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In the year 1949
436 Notable deaths
Birbal Sahni
Indian botanist (1891-1949).
Born November 14th, 1891 in Bhera.
Died April 10th, 1949 at 57 years old in Lucknow.
Shabbir Ahmad Usmani
Pakistani islamic scholar.
Born October 11th, 1887 in Bijnor.
Died December 13th, 1949 at 62 years old in Bahawalpur.
Richard Dix
American actor (1893–1949).
Born July 18th, 1893 in Saint Paul. [ref]
Died September 20th, 1949 at 56 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Leonard Bloomfield
American linguist (1887–1949).
Born April 1st, 1887 in Chicago.
Died April 18th, 1949 at 62 years old in New Haven.
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).
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.
James Truslow Adams
American writer and historian (1878–1949).
Born October 18th, 1878 in Southport, Brooklyn.
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).
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.
Valentino Mazzola
Italian footballer (1919–1949).
Born January 26th, 1919 in Cassano d’Adda.
Died May 4th, 1949 at 30 years old in Superga.
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).
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.
Seymour Hicks
British actor (1871–1949).
Born January 30th, 1871 in Saint Helier.
Died April 6th, 1949 at 78 years old in Hampshire.
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).
Died October 17th, 1949 at 55 years old in Moscow (diabetes).
Felix Bressart
Film actor (1892-1949).
Born March 2nd, 1895 in Chernyshevskoye.
Died March 17th, 1949 at 54 years old in Los Angeles (leukemia).
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.
Kim Ku
Korean politician (1876–1949).
Born August 29th, 1876 in Haeju.
Died June 26th, 1949 at 72 years old in Seoul.
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).
Mariano Fortuny
Spanish artist, photographer and fashion designer (1871-1949).
Born May 11th, 1871 in Granada.
Died May 3rd, 1949 at 77 years old in Venice.
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.
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If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. Maya Angelou