Famous people and celebrities who died in February 1947

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in February 1947. 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 Marc Mitscher

  American pilot and admiral (d. 1947).

• Feb. 3 Anna Bahr-von Mildenburg

  Austrian soprano/director dies at the age of 74.

• Feb. 3 Marc A "Pete" Mitscher

  American lieutenant-admiral (wwii–task force force 58), dies in age 60.

• Feb. 5 Hans Fallada

  German notable novelist, whose work accurately reflected the zeitgeist and effects of the great depression on the german peasants. he was a farm supervisor and was eventually imprisoned after he swindled his owners.

• Feb. 5 Ganzefles

  Dutch nazi spy / jews hunter, executed

• Feb. 6 Albert JM Bakker

  Dutch actor teun the night watch, dies at 82

• Feb. 6 Luigi Russolo

  Italian futurist painter, composer, and author of the art of noises (1913). his performances of noise music concerts in 1913aeur'14 and again after world war i, including in paris in 1921, are often considered to be among the most important noise music experimental composers.

• Feb. 8 Ernest Samuel Williams

  Composer dies at 65

• Feb. 11 Martin Klein

  Estonian wrestler and coach (b. 1884)

• Feb. 12 Moses Gomberg

  Ukrainian-american academic and chemist (d. 1947).

• Feb. 12 Sidney Toler

  Actor charlie chan, dark alibi, dies at 72

• Feb. 21 Fannie Charles Dillon

  American composer (b. 1881)

• Feb. 25 Friedrich Paschen

  German physicist dies at the age of 82.

• Feb. 26 Ben Webster

  Legendary American jazz tenor saxophonist known as 'the brute' and 'frog', who significantly influenced jazz music in the mid-20th century.

• Feb. 26 Heinrich Häberlin

  Swiss judge and politician, president of the swiss national council (b. 1868)