In the year 1949
435 Notable deaths
Rubens Fadini
Italian professional footballer (1927-1949).
Born June 10th, 1927 in Jolanda di Savoia.
Died May 4th, 1949 at 21 years old in Superga.
Vivian Edwards
American actress (1896-1949).
Born September 10th, 1896 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died December 4th, 1949 at 53 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
William Jackson Humphreys
American physicist (1862–1949).
Born February 3rd, 1862 in Gap Mills.
Died November 10th, 1949 at 87 years old in Washington, D.C..
Olaf Fønss
Danish actor (1882-1949).
Born October 17th, 1882 in Aarhus.
Died November 3rd, 1949 at 67 years old in Copenhagen.
James Rector
American athlete (1884-1949).
Born June 22nd, 1884 in Hot Springs.
Died March 10th, 1949 at 64 years old in Hot Springs.
Hidemitsu Tanaka
Japanese novelist, olympian (1913–1949).
Born January 10th, 1913 in Tokyo.
Died November 3rd, 1949 at 36 years old in Kami-Renjaku (exsanguination).
Louis Malvy
French politician (1875-1949).
Born December 1st, 1875 in Figeac.
Died June 10th, 1949 at 73 years old in Paris.
Poul Schierbeck
Danish composer and organist (1888–1949).
Born June 8th, 1888 in Copenhagen.
Died February 9th, 1949 at 60 years old in Copenhagen.
Antoni Rovira i Virgili
Spanish politician (1882–1949).
Born November 26th, 1882 in Tarragona.
Died December 5th, 1949 at 67 years old in Perpignan.
Helen Houston Homans
American tennis player (1877-1949).
Born February 8th, 1877 in Englewood.
Died March 29th, 1949 at 72 years old in Bronxville. [ref]
Helen Archdale
Feminist and journalist (1876-1949).
Born August 25th, 1876 in Nenthorn. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1949 at 73 years old in London. [ref]
René Maire
French botanist and mycologist (1878–1949).
Born May 29th, 1878 in France, Lons-le-Saunier.
Died November 24th, 1949 at 71 years old in Algiers.
Valentine Grant
American actress (1881-1949).
Born February 14th, 1881 in Frankfort.
Died March 12th, 1949 at 68 years old in Orange County.
François Brandt
Dutch rower (1874-1949).
Born December 29th, 1874 in Zoeterwoude.
Died July 4th, 1949 at 74 years old in Naarden.
Harald Madsen
Danish actor (1890–1949).
Born November 20th, 1890 in Silkeborg.
Died July 13th, 1949 at 58 years old in Copenhagen.
Kalle Anttila
Finnish wrestler (1887–1949).
Born August 30th, 1887 in Muhos.
Died October 10th, 1949 at 62 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Cecil Boden Kloss
English zoologist (1877–1949).
Born March 28th, 1877 in Warwickshire.
Died August 19th, 1949 at 72 years old in England.
Genrikh Graftio
Russian engineer (1869–1949).
Born December 26th, 1869 in Daugavpils.
Died April 30th, 1949 at 79 years old in Saint Petersburg.
John Ekman
Actor (1880–1949).
Born November 15th, 1880 in Kungsholm parish.
Died November 22nd, 1949 at 69 years old in Karlstad (traffic collision).
Walter Meyer
German rower (1904–1949).
Born September 14th, 1904 in Tangermünde.
Died December 5th, 1949 at 45 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp (tuberculosis).
Clarence Kingsbury
English racing cyclist (1882-1949).
Born November 3rd, 1882 in Portsmouth.
Died March 4th, 1949 at 66 years old in Portsmouth.
Gulielma Lister
English mycologist, botanist and scientific illustrator (1860-1949).
Born October 28th, 1860 in Leytonstone.
Died May 18th, 1949 at 88 years old in Leytonstone.
Ratko Kacian
Croatian footballer (1917-1949).
Born January 18th, 1917 in Zadar.
Died June 18th, 1949 at 32 years old in Zagreb (myocardial infarction).
Marie Louise Berneri
Anarchist writer (1918–1949).
Born March 1st, 1918 in Arezzo.
Died April 13th, 1949 at 31 years old in Hampstead (viral infectious disease).
Deaths 326 to 350 of 435
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot