In the year 1954
375 Notable deaths
Helen Crawfurd
Scottish suffragette and communist (1877-1954).
Born November 9th, 1877 in Glasgow.
Died April 18th, 1954 at 76 years old in Dunoon.
Suzanne Noël
French plastic surgeon (1878-1954).
Born January 19th, 1878 in Laon. [ref]
Died November 11th, 1954 at 76 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Theodore Lyman
American physicist (1874–1954).
Born November 23rd, 1874 in Boston.
Died October 11th, 1954 at 79 years old in Cambridge.
Franz Mattenklott
German general.
Born November 19th, 1884 in Zielona Góra.
Died June 28th, 1954 at 69 years old in Braunlage.
Karol Rathaus
German-austrian composer (1895-1954).
Born September 16th, 1895 in Ternopil.
Died November 21st, 1954 at 59 years old in New York City.
Paul Scardon
Australian actor.
Born May 6th, 1874 in Melbourne.
Died January 17th, 1954 at 79 years old in Fontana (myocardial infarction).
Julio Acosta García
President of costa rica (1872-1954).
Born May 23rd, 1872 in San Ramón.
Died July 6th, 1954 at 82 years old in San José.
Peter Anders
German opera singer.
Born July 1st, 1908 in Essen. [ref]
Died September 10th, 1954 at 46 years old in Hamburg (traffic collision). [ref]
Martin Ekström
Swedish politician (1887-1954).
Born December 6th, 1887 in Sweden.
Died December 28th, 1954 at 67 years old in Helsinki.
Guy Mairesse
French racing driver.
Born August 10th, 1910 in La Capelle.
Died April 24th, 1954 at 43 years old in Montlhéry.
Milan Emil Uzelac
Austrian hungarian (1867-1954).
Born August 26th, 1867 in Komárno.
Died January 7th, 1954 at 86 years old in Petrinja.
George VI of Armenia
Catholicoi of armenia (1868–1954).
Born December 2nd, 1868 in Nakhichevan-on-Don.
Died September 26th, 1954 at 85 years old in Vagharshapat.
Tomás Monje
President (1884-1954).
Born December 21st, 1884 in Coroico.
Died July 15th, 1954 at 69 years old in La Paz.
Bobby Ball
American racecar driver (1925-1954).
Born August 26th, 1925 in Phoenix.
Died February 27th, 1954 at 28 years old in Phoenix, Gardena.
Gertrud Bäumer
German politician (1873–1954).
Born September 12th, 1873 in Hohenlimburg. [ref]
Died March 25th, 1954 at 80 years old in Gadderbaum. [ref]
William Hoyt
American pole vaulter.
Born May 7th, 1875 in Glastonbury.
Died December 1st, 1954 at 79 years old in New York. [ref]
Alberto Braglia
Gymnast (1883-1954).
Born March 23rd, 1883 in Campogalliano.
Died February 5th, 1954 at 70 years old in Modena.
Carl Eldh
Swedish sculptor.
Born May 10th, 1873 in Östhammar. [ref]
Died January 26th, 1954 at 80 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Vasily Yan
Russian writer (1875-1954).
Born January 4th, 1875 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died August 5th, 1954 at 79 years old in Zvenigorod. [ref]
György Jendrassik
Hungarian physicist and mechanical engineer.
Born May 13th, 1898 in Budapest.
Died February 8th, 1954 at 55 years old in London.
Albert Francis Blakeslee
American botanist (1874-1954).
Born November 9th, 1874 in Geneseo.
Died November 16th, 1954 at 80 years old in Northampton.
Rupert Hollaus
Austrian motorcycle racer.
Born September 4th, 1931 in Traisen.
Died September 11th, 1954 at 23 years old in Monza.
Fred Raymond
Austrian composer (1900–1954).
Born April 20th, 1900 in Vienna.
Died January 10th, 1954 at 53 years old in Überlingen.
Alexander Abasheli
Poet, prose writer.
Born August 27th, 1884 in Abashispiri.
Died September 29th, 1954 at 70 years old in Tbilisi.
Sergey Sergeyevich Yudin
Famous soviet surgeon and scientist (1891-1954).
Born October 9th, 1891 in Moscow.
Died June 12th, 1954 at 62 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 226 to 250 of 375
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. Samuel Johnson