In the year 1953
407 Notable deaths
Leonid Kreutzer
German musician (1884–1953).
Born March 13th, 1884 in Saint Petersburg.
Died October 30th, 1953 at 69 years old in Tokyo.
Sergey Trofimenko
Soviet general (1899–1953).
Born September 22nd, 1899 in Bryansk.
Died October 16th, 1953 at 54 years old in Moscow.
Irving Reis
American film director (1906-1953).
Born May 7th, 1906 in New York City. [ref]
Died July 3rd, 1953 at 47 years old in Woodland Hills. [ref]
Prince Oscar Bernadotte
Swedish religious activist (1859-1953); second son of oscar ii of sweden and sofia of nassau.
Born November 15th, 1859 in Arvfurstens palats.
Died October 4th, 1953 at 93 years old in Stockholm.
Pyotr Shirshov
Soviet scientist and explorer (1905–1953).
Born December 25th, 1905 in Russian Empire, Dnipro.
Died February 17th, 1953 at 47 years old in Moscow.
Hans Aanrud
Norwegian author (1863-1953).
Born September 3rd, 1863 in Vestre Gausdal. [ref]
Died January 11th, 1953 at 89 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen
German general (1862–1953).
Born November 24th, 1862 in Laufen.
Died February 21st, 1953 at 90 years old in Seeshaupt.
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.
Noel Beresford-Peirse
British army general (1887–1953).
Born December 22nd, 1887 in Derry.
Died January 14th, 1953 at 65 years old in Salisbury.
Henri Padé
French mathematician (1863-1953).
Born December 17th, 1863 in Abbeville.
Died July 9th, 1953 at 89 years old in Aix-en-Provence. [ref]
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.
Nikolai Evreinov
Soviet theatre director (1879-1953).
Born February 25th, 1879 in Moscow. [ref]
Died September 7th, 1953 at 74 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Martinus Nijhoff
Dutch writer (1894-1953).
Born April 20th, 1894 in The Hague.
Died January 26th, 1953 at 58 years old in The Hague.
Mokichi Saitō
Japanese poet.
Born May 14th, 1882 in Kaminoyama.
Died February 25th, 1953 at 70 years old
Josef Fischer
German professional road bicycle racer (1865-1953).
Born January 20th, 1865 in Neukirchen beim Heiligen Blut.
Died March 3rd, 1953 at 88 years old in Munich.
Ugo Betti
Italian writer and judge (1892–1953).
Born February 4th, 1892 in Camerino.
Died June 9th, 1953 at 61 years old in Rome.
Carl Stockdale
American actor (1874-1953).
Born February 19th, 1874 in Worthington.
Died March 15th, 1953 at 79 years old in Woodland Hills (myocardial infarction).
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.
Sam Raybould
English footballer (1875-1953).
Born June 11th, 1875 in Derbyshire.
Died December 17th, 1953 at 78 years old in Derbyshire.
Henri Bernstein
French playwright and screenwriter (1876-1953).
Born June 20th, 1876 in 8th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died November 27th, 1953 at 77 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Jean Becquerel
French physicist (1878–1953).
Born February 5th, 1878 in Paris.
Died July 4th, 1953 at 75 years old in Pornichet.
Issay Dobrowen
Composer and pianist.
Born February 27th, 1891 in Nizhny Novgorod.
Died December 9th, 1953 at 62 years old in Oslo.
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).
Ryūzō Torii
Japanese archaeologist (1870-1953).
Born May 4th, 1870 in Shikoku.
Died January 14th, 1953 at 82 years old in Tokyo.
Nikolai Golovanov
Russian composer and conductor (1891–1953).
Born January 21st, 1891 in Moscow.
Died August 28th, 1953 at 62 years old in Moscow.
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel