In the year 1954
407 Notable deaths
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 (1875–1954).
Born May 7th, 1875 in Glastonbury.
Died December 1st, 1954 at 79 years old in Cambridge. [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 (1873–1954).
Born May 10th, 1873 in Östhammar.
Died January 26th, 1954 at 80 years old in Stockholm.
Vasily Yan
Russian writer (1875-1954).
Born January 4th, 1875 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died August 5th, 1954 at 79 years old in Zvenigorod. [ref]
Ernest Dimnet
French writer (1866–1954).
Born July 9th, 1866 in Trélon.
Died December 8th, 1954 at 88 years old in Paris.
György Jendrassik
Hungarian physicist and mechanical engineer (1898–1954).
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 8th, 1874 in Geneseo.
Died November 16th, 1954 at 80 years old in Northampton.
Rupert Hollaus
Austrian motorcycle racer (1931–1954).
Born September 4th, 1931 in Traisen.
Died September 11th, 1954 at 23 years old in Monza (falling).
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 (1884–1954).
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.
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 (1863–1954).
Born June 6th, 1863 in Warsaw.
Died December 28th, 1954 at 91 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).
Abraham Oyanedel
President of chile (1874-1954).
Born May 25th, 1874 in Copiapó.
Died January 28th, 1954 at 79 years old in Santiago.
Robert D. Walker
American actor (1888–1954).
Born June 18th, 1888 in Bethlehem.
Died March 4th, 1954 at 65 years old in Los Angeles.
Vladimir Becić
Croatian painter (1886–1954).
Born June 1st, 1886 in Slavonski Brod.
Died May 24th, 1954 at 67 years old in Zagreb.
Eugeni d'Ors
Spanish writer (1881–1954).
Born September 18th, 1881 in Barcelona. [ref]
Died September 26th, 1954 at 73 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.
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No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away. Terry Pratchett