In the year 1949
436 Notable deaths
Frank B. Jewett
American physicist (1879–1949).
Born September 5th, 1879 in Pasadena.
Died November 18th, 1949 at 70 years old in Summit.
Franco Leoni
Italian composer and conductor (1864–1949).
Born October 24th, 1864 in Milan.
Died February 8th, 1949 at 84 years old in London.
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.
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
Heliodor Píka
Czechoslovak general and legionary (1897–1949).
Born July 3rd, 1897 in Štítina. [ref]
Died June 21st, 1949 at 51 years old in Plzeň (hanging to death). [ref]
Stoyan Danev
Bulgarian politician (1858-1949).
Born January 28th, 1858 in Shumen.
Died July 30th, 1949 at 91 years old in Sofia.
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.
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).
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).
Eusebio Castigliano
Italian footballer (1921-1949).
Born February 9th, 1921 in Vercelli.
Died May 4th, 1949 at 28 years old in Superga.
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.
Stefan Meyer
Austrian physicist (1872–1949).
Born April 27th, 1872 in Vienna.
Died December 29th, 1949 at 77 years old
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.
İbrahim Abdülkadir Mazini
Egyptian poet and writer (1889-1949).
Born August 19th, 1889 in Cairo.
Died August 10th, 1949 at 59 years old in Cairo.
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..
Elin Wägner
Swedish writer, journalist and suffragette (1882–1949).
Born May 16th, 1882 in Lund Cathedral parish. [ref]
Died January 7th, 1949 at 66 years old in Berg parish. [ref]
Antoni Ponikowski
Polish politician (1878-1949).
Born May 29th, 1878 in Siedlce.
Died December 27th, 1949 at 71 years old in Warsaw.
Carl Vaugoin
Chancellor of austria (1873-1949).
Born July 8th, 1873 in Vienna.
Died June 10th, 1949 at 75 years old in Krems.
Léon Frapié
French writer (1863–1949).
Born January 27th, 1863 in Paris.
Died September 29th, 1949 at 86 years old in Paris.
Dino Ballarin
Italian footballer (1923-1949).
Born September 23rd, 1923 in Chioggia.
Died May 4th, 1949 at 25 years old in Superga (aircraft crash).
Martin Grabmann
German historian and theologian (1875-1949).
Born January 5th, 1875.
Died January 9th, 1949 at 74 years old
Jakub Karol Parnas
Polish biochemist and politician (1884–1949).
Born January 16th, 1884 in Ternopil, Mokriany. [ref]
Died January 29th, 1949 at 65 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Torsten Carleman
Swedish mathematician, known for research in classical mathematical analysis (1892-1949).
Born July 8th, 1892 in Visseltofta. [ref]
Died January 11th, 1949 at 56 years old in Danderyd.
Gheorghe Mironescu
Romanian politician (1874–1949).
Born January 29th, 1874 in Vaslui.
Died October 9th, 1949 at 75 years old in Bucharest.
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When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche