Famous people and celebrities who died in February 1943

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

• Feb. 3 Alexander Goode

  The rabbi who gave up his life jacket drowns.

• Feb. 4 Frank Calder

  English-canadian ice hockey player and journalist (b. 1877)

• Feb. 5 Wim Gertenbach

  Germans shoot slogan, a dutch resistance fighter.

• Feb. 6 HA Seyffardt

  Dutch lieutenant-general/nsb "minister", dies at age 71.

• Feb. 9 Reydons

  Wife of general , shot to death by resistance

• Feb. 13 William Walraven

  Writer / journalist (neglected grouser) dies at 55

• Feb. 14 David Hilbert

  Prussian mathematician, author, and professor at gottingen between 1895 and the end of his days. he was recognized as the greatest mathematician of his era after the death of jules henri poincare, in 1912.

• Feb. 14 Dora Gerson

  German actress and singer (b. 1899)

• Feb. 14 Frieda Reiss

  French baby 11 months old, killed in auschwitz

• Feb. 15 Thomas "Fats" Waller

  At 38, a us jazz pianist (hot chocolate) dies

• Feb. 15 William Victor Harris

  Composer dies at 73

• Feb. 17 Armand J Piron

  American jazz composer and violinist (born 1888).

• Feb. 17 Konstantin Bogaevsky

  Russian painter (born in 1872)

• Feb. 18 Henri Polak

  Dutch politician/union leader (social-democrat), has died at the age of 74.

• Feb. 22 Hans Scholl

  Hans Scholl was a courageous German student and key member of the White Rose resistance movement, which nonviolently opposed the Nazi regime during World War II. He, along with his sister Sophie and friend Christoph Probst, was executed by the Nazis for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets and promoting resistance against Hitler's regime.

• Feb. 22 Sophie Scholl

  Sophie Scholl was a courageous young German student and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime, who was part of the White Rose non-violent resistance group. She and her brother Hans were executed by the Nazis for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets, becoming powerful symbols of moral resistance during World War II.

• Feb. 22 Christoph Probst

  German resistance fighter (that weisse rose), dies.

• Feb. 26 Theodor Eicke

  German inspector of concentration camps and ss guard forms. he joined the police administration in 1920 and the ss, in 1930 after completing his military service. he was aggressive, violent, and reckless. however, he was also strict and pitiless. he was promoted to ss general in the third reich and commander at dachau in 1943. eiche was killed in an …

• Feb. 27 Kostis Palamas

  Greek poet twice nominated to the nobel prize (born in 1859).