Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
In the year 1954
407 Notable deaths
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).
Moroni Olsen
American actor (1889–1954).
Born June 27th, 1889 in Ogden.
Died November 22nd, 1954 at 65 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Bertie Charles Forbes
American financial journalist, founder of forbes magazine (1880–1954).
Born May 14th, 1880 in New Deer.
Died May 6th, 1954 at 73 years old in New York City.
William Harrison Hays
American politician (1879–1954).
Born November 5th, 1879 in Sullivan.
Died March 7th, 1954 at 74 years old in Sullivan.
John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon
British politician (1873-1954).
Born February 28th, 1873 in Manchester.
Died January 11th, 1954 at 80 years old in London.
Viktor Abakumov
Head of smersh, russian minister of state security (1908–1954).
Born April 24th, 1908 in Moscow.
Died December 19th, 1954 at 46 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Tom Tyler
American actor (1903–1954).
Born August 9th, 1903 in Essex County.
Died May 3rd, 1954 at 50 years old in Hamtramck (myocardial infarction).
Charles Francis Adams III
Secretary of the navy (1866–1954).
Born August 2nd, 1866 in Quincy.
Died June 10th, 1954 at 87 years old in Boston.
Miles Franklin
Australian writer and feminist (1879–1954).
Born October 14th, 1879 in Talbingo.
Died September 19th, 1954 at 74 years old in Drummoyne.
Billy Murray
American singer (1877–1954).
Born May 25th, 1877 in Philadelphia.
Died August 17th, 1954 at 77 years old in New York City.
Yukio Ozaki
Japanese politician (1858-1954).
Born December 24th, 1858 in Sagami Province.
Died October 6th, 1954 at 95 years old in Shinjuku.
Vivian Woodward
English footballer (1879-1954).
Born June 3rd, 1879 in London.
Died January 31st, 1954 at 74 years old in London Borough of Ealing. [ref]
Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels
Austrian publicist.
Born July 19th, 1874 in Penzing. [ref]
Died April 22nd, 1954 at 79 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Chief Bender
American baseball player and coach (1884–1954).
Born May 5th, 1884 in Brainerd.
Died May 22nd, 1954 at 70 years old in Philadelphia (prostate cancer).
Florence Bates
American actress; lawyer (1888–1954).
Born April 15th, 1888 in San Antonio.
Died January 31st, 1954 at 65 years old in Burbank (myocardial infarction).
Franz Josef Popp
Austrian businessman (1886–1954).
Born January 14th, 1886 in Vienna.
Died July 29th, 1954 at 68 years old in Stuttgart.
Herms Niel
German composer (1888–1954).
Born April 17th, 1888 in Nielebock.
Died July 16th, 1954 at 66 years old in Lingen.
Princess Antonia of Luxembourg
Last crown princess of bavaria (1899–1954).
Born October 7th, 1899 in Schloss Hohenburg.
Died July 31st, 1954 at 54 years old in Lenzerheide.
William Van Alen
American architect (1883–1954).
Born August 10th, 1883 in Brooklyn.
Died May 24th, 1954 at 70 years old in New York City.
Auguste Perret
French architect (1874–1954).
Born February 12th, 1874 in Brussels. [ref]
Died February 25th, 1954 at 80 years old in Paris.
Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
Indian freedom fighter (1894–1954).
Born February 18th, 1894 in Barabanki district.
Died October 24th, 1954 at 60 years old in Delhi.
Arthur Greenwood
British politician (1880-1954).
Born February 8th, 1880 in Leeds.
Died June 9th, 1954 at 74 years old in London.
Saburō Kurusu
Japanese diplomat (1886–1954).
Born March 6th, 1886 in Yokohama.
Died April 7th, 1954 at 68 years old in Japan.
Fred Rose
American music producer, publisher and songwriter (1898–1954).
Born August 24th, 1898 in Evansville. [ref]
Died December 1st, 1954 at 56 years old in Nashville. [ref]
Hugo Eckener
Manager of the luftschiffbau zeppelin company (1868–1954).
Born August 10th, 1868 in Flensburg.
Died August 14th, 1954 at 86 years old in Friedrichshafen.
Deaths 51 to 75 of 407
That’s what literature is. It’s the people who went before us, tapping out messages from the past, from beyond the grave, trying to tell us about life and death! Listen to them! Connie Willis