist (1941-2015).

Born July 1st, 1941 in New Haven.

Died December 23rd, 2015 at 74 years old in Dallas (pancreatic cancer).

Epeli Nailatikau

President of fiji.

Born July 5th, 1941 in Suva. [ref]

Died March 26th, 2026 at 84 years old [ref]

Ahmad Husayn Khudayir as-Samarrai

Prime minister of iraq.

Born July 2nd, 1941 (age 84 years) in Samarra.

Mike England

Welsh footballer and manager (born 1941).

Born December 2nd, 1941 (age 84 years) in Holywell.

Peter Suschitzky

British cinematographer (born 1941).

Born July 25th, 1941 (age 84 years) in London.

Asko Parpola

Finnish indologist and sindhologist.

Born July 12th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Forssa.

Marilyn Strathern

British anthropologist, born 1941.

Born March 6th, 1941 (age 85 years) in North Wales.

Gary Bettenhausen

American racing driver (1941–2014).

Born November 18th, 1941 in Tinley Park.

Died March 16th, 2014 at 72 years old in Monrovia.

Laisenia Qarase

Prime minister of fiji (1941-2020).

Born February 4th, 1941 in Vanua Balavu.

Died April 21st, 2020 at 79 years old in Suva. [ref]

Christine Truman

English tennis player.

Born February 16th, 1941 (age 85 years) in London, Loughton, Woodford Green. [ref]

Dragoljub Ojdanić

Yugoslav general (1941–2020).

Born June 1st, 1941 in Ravni, Užice.

Died September 6th, 2020 at 79 years old in Belgrade.

Marcello Dell'Utri

Italian politician (born 1941).

Born September 11th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Palermo.

Gail Omvedt

American-born indian sociologist (1941–2021).

Born August 2nd, 1941 in Minneapolis.

Died August 25th, 2021 at 80 years old in Maharashtra. [ref]

Jules A. Hoffmann

French biologist.

Born August 2nd, 1941 (age 84 years) in Echternach. [ref]

Rick Laird

Irish jazz bassist (1941–2021).

Born February 5th, 1941 in Dublin.

Died July 4th, 2021 at 80 years old in New York City. [ref]

Mel Counts

American basketball player.

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

Bertrand de Orléans e Bragança

Claimant to the defunct brazilian throne.

Born February 2nd, 1941 (age 85 years) in Mandelieu-la-Napoule.

Sue Myrick

American politician.

Born August 1st, 1941 (age 84 years) in Tiffin.

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