In the year 1949
436 Notable deaths
August Bier
Surgeon (1861-1949).
Born November 24th, 1861 in Helsen, Bad Arolsen. [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.
Ginette Neveu
French musician (1919–1949).
Born August 11th, 1919 in Paris.
Died October 28th, 1949 at 30 years old in Azores (aviation accident).
William Nicholson
British painter, engraver and illustrator (1872-1949).
Born February 5th, 1872 in Newark-on-Trent. [ref]
Died May 6th, 1949 at 77 years old in Blewbury. [ref]
Kanji Ishiwara
General in the imperial japanese army (1889-1949).
Born January 18th, 1889 in Tsuruoka.
Died August 15th, 1949 at 60 years old in Takase (pneumonia, bladder cancer, pulmonary edema).
Aleksandra Ekster
Ukrainian and french painter and designer (1882–1949).
Born January 6th, 1882 in Białystok.
Died March 17th, 1949 at 67 years old in Fontenay-aux-Roses.
Chairil Anwar
Indonesian poet.
Born July 26th, 1922 in Medan.
Died April 28th, 1949 at 26 years old in Jakarta.
Hanns Albin Rauter
German general (1895-1949).
Born February 4th, 1895 in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee.
Died March 24th, 1949 at 54 years old in Scheveningen (gunshot wound).
Karl Behr
American tennis player (1885–1949).
Born May 30th, 1885 in Brooklyn.
Died October 15th, 1949 at 64 years old in New York City.
Oscar Polk
American actor (1899-1949).
Born December 25th, 1899 in Marianna.
Died January 4th, 1949 at 49 years old in New York City (struck by vehicle).
László Rajk
Hungarian politician (1909–1949).
Born March 8th, 1909 in Odorheiu Secuiesc.
Died October 15th, 1949 at 40 years old in Budapest (hanging to death).
Charles Middleton
American actor (1874–1949).
Born October 3rd, 1874 in Elizabethtown.
Died April 22nd, 1949 at 74 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
James Somerville
British royal navy officer (1882-1949).
Born July 17th, 1882 in Weybridge.
Died March 19th, 1949 at 66 years old in Somerset.
Buddy Clark
American singer in the 1930s and 1940s.
Born July 26th, 1912 in Dorchester.
Died October 1st, 1949 at 37 years old in Beverly Boulevard (aviation accident).
Perce Blackborow
British explorer (1894–1949).
Born April 8th, 1894 in Newport.
Died January 8th, 1949 at 54 years old in Newport.
Kim Ku
Korean politician (1876–1949).
Born August 29th, 1876 in Haeju.
Died June 26th, 1949 at 72 years old in Seoul.
Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild
French banker (1868-1949).
Born February 24th, 1868 in 1st arrondissement of Paris.
Died June 30th, 1949 at 81 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Vida Goldstein
Australian feminist politician (1869–1949).
Born April 13th, 1869 in Portland.
Died August 15th, 1949 at 80 years old in South Yarra (cancer).
Naguib el-Rihani
Egyptian actor.
Born January 21st, 1889 in Bab Elsheeriyya.
Died June 8th, 1949 at 60 years old in Alexandria (typhoid fever).
John Neville Keynes
British economist (1852–1949).
Born August 31st, 1852 in Salisbury.
Died November 15th, 1949 at 97 years old in Cambridge.
Félix Carvajal
Cuban marathon runner (1875–1949).
Born March 18th, 1875 in Havana. [ref]
Died January 27th, 1949 at 73 years old in Havana (stroke). [ref]
Joaquín Turina
Spanish composer.
Born December 9th, 1882 in Seville.
Died January 14th, 1949 at 66 years old in Madrid.
August Krogh
Danish physiologist (1874–1949).
Born November 15th, 1874 in Grenaa.
Died September 13th, 1949 at 74 years old in Copenhagen.
Deaths 76 to 100 of 436
The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude. Thornton Wilder