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In the year 1954
375 Notable deaths
Kathleen Key
American actress (1903-1954).
Born April 1st, 1903 in Buffalo.
Died December 22nd, 1954 at 51 years old in Woodland Hills.
Ed Sanders
American boxer (1930–1954).
Born March 24th, 1930 in Los Angeles.
Died December 12th, 1954 at 24 years old in Boston (cerebral hemorrhage).
Auguste Lumière
French inventor (1862–1954).
Born October 19th, 1862 in Besançon.
Died April 10th, 1954 at 91 years old in 7th arrondissement of Lyon. [ref]
Reinhold Schünzel
Actor and director (1888-1954).
Born November 7th, 1888 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died November 11th, 1954 at 66 years old in Munich. [ref]
Mustafa Sabri
Turkish theologian (1869-1954).
Born June 22nd, 1869 in Tokat.
Died March 12th, 1954 at 84 years old in Cairo.
Tang Enbo
Chinese general (1899–1954).
Born September 20th, 1899 in Wuyi County.
Died June 29th, 1954 at 54 years old in Tokyo.
Chen Jitang
Chinese politician (1890-1954).
Born January 23rd, 1890 in Fangcheng District.
Died November 3rd, 1954 at 64 years old in Taipei.
Omer Nishani
Albanian politician (1887-1954).
Born February 5th, 1887 in Gjirokastër.
Died May 26th, 1954 at 67 years old in Tirana.
Lucien Tesnière
French linguist (1893-1954).
Born May 13th, 1893 in Mont-Saint-Aignan.
Died December 6th, 1954 at 61 years old in Montpellier. [ref]
Rod Keller
Canadian general (1900-1954).
Born October 2nd, 1900 in Tetbury.
Died June 21st, 1954 at 53 years old in Normandy.
Bud Fisher
American cartoonist (1885–1954).
Born April 3rd, 1885 in Chicago. [ref]
Died September 7th, 1954 at 69 years old in New York City.
Élisabeth de Gramont
20th-century french writer.
Born April 23rd, 1875 in Nancy.
Died December 6th, 1954 at 79 years old in Paris.
George McManus
American cartoonist (1884-1954).
Born January 23rd, 1884 in St. Louis.
Died October 22nd, 1954 at 70 years old in Santa Monica.
Theodor Loos
German actor.
Born May 18th, 1883 in Zwingenberg.
Died June 27th, 1954 at 71 years old in Stuttgart.
Jacques Mieses
German-british chess player and chess book author.
Born February 27th, 1865 in Leipzig.
Died February 23rd, 1954 at 88 years old in London.
Andriy Livytskyi
Ukrainian politician (1879-1954).
Born April 12th, 1879 in Lipliave. [ref]
Died January 17th, 1954 at 74 years old in Karlsruhe. [ref]
Dhani Ram Chatrik
Punjabi poet (1876-1954).
Born October 4th, 1876 in Sheikhupura.
Died December 18th, 1954 at 78 years old in Amritsar.
Frans G. Bengtsson
Swedish writer (1894-1954).
Born October 4th, 1894 in Tåssjö parish.
Died December 19th, 1954 at 60 years old in Ribbingsfors.
Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman
British politician (1874-1954).
Born November 16th, 1874 in London.
Died June 24th, 1954 at 79 years old in Hove.
Kaare Klint
Danish architect and furniture designer (1888-1954).
Born December 15th, 1888 in Frederiksberg. [ref]
Died March 28th, 1954 at 65 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
Franz Leopold Neumann
German political activist.
Born May 23rd, 1900 in Katowice. [ref]
Died September 2nd, 1954 at 54 years old in Visp (traffic collision). [ref]
Vilhelm Buhl
Danish politician (1881–1954).
Born October 16th, 1881 in Fredericia.
Died December 18th, 1954 at 73 years old in Copenhagen.
Joe May
Austrian film director (1880–1954).
Born November 7th, 1880 in Vienna.
Died April 29th, 1954 at 73 years old in Hollywood.
Hella Wuolijoki
Estonian-finnish writer (1886-1954).
Born July 22nd, 1886 in Helme. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 1954 at 67 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Deaths 126 to 150 of 375
Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. Leo Tolstoy