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In the year 1954
375 Notable deaths
Alan Turing
English mathematician and computer scientist (1912–1954).
Born June 23rd, 1912 in Maida Vale. [ref]
Died June 7th, 1954 at 41 years old in Wilmslow (cyanide poisoning). [ref]
Frida Kahlo
Mexican painter.
Born July 6th, 1907 in Coyoacán. [ref]
Died July 13th, 1954 at 47 years old in Coyoacán (phlebitis, pulmonary embolism, bronchopneumonia). [ref]
Henri Matisse
French artist (1869–1954).
Born December 31st, 1869 in Le Cateau-Cambrésis. [ref]
Died November 3rd, 1954 at 84 years old in Nice (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Enrico Fermi
Italian–american physicist (1901–1954).
Born September 29th, 1901 in Rome. [ref]
Died November 28th, 1954 at 53 years old in Chicago (stomach cancer). [ref]
Lionel Barrymore
American actor, director, screenwriter (1878-1954).
Born April 28th, 1878 in Philadelphia.
Died November 15th, 1954 at 76 years old in Van Nuys (myocardial infarction).
Heinz Guderian
German general (1888-1954).
Born June 17th, 1888 in Chełmno. [ref]
Died May 14th, 1954 at 65 years old in Schwangau. [ref]
Colette
French novelist (1873–1954).
Born January 28th, 1873 in Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye. [ref]
Died August 3rd, 1954 at 81 years old in 1st arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Jess McMahon
American professional wrestling and boxing promoter.
Born May 26th, 1882 in Manhattan.
Died November 22nd, 1954 at 72 years old in Wilkes-Barre.
Maurice Tillet
French professional wrestler (1903–1954).
Born October 23rd, 1903 in Chelyabinsk Uyezd.
Died September 4th, 1954 at 50 years old in Chicago (heart disease).
Princess Märtha of Sweden
Crown princess of norway (1901–1954).
Born March 28th, 1901 in Arvfurstens palats.
Died April 5th, 1954 at 53 years old in Oslo (cancer).
Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Duke of saxe-coburg and gotha from 1900 to 1918.
Born July 19th, 1884 in Esher.
Died March 6th, 1954 at 69 years old in Coburg.
Robert Capa
American photographer (1913–1954).
Born October 22nd, 1913 in Budapest. [ref]
Died May 25th, 1954 at 40 years old in Thái Bình (explosion). [ref]
Sydney Greenstreet
British-american actor (1879-1954).
Born December 27th, 1879 in Sandwich.
Died January 18th, 1954 at 74 years old in Hollywood (diabetes).
Getúlio Vargas
President of brazil (1930–1945; 1951–1954).
Born April 19th, 1882 in São Borja.
Died August 24th, 1954 at 72 years old in Catete Palace (gunshot wound).
Robert H. Jackson
Us supreme court justice from 1941 to 1954 (1892–1954).
Born February 13th, 1892 in Spring Creek Township.
Died October 9th, 1954 at 62 years old in Washington, D.C..
Kalki Krishnamurthy
Writer.
Born September 9th, 1899 in Thanjavur district.
Died December 5th, 1954 at 55 years old in Chennai (cancer, tuberculosis).
M. N. Roy
Indian political activist and intellectual.
Born March 21st, 1887 in 24 Parganas district.
Died January 26th, 1954 at 66 years old in Dehradun.
Charles Ives
American modernist composer (1874–1954).
Born October 20th, 1874 in Danbury.
Died May 19th, 1954 at 79 years old in New York City.
Claude Cahun
French artist (1894–1954).
Born October 25th, 1894 in Nantes.
Died December 8th, 1954 at 60 years old in Saint Helier.
Princess Margaret of Prussia
German imperial princess, prussian princess (1872–1954); youngest child of frederick iii, german emperor, and victoria, princess royal.
Born April 22nd, 1872 in Potsdam.
Died January 22nd, 1954 at 81 years old in Schönberg.
Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist
German general during world war ii.
Born August 8th, 1881 in Braunfels.
Died November 13th, 1954 at 73 years old in Vladimir Central Prison.
Johnny Ace
American singer.
Born June 9th, 1929 in Memphis. [ref]
Died December 25th, 1954 at 25 years old in Houston (ballistic trauma).
Cornelia Dorabuji
Indian barrister, writer, and social reformer; first female graduate from bombay university, first woman to study law at oxford university; first indian national to study at a british university (1866-1954).
Born November 15th, 1866 in Nashik.
Died July 6th, 1954 at 87 years old in London.
Alcide De Gasperi
Italian politician and founder of the christian democratic party (1881-1954).
Born April 3rd, 1881 in Pieve Tesino.
Died August 19th, 1954 at 73 years old in Borgo Valsugana.
Lester C. Hunt
American politician (1892-1954).
Born July 8th, 1892 in Isabel.
Died June 19th, 1954 at 61 years old in Washington, D.C..
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