In the year 1949
436 Notable deaths
Lou Tseng-Tsiang
Chinese diplomat (1871-1949).
Born June 12th, 1871 in Shanghai.
Died January 15th, 1949 at 77 years old in Saint-Andrew Abbey.
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).
Flora Drummond
British suffragette (1878-1949).
Born August 4th, 1878 in Manchester.
Died January 17th, 1949 at 70 years old in Carradale (stroke).
Abe Isoo
Japanese politician.
Born February 4th, 1865 in Fukuoka.
Died February 10th, 1949 at 84 years old in Tokyo.
Aaro Pajari
Finnish general (1897-1949).
Born July 17th, 1897 in Asikkala.
Died October 14th, 1949 at 52 years old in Kokkola.
Irene Vanbrugh
British actress (1872-1949).
Born December 2nd, 1872 in Exeter.
Died November 30th, 1949 at 76 years old in London.
Geneva Mitchell
American actress (1907-1949).
Born February 3rd, 1908 in Medaryville.
Died March 10th, 1949 at 41 years old in Los Angeles.
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).
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).
Richard Bienert
Czechoslovak minister of interior and czechoslovak politician (1881-1949).
Born September 5th, 1881 in Smíchov. [ref]
Died February 3rd, 1949 at 67 years old in Prague. [ref]
Valerio Bacigalupo
Italian footballer (1924–1949).
Born March 12th, 1924 in Vado Ligure.
Died May 4th, 1949 at 25 years old in Superga.
Nikolay Gamaleya
Russian and soviet physician and scientist who played a pioneering role in microbiology and vaccine research (1859-1949).
Born February 17th, 1859 in Odesa.
Died March 29th, 1949 at 90 years old in Moscow.
William Desmond
American actor (1878–1949).
Born January 23rd, 1878 in Dublin.
Died November 3rd, 1949 at 71 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Karl von Roques
German general and war criminal during the second world war.
Born May 7th, 1880 in Frankfurt.
Died December 24th, 1949 at 69 years old in Landsberg am Lech.
Ulrich Greifelt
German general of police (1896-1949).
Born December 8th, 1896 in Berlin.
Died February 6th, 1949 at 52 years old in Landsberg am Lech.
Meir Bar-Ilan
Israeli rabbi (1880-1949).
Born April 10th, 1880 in Valozhyn.
Died April 17th, 1949 at 69 years old in Jerusalem.
Pandeli Evangjeli
Albanian politician (1859-1949).
Born January 6th, 1859 in Korçë.
Died September 14th, 1949 at 90 years old in Korçë.
Bailey Willis
American geologist (1857–1949).
Born March 31st, 1857 in New York. [ref]
Died February 19th, 1949 at 91 years old in Palo Alto. [ref]
Ezio Loik
Italian footballer (1919-1949).
Born September 26th, 1919 in Rijeka.
Died May 4th, 1949 at 29 years old in Superga.
Oton Župančič
Slovenian poet, writer (1878-1949).
Born January 23rd, 1878 in Vinica. [ref]
Died June 11th, 1949 at 71 years old in Ljubljana. [ref]
Musa Bigiev
Tatar islamic scholar, theologian philosopher, translator (1874–1949).
Born September 24th, 1874 in Kikino.
Died October 28th, 1949 at 75 years old in Cairo.
Jankel Adler
Jewish-polish painter and printmaker whose siblings were murdered by nazis (1895-1949).
Born July 26th, 1895 in Tuszyn.
Died April 25th, 1949 at 53 years old in Whitley Cottage. [ref]
Gregory Macalister Mathews
Australian amateur ornithologist (1876–1949).
Born September 10th, 1876 in Castlereagh River.
Died March 27th, 1949 at 72 years old in Winchester.
Henri Rabaud
French composer (1873-1949).
Born November 10th, 1873 in 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Died September 11th, 1949 at 75 years old in Paris.
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The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude. Thornton Wilder