In the year 1953
444 Notable deaths
Lai Man-Wai
Chinese actor and director (1893–1953).
Born September 25th, 1893 in Japan.
Died October 26th, 1953 at 60 years old in Hong Kong.
Ernest Barnes
English mathematician and clergyman (1874–1953).
Born April 1st, 1874 in Birmingham.
Died November 29th, 1953 at 79 years old in Hurstpierpoint.
Oskar Luts
Estonian writer and playwright (1887–1953).
Born January 7th, 1887 in Palamuse Rural Municipality.
Died March 23rd, 1953 at 66 years old in Tartu.
Carl Froelich
German film director, cinematographer, and film producer (1875-1953).
Born September 5th, 1875 in Berlin.
Died February 12th, 1953 at 77 years old in West Berlin.
Holger Pedersen
Danish linguist (1867-1953).
Born April 7th, 1867 in Gelballe.
Died October 25th, 1953 at 86 years old in Hellerup.
Élisabeth Sonrel
French artist (1874-1953).
Born May 17th, 1874 in Tours. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1953 at 78 years old in Sceaux. [ref]
Hrachia Adjarian
Armenian scientist in the field of linguistics (1876-1953).
Born March 20th, 1876 in Istanbul. [ref]
Died April 16th, 1953 at 77 years old in Yerevan. [ref]
Ernst August Köstring
German diplomat (1876–1953).
Born June 20th, 1876 in Serebryanye Prudy.
Died November 20th, 1953 at 77 years old in Unterwössen.
Ekvtime Takaishvili
Historian (1863–1953).
Born January 4th, 1863 in Likhauri.
Died February 21st, 1953 at 90 years old in Tbilisi.
Sergey Trofimenko
Soviet general (1899–1953).
Born September 22nd, 1899 in Bryansk.
Died October 16th, 1953 at 54 years old in Moscow.
Yi See-young
Vice president of south korea (1868-1953).
Born December 3rd, 1868 in Seoul.
Died April 19th, 1953 at 84 years old in Busan (disease).
Emil Filla
Czech painter and sculptor (1882–1953).
Born April 3rd, 1882 in Chropyně. [ref]
Died October 7th, 1953 at 71 years old in Prague. [ref]
Irving Reis
American film director (1906-1953).
Born May 7th, 1906 in New York City.
Died July 3rd, 1953 at 47 years old in Woodland Hills.
Reginald Baker
Australian athlete, sports promoter, and actor (1884–1953).
Born February 8th, 1884 in Sydney.
Died December 2nd, 1953 at 69 years old in Los Angeles (stroke).
Kornel Makuszyński
Polish writer (1884–1953).
Born January 8th, 1884 in Stryi. [ref]
Died July 31st, 1953 at 69 years old in Zakopane. [ref]
Karol Sidor
Czechoslovak diplomat and politician (1901-1953).
Born July 16th, 1901 in Ružomberok.
Died October 20th, 1953 at 52 years old in Montreal.
Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen
German general (1862–1953).
Born November 24th, 1862 in Laufen.
Died February 21st, 1953 at 90 years old in Seeshaupt.
Jorge Meléndez Ramírez
President of el salvador (1871-1953).
Born April 15th, 1871 in San Salvador.
Died November 22nd, 1953 at 82 years old in San Salvador.
Herbert Blaché
Film director (1882–1953).
Born October 5th, 1882 in London.
Died October 23rd, 1953 at 71 years old in Santa Monica.
Oliver Campbell
American tennis player (1871–1953).
Born February 25th, 1871 in New York City.
Died July 11th, 1953 at 82 years old in Campbellton.
Leonid Kreutzer
German musician (1884–1953).
Born March 13th, 1884 in Saint Petersburg.
Died October 30th, 1953 at 69 years old in Tokyo.
Pyotr Shirshov
Soviet scientist and explorer (1905–1953).
Born December 25th, 1905 in Dnipro, Russian Empire.
Died February 17th, 1953 at 47 years old in Moscow.
Géza Róheim
Hungarian born american psychoanalyst & anthropologist (1891-1953).
Born September 12th, 1891 in Budapest.
Died June 7th, 1953 at 61 years old in New York City.
Emil August Fieldorf
Polish general (1895-1953).
Born March 20th, 1895 in Kraków.
Died February 24th, 1953 at 57 years old in Warsaw (hanging to death).
Noel Beresford-Peirse
British army general (1887–1953).
Born December 22nd, 1887 in Derry.
Died January 14th, 1953 at 65 years old in Salisbury.
Deaths 226 to 250 of 444
When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche