List of Famous people who died in 1941

Victor L. Schertzinger was an American composer, film director, film producer, and screenwriter. His films include Paramount on Parade, Something to Sing About (1937) with James Cagney, and the first two "Road" pictures Road to Singapore (1940) and Road to Zanzibar (1941). His two best-known songs are "I Remember You" and "Tangerine", both with lyrics by Johnny Mercer and both featured in Schertzinger's final film, The Fleet's In (1942).

Caspar Klein was a Catholic Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany, during the Nazi era.

Friedrich Engel was a German mathematician.

Heinz-Rudolf "Rudi" Cranz was a German alpine skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics.

Arthur Lapworth FRS was a Scottish chemist.

Hermann Kriebel was a retired lieutenant colonel and former Bavarian staff officer.

John Simon Guggenheim was an American businessman, politician and philanthropist.

James Stuart Blackton was a British-American film producer and director of the silent era. One of the pioneers of motion pictures, he founded Vitagraph Studios in 1897. He was one of the first filmmakers to use the techniques of stop-motion and drawn animation, is considered a father of American animation, and was the first to bring many classic plays and books to the screen. Blackton was also the commodore of the Motorboat Club of America and the Atlantic Yacht Club.

Issai Schur was a Russian mathematician who worked in Germany for most of his life. He studied at the University of Berlin. He obtained his doctorate in 1901, became lecturer in 1903 and, after a stay at the University of Bonn, professor in 1919.

James Albert Stephenson was a British stage and film actor. He found extraordinarily rapid success in Hollywood after arriving in his late 40s, but he died unexpectedly in his early 50s.