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In the year 1954
375 Notable deaths
Evgeni Gegechkori
Georgian politician (1882–1954).
Born April 24th, 1882 in Martvili.
Died June 5th, 1954 at 72 years old in Paris.
Ğayaz İsxaqi
Tatar writer and politician (1878–1954).
Born February 22nd, 1878 in Yawşirmä.
Died July 22nd, 1954 at 76 years old in Ankara.
Ida May Park
Screenwriter, film director (1879-1954).
Born December 28th, 1879 in Los Angeles.
Died June 13th, 1954 at 74 years old in Los Angeles.
Maurice Leenhardt
French pastor and ethnologist (1878–1954).
Born March 9th, 1878 in Montauban.
Died January 26th, 1954 at 75 years old in Paris.
Wincenty Lutosławski
Polish philosopher.
Born June 6th, 1863 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died April 17th, 1954 at 90 years old in Kraków.
Enrico Platé
Swiss racing driver.
Born January 28th, 1909 in Milan.
Died February 2nd, 1954 at 45 years old in Buenos Aires (car collision).
Franz Pfemfert
German journalist (1879-1954).
Born November 20th, 1879 in Giżycko.
Died May 26th, 1954 at 74 years old in Mexico City.
Abraham Oyanedel
President of chile (1874-1954).
Born May 25th, 1874 in Copiapó.
Died January 28th, 1954 at 79 years old in Santiago.
Eugeni d'Ors
Spanish writer (1881–1954).
Born September 28th, 1881 in Barcelona. [ref]
Died September 26th, 1954 at 72 years old in Vilanova i la Geltrú.
Richard Thurnwald
Austrian anthropologist (1869-1954).
Born September 18th, 1869 in Vienna.
Died January 19th, 1954 at 84 years old in Berlin.
George Kay
Footballer and football manager (1891-1954).
Born September 21st, 1891 in Manchester.
Died April 18th, 1954 at 62 years old in Liverpool. [ref]
Sōjin Kamiyama
Japanese actor.
Born January 30th, 1884 in Sendai.
Died July 28th, 1954 at 70 years old in Tokyo.
Claude Delvincourt
French composer (1888–1954).
Born January 12th, 1888 in Paris.
Died April 5th, 1954 at 66 years old in Orbetello (traffic collision).
Christian Lautenschlager
German racing driver (1877-1954).
Born April 13th, 1877 in Magstadt.
Died January 3rd, 1954 at 76 years old in Stuttgart.
Victor Rousseau
Medallist, sculptor (1865-1954).
Born December 16th, 1865 in Feluy. [ref]
Died March 17th, 1954 at 88 years old in Forest. [ref]
Hugo Dingler
German philosopher.
Born July 7th, 1881 in Munich.
Died June 29th, 1954 at 72 years old in Munich.
Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs
German astronomer.
Born August 11th, 1912 in Coburg.
Died March 9th, 1954 at 41 years old in Sonneberg.
Fritz Alberti
German actor (1877-1954).
Born October 22nd, 1877 in Hanau.
Died September 15th, 1954 at 76 years old in Berlin.
Arshag Chobanian
Armenian writer.
Born July 15th, 1872 in Beşiktaş. [ref]
Died June 8th, 1954 at 81 years old in Paris.
Freydoun Malkom
Fencer.
Born December 25th, 1875 in London. [ref]
Died June 4th, 1954 at 78 years old in Brighton. [ref]
Andrass Samuelsen
Prime minister of the faroe islands (1873-1954).
Born July 1st, 1873 in Haldórsvík.
Died June 30th, 1954 at 80 years old in Fuglafjørður.
Diran Alexanian
Cello teacher (1881-1954).
Born April 12th, 1881 in Constantinople.
Died July 27th, 1954 at 73 years old in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc.
Otto Kleinschmidt
German pastor and ornithologist (1870-1954).
Born December 13th, 1870 in Kornsand.
Died March 25th, 1954 at 83 years old in Lutherstadt Wittenberg.
Austin Hobart Clark
American zoologist (1880–1954).
Born December 17th, 1880 in Wellesley.
Died October 28th, 1954 at 73 years old in Washington, D.C..
Yahiko Mishima
Japanese sprinter (1886–1954).
Born February 23rd, 1886 in Tokyo.
Died February 1st, 1954 at 67 years old in Meguro.
Deaths 251 to 275 of 375
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