Deaths in the 1940s

Wilfrid Lewis Lloyd

1896–1944 (age 48)

Heliopolis War Cemetery

Julius Hanau

1885–1943 (age 58)

Heliopolis War Cemetery

Military officer with extensive service who died in 1943.

George Henry de Laval Wallace

d. 1943

Heliopolis War Cemetery

Guy Richard Tamplin

1897–1943 (age 46)

Heliopolis War Cemetery

Military officer who died in service in 1943.

Jack Shelton

1905–1941 (age 36)

Alamein Memorial

Mo Shapir

1917–1942 (age 25)

Alamein Memorial

Australian rules football player who died in military service in 1942.

Jack Price

1901–1941 (age 40)

Alamein Memorial

Friedrich von Homeyer

1899–1942 (age 43)

El Alamein German war cemetery

German military officer who died in 1942 during the North African campaign.

Jock Campbell

1894–1942 (age 48)

Cairo War Memorial Cemetery

Mahmud Fahmy al-Qaysi Pasha

d. 1946

Al-Bustan Cemetery

Egyptian politician Mahmud Fahmy al-Qaysi Pasha served during Egypt's mid-twentieth century transformation.

Maurice Nahman

1868–1948 (age 80)

Al-Bustan Cemetery

Mahmoud Azmi Pasha

d. 1940

Al-Bustan Cemetery

Egyptian minister Mahmoud Azmi Pasha served in government during a formative period of modern Egypt.

Shivakiar Khanum Effendi

1876–1947 (age 71)

Tomb of Princess Shawikar

John Carruthers Beattie

1866–1946 (age 80)

University of Cape Town

John Carruthers Beattie was a physicist whose career at the University of Cape Town advanced scientific education and re...

W. N. C. Marchant

1870–1942 (age 72)

Rondebosch

C. Louis Leipoldt

1880–1947 (age 67)

Pakhuis Pass

C. Louis Leipoldt was a distinguished South African writer whose literary works enriched the nation's cultural heritage.

Horace Edward Ramsden

1878–1948 (age 70)

Maitland Cemetery

Thomas Edward Rendle

1884–1946 (age 62)

Maitland Cemetery

Thomas Edward Rendle was a musician whose performances and dedication enriched South African cultural life.

Len Strickland

1880–1949 (age 69)

Maitland Cemetery

Alexander Brown

1877–1947 (age 70)

Maitland Cemetery

Thomas Ridley

1858–1945 (age 87)

Maitland Cemetery

Atıf Kamçıl

1880–1947 (age 67)

Istanbul

Fahire Battalgazi

1902–1948 (age 46)

Istanbul

Fahire Battalgazi was an influential university teacher who contributed significantly to higher education in Istanbul.

Joseph niego

1863–1945 (age 82)

Istanbul

Cemal Nadir Güler

1902–1947 (age 45)

Zincirlikuyu Cemetery

Cemal Nadir Güler was a pioneering comics artist who contributed to the development of visual arts in Turkey.

Mürsel Bakü

1881–1945 (age 64)

Zincirlikuyu Cemetery

Abdurrahman Naci Demirağ

1890–1944 (age 54)

Zincirlikuyu Cemetery

Abdurrahman Naci Demirağ was an influential businessperson whose entrepreneurial ventures contributed to Turkey's econo...

İsmail Hakkı Eldem

1871–1944 (age 73)

Zincirlikuyu Cemetery

Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı

1869–1949 (age 80)

Zincirlikuyu Cemetery

Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı was a prominent writer and intellectual whose literary works contributed significantly to Tur...

Fethi Okyar

1880–1943 (age 63)

Zincirlikuyu Cemetery

Yusuf Ziya Somer

1881–1940 (age 59)

Zincirlikuyu Cemetery

Yusuf Ziya Somer was a dedicated physician whose medical practice advanced healthcare in Turkey.

Mehmet Emin Yurdakul

1869–1944 (age 75)

Zincirlikuyu Cemetery

Mehmet Emin Yurdakul (1869-1944) was a Turkish nationalist poet and writer from Beşiktaş who championed Turkish identi...

Âsım Gündüz

1880–1942 (age 62)

Zincirlikuyu Cemetery

Âsım Gündüz (1880-1942) was a Turkish individual from Kütahya who lived during the late Ottoman and early Republica...

Muhlis Sabahattin Ezgi

1889–1947 (age 58)

Zincirlikuyu Cemetery

Muhlis Sabahattin Ezgi (1889-1947) was a Turkish musicologist and composer from Adana who made significant contributions...

İsmail Hakkı Altunbezer

1873–1946 (age 73)

Karacaahmet Cemetery

İsmail Hakkı Altunbezer (1873-1946) was an Istanbul-born Turkish figure who lived through the transition from Ottoman ...

Necmettin Molla Kocataş

1875–1949 (age 74)

Karacaahmet Cemetery

Necmettin Molla Kocataş (1875-1949) was an Istanbul-born Turkish religious scholar and teacher during the late Ottoman ...

Faik Üstünidman

1858–1942 (age 84)

Karacaahmet Cemetery

Faik Üstünidman (1858-1942) was an Istanbul-born Turkish individual who witnessed the final decades of the Ottoman Emp...

Mehmet Vehip Kaçı

1875–1940 (age 65)

Karacaahmet Cemetery

Mehmet Vehip Kaçı (1875-1940) was a Turkish military officer from Ioannina vilayet who served during the late Ottoman ...

Ali bey Huseynzade

1864–1940 (age 76)

Karacaahmet Cemetery

Ali bey Huseynzade (1864-1940) was an Azerbaijani intellectual, writer, and Turkist ideologue from Salyan who influenced...

Sadettin Nüzhet Ergun

1901–1946 (age 45)

Karacaahmet Cemetery

Sadettin Nüzhet Ergun (1901-1946) was a Turkish folklorist and literary historian from Bursa who documented Turkish fol...

Neşet Ömer İrdelp

1882–1948 (age 66)

Karacaahmet Cemetery

Neşet Ömer İrdelp (1882-1948) was an Istanbul-born Turkish physician and public health specialist during the early Re...

Nuh Naci Yazgan

1885–1947 (age 62)

Karacaahmet Cemetery

Nuh Naci Yazgan (1885-1947) was a Turkish educator and writer from Kayseri who contributed to educational reform in earl...

Miralay Sadık Bey

1860–1941 (age 81)

Karacaahmet Cemetery

Miralay Sadık Bey (1860-1941) was an Istanbul-born Ottoman military colonel who served during the late Ottoman period.

Ali Çetinkaya

1878–1949 (age 71)

Afyonkarahisar

Parti Pehlivan

1868–1941 (age 73)

Manisa

Hikmet Boran

1901–1945 (age 44)

Karacaahmet Cemetery

Mehmet Kamil İrdelp

1867–1947 (age 80)

Karacaahmet Cemetery

Hasan Vasıf Somyürek

1889–1944 (age 55)

Karacaahmet Cemetery

Haydar Günver

1885–1949 (age 64)

Karacaahmet Cemetery

Hilmi Oytaç

1879–1942 (age 63)

Karacaahmet Cemetery