Famous people and celebrities who died in March 1947

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

• March 1 J Boogaard

  Nazi collaborator, executed.

• March 2 Frans Johan Louwrens Ghijsels

  Dutch architect and urban planner (b. 1882)

• March 5 Alfredo Casella

  Italian musician, pianist, composer, and orchestra conductor. as a child, he studied piano with his mother and composition at the paris conservatory with leroux, faure, and diemer. he returned to italy in 1915 and joined the avant-garde intellectualsia. he was able to absorb new ideas and bring much of the contemporary music to italy. his most famous opera was "la …

• March 6 Ludwig Weber

  Komponist, who dies at 55

• March 7 Lucy Parsons

  American communist anarchist labor organizer (b. c 1853)

• March 11 Victor Hely-Hutchinson

  Composer dies at 45

• March 18 William C. Durant

  American businessman, co-founded general motors and chevrolet (b. 1861)

• March 19 James A. Gilmore

  American businessman and baseball executive (b. 1887)

• March 19 Willem F J Pijper

  Dutch composer/critic dies at 52

• March 20 Sigurd Wallén

  Swedish actor and director (b. 1884)

• March 23 Archduchess Luise of Austria

  Princess of tuscany (born 1870).

• March 28 Karol Świerczewski

  Polish general (d. 1947)

• March 28 Rudolph Hermann Simonsen

  Composer dies at 57