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In the year 1941

1,173 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).

Ron Brown

American government official.

Born August 1st, 1941 in Washington, D.C..

Died April 3rd, 1996 at 54 years old in Dubrovnik (aircraft crash).

Fritz Wepper

German actor.

Born August 17th, 1941 in Munich.

Died March 25th, 2024 at 82 years old in Munich. [ref]

M. Stanley Whittingham

Nobel laureate in chemistry & american chemist.

Born December 22nd, 1941 (age 83 years) in Nottingham.

Karl Barry Sharpless

American chemist.

Born April 28th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Philadelphia.

Naomi Uemura

Japanese mountain climber.

Born February 12th, 1941 in Hyogo Prefecture.

Died February 13th, 1984 at 43 years old in Denali.

Abdelkader Bensalah

Algerian politician.

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

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

Bas van Fraassen

American philosopher.

Born April 5th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Goes.

Chieko Baishō

Japanese actress and singer.

Born June 29th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Tokyo. [ref]

Charles Keating

English actor (1941-2014).

Born October 22nd, 1941 in London.

Died August 9th, 2014 at 72 years old in Weston (cancer).

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