In the year 1949
436 Notable deaths
Jenny Eakin Delony
American painter.
Born May 13th, 1866 in Washington.
Died April 1st, 1949 at 82 years old in Little Rock.
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.
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.
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).
John Ekman
Actor (1880–1949).
Born November 15th, 1880 in Kungsholm parish.
Died November 22nd, 1949 at 69 years old in Karlstad (traffic collision).
Clarence Kingsbury
English racing cyclist (1882-1949).
Born November 3rd, 1882 in Portsmouth.
Died March 4th, 1949 at 66 years old in Portsmouth.
Ratko Kacian
Croatian footballer (1917-1949).
Born January 18th, 1917 in Zadar.
Died June 18th, 1949 at 32 years old in Zagreb (myocardial infarction).
James Steen
American water polo player (1876–1949).
Born November 19th, 1876.
Died June 25th, 1949 at 72 years old in New York City.
Piero Operto
Italian association football player (1926-1949).
Born December 20th, 1926 in Turin.
Died May 4th, 1949 at 22 years old in Superga.
Kosta Manojlović
Serbian composer.
Born November 22nd, 1890 in Kraljevo.
Died October 2nd, 1949 at 58 years old in Belgrade.
George Larner
British athlete (1875–1949).
Born March 7th, 1875 in Slough. [ref]
Died March 4th, 1949 at 73 years old in Brighton.
Raoul de Boigne
Sport shooter (1862-1949).
Born December 25th, 1862 in Geneva.
Died May 19th, 1949 at 86 years old in Ouveillan.
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.
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.
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]
Bert Sprotte
German actor (1870-1949).
Born December 9th, 1870 in Chemnitz.
Died December 30th, 1949 at 79 years old in Los Angeles.
Francesco Marmaggi
Italian cardinal (1870–1949).
Born August 31st, 1876 in Rome. [ref]
Died November 3rd, 1949 at 73 years old in Rome.
Inés Echeverría Bello
Chilean writer.
Born December 22nd, 1868 in Santiago.
Died January 13th, 1949 at 80 years old in Santiago.
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe
German tennis player (1888–1949).
Born April 16th, 1888 in Rostock.
Died February 18th, 1949 at 60 years old in Rostock.
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.
John Gourlay
Canadian soccer player (1872-1949).
Born July 26th, 1872 in Blenheim.
Died April 7th, 1949 at 76 years old in North Vancouver.
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I shall not die of a cold. I shall die of having lived. Willa Cather