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In the year 1954
375 Notable deaths
Hannes Meyer
Swiss architect and second director of the bauhaus (1889-1954).
Born November 18th, 1889 in Basel.
Died July 19th, 1954 at 64 years old in Lugano.
Archduke Eugen of Austria
Austrian archduke and military officer (1863-1954).
Born May 21st, 1863 in Židlochovice. [ref]
Died December 30th, 1954 at 91 years old in Merano. [ref]
Thành Thái
Vietnamese emperor (1879–1954).
Born March 14th, 1879 in Huế.
Died March 24th, 1954 at 75 years old in Ho Chi Minh City.
Clyde Cessna
American aircraft designer (1879-1954).
Born December 5th, 1879 in Montgomery County.
Died November 20th, 1954 at 74 years old in Wichita.
Agus Salim
Indonesian politician (1884–1954).
Born October 8th, 1884 in Bukittinggi.
Died November 4th, 1954 at 70 years old in Jakarta.
David Grandison Fairchild
American botanist, mycologist and explorer (1869-1954).
Born April 7th, 1869 in Lansing.
Died August 6th, 1954 at 85 years old in Coconut Grove.
Mohamed Amin Didi
Maldivian politician, 1st president of the maldives (1910-1954).
Died January 19th, 1954 at 43 years old in Kaafu Atoll.
Yehuda Ashlag
Orthodox jewish rabbi and kabbalist.
Born December 13th, 1886 in Łódź, Warsaw. [ref]
Died October 7th, 1954 at 67 years old in Jerusalem.
Hossein Fatemi
Iranian politician.
Born February 10th, 1917 in Nain. [ref]
Died November 10th, 1954 at 37 years old in Tehran (gunshot wound).
Pudge Heffelfinger
American football player and coach (1867–1954).
Born December 20th, 1867 in Minneapolis.
Died April 2nd, 1954 at 86 years old in Blessing.
Fritz London
German-american physicist (1900-1954).
Born March 7th, 1900 in Wrocław.
Died March 30th, 1954 at 54 years old in Durham (leukemia).
Jacinto Benavente
Spanish writer (1866-1954).
Born August 12th, 1866 in Madrid. [ref]
Died July 14th, 1954 at 87 years old in Galapagar. [ref]
George Robey
English music hall singer, film & theatre actor (1869-1954).
Born September 20th, 1869 in Herne Hill.
Died November 29th, 1954 at 85 years old in Saltdean (cerebrovascular disease).
Clara Westhoff
German sculptor (1878-1954).
Born November 21st, 1878 in Bremen.
Died March 9th, 1954 at 75 years old in Fischerhude.
Gao Gang
Chinese politician (1905-1954).
Born October 25th, 1905 in Hengshan District.
Died August 17th, 1954 at 48 years old in Beijing (intoxication).
Theodor Kaluza
Mathematician, physicist and university teacher (1885-1954).
Born November 9th, 1885 in Opole.
Died January 19th, 1954 at 68 years old in Göttingen.
William Inge
English author, anglican dean and professor of divinity (1860–1954).
Born June 6th, 1860 in Crayke.
Died February 26th, 1954 at 93 years old in Wallingford.
Gideon Sundback
Swedish-american inventor (1880-1954).
Born April 24th, 1880. [ref]
Died June 21st, 1954 at 74 years old in Meadville.
Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster
Metropolitan archbishop of milan and cardinal of the catholic church, beatified in 1996..
Born January 18th, 1880 in Rome.
Died August 30th, 1954 at 74 years old in Venegono Inferiore.
Harry Cording
British actor (1891-1954).
Born April 26th, 1891 in Wellington.
Died September 1st, 1954 at 63 years old in Sun Valley.
Marianne Weber
German women's rights activist and legal historian (1870-1954).
Born August 2nd, 1870 in Oerlinghausen. [ref]
Died March 12th, 1954 at 83 years old in Heidelberg. [ref]
William March
United states marine, novelist, short story writer (1893–1954).
Born September 18th, 1893 in Mobile.
Died May 15th, 1954 at 60 years old in New Orleans (myocardial infarction).
Wilhelm Brückner
Austrian sa officer (1884-1954).
Born December 11th, 1884 in Baden-Baden.
Died August 18th, 1954 at 69 years old
Léon Jouhaux
French trade unionist (1879–1954).
Born July 1st, 1879 in 15th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died April 28th, 1954 at 74 years old in 12th arrondissement of Paris.
Liberty Hyde Bailey
U.s. botanist (1858-1954).
Born March 15th, 1858 in South Haven.
Died December 25th, 1954 at 96 years old in Ithaca.
Deaths 76 to 100 of 375
It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson