In the year 1949
393 Notable deaths
Maria Cebotari
Singer and actress.
Born February 10th, 1910 in Chișinău.
Died June 9th, 1949 at 39 years old in Vienna (pancreatic cancer, liver cancer).
Alex Raisbeck
Scottish footballer (1878-1949).
Born December 26th, 1878 in Polmont.
Died March 12th, 1949 at 70 years old in Liverpool.
Christian Bérard
French artist, fashion illustrator, and designer (1902-1949).
Born August 20th, 1902 in 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died February 12th, 1949 at 46 years old in Paris. [ref]
Erik Adolf von Willebrand
Finnish doctor (1870-1949).
Born February 1st, 1870 in Vaasa. [ref]
Died September 12th, 1949 at 79 years old in Pernå.
Ubaldo Soddu
Italian general (1883-1949).
Born July 23rd, 1883 in Salerno.
Died July 20th, 1949 at 65 years old in Rome.
Dezső László
Hungarian general (1893-1949).
Born July 23rd, 1893 in Budapest.
Died June 8th, 1949 at 55 years old in Budapest.
Paul Schultze-Naumburg
German architect (1869-1949).
Born June 10th, 1869 in Almrich. [ref]
Died May 19th, 1949 at 79 years old in Jena. [ref]
James Henry Thomas
Welsh trade unionist and politician (1874-1949).
Born October 3rd, 1874 in Newport.
Died January 21st, 1949 at 74 years old in London.
Jessie M. King
Scottish artist (1875-1949).
Born March 20th, 1875 in Glasgow, Bearsden. [ref]
Died August 3rd, 1949 at 74 years old in Kirkcudbright. [ref]
Benoy Kumar Sarkar
Indian academic.
Born December 26th, 1887 in Malda. [ref]
Died November 24th, 1949 at 61 years old in Washington, D.C..
Knud Børge Martinsen
Ss danish officer.
Born November 30th, 1905 in Sandved.
Died June 25th, 1949 at 43 years old in Copenhagen (gunshot wound).
Wheeler Vivian Oakman
American silent film actor (1890–1949).
Born February 21st, 1890 in Washington, D.C..
Died March 19th, 1949 at 59 years old in Van Nuys (myocardial infarction).
Elin Pelin
Bulgarian writer (1877-1949).
Born July 18th, 1877 in Bailovo. [ref]
Died December 3rd, 1949 at 72 years old in Sofia. [ref]
Fritz Leiber
American actor (1882–1949).
Born January 31st, 1882 in Chicago.
Died October 14th, 1949 at 67 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Flora Drummond
British suffragette (1878-1949).
Born August 4th, 1878 in Manchester.
Died January 17th, 1949 at 70 years old in Carradale (stroke).
Herbert Greenfield
Canadian politician (1869-1949).
Born November 25th, 1869 in Winchester.
Died August 23rd, 1949 at 79 years old in Calgary.
J. Searle Dawley
American director and screenwriter (1877-1949).
Born May 13th, 1877 in Colorado.
Died March 30th, 1949 at 71 years old in Hollywood.
Otto Nerz
German football player and coach (1892–1949).
Born October 21st, 1892 in Hechingen.
Died April 19th, 1949 at 56 years old in NKVD special camp Nr. 7 (meningitis).
Aaro Pajari
Finnish general (1897-1949).
Born July 17th, 1897 in Asikkala. [ref]
Died October 14th, 1949 at 52 years old in Kokkola.
Nikolay Gamaleya
Russian and soviet physician and scientist who played a pioneering role in microbiology and vaccine research.
Born February 17th, 1859 in Odesa.
Died March 29th, 1949 at 90 years old in Moscow.
Carmen Lyra
Costa rican politician and writer.
Born January 15th, 1887 in San José. [ref]
Died May 14th, 1949 at 62 years old in Mexico City.
Walt Kuhn
American painter (1877-1949).
Born October 27th, 1877 in Brooklyn.
Died July 13th, 1949 at 71 years old in White Plains (ulcer).
Félix d'Hérelle
French microbiologist, the discoverer and founder of bacteriophages and bacteriophage therapy (1873–1949).
Born April 25th, 1873 in Paris. [ref]
Died February 22nd, 1949 at 75 years old in Paris (pancreatic cancer).
Abe Isoo
Japanese politician.
Born February 4th, 1865 in Fukuoka.
Died February 10th, 1949 at 84 years old in Tokyo.
Deaths 176 to 200 of 393
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir