In the year 1948
404 Notable deaths
John Lomax
American musicologist and folklorist (1867–1948).
Born September 23rd, 1867 in Goodman.
Died January 26th, 1948 at 80 years old in Greenville (stroke).
Orville Wright
American aviation pioneer.
Born August 19th, 1871 in Dayton. [ref]
Died January 30th, 1948 at 76 years old in Dayton. [ref]
Wolfram Sievers
German managing director of the ns association german ancestral heritage (ahnenerbe) (1905-1948).
Born July 10th, 1905 in Hildesheim.
Died June 2nd, 1948 at 42 years old in Landsberg Prison (hanging).
Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma
German general (1891–1948).
Born September 11th, 1891 in Dachau.
Died April 30th, 1948 at 56 years old in Dachau (myocardial infarction).
Richard Chace Tolman
American physicist (1881–1948).
Born March 4th, 1881 in West Newton.
Died September 5th, 1948 at 67 years old in Pasadena.
Samuel S. Hinds
American actor (1875-1948).
Born April 4th, 1875 in Brooklyn.
Died October 13th, 1948 at 73 years old in Pasadena (pneumonia).
Josephus Daniels
American ewspaper owner and politician.
Born May 18th, 1862 in Washington. [ref]
Died January 15th, 1948 at 85 years old in Raleigh. [ref]
Edward J. Flanagan
American priest in nebraska (1886-1948).
Born July 13th, 1886 in County Roscommon. [ref]
Died May 15th, 1948 at 61 years old in Berlin.
Mitsumasa Yonai
Prime minister of japan (1880-1948).
Born March 2nd, 1880 in Morioka.
Died April 20th, 1948 at 68 years old in Meguro (pneumonia).
Akira Mutō
Japanese general (1892–1948).
Born December 15th, 1892 in Hakusui.
Died December 23rd, 1948 at 56 years old in Sugamo Prison (hanging to death).
Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
British princess.
Born May 3rd, 1870 in Frogmore House.
Died March 13th, 1948 at 77 years old in London.
Susan Glaspell
American writer (1876-1948).
Born July 1st, 1876 in Davenport. [ref]
Died July 28th, 1948 at 72 years old in Provincetown.
Hans Aumeier
German ss officer (1906-1948).
Born August 20th, 1906 in Amberg.
Died January 28th, 1948 at 41 years old in Kraków (hanging).
Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din
Imam of yemen (1869–1948).
Born June 18th, 1869 in Sanaa.
Died February 17th, 1948 at 78 years old in Sanaa. [ref]
Dieter Wisliceny
Ss-hauptsturmführer (1911-1948).
Born January 13th, 1911 in Możdżany.
Died May 4th, 1948 at 37 years old in Bratislava (hanging to death). [ref]
Montague Summers
British writer (1880-1948).
Born April 10th, 1880 in Bristol.
Died August 10th, 1948 at 68 years old in Richmond.
Edgar Kennedy
Actor.
Born April 26th, 1890 in Monterey County. [ref]
Died November 9th, 1948 at 58 years old in Woodland Hills (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Rudolf Brandt
German civil servant and ss officer, convicted war criminal (1909-1948).
Born June 2nd, 1909 in Frankfurt (Oder).
Died June 2nd, 1948 at 39 years old in Landsberg Prison (hanging).
Georges Bernanos
French writer (1888–1948).
Born February 20th, 1888 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.
Died July 5th, 1948 at 60 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (liver cancer).
Kâzım Karabekir
Turkish general (1882-1948).
Born July 23rd, 1882 in Küçükmustafapaşa. [ref]
Died January 26th, 1948 at 65 years old in Ankara (myocardial infarction).
Ans van Dijk
Dutch collaborator (1905-1948).
Born December 24th, 1905 in Amsterdam.
Died January 14th, 1948 at 42 years old in Fort Bijlmer, Weesperkarspel (gunshot wound).
Sigrid Hjertén
Swedish modernist painter (1885-1948).
Born October 27th, 1885 in Sundsvalls parish.
Died March 24th, 1948 at 62 years old in Saltsjöbaden Parish. [ref]
Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby
British politician and diplomat (1865–1948).
Born April 4th, 1865 in London.
Died February 4th, 1948 at 82 years old in Knowsley Hall.
Sabahattin Ali
Turkish novelist (1907–1948).
Born February 25th, 1906 in Ardino. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 1948 at 42 years old in Kırklareli.
Richard Tauber
Austrian tenor (1891-1948).
Born May 16th, 1891 in Linz. [ref]
Died January 8th, 1948 at 56 years old in London (lung cancer). [ref]
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I’m the one that’s got to die when it’s time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to. Jimi Hendrix