Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In 1947

Jun 12 Jazeps medins: Composer,  

Jun 16 Jean-francois capart: Belgian egyptologist (memphis),  

Jun 18 Shigematsu sakaibara: Japanese admiral (b. 1898)  

Jun 19 Willem h fly: Typographer/co-founder (sdap),  

Jun 20 Benjamin "bugsy" siegel: Gangster, shot dead in beverly hills cal  

Jun 24 Emil seidel: Mayor of milwaukee, wisconsin (b. 1864)  

Jun 26 Richard bedford bennett: Eleventh prime minister of canada (b. 1870)  

Jun 28 Stanislav k neumann: Czech poet (anti-guide),  

Jul 01 Clarence lucas: Composer,  

Jul 09 Lucjan Å»eligowski: Polish general (b. 1865)  

Jul 12 Jimmie lunceford: American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1902)  

Jul 13 Warwick armstrong: Cricketer (50 tests 1901-21, 2863 runs),  

Jul 15 Henry kolker:  

Jul 17 Raoul wallenberg: Swedish diplomat in ww ii (saved jews),  

Jul 19 Aung san: Burmese nationalist (assassinated) (b. 1915)  

Jul 24 Ernest austin: Composer,  

Jul 30 George challenor: Cricketer (played in 1st wi test side 1928),  

Aug 05 Joannes d m cornelissen: Historian (johann de white),  

Aug 08 Anton ivanovich denikin: Russian general (b. 1872)  

Aug 13 Johan h t norlind: Swedish musicologist,  

Aug 19 Ernst laqueur: Dut chemist/psychologist (sexual hormones),  

Aug 20 Franz vm cumont: Belgian religious historian,  

Aug 21 Ettore bugatti: Italian/french car manufacturer,  

Aug 25 Clark wissler: Us cultural anthropologist,  

Aug 28 Manolete: Spanish bullfighter (b. 1917)  

Sep 01 Frederick russell burnham: Father of the international scouting movement (b. 1861)  

Sep 06 Paul guthnick: German astronomer,  

Sep 12 Harry rowe shelley: Composer,  

Sep 20 Fiorello h la guardia: (mayor-r-nyc, 1933-45),  

Sep 21 Harry carey sr: Actor/director (red river, sundown),  

Sep 23 Nikola petkov: Leader of bulgaria boer party, hanged  

Sep 26 Hugh lofting: Writer (gub gub book),  

Sep 28 Francisco santiago: Composer,  

Oct 02 Peter d. ouspensky: Russian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)  

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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