In the year 1949
435 Notable deaths
Kosta Manojlović
Serbian composer.
Born November 22nd, 1890 in Kraljevo.
Died October 2nd, 1949 at 58 years old in Belgrade.
Raoul de Boigne
Sport shooter (1862-1949).
Born December 25th, 1862 in Geneva.
Died May 19th, 1949 at 86 years old in Ouveillan.
George Larner
British athlete (1875–1949).
Born March 7th, 1875 in Slough. [ref]
Died March 4th, 1949 at 73 years old in Brighton.
Piero Operto
Italian association football player (1926-1949).
Born December 20th, 1926 in Turin.
Died May 4th, 1949 at 22 years old in Superga.
Henry Petersen
Danish pole vaulter (1900–1949).
Born October 1st, 1900 in Brædstrup.
Died September 24th, 1949 at 48 years old in Copenhagen.
Miel Mundt
Dutch footballer (1880-1949).
Born May 30th, 1880 in Sukabumi.
Died July 17th, 1949 at 69 years old in Rotterdam.
Bert Sprotte
German actor (1870-1949).
Born December 9th, 1870 in Chemnitz.
Died December 30th, 1949 at 79 years old in Los Angeles.
Lisa Resch
German alpine skier (1908–1949).
Born October 4th, 1908 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Died January 31st, 1949 at 40 years old in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Lucien Descaves
French novelist (1861-1949).
Born March 18th, 1861 in rue Mouton-Duvernet.
Died September 6th, 1949 at 88 years old in rue Michel-Ange.
Claes Johanson
Olympic wrestler (1884–1949).
Born November 4th, 1884.
Died March 9th, 1949 at 64 years old in Johannebergs församling.
Ehmetjan Qasim
Soviet politician (1914-1949).
Born April 15th, 1914 in Yining.
Died August 27th, 1949 at 35 years old in Soviet Union.
Josef Velenovský
Czech botanist, mycologist, pteridologist, and bryologist (1858-1949).
Born April 22nd, 1858 in Čekanice. [ref]
Died May 7th, 1949 at 91 years old in Mnichovice. [ref]
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe
German tennis player (1888–1949).
Born April 16th, 1888 in Rostock.
Died February 18th, 1949 at 60 years old in Rostock.
Francesco Marmaggi
Italian cardinal (1870–1949).
Born August 31st, 1876 in Rome. [ref]
Died November 3rd, 1949 at 73 years old in Rome.
John Gourlay
Canadian soccer player (1872-1949).
Born July 26th, 1872 in Blenheim.
Died April 7th, 1949 at 76 years old in North Vancouver.
Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli
Bohemia-born italian composer (1882-1949).
Born July 10th, 1882 in Strakonice.
Died July 8th, 1949 at 66 years old in Milan.
Alice Lounsberry
American botanist, dendrologist and author (1872-1949).
Born November 6th, 1872 in New York City.
Died November 20th, 1949 at 77 years old
James Steen
American water polo player (1876–1949).
Born November 19th, 1876.
Died June 25th, 1949 at 72 years old in New York City.
Inés Echeverría Bello
Chilean writer.
Born December 22nd, 1868 in Santiago.
Died January 13th, 1949 at 80 years old in Santiago.
Léonie La Fontaine
Belgian feminist and pacifist (1857–1949).
Born October 2nd, 1857 in Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region. [ref]
Died January 26th, 1949 at 91 years old in Brussels-Capital Region. [ref]
Nils Östensson
Swedish cross-country skier.
Born April 29th, 1918 in Malung-Sälen Municipality.
Died July 24th, 1949 at 31 years old in Malung-Sälen Municipality (traffic collision).
Léon Georget
French racing cyclist (1879-1949).
Born October 2nd, 1879 in Preuilly-sur-Claise. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1949 at 70 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Piotr Odmieniec Włast
Polish poet (1876–1949).
Born July 25th, 1876 in Grabów nad Pilicą.
Died March 8th, 1949 at 72 years old in Izabelin C.
Albert Heine
German actor (1867-1949).
Born November 16th, 1867 in Brunswick.
Died April 13th, 1949 at 81 years old in Westerland.
Arvo Aaltonen
Finnish swimmer.
Born December 2nd, 1892 in Pori.
Died June 17th, 1949 at 56 years old in Pori.
Deaths 351 to 375 of 435
Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die. Unknown