In the year 1948
404 Notable deaths
Cissy van Marxveldt
Dutch writer (1889–1948).
Born November 24th, 1889 in Oranjewoud.
Died October 31st, 1948 at 58 years old in Bussum.
Ludwik Silberstein
Polish physicist.
Born May 17th, 1872 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died January 17th, 1948 at 75 years old in Rochester. [ref]
Phraya Manopakon Nitithada
Thai politician (1884-1948).
Born July 15th, 1884 in Bangkok.
Died October 1st, 1948 at 64 years old in Penang.
Ann Macbeth
British artist (1875-1948).
Born September 25th, 1875 in Bolton.
Died March 23rd, 1948 at 72 years old in Cumbria.
Juan Esteban Montero
Chilean political figure (1879–1948).
Born February 12th, 1879 in Santiago.
Died February 25th, 1948 at 69 years old in Santiago.
Jāzeps Vītols
Latvian composer (1863-1948).
Born July 26th, 1863 in Valmiera. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1948 at 84 years old in Lübeck. [ref]
Frederic Lamond
Scottish pianist and composer (1868–1948).
Born January 28th, 1868 in Glasgow.
Died February 21st, 1948 at 80 years old in Stirling.
Lajos Bíró
Hungarian novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1880-1948).
Born August 22nd, 1880 in Oradea. [ref]
Died September 9th, 1948 at 68 years old in London (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Joost Schmidt
German typographer (1893-1948).
Born January 5th, 1893 in Wunstorf.
Died December 2nd, 1948 at 55 years old in Nuremberg.
Theodor Liebknecht
German politician (1870-1948).
Born April 19th, 1870 in Leipzig.
Died January 6th, 1948 at 77 years old in Altendorf (Brome).
Yevgeniy Abalakov
Soviet mountain climber (1907–1948).
Born February 17th, 1907 in Krasnoyarsk.
Died March 24th, 1948 at 41 years old in Moscow.
Dildar
Iraqi kurdish poet and political activist (1918–1948).
Born February 20th, 1918 in Koy Sanjaq.
Died October 20th, 1948 at 30 years old in Erbil.
Ekrem Libohova
Albanian politician (1882-1948).
Born February 24th, 1882 in Gjirokastër.
Died June 7th, 1948 at 66 years old in Rome.
Kristine Bonnevie
Norwegian biologist and norway's first female professor (1872–1948).
Born October 8th, 1872 in Trondheim.
Died August 30th, 1948 at 75 years old in Oslo.
Ragnar Sohlman
Swedish chemical engineer, manager, civil servant (1870–1948).
Born February 26th, 1870 in Kungsholm parish. [ref]
Died July 9th, 1948 at 78 years old in Kungsholm parish. [ref]
Avedis Aharonyan
Politician and writer (1866-1948).
Born January 4th, 1866 in Iğdır.
Died March 20th, 1948 at 82 years old in Marseille.
Prince Sabahaddin
Ottoman noble (1877–1948).
Born February 13th, 1877 in Istanbul.
Died June 30th, 1948 at 71 years old in Canton of Neuchâtel.
Frederick Gardner Cottrell
American chemist (1877–1948).
Born January 10th, 1877 in Oakland.
Died November 16th, 1948 at 71 years old in Berkeley.
Sextil Pușcariu
Romanian diplomat and academic (1877-1948).
Born January 4th, 1877 in Brașov.
Died May 5th, 1948 at 71 years old in Bran.
Tatsukichi Minobe
Japanese legal scholar.
Born May 7th, 1873 in Hyogo Prefecture.
Died May 23rd, 1948 at 75 years old
Johan Hjort
Norwegian marine biologist (1869–1948).
Born February 18th, 1869 in Christiania.
Died October 7th, 1948 at 79 years old in Oslo.
Marcel Brillouin
French mathematician and physicist (1854-1948).
Born December 19th, 1854 in Melle.
Died June 16th, 1948 at 93 years old in Paris.
Adachi Kenzō
Japanese politician.
Born December 20th, 1864 in Kumamoto.
Died August 2nd, 1948 at 83 years old in Kumamoto.
Gustav Giemsa
German scientist (1867–1948).
Born November 20th, 1867 in Kędzierzyn-Koźle.
Died June 10th, 1948 at 80 years old in Biberwier.
Bevil Rudd
Athletics competitor (1894–1948).
Born October 5th, 1894 in Kimberley.
Died February 2nd, 1948 at 53 years old in Kimberley.
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Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris