In the year 1948
448 Notable deaths
Edgar Leonard
Us tennis player (1881–1948).
Born June 19th, 1881 in West Newton.
Died October 7th, 1948 at 67 years old in New York City.
Jake Madden
Scottish football player and coach (1865–1948).
Born June 11th, 1865 in Dumbarton.
Died April 17th, 1948 at 82 years old in Holešovice. [ref]
Baldassarre Negroni
Italian film director (1877–1948).
Born January 21st, 1877 in Rome.
Died July 18th, 1948 at 71 years old in Rome.
Marcelle Tinayre
French writer and journalist (1870–1948).
Born October 8th, 1870 in Tulle.
Died August 23rd, 1948 at 77 years old in Grosrouvre.
Aleksandr Grossheim
Russian soviet botanist (1888-1948).
Born March 6th, 1888 in Lykhivka.
Died December 4th, 1948 at 60 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Eugênia Álvaro Moreyra
Journalist (1898–1948).
Born March 6th, 1898 in Juiz de Fora.
Died June 16th, 1948 at 50 years old in Rio de Janeiro (stroke).
Alma Dolens
Italian pacifist, journalist, and feminist.
Born February 18th, 1869 in Gubbio.
Died May 20th, 1948 at 79 years old in Milan.
Richard Depoorter
Belgian bicycle racer (1915–1948).
Born April 29th, 1915 in Ichtegem.
Died June 16th, 1948 at 33 years old in Wassen (falling from height).
Lauri Malmberg
Finnish general (1888–1948).
Born May 8th, 1888 in Helsinki.
Died March 14th, 1948 at 59 years old in Helsinki.
Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller
German botanist (1862-1948).
Born February 6th, 1862 in Hildburghausen.
Died December 19th, 1948 at 86 years old in Weimar.
Juozas Gruodis
Lithuanian composer (1884-1948).
Born December 20th, 1884 in Rokėnai.
Died April 16th, 1948 at 63 years old in Kaunas.
Robert Schälzky
Czechoslovak member of czechoslovak national parliament, german nation politician and roman catholic priest (1882-1948).
Born August 13th, 1882 in Ryžoviště.
Died January 27th, 1948 at 65 years old in Lana.
Marie Baron
Dutch swimmer (1908-1948).
Born February 5th, 1908 in Rotterdam.
Died July 23rd, 1948 at 40 years old in Rotterdam.
Stanley Garton
British rower (1889-1948).
Born March 31st, 1889 in Worcester Park.
Died October 20th, 1948 at 59 years old in Woking.
Dragutin Vrđuka
Yugoslavian footballer (1895-1948).
Born April 3rd, 1895 in Zagreb.
Died January 23rd, 1948 at 52 years old in Zagreb (tuberculosis).
Ilya Trauberg
Soviet film director (1905–1948).
Born December 3rd, 1905 in Odesa.
Died December 8th, 1948 at 43 years old in Berlin.
Voldemārs Zāmuēls
Latvian politician (1872-1948).
Born May 22nd, 1872 in Dzērbene.
Died January 16th, 1948 at 75 years old in Ravensburg.
Dušan Zinaja
Yugoslavian footballer (1893-1948).
Born October 23rd, 1893 in Budapest.
Died September 26th, 1948 at 54 years old in Zagreb (traffic collision).
Albert Séguin
Gymnast (1891–1948).
Born March 8th, 1891 in Vienne. [ref]
Died May 29th, 1948 at 57 years old in Villefranche-sur-Saône. [ref]
Ella Negruzzi
Romanian lawyer (1876-1949).
Born September 11th, 1876 in Hermeziu. [ref]
Died December 18th, 1948 at 72 years old in Bucharest. [ref]
Algernon Maudslay
Olympic sailor (1873–1948).
Born January 10th, 1873 in Tetbury.
Died March 2nd, 1948 at 75 years old in Winchester.
John Montgomery
American equestrian (1881–1948).
Born November 22nd, 1881 in Elizabethtown.
Died June 7th, 1948 at 66 years old in Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Manuel Arce y Ochotorena
Catholic cardinal (1879-1948).
Born August 18th, 1879 in Olza.
Died September 16th, 1948 at 69 years old in Tarragona.
Klara Johanson
Swedish journalist (1875-1948).
Born October 6th, 1875 in Halmstad. [ref]
Died October 8th, 1948 at 73 years old in Sankt Matteus.
Deaths 376 to 400 of 448
We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. Chuck Palahniuk