In the year 1948
404 Notable deaths
Malcolm Campbell
English racing driver and speed record holder (1885–1948).
Born March 11th, 1885 in Chislehurst.
Died December 31st, 1948 at 63 years old in Reigate.
Yellapragada Subbarow
Indian-american scientist.
Born January 12th, 1895 in Bhimavaram.
Died August 9th, 1948 at 53 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Franz Lehár
Austrian composer.
Born April 30th, 1870 in Komárom. [ref]
Died October 24th, 1948 at 78 years old in Bad Ischl. [ref]
Feng Yuxiang
Chinese general and politician, took part in overthrowing qing empire, a warlord during the republican era (1882-1948).
Born November 6th, 1882 in Baoding.
Died September 1st, 1948 at 65 years old in Black Sea.
Nikolai Berdyaev
Russian philosopher (1874–1948).
Born March 18th, 1874 in Obukhiv. [ref]
Died March 24th, 1948 at 74 years old in Clamart. [ref]
George Beurling
Second world war flying ace (1921–1948).
Born December 6th, 1921 in Verdun.
Died May 21st, 1948 at 26 years old in Rome. [ref]
Arthur Liebehenschel
Ss officer (1901–1948).
Born November 25th, 1901 in Poznań.
Died January 24th, 1948 at 46 years old in Kraków (hanging to death). [ref]
May Whitty
English actress (1865-1948).
Born June 19th, 1865 in Liverpool. [ref]
Died May 29th, 1948 at 82 years old in Beverly Hills (cancer). [ref]
Therese Brandl
Nazi concentration camp guard (1902–1948).
Born February 1st, 1902 in Staudach-Egerndach.
Died January 28th, 1948 at 45 years old in Kraków (hanging to death).
Charles A. Beard
American historian (1874-1948).
Born November 27th, 1874 in Knightstown.
Died September 1st, 1948 at 73 years old in New Haven.
Prince Aimone, 4th Duke of Aosta
Italian prince and navy officer (1900-1948).
Born March 9th, 1900 in Turin.
Died January 29th, 1948 at 47 years old in Buenos Aires.
Prince Adalbert of Prussia
Prince adalbert of prussia (1884-1948).
Born July 14th, 1884 in Potsdam.
Died September 22nd, 1948 at 64 years old in La Tour-de-Peilz.
Caroline Lacroix
Royal mistress.
Born May 13th, 1883 in Bucharest. [ref]
Died February 12th, 1948 at 64 years old in Cambo-les-Bains. [ref]
Josef Bühler
German jurist, civil servant and convicted war criminal (1904-1948).
Born February 16th, 1904 in Bad Waldsee.
Died August 22nd, 1948 at 44 years old in Kraków (hanging to death).
Jan Masaryk
Czechoslovak diplomat and politician (1886–1948).
Born September 14th, 1886 in Vinohrady. [ref]
Died March 10th, 1948 at 61 years old in Hradčany (defenestration). [ref]
Mirin Dajo
Dutch body piercer (1912-1948).
Born August 6th, 1912 in Rotterdam.
Died May 28th, 1948 at 35 years old in Zürich, Winterthur.
Kōki Hirota
Japanese prime minister, diplomat, and war criminal (1878-1948).
Born February 14th, 1878 in Fukuoka.
Died December 23rd, 1948 at 70 years old in Sugamo Prison (hanging to death).
Irmfried Eberl
Ss officer, first commandant of treblinka extermination camp.
Born September 8th, 1910 in Bregenz.
Died February 16th, 1948 at 37 years old in Ulm (hanging).
Otto Rasch
Nazi holocaust perpetrator (1891–1948).
Born December 7th, 1891 in Friedrichsruh.
Died November 1st, 1948 at 56 years old (Parkinson's disease).
Viktor Brack
German economist and nazi party functionary, convicted war criminal (1904-1948).
Born November 9th, 1904 in Haaren.
Died June 2nd, 1948 at 43 years old in Landsberg am Lech, Landsberg Prison (hanging to death).
Harry Price
British writer (1881–1948).
Born January 17th, 1881 in London.
Died March 29th, 1948 at 67 years old in Pulborough.
Seishirō Itagaki
Japanese general (1885-1948).
Born January 21st, 1885 in Numakunai.
Died December 23rd, 1948 at 63 years old in Sugamo Prison (hanging to death).
Gregg Toland
American cinematographer (1904–1948).
Born May 29th, 1904 in Charleston. [ref]
Died September 28th, 1948 at 44 years old in Santa Monica (coronary thrombosis).
Sonny Boy Williamson I
American blues musician (1914–1948).
Born March 30th, 1914 in Madison County, Jackson.
Died June 1st, 1948 at 34 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Kenji Doihara
Japanese general.
Born August 8th, 1883 in Okayama.
Died December 23rd, 1948 at 65 years old in Tokyo (hanging).
Deaths 51 to 75 of 404
For some moments in life there are no words. David Seltzer