Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1947

Mar 28 Rudolph hermann simonsen: Composer,  

Apr 01 George ii: King of greece,  

Apr 02 Joseph hardstaff: Cricket (311 runs in 5 tests for eng 1907-08),  

Apr 04 William o'donnell: Irish politician (b. ?)  

Apr 06 Vaclav kapral: Composer,  

Apr 08 Henry ford: Us industrialist (ford cars),  

Apr 09 Konrad friedrich noetel: Composer,  

Apr 11 Louise peete: American murderess (b. 1880)  

Apr 12 Christian f l leipoldt: South african writer (die moormansgat),  

Apr 15 Wolstenholme: Rocker,  

Apr 16 Rudolf höß: Commandant of the auschwitz concentration camp (b. 1900)  

Apr 18 Benny leonard: Lightweight boxing champ (1917-25),  

Apr 20 Christian x: King of denmark (1912-47),  

Apr 24 Willa cather: American writer (b. 1873)  

Apr 29 Irving fisher: Us economist,  

May 01 Sanner: Leader of norger blood bath, executed  

May 02 Dorothea binz: Nazi war criminal (b. 1920)  

May 05 Ty laforest: Canadian baseball player (b. 1917)  

May 08 Harry gordon selfridge: American-born department store founder (b. 1858)  

May 11 Ture rangstrom: Composer,  

May 14 John ray sinnock: Us chief engraver (1925-47),  

May 16 Frederick hopkins: English biochemist, nobel laureate (b. 1861)  

May 17 George william forbes: Prime minister of new zealand (b. 1869)  

May 20 Philipp lenard: Austrian physicist, nobel laureate (b. 1862)  

May 23 C f ramuz: Writer,  

May 27 Ed konetchy: American baseball player (b. 1885)  

May 28 August eigruber: Austrian war criminal (b. 1907)  

May 30 Sidney hugo nicholson: Composer,  

May 31 Adrienne ames: Actress (black sheep, 24 hours),  

Jun 02 Hermann darewsky: Composer,  

Jun 06 Norman reid: Cricketer (test s af v aust 1921-22, 11 & 6, 2-63),  

Jun 08 Tom o'brien: Actor (flying fool),  

Jun 09 Wladyslaw raczkiewicz: President of poland (1939-40),  

Jun 10 Alexander bethune: Canadian politician (b. 1852)  

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Jan 02 Aleksandr tikhonova: Ussr, biathalon relay (oly-gold-1968, 72, 76, 80)  

Jan 02 Calvin hill: Nfl running back (dallas cowboys)  

Jan 02 Lanny bassham: Us, rifle-3 position (olympic-gold-1976)  

Jan 02 Jack hanna: American zoologist  

Jan 03 Sergey filipovich protchenko: Russian cosmonaut  

Jan 04 J danforth quayle: (sen-r-ind, 44th vp 1989-93)/rich draft dodger  

Jan 04 Chris cutler: English musician and composer (henry cow, art bears)  

Jan 04 Rick stein: English chef and television presenter