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In the year 1954
407 Notable deaths
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.
Rosa Genoni
Fashion designer and women's rights campaigner (1867–1954).
Born June 16th, 1867 in Tirano.
Died August 12th, 1954 at 87 years old in Varese.
Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs
German astronomer (1912–1954).
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 (1872–1954).
Born July 15th, 1872 in Beşiktaş.
Died June 8th, 1954 at 81 years old in 4th arrondissement of Paris (car collision). [ref]
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.
Edith How-Martyn
British suffragette (1875-1954).
Born June 17th, 1875 in London.
Died February 2nd, 1954 at 78 years old in Sydney.
Diran Alexanian
Cello teacher (1881-1954).
Born April 2nd, 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..
Tibor Harsányi
French musician and composer; born in hungary.
Born June 27th, 1898 in Kanjiža.
Died September 19th, 1954 at 56 years old in Paris.
Yahiko Mishima
Japanese sprinter (1886–1954).
Born February 23rd, 1886 in Tokyo.
Died February 1st, 1954 at 67 years old in Meguro.
Herbert Prior
English actor (1867-1954).
Born July 2nd, 1867 in Oxford.
Died October 3rd, 1954 at 87 years old in Los Angeles.
Alberto Herrera y Franchi
Cuban officer and politician (1874-1954).
Born September 1st, 1874 in San Antonio de las Vueltas.
Died March 18th, 1954 at 79 years old in Havana.
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 (1877–1954).
Born August 9th, 1877 in Donnington.
Died March 28th, 1954 at 76 years old in Kensington.
Ahmad 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.
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