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In the year 1952
371 Notable deaths
Alberto Savinio
Italian painter, writer, and composer.
Born August 25th, 1891 in Athens, Atene. [ref]
Died May 13th, 1952 at 60 years old in Rome. [ref]
Vladimír Clementis
Slovak nation politician, member of czechoslovak national parliament and czechoslovak minister of foreign affairs (1902-1952).
Born September 20th, 1902 in Tisovec. [ref]
Died December 3rd, 1952 at 50 years old in Prague (hanging).
Max Dehn
German-american mathematician (1878-1952).
Born November 13th, 1878 in Hamburg.
Died June 27th, 1952 at 73 years old in Black Mountain.
Marie Equi
American doctor (1872-1952).
Born April 7th, 1872 in New Bedford.
Died July 13th, 1952 at 80 years old in Portland.
Juddha Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
Nepalese politician (1875-1952).
Born April 19th, 1875 in Kathmandu.
Died November 23rd, 1952 at 77 years old in Dehradun.
Yakov Frenkel
Russian physicist (1894–1952).
Born February 10th, 1894 in Rostov-on-Don.
Died January 23rd, 1952 at 57 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Antonia Maury
American astronomer (1866–1952).
Born March 21st, 1866 in Cold Spring.
Died January 18th, 1952 at 85 years old in Dobbs Ferry.
Bedřich Hrozný
Czech archeologist, linguist and orientalist (1879-1952).
Born May 6th, 1879 in Lysá nad Labem. [ref]
Died December 12th, 1952 at 73 years old in Prague. [ref]
Joseph Louis Anne Avenol
French diplomat (1879-1952).
Born June 9th, 1879 in Melle. [ref]
Died September 2nd, 1952 at 73 years old in Duillier. [ref]
Henry Edwards
British actor, film director (1882-1952).
Born September 18th, 1882 in Weston-super-Mare.
Died November 2nd, 1952 at 70 years old in Chobham (myocardial infarction).
Lawrence Grant
Actor (1870-1952).
Born October 30th, 1870 in Bournemouth.
Died February 19th, 1952 at 81 years old in Santa Barbara.
Solomon Lozovsky
Soviet revolutionary (1878-1952).
Born March 16th, 1878 in Alexandrovsky Uyezd.
Died August 12th, 1952 at 74 years old in Lubyanka Building, Bolshevo.
Carl Severing
German politician (1875-1952).
Born June 1st, 1875 in Herford.
Died July 23rd, 1952 at 77 years old in Bielefeld.
John Langenus
Belgian football referee (1891-1952).
Born December 8th, 1891 in Berchem.
Died October 1st, 1952 at 60 years old in Antwerp.
Gypsy Abbott
Silent film actress (1896–1952).
Born January 31st, 1896 in Atlanta.
Died July 25th, 1952 at 56 years old in Hollywood (lung cancer).
Mykhailo Omelianovych-Pavlenko
Supreme commander of the ukrainian galician army.
Born December 20th, 1878 in Tbilisi.
Died May 29th, 1952 at 73 years old in Paris.
René Grousset
French historian (1885-1952).
Born September 5th, 1885 in Aubais. [ref]
Died September 12th, 1952 at 67 years old in Paris. [ref]
Henry Drysdale Dakin
British chemist (1880-1952).
Born March 12th, 1880 in London.
Died February 10th, 1952 at 71 years old in New York City.
Constant Permeke
Belgian painter and sculptor (1886-1952).
Born July 31st, 1886 in Antwerp. [ref]
Died January 4th, 1952 at 65 years old in Ostend. [ref]
Frederic G. Kenyon
British palaeographer and classical scholar (1863–1952).
Born January 15th, 1863 in London.
Died August 23rd, 1952 at 89 years old in Oxted.
Elizabeth Robins
Actor, producer, playwright, novelist and feminist (1862-1952).
Born August 6th, 1862 in Louisville.
Died May 8th, 1952 at 89 years old in Brighton.
Henriëtte Bosmans
Dutch composer (1895-1952).
Born December 6th, 1895 in Amsterdam.
Died July 2nd, 1952 at 56 years old in Amsterdam (stomach cancer).
Frances Alda
New zealand-born australian operatic soprano.
Born May 31st, 1883 in Christchurch.
Died September 18th, 1952 at 69 years old in Venice (stroke).
Miina Sillanpää
Finnish politician, editor (1866-1952).
Born June 4th, 1866 in Jokioinen. [ref]
Died April 3rd, 1952 at 85 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Nathan Levinson
Sound engineer (1888-1952).
Born July 15th, 1888 in New York City.
Died October 18th, 1952 at 64 years old in Toluca Lake.
Deaths 151 to 175 of 371
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