In the year 1948
449 Notable deaths
Sabahattin Ali
Turkish novelist (1907–1948).
Born February 25th, 1907 in Ardino. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 1948 at 41 years old in Kırklareli.
Richard Tauber
Austrian tenor (1891-1948).
Died January 8th, 1948 at 56 years old in London (lung cancer).
Maximilian Grabner
Ss officer.
Born October 2nd, 1905 in Vienna.
Died January 24th, 1948 at 42 years old in Kraków (hanging to death).
Elsa Ehrich
Female nazi war criminal (1914–1948).
Born March 8th, 1914 in Bredereiche.
Died October 26th, 1948 at 34 years old in Lublin (hanging to death).
Emery Roth
American architect (1871–1948).
Born July 17th, 1871 in Sečovce. [ref]
Died August 20th, 1948 at 77 years old in New York City.
Archduke Wilhelm of Austria
Austrian archduke, ukrainian militia officer (1895-1948).
Born February 10th, 1895 in Pula.
Died August 18th, 1948 at 53 years old in Kyiv (tuberculosis).
Manuel Ponce
Mexican composer (1886–1948).
Born December 8th, 1886 in Zacatecas.
Died April 24th, 1948 at 61 years old in Mexico City.
Eric Muhsfeldt
German ss officer (1913–1948).
Born February 18th, 1913 in Neubrück.
Died January 28th, 1948 at 34 years old in Kraków (hanging to death).
Mary Dimmick Harrison
Second wife of the 23rd united states president benjamin harrison (1858–1948).
Born April 30th, 1858 in Honesdale.
Died January 5th, 1948 at 89 years old in New York City.
Monteiro Lobato
Brazilian writer (1882–1948).
Born April 18th, 1882 in Taubaté.
Died July 4th, 1948 at 66 years old in São Paulo (lung cancer).
Isaac Isaacs
Australian lawyer, politician and judge (1855-1948).
Born August 6th, 1855 in Melbourne.
Died February 11th, 1948 at 92 years old in Melbourne. [ref]
Paul Wegener
German actor and film director (1874-1948).
Born December 11th, 1874 in Jarantowice.
Died September 13th, 1948 at 73 years old in Wilmersdorf.
Jadu Nath Singh
Recipient of param vir chakra (1916-1948).
Born November 21st, 1916 in Khajuri, Dildarnagar.
Died February 6th, 1948 at 31 years old in Nowshera.
D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
Scottish biologist, mathematician, and classics scholar (*1860 – †1948).
Born May 2nd, 1860 in Edinburgh.
Died June 21st, 1948 at 88 years old in St Andrews.
Elissa Landi
Italian born actress who was popular in hollywood films of the 1920s and 1930s.
Born December 6th, 1904 in Venice.
Died October 21st, 1948 at 43 years old in Kingston (cancer).
Uzeyir Hajibeyov
Azerbaijani composer (1885–1948).
Born September 17th, 1885 in Aghjabadi.
Died November 23rd, 1948 at 63 years old in Baku (heart failure).
Mary Nolan
American actress (1902–1948).
Born December 18th, 1902 in Louisville.
Died October 31st, 1948 at 45 years old in Hollywood.
Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein
German general (1870–1948).
Born April 24th, 1870 in Nuremberg.
Died January 16th, 1948 at 77 years old in Munich.
Weston Price
American dentist (1870–1948).
Born September 6th, 1870 in Stone Mills.
Died June 23rd, 1948 at 77 years old
Piru Singh
Recipient of param vir chakra (1918-1948).
Died July 18th, 1948 at 30 years old in Kashmir.
Lyuh Woon-hyung
Korean politician (1886–1947).
Born May 25th, 1886 in Yangpyeong County.
Died July 19th, 1948 at 62 years old in Seoul.
Meir Tobianski
Israeli, wrongly executed for treason 1948, posthumously rehabilitated 1949 (1904–1948).
Born May 20th, 1904 in Kaunas.
Died June 30th, 1948 at 44 years old in Harel (gunshot wound).
Amir Sjarifuddin
Prime minister of indonesia (1907-1948).
Born April 27th, 1907 in Medan.
Died December 19th, 1948 at 41 years old in Surakarta (gunshot wound).
Waldemar Hoven
German physician, ss officer and convicted war criminal (1903-1948).
Born February 10th, 1903 in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 1948 at 45 years old in Landsberg Prison (hanging to death).
Heitarō Kimura
Japanese general (1888-1948).
Born September 28th, 1888 in Tokyo Prefecture.
Died December 23rd, 1948 at 60 years old in Sugamo Prison (hanging to death).
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