Aged 41
Famous people who died at 41
72 of the 11,867 best-known people in our data died aged 41, including Jane Austen, Alan Turing and Amelia Earhart.
- Jane AustenAuthor, novelist, writer · 1775–1817
- Alan TuringEnglish computer scientist · 1912–1954
- Amelia EarhartAmerican aviation pioneer and author · 1897–1939
- Kobe BryantAmerican basketball player · 1978–2020
- Richard I of EnglandKing of England from 1189 to 1199 · 1157–1199
- TitusTenth Roman Emperor · AD 39–81
- Chester BenningtonAmerican singer, songwriter and musician · 1976–2017
- Louis XIII of FranceKing of France and Navarre from 1610 to 1643 · 1601–1643
- Sofia Kovalevskaya19th-century Russian mathematician · 1850–1891
- Mata HariDutch exotic dancer, courtesan and spy · 1876–1917
- Jean-François ChampollionFrench classical scholar · 1790–1832
- Cesare PaveseItalian writer, literary critic, and translator · 1908–1950
- Cnut the Great11th-century King of Denmark, Norway, and England · c. 994–1035
- Guru Gobind SinghTenth Sikh guru · 1666–1708
- Abebe Bikila ↗Ethiopian double Olympic marathon champion · 1932–1973
- Engelbert Dollfuss ↗Austrian Christian Social and Patriotic Front statesman · 1892–1934
- Julien Offray de La Mettrie ↗French physician and philosopher · 1709–1751
- Shamil Basayev ↗Chechen militant Islamist leader · 1965–2006
- Ulrike Meinhof ↗German left-wing militant, journalist and author · 1934–1976
- Charles Péguy ↗French poet, essayist, and editor · 1873–1914
- Roland ↗Frankish knight · c. AD 737–778
- Božena Němcová ↗Czech writer · 1820–1862
- Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur ↗Spanish missionary and saint · 1626–1667
- Tolui ↗Son of Genghis Khan and regent of the Mongol Empire · 1191–1232
- Joe Dassin ↗French-American musician · 1938–1980
- Charles XI of Sweden ↗King of Sweden from 1660 to 1697 · 1655–1697
- Endre Ady ↗Hungarian poet · 1877–1919
- Cambyses I ↗King of Anshan in Iran from c. 580 to 559 BC and the father of Cyrus the Great · c. 600–559 BC
- Alaric II ↗King of the Visigoths Balti dynasty · c. AD 466–507
- Childeric III ↗King of Francia · c. AD 714–755
- Coluche ↗French comedian and actor · 1944–1986
- Louis Riel ↗Métis leader in Canada · 1844–1885
- Brendan Behan ↗Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, and playwright · 1923–1964
- Laurel Clark ↗NASA astronaut, medical doctor, United States Navy Captain, and Space Shuttle mission specialist · 1961–2003
- Elisabeth of France ↗Queen consort of Spain · 1602–1644
- Jo Cox ↗British politician · 1974–2016
- Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay ↗Russian explorer and scientist · 1846–1888
- Temür Khan ↗2nd emperor of the Yuan Dynasty · 1265–1307
- Adalbert of Prague ↗Bohemian missionary and saint · c. AD 956–997
- Fanny Mendelssohn ↗German pianist and composer · 1805–1847
- Hugo Ball ↗German author, poet and one of the leading Dada artists · 1886–1927
- Kazimierz Deyna ↗Polish footballer · 1947–1989
- Massimo Troisi ↗Italian actor, film director, and poet · 1953–1994
- Wallace Carothers ↗American organic chemist · 1896–1937
- Władysław Tarnowski ↗Polish composer · 1836–1878
- Casimir I the Restorer ↗Polish king · 1016–1058
- Flora Tristan ↗French writer and suffragist · 1803–1844
- John I Albert ↗King of Poland · 1459–1501
- Linda Darnell ↗American actress · 1923–1965
- Nadežda Petrović ↗Serbian artist · 1873–1915
- Nordahl Grieg ↗Norwegian author · 1902–1943
- Zurab Zhvania ↗Prime Minister of Georgia · 1963–2005
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury ↗English politician and Earl · 1671–1713
- Charles III of Naples ↗King of Naples (1345-1386) and King of Hungary · c. 1345–1386
- Hermann of Reichenau ↗German 11th-century Benedictine monk · 1013–1054
- Sabahattin Ali ↗Turkish novelist · 1907–1948
- Alexi Laiho ↗Finnish musician · 1979–2020
- Sophie Blanchard ↗French aeronaut · 1778–1819
- William C. McCool ↗U.S. Navy Commander, NASA astronaut and the pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia which was destroyed during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere in 2003 · 1961–2003
- Camarón de la Isla ↗Spanish flamenco singer · 1950–1992
- Larisa Shepitko ↗Soviet film director and screenwriter · 1938–1979
- Queen Seondeok of Silla ↗Queen-regnant of Silla · c. AD 606–647
- Francesco Filippini ↗Italian painter and theorist · 1853–1895
- Marie Trintignant ↗French actress · 1962–2003
- Cola di Rienzo ↗Italian politician · c. 1313–1354
- Gregory Jarvis ↗American astronaut · 1944–1986
- Jerzy Kukuczka ↗Polish alpine and high-altitude climber · 1948–1989
- Virgil Abloh ↗American fashion designer · 1980–2021
- Viriathus ↗Lusitanian leader and rebel · c. 180–139 BC
- Claude Chappe ↗French inventor · 1763–1805
- Kathleen Ferrier ↗English contralto singer · 1912–1953
- Martin Opitz ↗German poet · 1597–1639
"c." means only the years are known, so the age could be a year out. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.
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