In the year 1953
444 Notable deaths
Jérôme Tharaud
French writer (1874–1953).
Born May 18th, 1874 in Saint-Junien.
Died January 28th, 1953 at 78 years old in Varengeville-sur-Mer.
Emmanuel de Margerie
French geographer (1862-1953).
Born November 11th, 1862 in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Died December 21st, 1953 at 91 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Vilhelm Andersen
Danish author, literary historian and intellectual (1864–1953).
Born October 16th, 1864 in Nordrup.
Died April 3rd, 1953 at 88 years old in Hillerød.
Kaarlo Koskelo
Finnish wrestler (1888–1953).
Born April 12th, 1888 in Kotka.
Died December 21st, 1953 at 65 years old in Astoria.
Constance Wilson-Samuel
Figure skater (1908-1953).
Born January 7th, 1908 in Toronto.
Died February 28th, 1953 at 45 years old in Kansas City.
Frank Griffin
Film director (1886-1953).
Born September 17th, 1886.
Died March 17th, 1953 at 66 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Józef Turczyński
Polish musician (1884–1953).
Born February 2nd, 1884 in Zhytomyr.
Died December 27th, 1953 at 69 years old in Lausanne.
Maria Andreyeva
Russian actress and politician (1868–1953).
Born July 4th, 1868 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 8th, 1953 at 85 years old in Moscow.
Martha Arendsee
German politician and resistance fighter (1885-1953).
Born March 29th, 1885 in Berlin.
Died May 22nd, 1953 at 68 years old in East Berlin.
Alfons Dopsch
Austrian social and economic historian (1868–1953).
Born June 14th, 1868 in Lovosice.
Died September 1st, 1953 at 85 years old in Vienna.
Geevarghese Mar Ivanios
Catholic archbishop.
Born September 8th, 1882 in Kingdom of Thiruvithamkoor.
Died July 15th, 1953 at 70 years old in Thiruvananthapuram.
Georg Zacharias
German swimmer (1884–1953).
Born June 14th, 1884 in Gdańsk.
Died July 31st, 1953 at 69 years old in West Berlin.
Nikolai Cholodny
Ukrainian botanist (1882-1953).
Born July 4th, 1882 in Tambov.
Died May 4th, 1953 at 70 years old in Kyiv.
Rupert Weinstabl
Canoe racer (1911–1953).
Born November 20th, 1911 in Leopoldsdorf.
Died September 7th, 1953 at 41 years old
Alfred Jeanroy
French linguist (1859–1953).
Born July 5th, 1859 in Mangiennes.
Died March 13th, 1953 at 93 years old in Saint-Jean. [ref]
Giovanni Vacca
Italian mathematician and sinologist (1872–1953).
Born November 18th, 1872 in Genoa.
Died January 6th, 1953 at 80 years old in Rome.
Gen-ichi Koidzumi
Japanese botanist (1883-1953).
Born November 1st, 1883 in Yonezawa.
Died December 21st, 1953 at 70 years old in Yonezawa.
Wojciech Trąmpczyński
German politician (1860-1953).
Born February 8th, 1860 in Dębłowo.
Died March 2nd, 1953 at 93 years old in Poznań.
Yves Farge
French politician (1899–1953).
Born August 19th, 1899 in Salon-de-Provence.
Died March 31st, 1953 at 53 years old in Tbilisi (traffic collision, car collision).
Gordon Thomson
British rower (1884–1953).
Born March 27th, 1884 in Wandsworth.
Died July 8th, 1953 at 69 years old in Staplehurst.
Philip Richardson
British sport shooter and conservative politician (1865-1953).
Born January 26th, 1865 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Died November 23rd, 1953 at 88 years old in Weybridge.
Konrad Nielsen
Norwegian philologist (1875–1953).
Born August 28th, 1875 in Vik.
Died November 27th, 1953 at 78 years old in Oslo.
Louis Cattiaux
French painter, poet and writer (1904-1953).
Born August 17th, 1904 in Valenciennes.
Died July 16th, 1953 at 48 years old in Paris.
Otto Olsen
Sport shooter (1884–1953).
Born December 13th, 1884 in Østre Aker.
Died January 13th, 1953 at 68 years old in Oslo.
Ejler Allert
Danish rower (1881-1953).
Born November 27th, 1881 in Tingsted.
Died March 25th, 1953 at 71 years old in Rødovre. [ref]
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When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid