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

* 1941 – Sir Geoff Hurst, English footballer

Sir Geoffrey Charles Hurst MBE ( born 8 December 1941 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire ) is a retired England footballer best remembered for making his mark in history as the only player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final.

* 1941 – Sir James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist ( b. 1854 )

Sir Arthur Fadden Prime Minister of Australia 1941.

* June 19 – Sir Nigel Gresley, English steam locomotive engineer ( Flying Scotsman & Mallard ) ( d. 1941 )

* March 13 – Sir Hugh Walpole, English novelist ( d. 1941 )

** Sir John Lavery, Irish artist ( d. 1941 )

Sir Alexander Chapman " Alex " Ferguson, ( born 31 December 1941 ) is a Scottish football manager and former player who has managed Manchester United since 1986.

Sir Arthur John Evans FRS ( 8 July 1851 – 11 July 1941 ) was a British archaeologist most famous for unearthing the palace of Knossos on the Greek island of Crete and for developing the concept of Minoan civilization from the structures and artifacts found there and elsewhere throughout the eastern Mediterranean.

This was followed by refutation of the anti-German ( as opposed to anti-Nazi ) doctrine of Sir Robert Vansittart in the pamphlet Shall Our Children Live or Die published in late 1941.

Sir Frederick Grant Banting, KBE, MC, FRS, FRSC ( November 14, 1891February 21, 1941 ) was a Canadian medical scientist, doctor and Nobel laureate noted as one of the main discoverers of insulin.

* Sir Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Bt ( founder of the world Scouting movement ) ( 1857 – 1941 )

Priestley had a deep love of classical music, and in 1941 he played an important part in organising and supporting a fund-raising campaign on behalf of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, which was struggling to establish itself as a self-governing body after the withdrawal of Sir Thomas Beecham.

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion is a wide-ranging, comparative study of mythology and religion, written by Scottish anthropologist Sir James George Frazer ( 1854 – 1941 ).

Lt. Gen. Sir Gifford Le Quesne Martel was awarded 500 pounds for his bridge used before 1941.

* 1941 – 1946: Sir David Petrie ( b. 1879 – d.

In 1941 the area was named Dandenong National Park, later renamed Churchill National Park ( after Sir Winston Churchill ) in 1944.

The tradition of the Last Night speech dates from 1941, when Sir Henry Wood gave the first such speech at the close of that Proms season, the first at the Royal Albert Hall, where he thanked colleagues and sponsors.

The British experimental Gloster E. 28 / 39 first took to the air on May 15, 1941, powered by Sir Frank Whittle's turbojet.

In 1941 he was invited by Sir Fred Clarke, Director of the Institute of Education, University of London, to teach sociology on a part-time basis in conjunction with his role at LSE.

Sir Henry Walford Davies KCVO OBE ( 6 September 1869 – 11 March 1941 ) was a British composer, who held the title

Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Fuller Maitland Wilson ( 1859 – 1941 ), who commanded XII Corps during World War I, was his uncle.

* July 1939 – 1941: Lieutenant-General ( Local General ) Sir Archibald Percival Wavell, KCB, CMG, MC

* 1941 – January 1943: His Excellency General Sir Archibald Percival Wavell, GCB, CMG, MC