In the year 1952
371 Notable deaths
Efim Bogoljubov
Russian chess player (1889–1952).
Born April 13th, 1889 in Stanislavchyk.
Died June 18th, 1952 at 63 years old in Triberg im Schwarzwald.
Emma Eames
American singer (1865-1952).
Born August 13th, 1865 in Shanghai, Shanhaiguan District. [ref]
Died June 13th, 1952 at 86 years old in New York City. [ref]
Enrique Jardiel Poncela
Spanish dramatist (1901–1952).
Born October 15th, 1901 in Madrid.
Died February 18th, 1952 at 50 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Walter Tennyson Swingle
American botanist (1871-1952).
Born January 8th, 1871 in South Canaan Township.
Died January 19th, 1952 at 81 years old in Washington, D.C..
Elisabeth Schumann
German soprano.
Born June 13th, 1888 in Merseburg. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 1952 at 63 years old in New York City. [ref]
David Bergelson
Russian playwright and writer (1884-1952).
Born August 12th, 1884 in Sarny. [ref]
Died August 12th, 1952 at 68 years old in Lubyanka Building. [ref]
Macedonio Fernández
Argentine writer.
Born June 1st, 1874 in Buenos Aires.
Died February 10th, 1952 at 77 years old in Buenos Aires.
Lewis Brody
German actor (1892–1952).
Born February 15th, 1892 in Douala.
Died February 11th, 1952 at 59 years old in Berlin.
Gino Fano
Italian mathematician (1871-1952).
Born January 5th, 1871 in Mantua.
Died November 8th, 1952 at 81 years old in Verona.
Eliezer Kaplan
Israeli politician (1891-1952).
Born January 27th, 1891 in Minsk.
Died July 13th, 1952 at 61 years old in Genoa.
Mir-Jam
Serbian writer (1887-1952).
Born April 22nd, 1887 in Jagodina.
Died December 22nd, 1952 at 65 years old in Belgrade (lung disease).
Cicely Hamilton
British actress and writer.
Born June 15th, 1872 in Sussex Gardens. [ref]
Died December 6th, 1952 at 80 years old in Chelsea. [ref]
Milan Grol
Yugoslav politician (1876-1952).
Born August 31st, 1876 in Belgrade.
Died December 3rd, 1952 at 76 years old in Belgrade.
Fartein Valen
Norwegian composer.
Born August 15th, 1887 in Stavanger. [ref]
Died December 14th, 1952 at 65 years old in Haugesund. [ref]
Guido Castelnuovo
Italian mathematician (1865–1952).
Born August 14th, 1865 in Venice. [ref]
Died April 27th, 1952 at 86 years old in Rome. [ref]
Sam Lufkin
Actor (1891-1952).
Died February 19th, 1952 at 60 years old in Hollywood (kidney disease).
Peretz Markish
Soviet yiddish poet and playwright.
Born December 7th, 1895 in Polonne.
Died August 12th, 1952 at 56 years old in Lubyanka Building.
Sergey Dmitriyevich Merkurov
Soviet sculptor (1881-1952).
Born November 7th, 1881 in Gyumri.
Died June 8th, 1952 at 70 years old in Moscow.
Forest Ray Moulton
American astronomer and mathematician of the xxth century.
Born April 29th, 1872 in Le Roy.
Died December 7th, 1952 at 80 years old in Wilmette.
Katherine Sophie Dreier
American artist and art collector (1877-1952).
Born September 10th, 1877 in Brooklyn.
Died March 29th, 1952 at 74 years old in Milford (liver cirrhosis).
Molly Malone
Actress (1888-1952).
Born December 7th, 1888 in Wisconsin.
Died February 14th, 1952 at 63 years old in Los Angeles.
Elly Heuss-Knapp
German politician (1881-1952).
Born January 25th, 1881 in Strasbourg.
Died July 19th, 1952 at 71 years old in Bonn.
David Kakabadze
Georgian artist (1889-1952).
Born September 1st, 1889 in Didi-Kukhi. [ref]
Died May 10th, 1952 at 62 years old in Tbilisi. [ref]
Theodor Geiger
German sociologist (1891-1952).
Born November 9th, 1891 in Munich.
Died June 16th, 1952 at 60 years old in Canada.
Roger Vitrac
French writer (1899-1952).
Born November 17th, 1899 in Pinsac.
Died January 22nd, 1952 at 52 years old in Paris.
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We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. Chuck Palahniuk