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In the year 1954
375 Notable deaths
Wilhelm Furtwängler
German conductor and composer (1886–1954).
Born January 25th, 1886 in Schöneberg.
Died November 30th, 1954 at 68 years old in Baden-Baden (pneumonia).
Ivan Ilyin
Russian political philosopher (1883–1954).
Born April 9th, 1883 in Moscow.
Died December 21st, 1954 at 71 years old in Zollikon.
André Derain
French painter and engraver (1880-1954).
Born June 10th, 1880 in Chatou. [ref]
Died September 10th, 1954 at 74 years old in Garches (traffic collision). [ref]
Günther Quandt
German businessman, nazi, important hitler supporter (1881-1954).
Born July 28th, 1881 in Pritzwalk.
Died December 30th, 1954 at 73 years old in Cairo.
Sandra Ravel
Italian actress (1910-1954).
Born January 16th, 1910 in Milan.
Died August 13th, 1954 at 44 years old in Milan.
Maximilian von Weichs
German field marshal (1881–1954).
Born November 12th, 1881 in Dessau. [ref]
Died September 27th, 1954 at 72 years old in Schloss Rösberg.
Edwin Howard Armstrong
American electrical engineer and inventor (1890–1954).
Born December 18th, 1890 in Manhattan.
Died February 1st, 1954 at 63 years old in New York City (falling).
Dziga Vertov
Russian-soviet documentary/avantgarde filmmaker (1896-1954).
Born January 2nd, 1896 in Białystok.
Died February 12th, 1954 at 58 years old in Moscow (cancer).
Jibanananda Das
Bengali poet (1899-1954).
Born February 17th, 1899 in Barishal.
Died October 22nd, 1954 at 55 years old in Kolkata.
Eugene Pallette
American actor (1889–1954).
Born July 8th, 1889 in Winfield. [ref]
Died September 3rd, 1954 at 65 years old in Los Angeles (laryngeal cancer).
Patrick Anthony McCarran
American politician (1876-1954).
Born August 8th, 1876 in Reno.
Died September 28th, 1954 at 78 years old in Hawthorne.
Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
German crown princess and crown princess of prussia (1886-1954).
Born September 20th, 1886 in Schwerin.
Died May 6th, 1954 at 67 years old in Bad Kissingen.
Agnes Macphail
Canadian politician and activist (1890-1954).
Born March 24th, 1890 in Dundalk.
Died February 13th, 1954 at 63 years old in Toronto.
Thea von Harbou
German screenwriter (1888–1954).
Born December 27th, 1888 in Tauperlitz.
Died July 1st, 1954 at 65 years old in West Berlin (falling from height).
Duff Cooper
British conservative party politician, diplomat and author (1890-1954).
Born February 22nd, 1890 in London.
Died January 1st, 1954 at 63 years old in Vigo.
Gladys George
American actress (1904–1954).
Born September 13th, 1904 in Patten.
Died December 8th, 1954 at 50 years old in Los Angeles (liver cirrhosis, esophageal cancer).
James Hilton
British novelist and screenwriter (1900–1954).
Born September 9th, 1900 in Lancashire.
Died December 20th, 1954 at 54 years old in Long Beach (liver cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma).
Mary Church Terrell
American activist and suffragette (1863–1954).
Born September 23rd, 1863 in Memphis.
Died July 24th, 1954 at 90 years old in Annapolis.
Hoyt Vandenberg
U.s. air force general (1899-1954).
Born January 24th, 1899 in Milwaukee.
Died April 2nd, 1954 at 55 years old in Walter Reed Army Medical Center (prostate cancer).
Alain LeRoy Locke
(1885-1954) american philosopher and writer.
Born September 13th, 1885 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Died June 9th, 1954 at 68 years old in New York City.
Marguerite Steinheil
French murder suspect (1869-1954).
Born April 16th, 1869 in Beaucourt.
Died July 17th, 1954 at 85 years old in Hove.
Calogero Vizzini
Sicilian mafia boss (1877-1954).
Born July 24th, 1877 in Villalba, Sicily.
Died July 10th, 1954 at 76 years old in Villalba, Sicily.
Aristides de Sousa Mendes
Portuguese diplomat recipient of the righteous among the nations award (1885–1954).
Born July 19th, 1885 in Viseu, Cabanas de Viriato. [ref]
Died April 3rd, 1954 at 68 years old in Lisbon. [ref]
Prince Ernst of Hohenberg
Austrian nobleman.
Born May 27th, 1904 in Konopiště.
Died March 5th, 1954 at 49 years old in Graz (disease).
Andrey Vyshinsky
Soviet politician, jurist and diplomat (1883-1954).
Born December 10th, 1883 in Odesa.
Died November 22nd, 1954 at 70 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
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