In the year 1949
393 Notable deaths
Harry Stack Sullivan
American psychiatrist & psychoanalyst (1892-1949).
Born February 21st, 1892 in Norwich.
Died January 14th, 1949 at 56 years old in 1st arrondissement of Paris.
Sam Wood
Director, producer, actor (1883-1949).
Born July 10th, 1883 in Philadelphia.
Died September 22nd, 1949 at 66 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction). [ref]
James Truslow Adams
American writer and historian (1878–1949).
Born October 18th, 1878 in Brooklyn, Southport.
Died May 18th, 1949 at 70 years old in Westport.
Sekiryo Kaneda
Japanese businessman (1901–1949).
Born December 10th, 1901 in Japan.
Died February 2nd, 1949 at 47 years old (stroke).
Richard Connell
American author and journalist (1893-1949).
Born October 17th, 1893 in Poughkeepsie.
Died November 22nd, 1949 at 56 years old in Beverly Hills (myocardial infarction).
Prince Carlos of the Two Sicilies
Two sicilian and spanish royal (1870–1949).
Born November 10th, 1870 in Gries am Brenner. [ref]
Died November 11th, 1949 at 79 years old in Seville.
Axel Munthe
Swedish physician (1857-1949).
Born October 31st, 1857 in Döderhults parish.
Died February 11th, 1949 at 91 years old in Storkyrkoförsamlingen (tuberculosis).
Valentino Mazzola
Italian footballer (1919–1949).
Born January 26th, 1919 in Cassano d'Adda.
Died May 4th, 1949 at 30 years old in Superga.
Antun Saadeh
Lebanese politician (1904-1949).
Born March 1st, 1904 in Dhour El Choueir.
Died July 8th, 1949 at 45 years old in Beirut (execution by shooting).
Vasily Degtyaryov
Russian and soviet weapons designer (1880-1949).
Born January 2nd, 1880 in Tula.
Died January 16th, 1949 at 69 years old in Moscow.
Edward Reilly Stettinius, Jr.
American diplomat, ran lend lease (1900-1949).
Born October 22nd, 1900 in Chicago.
Died October 31st, 1949 at 49 years old in Greenwich (coronary thrombosis).
Seymour Hicks
British actor (1871–1949).
Born January 30th, 1871 in Saint Helier.
Died April 6th, 1949 at 78 years old in Hampshire.
Stephen Samuel Wise
American rabbi (1874–1949).
Born March 17th, 1874 in Budapest.
Died April 19th, 1949 at 75 years old in New York City.
Felix Bressart
Film actor (1892-1949).
Born March 2nd, 1895 in Chernyshevskoye.
Died March 17th, 1949 at 54 years old in Los Angeles (leukemia).
Thomas Gore
American politician (1870-1949).
Born December 10th, 1870 in Webster County.
Died March 16th, 1949 at 78 years old in Washington, D.C..
Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin
Soviet military commander and marshal of the soviet union (1894-1949).
Born June 16th, 1894 in Yaroslavl.
Died October 17th, 1949 at 55 years old in Moscow (diabetes).
Prince Harald of Denmark
Danish prince (1876–1949).
Born October 8th, 1876 in Charlottenlund Palace.
Died March 30th, 1949 at 72 years old in Copenhagen.
Mariano Fortuny
Spanish fashion designer (1871-1949).
Born May 11th, 1871 in Granada. [ref]
Died May 3rd, 1949 at 77 years old in Venice. [ref]
Archbishop Damaskinos Papandreou
Politician and priest from greece (1891-1949).
Born March 15th, 1891 in Dorvitsa.
Died May 20th, 1949 at 58 years old in Athens.
Walter Buch
German general (1883-1949).
Born October 24th, 1883 in Bruchsal.
Died November 12th, 1949 at 66 years old in Schondorf am Ammersee (exsanguination).
Charles Francis Haanel
American businessman, author (1866-1949).
Born May 22nd, 1866 in Ann Arbor.
Died November 27th, 1949 at 83 years old in St. Louis.
Kim Koo
Korean pro-independence politician (1876-1949).
Born August 29th, 1876 in Haeju.
Died June 26th, 1949 at 72 years old in Seoul.
August Bier
Surgeon (1861-1949).
Born November 24th, 1861 in Bad Arolsen, Helsen. [ref]
Died March 12th, 1949 at 87 years old in Sauen. [ref]
Herbert Stothart
American composer (1885-1949).
Born September 11th, 1885 in Milwaukee.
Died February 1st, 1949 at 63 years old in Los Angeles.
Helen Churchill Candee
American writer (1858–1949).
Born October 5th, 1859 in New York City.
Died August 23rd, 1949 at 89 years old in York Harbor.
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A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live. Lao Tzu