In the year 1949
393 Notable deaths
Emmanuel Célestin Suhard
Catholic cardinal (1874-1949).
Born April 5th, 1874 in France.
Died May 30th, 1949 at 75 years old in Paris.
Romeo Menti
Italian footballer (1919-1949).
Born September 5th, 1919 in Vicenza.
Died May 4th, 1949 at 29 years old in Basilica of Superga.
Lucas Bridges
Anglo-argentine author, explorer, and rancher.
Born December 31st, 1874 in Ushuaia.
Died April 4th, 1949 at 74 years old in Buenos Aires.
Carlo Felice Trossi
Italian racecar driver (1908-1949).
Born April 27th, 1908 in Biella.
Died May 9th, 1949 at 41 years old in Milan (brain cancer).
Ramón Montoya
Spanish musician (1879–1949).
Born November 3rd, 1879 in Madrid.
Died July 20th, 1949 at 69 years old
Karl F. Sundman
Finnish astronomer and mathematician (1873–1949).
Born October 28th, 1873 in Kaskinen.
Died September 28th, 1949 at 75 years old in Helsinki.
Bernhard Hoetger
German sculptor (1874-1949).
Born May 4th, 1874 in Hörde. [ref]
Died July 18th, 1949 at 75 years old in Interlaken. [ref]
Franco Leoni
Italian composer and conductor (1864–1949).
Born October 24th, 1864 in Milan.
Died February 8th, 1949 at 84 years old in London.
József Viola
Association football player (1896-1949).
Born June 10th, 1896 in Komárom.
Died August 18th, 1949 at 53 years old in Bologna.
Ægidius Elling
Norwegian inventor.
Born July 26th, 1861 in Christiania.
Died May 27th, 1949 at 87 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Aldo Ballarin
Italian footballer (1922-1949).
Born January 10th, 1922 in Chioggia.
Died May 4th, 1949 at 27 years old in Superga.
Mario Rigamonti
Italian footballer (1922-1949).
Born December 17th, 1922 in Brescia.
Died May 4th, 1949 at 26 years old in Basilica of Superga.
August Herman Pfund
American physicist, spectroscopy.
Born December 28th, 1879 in Madison.
Died January 4th, 1949 at 69 years old
Vasily Lebedev-Kumach
Russian poet and lyricist (1898-1949).
Born August 8th, 1898 in Moscow.
Died February 20th, 1949 at 50 years old in Moscow.
Yaroslav Halan
Ukrainian soviet journalist and playwright (1902–1949).
Born July 27th, 1902 in Dynów.
Died October 24th, 1949 at 47 years old in Lviv.
Karl Weigl
Austrian composer (1881–1949).
Born February 6th, 1881 in Vienna.
Died August 11th, 1949 at 68 years old in New York City (cancer).
Stoyan Danev
Bulgarian politician (1858-1949).
Born January 28th, 1858 in Shumen.
Died July 30th, 1949 at 91 years old in Sofia.
Stefan Meyer
Austrian physicist.
Born April 27th, 1872 in Vienna.
Died December 29th, 1949 at 77 years old in Bad Ischl.
Eusebio Castigliano
Italian footballer (1921-1949).
Born February 9th, 1921 in Vercelli.
Died May 4th, 1949 at 28 years old in Superga.
Ellery Harding Clark
American track and field athlete (1874–1949).
Born March 13th, 1874 in West Roxbury.
Died February 17th, 1949 at 74 years old in Boston.
Elin Wägner
Swedish writer, journalist and suffragette (1882–1949).
Born May 16th, 1882 in Lunds Cathedral Assembly. [ref]
Died January 7th, 1949 at 66 years old in Berg parish. [ref]
Ernest Erbstein
Hungarian football player (1898-1949).
Born May 13th, 1898 in Oradea.
Died May 4th, 1949 at 50 years old in Basilica of Superga (aircraft crash).
Rastko Petrović
Serbian poet, writer, diplomat, literary and art critic (1898-1949).
Born March 3rd, 1898 in Belgrade.
Died August 15th, 1949 at 51 years old in Washington, D.C..
Antoni Ponikowski
Polish politician (1878-1949).
Born May 29th, 1878 in Siedlce.
Died December 27th, 1949 at 71 years old in Warsaw.
Joseph A. Valentine
American cinematographer (1900-1949).
Born July 24th, 1900 in New York City.
Died May 18th, 1949 at 48 years old in Cheviot Hills.
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