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In the year 1952
371 Notable deaths
Polly Moran
Actress, vaudevillian (1883-1952).
Born June 28th, 1883 in Chicago.
Died January 25th, 1952 at 68 years old in Los Angeles (cardiovascular disease).
Josef Thorak
Austrian sculptor (1889–1952).
Born February 7th, 1889 in Vienna.
Died February 26th, 1952 at 63 years old in Hartmannsberg.
Arturo Rawson
President of argentina.
Born June 4th, 1885 in Santiago del Estero.
Died October 8th, 1952 at 67 years old in Buenos Aires (myocardial infarction).
Ernst Stromer
German paleontologist.
Born June 12th, 1871 in Nuremberg.
Died December 18th, 1952 at 81 years old in Germany.
Samuel Marinus Zwemer
American missionary (1867-1952).
Born April 12th, 1867 in Zeeland Charter Township.
Died April 2nd, 1952 at 84 years old in New York City.
Fulton Oursler
American journalist, playwright, editor and writer (1893-1952).
Born January 22nd, 1893 in Baltimore.
Died May 24th, 1952 at 59 years old in New York City.
Solomea Krushelnytska
Ukrainian opera singer (1872–1952).
Born September 23rd, 1872 in Biliavyntsi.
Died November 16th, 1952 at 80 years old in Lviv.
Hermann Stieve
German physician, anatomist, and histologist.
Born May 22nd, 1886 in Munich. [ref]
Died September 6th, 1952 at 66 years old in Berlin (stroke). [ref]
Mary Engle Pennington
American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer (1872-1952).
Born October 8th, 1872 in Nashville.
Died December 27th, 1952 at 80 years old in New York City.
Brien McMahon
American politician (1903–1952).
Born October 6th, 1903 in Norwalk.
Died July 28th, 1952 at 48 years old in Washington, D.C..
Nikos Beloyannis
Greek politician and resistance leader (1915–1952).
Born October 27th, 1915 in Amaliada.
Died March 30th, 1952 at 36 years old in Goudi (gunshot wound).
William F. Lamb
Architect (1883–1952).
Born November 21st, 1883 in Brooklyn.
Died September 8th, 1952 at 68 years old in New York City.
Eli Heckscher
Swedish historian and economist (1879–1952).
Born November 24th, 1879 in Stockholm.
Died December 23rd, 1952 at 73 years old in Stockholm.
Mariano Azuela
Mexican author and physician (1873–1952).
Born January 1st, 1873 in Lagos de Moreno.
Died March 1st, 1952 at 79 years old in Mexico City.
Fannie Ward
American actress (1872–1952).
Born February 22nd, 1871 in St. Louis.
Died January 27th, 1952 at 80 years old in Manhattan (stroke).
Safiye Ali
Turkish physician (1891–1952).
Born February 2nd, 1891 in Istanbul.
Died July 5th, 1952 at 61 years old in Dortmund (cancer).
Adolf Busch
German violinist and composer.
Born August 8th, 1891 in Siegen. [ref]
Died June 9th, 1952 at 60 years old in Guilford. [ref]
Waldemar Bonsels
German writer (1880–1952).
Born February 21st, 1881 in Ahrensburg.
Died July 31st, 1952 at 71 years old in Münsing.
Carlo Sforza
Italian politician (1872-1952).
Born January 23rd, 1872 in Montignoso.
Died September 4th, 1952 at 80 years old in Rome.
Edvige Carboni
Italian mystic (1880-1952).
Born May 2nd, 1880 in Pozzomaggiore.
Died February 17th, 1952 at 71 years old in Rome.
Hristo Tatarchev
Bulgarian doctor and revolutionary (1869–1952).
Born December 15th, 1869 in Resen.
Died January 5th, 1952 at 82 years old in Turin.
Itzik Feffer
Soviet yiddish poet (1900-1952).
Born November 23rd, 1900 in Shpola.
Died August 12th, 1952 at 51 years old in Moscow.
Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria
Austrian archduke (1895-1952).
Born April 13th, 1895 in Vienna.
Died January 19th, 1952 at 56 years old in Nice.
Franz John
German football player and businessman (1872-1952).
Born September 28th, 1872 in Pritzwalk.
Died November 17th, 1952 at 80 years old in Berlin.
Princess Louise of Orléans
Bavarian princess.
Born August 19th, 1869 in Bushy House.
Died February 4th, 1952 at 82 years old in Munich (disease).
Deaths 126 to 150 of 371
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