In the year 1949
436 Notable deaths
Heinrich Schnee
German politician (1871-1949).
Born February 4th, 1871 in Haldensleben railway station.
Died June 23rd, 1949 at 78 years old in Berlin (traffic collision).
Feliks Koneczny
Polish historian and philosopher (1862–1949).
Born November 1st, 1862 in Kraków.
Died February 10th, 1949 at 86 years old in Kraków.
Nikola Zhekov
Bulgarian general (1865-1949).
Born January 6th, 1865 in Sliven.
Died November 1st, 1949 at 84 years old in Füssen.
Henri Manguin
French painter and engraver (1874-1949).
Born March 23rd, 1874 in Paris.
Died September 25th, 1949 at 75 years old in Saint-Tropez, Gassin.
Midhat Frashëri
Albanian diplomat and poet (1880-1949).
Born March 25th, 1880 in Ioannina.
Died October 3rd, 1949 at 69 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Toshio Shiratori
Japanese politician (1887-1949).
Born June 8th, 1887 in Mobara.
Died June 3rd, 1949 at 61 years old in Sugamo Prison (laryngeal cancer).
Othon Friesz
French artist (1879-1949).
Born February 6th, 1879 in Le Havre. [ref]
Died January 10th, 1949 at 69 years old in Paris.
Arthur Eichengrün
Jewish-german chemist.
Born August 13th, 1867 in Aachen.
Died December 23rd, 1949 at 82 years old in Bad Wiessee.
Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov
Russian symbolist poet, playwright, theatre theorist, translator (1866–1949).
Born February 28th, 1866 in Moscow.
Died July 16th, 1949 at 83 years old in Rome.
Ray Lyman Wilbur
American physician and politician (1875–1949); president of stanford university from 1933 to 1943.
Born April 13th, 1875 in Boone.
Died June 26th, 1949 at 74 years old in Stanford.
Ludwig Hohlwein
German graphic designer (1874-1949).
Born July 26th, 1874 in Wiesbaden. [ref]
Died September 15th, 1949 at 75 years old in Berchtesgaden. [ref]
Vítězslav Novák
Czech composer and pedagogue (1870-1949).
Born December 5th, 1870 in Kamenice nad Lipou. [ref]
Died July 18th, 1949 at 78 years old in Prague, Skuteč. [ref]
Mary Antin
American memoirist (1881–1949).
Born June 13th, 1881 in Polatsk.
Died May 15th, 1949 at 67 years old in Suffern (cancer).
Nora Gregor
Austrian actress (1901–1949).
Born February 3rd, 1901 in Gorizia.
Died January 20th, 1949 at 47 years old in Viña del Mar (myocardial infarction).
Beauford H. Jester
American politician (1893-1949).
Born January 12th, 1893 in Corsicana.
Died July 11th, 1949 at 56 years old in Houston (myocardial infarction).
Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena Montoya
Colombian catholic sister (1875–1949).
Born May 26th, 1875 in Jericó. [ref]
Died October 21st, 1949 at 74 years old in Medellín.
Wilhelm Adam
German general (1877–1949).
Born September 15th, 1877 in Ansbach.
Died April 8th, 1949 at 71 years old in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Uemura Shōen
Japanese artist (1875-1949).
Born April 23rd, 1875 in Kyoto, Shimogyō-ku.
Died August 27th, 1949 at 74 years old in Nara, Heijō.
Battling Levinsky
American boxer (1891–1949).
Born June 10th, 1891 in Philadelphia.
Died February 12th, 1949 at 57 years old in Philadelphia.
Will Cuppy
American writer (1884–1949).
Born August 23rd, 1884 in Auburn.
Died September 19th, 1949 at 65 years old in New York City (drug overdose).
William H. King
American politician (1863–1949).
Born June 3rd, 1863 in Fillmore.
Died November 27th, 1949 at 86 years old in Salt Lake City.
André-Louis Debierne
French chemist (1874-1949).
Born July 14th, 1874 in 20th arrondissement of Paris.
Died August 31st, 1949 at 75 years old in Paris.
Hallie Quinn Brown
American writer and activist (1849–1949).
Born March 10th, 1850 in Pittsburgh.
Died September 16th, 1949 at 99 years old in Wilberforce.
Theresa Malkiel
American labor activist, suffragist, and educator.
Died November 17th, 1949 at 75 years old in Yonkers.
Grigoraș Dinicu
Romanian roma composer and violinist (1889-1949).
Born April 3rd, 1889 in Bucharest.
Died March 28th, 1949 at 59 years old in Bucharest (laryngeal cancer).
Deaths 151 to 175 of 436
You needn’t die happy when your time comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from the beginning to the end. Stephen King