Famous people and celebrities who died in December 1941

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in December 1941. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

• Dec. 3 Pavel Filonov

  Russian poet and painter (d. 1941).

• Dec. 5 Amrita Sher-Gil

  Renowned Hungarian-Indian painter known for her significant contributions to modern Indian art, blending Western and Indian artistic styles.

• Dec. 7 Robert Uhlmann

  American sailor (b. 1919)

• Dec. 7 Franklin Van Valkenburgh

  American captain (b. 1888)

• Dec. 7 Eldon P. Wyman

  American sailor (b. 1917)

• Dec. 7 Robert R. Scott

  American sailor (b. 1915)

• Dec. 7 Peter Tomich

  American sailor (b. 1893)

• Dec. 7 Mervyn S. Bennion

  American captain (b. 1887)

• Dec. 7 Frederick Curtice Davis

  American sailor (b. 1915)

• Dec. 7 Julius Ellsberry

  American sailor (b. 1921)

• Dec. 7 John C. England

  American sailor (b. 1920)

• Dec. 7 Edwin J. Hill

  American sailor (b. 1894)

• Dec. 7 Ralph Hollis

  American sailor (b. 1906)

• Dec. 7 Herbert C. Jones

  American sailor (b. 1918)

• Dec. 7 Isaac C. Kidd

  American admiral (b. 1884)

• Dec. 7 Robert Lawrence Leopold

  American sailor (b. 1916)

• Dec. 7 Herbert Hugo Menges

  American sailor (b. 1917)

• Dec. 8 Izidor Kürschner

  Hungarian football player and coach (b. 1885)

• Dec. 9 Dmitry Merezhkovsky

  Russian author, poet, and philosopher (b. 1865)

• Dec. 10 Colin Kelly

  American captain and pilot (b. 1915)

• Dec. 11 John Gillespie Magee

  Jr., american pilot and poet (b. 1922)

• Dec. 11 Émile Picard

  French mathematician and academic (b. 1856)

• Dec. 12 César Basa

  Filipino lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915)

• Dec. 20 Igor Severyanin

  Russian-estonian poet and author (b. 1887)

• Dec. 22 Karel Hašler

  Czech actor, director, composer, and screenwriter (b. 1879)

• Dec. 24 Siegfried Alkan

  German composer (born 1858).

• Dec. 25 Richard S. Aldrich

  American lawyer and politician (b. 1884)

• Dec. 29 Tullio Levi-Civita

  Italian mathematician, professor and researcher on pure geometry and hydrodynamics. he was also an author.

• Dec. 29 Louis Eilshemius

  American painter (b. 1864)

• Dec. 30 El Lissitzky

  Russian architect and photographer (d. 1941).