In the year 1954
407 Notable deaths
Dhani Ram Chatrik
Punjabi poet (1876-1954).
Born October 4th, 1876 in Sheikhupura.
Died December 18th, 1954 at 78 years old in Amritsar.
Elizabeth Shippen Green
American artist (1871–1954).
Born September 1st, 1871 in Philadelphia.
Died May 29th, 1954 at 82 years old in Philadelphia.
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]
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.
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]
Rudolf Beran
Czechoslovak politician (1887-1954).
Born December 28th, 1887 in Pracejovice. [ref]
Died July 28th, 1954 at 66 years old in Leopoldov. [ref]
Louis Silvers
American film composer (1889–1954).
Born September 6th, 1889 in New York City.
Died March 26th, 1954 at 64 years old in Hollywood.
Jonas Žemaitis
President of lithuania (1909-1954).
Born March 15th, 1909 in Palanga.
Died November 26th, 1954 at 45 years old in Butyrka prison.
Clyde R. Hoey
American politician (1877-1954).
Born December 11th, 1877 in Shelby.
Died May 12th, 1954 at 76 years old in Washington, D.C..
Ludwik Hirszfeld
Polish physician, immunologist and microbiologist (1884–1954).
Born August 5th, 1884 in Warsaw.
Died March 7th, 1954 at 69 years old in Wrocław.
Zofia Nałkowska
Polish prose writer, journalist & dramatist (1884-1954).
Born November 10th, 1884 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died December 17th, 1954 at 70 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Leonard Eugene Dickson
American mathematician (1874–1954).
Born January 22nd, 1874 in Independence.
Died January 17th, 1954 at 79 years old in Harlingen.
Abdurrahman Fatalibeyli
Azerbaijani collaborator with nazi germany (1908–1954).
Born June 12th, 1908 in Düdəngə.
Died November 20th, 1954 at 46 years old in Munich (strangling).
Eugen Schiffer
German politician (1860-1954).
Born February 14th, 1860 in Wrocław.
Died September 5th, 1954 at 94 years old in West Berlin.
Karl von Le Suire
German general.
Born November 8th, 1898 in Unterwössen.
Died June 18th, 1954 at 55 years old in Volgograd.
Ellen Roosevelt
Us tennis player (1868-1954).
Born August 20th, 1868 in Hyde Park.
Died September 26th, 1954 at 86 years old in Hyde Park.
Ahmad Amin
Egyptian historian and writer (1886–1954).
Born October 1st, 1886 in Cairo.
Died May 29th, 1954 at 67 years old in Cairo.
Henri Laurens
French sculptor (1885–1954).
Born February 18th, 1885 in Paris.
Died May 5th, 1954 at 69 years old in Paris.
Siegfried Handloser
German physician, chief of the german armed forces medical services, and convicted war criminal (1885-1954).
Born March 25th, 1885 in Constance. [ref]
Died July 3rd, 1954 at 69 years old in Munich (cancer).
Henri Frankfort
Dutch near eastern archaeologist and egyptologist (1897-1954).
Born February 24th, 1897 in Amsterdam.
Died July 16th, 1954 at 57 years old in London.
Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp
Swedish 20th century prime minister (1883-1954).
Born August 19th, 1883.
Died February 19th, 1954 at 70 years old in Trelleborg Parish.
Bert Lytell
American actor (1885-1954).
Born February 24th, 1885 in New York City.
Died September 28th, 1954 at 69 years old in New York City.
Mabel Paige
American actress (1880-1954).
Born December 19th, 1880 in New York City.
Died February 9th, 1954 at 73 years old in Van Nuys (myocardial infarction).
Laurence Trimble
American silent film actor, writer and director (1885-1954).
Born February 15th, 1885 in Robbinston.
Died February 8th, 1954 at 68 years old in Woodland Hills.
Ahmed Nihad Efendi
Ottoman noble (1883–1954).
Born July 5th, 1883 in Istanbul, Çırağan Palace.
Died June 4th, 1954 at 70 years old in Beirut.
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When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche