In the year 1948
449 Notable deaths
Archduke Peter Ferdinand, Hereditary Grand Duke of Tuscany
Austro-tuscan imperial and royal (1874-1948).
Born May 12th, 1874 in Salzburg.
Died November 8th, 1948 at 74 years old in St. Gilgen.
Béla Miklós
Hungarian general and politician (1890–1948).
Born June 11th, 1890 in Budapest.
Died November 21st, 1948 at 58 years old in Budapest.
Wesley Clair Mitchell
American statistician (1874–1948).
Born August 5th, 1874 in Rushville.
Died October 29th, 1948 at 74 years old in New York City.
Oerip Soemohardjo
Indonesian general (1893–1948).
Born February 22nd, 1893 in Purworejo.
Died November 17th, 1948 at 55 years old in Yogyakarta.
Gertrude Atherton
American author (1857–1948).
Born January 14th, 1858 in San Francisco. [ref]
Died June 14th, 1948 at 90 years old in San Francisco (stroke).
Georg Bruchmüller
German artillery officer (1863–1948).
Born December 11th, 1863 in Berlin.
Died January 26th, 1948 at 84 years old in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Alfred Edward Woodley Mason
British writer (1865-1948).
Born May 7th, 1865 in Dulwich.
Died November 22nd, 1948 at 83 years old in London.
King Baggot
American actor, screenwriter and director (1879-1948).
Born November 7th, 1879 in St. Louis.
Died July 11th, 1948 at 68 years old in Los Angeles (stroke).
Emil Ludwig
German writer (1881-1948).
Born January 25th, 1881 in Wrocław.
Died September 17th, 1948 at 67 years old in Ascona.
Morris Fuller Benton
American typeface designer (1872-1948).
Born November 30th, 1872 in Milwaukee.
Died June 30th, 1948 at 75 years old in Morristown.
Ljubo Miloš
Croatian fascist war criminal.
Born February 25th, 1919 in Šamac.
Died August 20th, 1948 at 29 years old in Zagreb (hanging to death).
Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Mecklenburg-strelitzer royal.
Born May 8th, 1878 in Neustrelitz.
Died October 14th, 1948 at 70 years old in Oberkassel.
Hulusi Behçet
Turkish dermatologist (1889–1948).
Born February 20th, 1889 in Istanbul.
Died March 8th, 1948 at 59 years old in Istanbul (myocardial infarction).
George Milne, 1st Baron Milne
British military commander (1866-1948).
Born November 5th, 1866 in Aberdeen.
Died March 23rd, 1948 at 81 years old in London.
Nikolai Podvoisky
Russian revolutionary (1880–1948).
Born February 4th, 1880 in Kunashivka.
Died July 28th, 1948 at 68 years old in Moscow.
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
Italian composer and teacher (1876–1948).
Born January 12th, 1876 in Venice.
Died January 21st, 1948 at 72 years old in Venice.
Princess Henriette of Belgium
Belgian royal (1870–1948).
Born November 30th, 1870 in Brussels metropolitan area.
Died March 28th, 1948 at 77 years old in Sierre.
Tommy Ryan
American boxer (1870–1948).
Born March 31st, 1870 in Redwood.
Died August 3rd, 1948 at 78 years old in Van Nuys.
Zhou Fohai
Chinese politician (1897–1948).
Born May 29th, 1897 in Yuanling County.
Died February 28th, 1948 at 50 years old in Nanjing Prison (heart disease).
Gertrude Barrows Bennett
American writer (1884-1948).
Born September 18th, 1884 in Minneapolis.
Died February 2nd, 1948 at 63 years old in California.
Eugen Slutsky
Russian mathematician (1880-1948).
Born April 19th, 1880.
Died March 10th, 1948 at 67 years old in Moscow.
Sylvanus Morley
American archaeologist, epigrapher, mayanist scholar, and wwi spy for the u.s. (1883–1948).
Born June 7th, 1883 in Chester.
Died September 2nd, 1948 at 65 years old in Santa Fe.
Alexander Piorkowski
German nazi concentration camp commandant.
Born October 11th, 1904 in Bremen.
Died October 22nd, 1948 at 44 years old in Landsberg am Lech (hanging to death).
Mary Eaton
American actress (1901–1948).
Born January 29th, 1901.
Died October 10th, 1948 at 47 years old in Hollywood (liver cirrhosis).
Ignaz Friedman
Polish pianist and composer (1882-1948).
Born February 14th, 1882 in Podgórze.
Died January 26th, 1948 at 65 years old in Sydney.
Deaths 151 to 175 of 449
The meaning of life is that it stops. Franz Kafka