In the year 1949
393 Notable deaths
Toshio Shiratori
Japanese politician (1887-1949).
Born June 8th, 1887 in Mobara.
Died June 3rd, 1949 at 61 years old in Tokyo (laryngeal cancer).
Mary Antin
American memoirist.
Born June 13th, 1881 in Polotsk.
Died May 15th, 1949 at 67 years old in Suffern (cancer).
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.
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]
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.
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]
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).
Will Cuppy
American writer (1884-1949).
Born August 23rd, 1884 in Auburn. [ref]
Died September 19th, 1949 at 65 years old in New York City (drug overdose).
André-Louis Debierne
French chemist (1874-1949).
Born July 14th, 1874 in 20th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died August 31st, 1949 at 75 years old in Paris. [ref]
Battling Levinsky
American boxer.
Born June 10th, 1891 in Philadelphia.
Died February 12th, 1949 at 57 years old in Philadelphia.
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).
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.
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).
Wilhelm Adam
German general (1877–1949).
Born September 15th, 1877 in Ansbach.
Died April 8th, 1949 at 71 years old in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Hervey Allen
American novelist, biographer (1889–1949).
Born December 8th, 1889 in Pittsburgh.
Died December 28th, 1949 at 60 years old in Hervey Allen Study (myocardial infarction).
Josep Maria Jujol
Spanish architect (1879–1949).
Born September 16th, 1879 in Tarragona.
Died May 1st, 1949 at 69 years old in Barcelona.
Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena Montoya
Colombian catholic sister.
Born May 26th, 1875 in Jericó.
Died October 21st, 1949 at 74 years old in Medellín.
Nikolai Semashko
Soviet physician and academic (1874-1949).
Born September 20th, 1874.
Died May 18th, 1949 at 74 years old in Moscow.
Johannes Bell
German lawyer and politician (1868–1949).
Born September 23rd, 1868 in Essen.
Died October 21st, 1949 at 81 years old in Würgassen.
Lou Tseng-Tsiang
Chinese diplomat (1871-1949).
Born June 12th, 1871 in Shanghai. [ref]
Died January 15th, 1949 at 77 years old in Saint-Andrew Abbey. [ref]
Francisco Javier Arana
Guatemalan politician.
Born December 5th, 1905 in Villa Canales.
Died July 18th, 1949 at 43 years old in Amatitlán.
Sidney Olcott
Canadian filmmaker (1873–1949).
Born January 20th, 1872 in Toronto. [ref]
Died December 16th, 1949 at 77 years old in Hollywood.
Erich von Drygalski
German geographer (1865–1949).
Born February 9th, 1865 in Königsberg.
Died January 10th, 1949 at 83 years old in Munich.
Elmer Clifton
American film director (1890–1949).
Born March 14th, 1890 in Toronto.
Died October 15th, 1949 at 59 years old in Los Angeles.
Deaths 151 to 175 of 393
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel