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

Eastland was first appointed to the Senate in 1941 by Governor Paul B. Johnson, Sr., following the death of Senator Pat Harrison, but Eastland did not run in the special election for the seat later in the year ; it was won by 2nd District Congressman Wall Doxey.

At 17 years old, Vanderbilt went to Hollywood where she married agent Pasquale (" Pat ") DiCicco in 1941 ; they divorced in 1945.

He served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from 1929 to 1941 ; after the death of U. S. Senator Pat Harrison, Doxey won a special election to his seat, and served in the United States Senate from 1941 until 1943.

Byron Patton " Pat " Harrison ( August 29, 1881June 22, 1941 ) was a Mississippi politician who served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from 1911 to 1919 and in the United States Senate from 1919 until his death.

Daryle Pat Lamonica ( born July 17, 1941 in Fresno, California ) is a former American collegiate and professional football quarterback who played in the American Football League, and later in the NFL.

***** Gloria Vanderbilt ( born 1924 ) m. Pasquale (" Pat ") DiCicco ( 1941 ; divorced 1945 ); m. Leopold Stokowski ( 1945 ; divorced 1955 ); m. Sidney Lumet ( 1956 ; divorced 1963 ); m. Wyatt Emory Cooper ( 1963 ; Wyatt Cooper died in 1978 ).

Pat Dugan became the costumed hero Stripesy after aiding a young Sylvester Pemberton III against Nazi spies posing as protestors at a movie on the 4th of July in 1941.

After that he had roles that included playing a sergeant in the Western Stagecoach ( 1939 ) starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne ; an intern in The Return of Dr. X, starring Humphrey Bogart ; a New York reporter in Knute Rockne, All American ( 1940 ) starring Pat O ' Brien, Gale Page, Ronald Reagan, and Donald Crisp ; a reporter in the post-Hollywood Production Code version of The Maltese Falcon ( 1941 ) starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor ; and a reporter in Yankee Doodle Dandy ( 1942 ) starring James Cagney and Walter Huston.

Pierre Clermont ( born January 19, 1941 ), better known by his ring name Pat Patterson, is a Canadian former professional wrestler.

* President pro tempore: Pat Harrison ( D ), until June 22, 1941

Pat Harrison ( D ), util June 22, 1941

* Pat Owens ( born 1941 ), former mayor of Grand Forks, North Dakota

Patricia June " Pat " O ' Shane ( born 19 June 1941 in Mossman, Queensland ) is a magistrate of the Local Court of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.

Russell Patterson and Carolyn Wells ' New Adventures of Flossy Frills ( January 26, 1941 ), an example of comic strips on Sunday magazine s.

* Claude Patterson ( born 1941 ), American professional wrestler under the name Thunderbolt Patterson

* The Battle for Jerusalem ( 1941 ; co-author with Vladimir Jabotinsky, John Henry Patterson, Josiah Wedgwood IV )

In 1941, van Vogt decided to become a full-time writer, quitting his job at the Canadian Department of National Defence.

* 1941 – Réjean Ducharme, Canadian novelist and playwright

* 1941 – J. P. Parisé, Canadian ice hockey player

Bassists noted for their virtuoso solo skills include Canadian player Gary Karr ( b. 1941 ), Finnish composer Teppo Hauta-Aho ( b. 1941 ), Italian composer Fernando Grillo, and US player-composer Edgar Meyer.

* 1941 – Yves Beauchemin, Canadian novelist

* 1941 – Jake Eberts, Canadian film producer ( d. 2012 )

* 1941 – Rod Gilbert, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1941 – Paul Anka, Canadian singer-songwriter and actor

* 1941 – Ron Turcotte, Canadian jockey

* 1941 – Peter Cullen, Canadian voice actor

* 1941 – Denis Héroux, Canadian director and producer

* 1941 – Gino Brito, Canadian wrestler

* 1941 – Jacques Laperrière, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Bennett retired to Britain in 1938, and, on June 12, 1941, became the first and only former Canadian Prime Minister to be elevated to the peerage as Viscount Bennett, of Mickleham in the County of Surrey and of Calgary and Hopewell in the Dominion of Canada.

* 1941 – Simon Nolet, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1941 – Serge Ménard, Canadian politician

* 1941 – Dave Dryden, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1941 – David Clayton-Thomas, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ( Blood, Sweat & Tears )

King linked Canada more and more closely to the United States, signing an agreement with Roosevelt at Ogdensburg, New York in August 1940 that provided for the close cooperation of Canadian and American forces, despite the fact that the U. S. remained officially neutral until the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

* November 14 – Frederick Banting, Canadian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ( d. 1941 )

* Mildred Dover ( born 1941 ), former Canadian politician

In 1941 the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission completed the third current crossing in the immediate area of Niagara Falls with the Rainbow Bridge, carrying both pedestrian and vehicular traffic between the two countries and Canadian and U. S. customs for each country.