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In the year 1954
407 Notable deaths
Zhang Shichuan
Founding father of chinese cinema (1890-1954).
Born January 1st, 1890 in Ningbo.
Died July 8th, 1954 at 64 years old in Shanghai.
Nikola Uzunović
Prime minister of yugoslavia (1873-1954).
Died July 19th, 1954 at 81 years old in Belgrade.
Georg Hamel
German mathematician (1877-1954).
Born September 12th, 1877 in Düren.
Died October 4th, 1954 at 77 years old in Landshut.
Jean Roger-Ducasse
French composer (1873–1954).
Born April 18th, 1873 in Bordeaux.
Died July 19th, 1954 at 81 years old in Le Taillan-Médoc.
Karl Taylor Compton
American physicist (1887–1954).
Born September 14th, 1887 in Wooster.
Died June 22nd, 1954 at 66 years old in New York City.
Jacob Tullin Thams
Sportsman (1898–1954).
Born April 7th, 1898 in Christiania.
Died July 27th, 1954 at 56 years old in Oslo.
Lillian Rich
English-born american actress (1900-1954).
Born January 1st, 1900 in Herne Hill.
Died January 5th, 1954 at 54 years old in Woodland Hills (disease).
Cesare Gravina
Actor (1858-1954).
Born January 23rd, 1858 in Naples.
Died September 16th, 1954 at 96 years old in New York City.
Felipe Molas López
Paraguayan politician (1901-1954).
Died December 17th, 1954 at 53 years old in Asunción.
Ferenc Herczeg
Hungarian writer, politician (1863–1954).
Born September 22nd, 1863 in Vršac. [ref]
Died February 24th, 1954 at 90 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Nina Genke-Meller
Ukrainian-russian artist (1893-1954).
Born April 19th, 1893 in Moscow.
Died July 25th, 1954 at 61 years old in Kyiv.
Henry Folland
Aviation pioneer and aircraft designer (1889–1954).
Born January 22nd, 1889 in Cambridge.
Died September 5th, 1954 at 65 years old in Nottingham.
Harald Paulsen
German actor (1895-1954).
Born August 26th, 1895 in Elmshorn.
Died August 4th, 1954 at 58 years old in Hamburg (cerebrovascular disease).
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.
Vera Sisson
American actress (1891-1954).
Born July 31st, 1891 in Salt Lake City.
Died August 6th, 1954 at 63 years old in Carmel-by-the-Sea.
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-american actor and film director (1874–1954).
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 (1908–1954).
Died September 10th, 1954 at 46 years old in Hamburg (traffic collision).
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 Warmeriville.
Died April 24th, 1954 at 43 years old in Arpajon.
Milan Emil Uzelac
Austrian hungarian (1867-1954).
Born August 26th, 1867 in Komárno.
Died January 7th, 1954 at 86 years old in Petrinja.
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Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris