Famous people and celebrities who died in April 1943

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in April 1943. 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

• April 3 Conrad Veidt

  Renowned German actor known for his role in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

• April 4 Oskar Schlemmer

  German artist, sculptor and theater researcher. he was also a designer and dancer. his 1961 book, "the theater of the bauhaus", describes how he influenced modern theater and dance. schlemmer joined bauhaus in weimar in 1921 as the head of the sculpture workshop. he gradually expanded his responsibilities to include theater and dance.

• April 4 Raoul Laparra

  Composer dies at 66

• April 5 Ales Hrdlicka

  Czech anthropologist (born in 1869).

• April 7 Jovan Ducic

  Renowned Serbian poet known for his lyrical and romantic poetry.

• April 7 Alexandre Millerand

  French lawyer and politician, 12th president of france (b. 1859)

• April 8 Richard Sears

  First to win the us national amateur tennis match at amateur level, dies aged 81.

• April 10 Andreas Faehlmann

  Estonian-german sailor and engineer (b. 1898)

• April 12 Viktor Puskar

  Estonian colonel (d. 1943)

• April 14 Yakov Dzhugashvili

  The oldest child of stalin (born in 1907)

• April 14 Geoffrey Turton Shaw

  Composer dies at 63

• April 15 Aristarkh Lentulov

  Russian painter and set designer (b. 1882)

• April 15 Raffaele Casimiro Casimiri

  Composer dies at 62

• April 18 Isoroku Yamamoto

  Japanese military man, great admiral with a distinguished career. at the time of the 1941 attack on pearl harbor, he was commander of the japanese mixed fleet.

• April 18 I Yamamoto

  Admiral of the japanese fleet

• April 19 Willy Graf

  German resistance fighter is executed.

• April 19 Gustave Doret

  Composer dies at 76

• April 25 Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko

  Russian director, producer, and playwright (b. 1858)

• April 29 Joseph Achron

  Latvian composer/violinist (golem suite), dies aged 56.

• April 29 Ricardo Viñes

  Spanish pianist (b. 1875)

• April 29 Karl Adrian Wohlfart

  Composer dies at 68

• April 29 Sidney A K Keyes

  English poet (foreign gate), died at 20

• April 30 Beatrice Webb

  British sociologist who wrote both on economics and sociology. sidney webb was her husband and she co-authored many masterful studies about economic conditions. before her marriage in 1892 she was an associate of sidney webb, an industrial and railway magnate.

• April 30 Etty Hillesum

  Jewish Dutch writer and diarist who documented her experiences during the Holocaust. Her writings provide profound insights into human resilience and compassion during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. She was tragically killed at Auschwitz concentration camp in 1943.

• April 30 Otto Jespersen

  Danish linguist and academic (b. 1860)

• April 30 Beatrice Potter Webb

  British writer my apprenticeship dies at 85