In the year 1953
407 Notable deaths
Jimmy Finlayson
Actor (1887-1953).
Born August 27th, 1887 in Falkirk. [ref]
Died October 9th, 1953 at 66 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Tazio Nuvolari
Italian racecar driver.
Born November 16th, 1892 in Castel d'Ario.
Died August 11th, 1953 at 60 years old in Mantua (cardiac arrest).
Raoul Dufy
French artist (1877-1953).
Born June 3rd, 1877 in Le Havre. [ref]
Died March 25th, 1953 at 75 years old in Forcalquier (internal bleeding, rheumatoid arthritis). [ref]
Richard Walther Darré
Nazi ss general (1895-1953).
Born July 14th, 1895 in Buenos Aires, Belgrano. [ref]
Died September 5th, 1953 at 58 years old in Munich (liver cancer).
Francis Ford
Actor, film director (1881-1953).
Born August 14th, 1881 in Portland.
Died September 5th, 1953 at 72 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu
Japanese prince (1902-1953).
Born June 25th, 1902 in Akasaka Estate. [ref]
Died January 4th, 1953 at 50 years old in Fujisawa (tuberculosis). [ref]
Toni Wolff
Psychologist (1888-1953).
Born September 18th, 1888 in Zurich.
Died March 21st, 1953 at 64 years old in Zurich (disease).
Roland Young
British actor (1887-1953).
Born November 11th, 1887 in London.
Died June 5th, 1953 at 65 years old in New York City.
Alice Prin
French painter (1901–1953).
Born October 2nd, 1901 in Châtillon-sur-Seine.
Died April 29th, 1953 at 51 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Porter Hall
American actor (1888-1953).
Born September 19th, 1888 in Cincinnati.
Died October 6th, 1953 at 65 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Arnold Bax
English composer, poet, and author (1883–1953).
Born November 8th, 1883 in Streatham.
Died October 3rd, 1953 at 69 years old in Cork.
Helene Mayer
German fencer (1910–1953).
Born December 20th, 1910 in Offenbach am Main. [ref]
Died October 15th, 1953 at 42 years old in Heidelberg (breast cancer). [ref]
Chōjun Miyagi
Japanese karateka (1888-1953).
Born April 25th, 1888 in Naha.
Died October 8th, 1953 at 65 years old in Okinawa, Okinawa Prefecture.
Vladimir Tatlin
Russian artist and bandurist (1885–1953).
Born December 28th, 1885 in Kharkiv. [ref]
Died May 31st, 1953 at 67 years old in Moscow (infectious disease). [ref]
Robert M. La Follette Jr.
American politician (1895–1953).
Born February 6th, 1895 in Madison.
Died February 24th, 1953 at 58 years old in Washington, D.C. (gunshot wound).
Albert Gleizes
French painter (1881–1953).
Born December 8th, 1881 in Paris. [ref]
Died June 24th, 1953 at 71 years old in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. [ref]
Julia de Burgos
Puerto rican poet (1914–1953).
Born February 17th, 1914 in Carolina.
Died July 6th, 1953 at 39 years old in New York City (pneumonia).
Nobutake Kondō
Japanese admiral (1886-1953).
Born September 25th, 1886 in Osaka.
Died February 19th, 1953 at 66 years old
Ludwig Prandtl
German physicist (1875-1953).
Born February 4th, 1875 in Freising.
Died August 15th, 1953 at 78 years old in Göttingen.
Robert Ferdinand Wagner
American politician (1877-1953).
Born July 8th, 1877 in Nastätten.
Died May 4th, 1953 at 75 years old in New York City.
Richard Pearse
New zealand farmer and aviation pioneer (1877-1953).
Born December 3rd, 1877 in Temuka.
Died July 29th, 1953 at 75 years old in Christchurch.
Erich Mendelsohn
Jewish-german architect (1887–1953).
Born March 21st, 1887 in Olsztyn.
Died September 16th, 1953 at 66 years old in San Francisco.
Richard von Mises
Austrian physicist and mathematician (1883-1953).
Born April 19th, 1883 in Lviv.
Died July 14th, 1953 at 70 years old in Boston.
Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba
Spanish noble (1878–1953).
Born October 17th, 1878 in Madrid, Switzerland. [ref]
Died September 24th, 1953 at 74 years old in Lausanne. [ref]
Deaths 51 to 75 of 407
There is only one god and his name is Death, and there is only one thing we say to Death: ‘Not today’. Syrio Forel