In the year 1949
436 Notable deaths
Virginia M. Alexander
American physician.
Born February 4th, 1900 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died July 24th, 1949 at 49 years old in Philadelphia (systemic lupus erythematosus). [ref]
Walther Lucht
German general (1882–1949).
Born February 26th, 1882 in Berlin.
Died March 18th, 1949 at 67 years old in Heilbronn (traffic collision, car collision).
Ignatz Waghalter
Polish-german composer and conductor (1881-1949).
Born March 15th, 1881 in Warsaw.
Died April 7th, 1949 at 68 years old in New York City.
Anastasios Charalambis
Greek politician and general (1862-1949).
Born September 22nd, 1862 in Kalavryta.
Died March 11th, 1949 at 86 years old in Athens.
Henry Warner Slocum, Jr.
American tennis player (1862-1949).
Born May 28th, 1862 in Syracuse.
Died January 22nd, 1949 at 86 years old in St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center.
Freddie Grubb
English racing cyclist.
Born May 27th, 1887 in Kingston upon Thames.
Died March 6th, 1949 at 61 years old in Surrey.
Ignotus
Hungarian writer.
Born November 2nd, 1869 in Pest.
Died August 3rd, 1949 at 79 years old in Budapest.
Alson S. Clark
American artist (1876-1949).
Born March 25th, 1876 in Chicago.
Died March 23rd, 1949 at 72 years old in Pasadena.
Francesco Calì
Italian footballer (1882-1949).
Born May 16th, 1882 in Riposto.
Died September 3rd, 1949 at 67 years old in Genoa.
Homer Burton Adkins
American chemist (1892-1949).
Born January 16th, 1892 in Newport.
Died August 10th, 1949 at 57 years old in Madison.
John Hendley Barnhart
American botanist (1871–1949).
Born October 4th, 1871 in Brooklyn.
Died November 11th, 1949 at 78 years old in Southampton.
Franco Ossola
Italian footballer (1921-1949).
Born August 23rd, 1921 in Varese.
Died May 4th, 1949 at 27 years old in Basilica of Superga.
Alexander Serafimovich
Russian and soviet writer (1863–1949).
Born January 19th, 1863 in Nizhne Kurmoyarskaya.
Died January 19th, 1949 at 86 years old in Moscow.
Ernest Fourneau
French scientist (1872-1949).
Born October 4th, 1872 in Biarritz.
Died August 5th, 1949 at 76 years old in Ascain.
Andrija Hebrang
Yugoslav politician (1899-1949).
Born October 21st, 1899 in Virovitica.
Died June 11th, 1949 at 49 years old in Belgrade (hanging to death).
Charles Hutchison
Actor, film director, screenwriter (1879-1949).
Born December 3rd, 1879 in Pittsburgh.
Died May 30th, 1949 at 69 years old in Hollywood.
Alexander Drankov
Russian photographer (1886-1949).
Born August 10th, 1879 in Kropyvnytskyi. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1949 at 69 years old in San Francisco (myocardial infarction).
Alfred Rehder
German-american professor of botany (1863-1949).
Born September 4th, 1863 in Waldenburg.
Died July 25th, 1949 at 85 years old in Jamaica Plain.
Robert N. Bradbury
American film director (1886-1949).
Born April 22nd, 1886 in Walla Walla.
Died November 24th, 1949 at 63 years old in Glendale.
Ivar Lykke
17th prime minister of norway (1872–1949).
Born January 8th, 1872 in Trondheim. [ref]
Died December 6th, 1949 at 77 years old in Trondheim. [ref]
Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido
Venezuelan politician (1854–1949).
Born July 28th, 1854 in Barinas.
Died July 25th, 1949 at 94 years old in Caracas.
Matej Sternen
Slovenian painter (1870-1949).
Born September 20th, 1870 in Verd.
Died June 28th, 1949 at 78 years old in Ljubljana.
Felix Kaufmann
Austrian philosopher of law (1895–1949).
Born July 4th, 1895 in Vienna.
Died December 23rd, 1949 at 54 years old in New York City.
Marie Hoeg
Norwegian photographer (1866–1949).
Born April 14th, 1866 in Langesund.
Died February 22nd, 1949 at 82 years old in Oslo.
Fedor Ozep
Russian-soviet-american film director and screenwriter.
Born February 9th, 1895 in Moscow.
Died June 20th, 1949 at 54 years old in Beverly Hills (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 276 to 300 of 436
Tell your friend that in his death, a part of you dies and goes with him. Wherever he goes, you also go. He will not be alone. Jiddu Krishnamurti