E. B. Tylor ( 2 October 1832 – 2 January 1917 ) and James George Frazer ( 1 January 1854 – 7 May 1941 ) are generally considered the antecedents to modern social anthropology in Britain.

* Herbert Austin ( 1866 – 1941 ), British founder of the Austin Motor Company

* John Arnold Austin ( 1905 – 1941 ), American sailor

* 1941 – World War II: Nazi Germany launches Operation 25 ( the invasion of Kingdom of Yugoslavia ) and Operation Marita ( the invasion of Greece ).

* 1941 – Phil Austin, American comedian

* 1941 – Hans W. Geissendörfer, German director

* 1941 – Don " The Snake " Prudhomme, American drag racer

* 1941 – Gheorghe Zamfir, Romanian musician

* 1871 – Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and dictator ( d. 1941 )

* 1941 – Bobby Moore, English footballer ( d. 1993 )

* 1941 – Stavros Dimas, Greek politician

* 1941 – Johnny Farina, American musician and composer ( Santo & Johnny )

* 1941 – Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean singer ( d. 2011 )

* 1941 – János Konrád, Hungarian water polo player and swimmer

* 1941 – Harrison Page, American actor

* 1908 – Lajos Vajda, Hungarian painter ( d. 1941 )

* 1941 – Lyle Berman, American poker player

* 1941 – Ray Culp, American baseball player

* 1941 – Way Bandy, American make-up artist ( d. 1986 )

* 1941 – Shirlee Busbee, American novelist

* 1941 – Erin Fleming, Canadian actress ( d. 2003 )

* 1902 – Helen Morgan, American actress ( d. 1941 )

* 1941 – Doris Coley, American singer ( The Shirelles ) ( d. 2000 )

* 1941 – Jules A. Hoffmann, French biologist, Nobel Prize laureate

The ABC had been examined by John Mauchly in June 1941, and Isaac Auerbach, a former student of Mauchly's, alleged that it influenced his later work on ENIAC, although Mauchly denied this ( Shurkin, pg.

* Kiddle M., The Revelation of St. John ( The Moffat New Testament Commentary ), New York – London 1941.

* 1941 – John Levene, British actor

* 1941 – John Davidson, American actor and game show host

Bogart would star in 36 films between 1934 and 1942 including John Huston's The Maltese Falcon ( 1941 ), one of the first films now considered a classic film noir.

Debuting as a director with The Maltese Falcon ( 1941 ), John Huston followed with the major noirs Key Largo ( 1948 ) and The Asphalt Jungle ( 1950 ).

Other leading films included Mr. Deeds Goes to Town ( 1936 ), Lost Horizon ( 1937 ), You Can't Take It With You ( 1938 ), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ( 1939 ), Meet John Doe ( 1941 ), Arsenic and Old Lace ( 1944 ), It's a Wonderful Life ( 1946 ) and State of the Union ( 1948 ).

In 1941 Capra directed Meet John Doe ( 1941 ), considered by some to be Capra's most controversial movie.

He briefly held the record for winning the most Best Director Oscars when he won for the third time in 1938, until this record was matched by John Ford in 1941, and then later surpassed by Ford in 1952.

She was the daughter of citrus fruit magnate John A. Snively, who held extensive properties both in Winter Haven and in Waycross ; Parsons ' father was a famous World War II flying ace, decorated with the Air Medal, who was present at the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.

ENIAC co-inventor John Mauchly examined the ABC in June 1941, and its influence on the design of the later ENIAC machine is a matter of contention among computer historians.

In October 1941, the UAP was ousted by a no-confidence vote, the ALP leader John Curtin was invited to form a new government, and Menzies resigned as UAP leader.

High Sierra, a 1941 movie directed by Raoul Walsh, had a screenplay written by Bogart's friend and drinking partner, John Huston, adapted from the novel by W. R. Burnett ( Little Caesar, etc .).

Raft turned down the lead in John Huston's directorial debut The Maltese Falcon ( 1941 ), due to its being a cleaned up version of the pre-Production Code The Maltese Falcon ( 1931 ), his contract stipulating that he did not have to appear in remakes.

* 1879 – John Bissinger, American gymnast ( d. 1941 )

* 1941 – John E. Walker, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

* 1941 – Sir John Lavery, Northern Irish artist ( b. 1856 )

* John W. Brown ( 1867 – 1941 ), Canadian-born labor leader in the United States

* John Walker ( organist ) ( born 1941 ), recording artist

* John E. Walker ( born 1941 ), British chemist, winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize

Their first three children, Josephine, John, and Dudley Thomas, were born between 1941 and 1943.

* 1941 – John Fred, American singer-songwriter and musician ( d. 2005 )