In the year 1954
376 Notable deaths
Herbert Prior
English actor (1867-1954).
Born July 2nd, 1867 in Oxford.
Died October 3rd, 1954 at 87 years old in Los Angeles.
Richard Gans
German physicist (1880–1954).
Born March 7th, 1880 in Hamburg.
Died June 27th, 1954 at 74 years old in La Plata.
Winifred McNair
English tennis player.
Born August 9th, 1877 in Donnington.
Died March 28th, 1954 at 76 years old in Kensington.
Ahmed Agdamski
Azerbaijani opera singer (1884-1954).
Born January 5th, 1884 in Shusha.
Died April 1st, 1954 at 70 years old in Agdash.
Rosa Schapire
German art historian, author and translator (1874–1954).
Born September 9th, 1874 in Brody.
Died February 1st, 1954 at 79 years old in Tate Britain.
Mikhail Avilov
Russian painter (1882-1954).
Born September 18th, 1882 in Saint Petersburg.
Died April 14th, 1954 at 71 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Henri Berr
French philosopher (1863-1954).
Born January 31st, 1863 in Lunéville.
Died November 19th, 1954 at 91 years old in Paris.
Flor Alpaerts
Belgian composer, conductor, pedagogue (1876–1954).
Born September 12th, 1876 in Antwerp.
Died October 5th, 1954 at 78 years old in Antwerp.
Renée Carl
Actress (1875-1954).
Born June 10th, 1875 in Fontenay-le-Comte.
Died July 31st, 1954 at 79 years old in 18th arrondissement of Paris.
Effie Shannon
American actress (1867-1954).
Born May 13th, 1867 in Cambridge.
Died July 24th, 1954 at 87 years old in Bay Shore.
Samuel Jones
American athlete (1880-1954).
Born January 16th, 1880 in Fairfield.
Died April 13th, 1954 at 74 years old in Knoxville.
Ludwig Curtius
German classical archeologist (1874-1954).
Born December 13th, 1874 in Augsburg.
Died April 10th, 1954 at 79 years old in Rome.
Emil Rausch
Swimmer (1883–1954).
Born September 11th, 1883 in Berlin.
Died December 14th, 1954 at 71 years old in Berlin.
Walter Grotrian
German astronomer and astrophysicist (1890-1954).
Born April 21st, 1890 in Aachen.
Died March 3rd, 1954 at 63 years old in Potsdam.
Elvira Rawson
Argentine physician (1867–1954).
Born April 19th, 1867 in Junín.
Died June 4th, 1954 at 87 years old in Buenos Aires.
Ernest Esclangon
French astronomer and mathematician (1876–1954).
Born March 17th, 1876 in Mison.
Died January 29th, 1954 at 77 years old in Eyrenville.
Ramón Guzmán
Spanish association football player (1907–1954).
Born January 22nd, 1907 in Peniscola.
Died April 1st, 1954 at 47 years old in Barcelona.
Cornelius van Oyen
Sport shooter (1886–1954).
Born November 28th, 1886 in Brandenburg an der Havel.
Died January 19th, 1954 at 67 years old in Berlin.
William Dod
British archer.
Born July 18th, 1867 in Bebington.
Died October 8th, 1954 at 87 years old in Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
Cesar Klein
German artist (1876-1954).
Born September 14th, 1876 in Hamburg.
Died March 13th, 1954 at 77 years old in Lübeck.
Pauline Brunius
Swedish actor and director (1881–1954).
Born February 10th, 1881 in Stockholm. [ref]
Died March 30th, 1954 at 73 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Francesco Borgongini Duca
Catholic cardinal (1884–1954).
Born February 26th, 1884 in Rome.
Died October 4th, 1954 at 70 years old in Rome.
Gino Loria
Italian mathematician (1862-1954).
Born May 19th, 1862 in Mantua.
Died January 30th, 1954 at 91 years old in Genoa.
J.J.L. Duyvendak
Dutch sinologist (1889–1954).
Born June 28th, 1889 in Harlingen. [ref]
Died July 9th, 1954 at 65 years old in Leiden. [ref]
Pieter Nicolaas van Eyck
Dutch philosopher (1887–1954).
Born October 1st, 1887 in Breukelen.
Died April 11th, 1954 at 66 years old in Wassenaar.
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Every exit is an entry somewhere else. Tom Stoppard