Famous people and celebrities who died in February 1941

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in February 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

• Feb. 2 Johannes Schlaf

  Writer dies at 78

• Feb. 4 Johann Peter Kirsch

  Luxembourg's church historian dies at the age of 79.

• Feb. 5 Banjo Paterson

  Australian poet and author of "walzing matilda" (born in 1864)

• Feb. 5 Otto Strandman

  Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st prime minister of estonia (b. 1875)

• Feb. 6 Maximilien Luce

  French painter dies at 82

• Feb. 11 Rudolf Hilferding

  German economist/minister for finance (spd), suicide at the age of 63.

• Feb. 19 Hamilton Hamilton Harty

  Conductor / composer, dies at the age of 61

• Feb. 20 La Bolduc

  Canadian singer-songwriter (born in 1894)

• Feb. 21 Frederick Grant Banting

  Nobel Prize laureate for the discovery of insulin

• Feb. 24 Oskar Loerke

  German director (longest day-1926), dies at 56

• Feb. 26 Jan Keizer Zaanse

  February striker, killed.

• Feb. 27 William D Byron

  U.s. u.s.

• Feb. 28 King Alfonso

  Xiii of spain (born in 1886).