Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In 1943
Thursday, 15 January 2026
May 29 Hermann Hans Wetzler, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history. 


Jun 01 Leslie Howard, actor (Romeo & Juliet), Nazis shot down his plane at 50 died in the year 1943. 


Jun 03 On this day in history folkert E Posthuma, Min of Agriculture, dies 


Jun 04 On this day in history jean du Bela, singer/actor (Sobibor), dies at 39 


Jun 06 On this day in history karl Landsteiner, Austrian/US pathologist (Nobel 1930), dies at 74 


Jun 11 Sam[uel] de Vries, actor (Boefje, In Sobibor), dies at 50 in the year 1943. 


Jun 13 On this day in history death of koÄo Racin, Macedonian poet (b. 1908) 


Jun 15 In the year 1943 cecil Parkin, cricketer (32 wkts in 10 Tests for Eng 1920-24), dies 


Jun 25 Spencer Charters, actor (Big Town Girl, St Louis Kid), dies at 68 on this day in history. 


Jun 26 On this day in history death of fritz Schmidt, Nazi commissioner in Holland, commits suicide at 39 


Jul 01 Auguste Reitsma, Dutch resistance fighter (census director), executed died on this day in history. 


Jul 04 On this day in history wladyslaw Sikorski, gen/PM of Poland in exile (1939-43), dies at 62 


Jul 08 Harry Oakes, Canadian ruler of Bahamas, murdered died in the year 1943. 


Jul 10 Arthur Finlay Nevin, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history. 


Jul 13 Kurt Huber, German philosopher/resistance fighter, dies at 50 on this day in history. 


Jul 14 Johannes F "Frits" Bakker Sr, actor, dies at 74% in the year 1943. 


Jul 21 Charles William Paddock, 100m runner (Olympic-gold-1920), dies at 42 on this day in history. 


Jul 23 Emanuel Querido, publisher (Sobibor), dies in the year 1943. 


Jul 27 Godfrey Cripps, cricketer (1st Currie Cup-winning captain), dies on this day in history. 


Jul 30 Benjamin James Dale, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1943. 


Jul 31 In the year 1943 hedley Verity, cricketer (144 wickets in 40 Tests), dies in POW camp 


Aug 01 On this day in history ismar Elbogen, German/US learned/rabbi (Jewish Lexicon), dies at 68 


Aug 05 On this day in history adam Kuckhoff, writer, dies at 55 


Aug 06 Tom Garrett, cricketer (last survivor of 1st Test in 1877), dies in the year 1943. 


Aug 07 On this day in history gustav Schmidt, German lt-general, dies in battle 


Aug 10 In the year 1943 c Bergsma, Dutch resistance fighter (Waalsdorpervlakte), dies 


Aug 12 On this day in history georges Martin Witkowski, composer, dies at 76 


Aug 14 Joe Kelley, American baseball player (b. 1871) died in the year 1943. 


Aug 18 Hans Jeschonnek, German air force general/chief-staff, commits suicide died in the year 1943. 


Aug 21 Henrik Pontoppidan, writer (Peter Gelukkige, Nobel 1917), dies at 86 in the year 1943. 


Aug 23 Johann P Zilcher, German composer, dies at 88 in the year 1943. 


Aug 24 Ernst Ottwalt, writer, dies in the year 1943. 


Aug 27 In the year 1943 otto Selz, German psychologist (In Auschwitz), dies 


Aug 28 Boris III, of Saksen-Coburg, King of Bulgaria (1918-43), dies in the year 1943. 


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