In the year 1949
436 Notable deaths
Joaquín Turina
Spanish composer.
Born December 9th, 1882 in Seville.
Died January 14th, 1949 at 66 years old in Madrid.
Wakatsuki Reijirō
Japanese politician (1866–1949).
Born March 21st, 1866 in Matsue.
Died November 20th, 1949 at 83 years old in Ito (angina pectoris).
Joaquín Nin
Spanish composer and pianist (1879-1949).
Born September 29th, 1879 in Havana.
Died October 24th, 1949 at 70 years old in Havana.
Hiroaki Abe
Imperial japanese navy admiral.
Born May 2nd, 1889 in Yonezawa.
Died February 6th, 1949 at 59 years old in Japan.
Gottfried Graf von Bismarck-Schönhausen
German general (1901-1949).
Born March 29th, 1901 in Berlin.
Died September 14th, 1949 at 48 years old in Verden (traffic collision).
Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe
Prince of lippe (1871–1949).
Born May 30th, 1871 in Oberkassel.
Died December 30th, 1949 at 78 years old in Detmold.
Béla Balázs
Hungarian film critic, aesthetician, writer and poet (1884–1949).
Born August 4th, 1884 in Szeged. [ref]
Died May 17th, 1949 at 64 years old in Budapest (stroke). [ref]
Alejandro Lerroux
Spanish politician (1864-1949).
Born March 4th, 1864 in La Rambla. [ref]
Died June 27th, 1949 at 85 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Ivan Poddubny
Russian-soviet wrestler.
Born October 8th, 1871 in Bohodukhivka, Krasenivka.
Died August 8th, 1949 at 77 years old in Yeysk (myocardial infarction).
Joaquín Torres-García
Spanish uruguayan painter, sculptor, writer and theorist of modern art (1874-1949).
Born July 28th, 1874 in Montevideo. [ref]
Died August 8th, 1949 at 75 years old in Montevideo. [ref]
Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford
British politician (1870-1949).
Born November 19th, 1870 in South Shields.
Died November 14th, 1949 at 78 years old
Aino Aalto
Finnish architect, designer and business leader (1894–1949).
Born January 25th, 1894 in Helsinki. [ref]
Died January 13th, 1949 at 54 years old in Helsinki (cancer). [ref]
Henry McMahon
British military officer, colonial official and diplomat (1862–1949).
Born November 28th, 1862 in Shimla.
Died December 29th, 1949 at 87 years old in London.
Albert Ammons
American jazz pianist, recording artist (1907–1949).
Born September 23rd, 1907 in Chicago.
Died December 5th, 1949 at 42 years old in Chicago.
Ulrich Salchow
Swedish figure skater (1877–1949).
Born August 7th, 1877 in Copenhagen. [ref]
Died April 19th, 1949 at 71 years old in Hedvig Eleonora parish. [ref]
Gustav Radbruch
German politician (1878-1949).
Born November 21st, 1878 in Lübeck.
Died November 23rd, 1949 at 71 years old in Heidelberg.
Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria
Spanish and bavarian royal and physician (1859-1949).
Born October 22nd, 1859 in Madrid.
Died November 23rd, 1949 at 90 years old in Munich.
Koçi Xoxe
Albanian politician (1917–1949).
Born May 1st, 1911 in Florina Prefecture. [ref]
Died June 11th, 1949 at 38 years old in Tirana (hanging to death). [ref]
Alexey Shchusev
Russian architect (1873-1949).
Born October 8th, 1873 in Chișinău.
Died May 24th, 1949 at 75 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Mary Margaret O'Reilly
Assistant treasurer of the united states bureau of the mint.
Born October 14th, 1865 in Springfield.
Died December 6th, 1949 at 84 years old in Washington, D.C..
John Robert Clynes
British politician and trade unionist (1869-1949).
Born March 27th, 1869 in Oldham.
Died October 23rd, 1949 at 80 years old in London.
Fritz Knoechlein
Ss officer.
Born May 27th, 1911 in Munich.
Died January 21st, 1949 at 37 years old in Hamelin (hanging to death).
Ivie Anderson
American jazz singer (1905-1949).
Born July 10th, 1905 in Gilroy.
Died December 28th, 1949 at 44 years old in Los Angeles (asthma).
Leonor Michaelis
German biochemist (1875–1949).
Born January 16th, 1875 in Berlin.
Died October 8th, 1949 at 74 years old in New York City.
John William Dunne
British soldier, aeronautical engineer and philosopher (1875–1949).
Born December 2nd, 1875 in Curragh Camp.
Died August 24th, 1949 at 73 years old in Banbury.
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