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In the year 1954
375 Notable deaths
Werner Bischof
Swiss photographer and photojournalist.
Born April 26th, 1916 in Zürich. [ref]
Died May 16th, 1954 at 38 years old in Trujillo (traffic collision). [ref]
Roscoe C. Patterson
American politician (1876–1954).
Born September 15th, 1876 in Springfield.
Died October 22nd, 1954 at 78 years old in Springfield.
Emily Fitzroy
British actress (1860-1954).
Born May 24th, 1860 in London.
Died March 3rd, 1954 at 93 years old in Gardena (stroke).
Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence
British women's rights activist, editor (1867-1954).
Born October 21st, 1867 in Clifton. [ref]
Died March 11th, 1954 at 86 years old in Gomshall. [ref]
Joseph Hergesheimer
Novelist, short story writer (1880-1954).
Born February 15th, 1880 in Philadelphia.
Died April 25th, 1954 at 74 years old in Sea Isle City.
Eduard Wiiralt
Estonian artist (1898-1954).
Born March 20th, 1898 in Kalitino.
Died January 8th, 1954 at 55 years old in Paris (cancer).
Hermila Galindo
Mexican writer (1896-1954).
Born June 2nd, 1896 in Villa Juárez.
Died August 18th, 1954 at 58 years old in Mexico City.
Siegfried Breuer
Austrian actor (1906-1954).
Born June 24th, 1906 in Vienna.
Died February 1st, 1954 at 47 years old in Weende.
Edward Felix Norton
British army officer and mountaineer (1884–1954).
Born February 21st, 1884 in San Isidro.
Died November 3rd, 1954 at 70 years old in Winchester.
William K. Howard
American film director.
Born June 16th, 1899 in St. Marys. [ref]
Died February 21st, 1954 at 54 years old in Los Angeles.
Vladimir Wiese
Russian scientist.
Born March 5th, 1886 in Pushkin.
Died February 19th, 1954 at 67 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Otto Gebühr
Actor.
Born May 29th, 1877 in Kettwig.
Died March 14th, 1954 at 76 years old in Wiesbaden (myocardial infarction).
Tadeusz Banachiewicz
Polish astronomer, mathematician and geodesist (1882–1954).
Born February 13th, 1882 in Warsaw.
Died November 17th, 1954 at 72 years old in Kraków.
Antoni Bolesław Dobrowolski
Polish scientist and explorer who participated in the belgian antarctic expedition (1872-1954).
Born June 6th, 1872 in Dworszowice Kościelne.
Died April 27th, 1954 at 81 years old in Warsaw.
Giuseppe Antonio Borgese
Italian writer (1882–1952).
Born November 12th, 1882 in Polizzi Generosa.
Died December 4th, 1954 at 72 years old in Fiesole.
Leon Schiller
Polish director (1887-1954).
Born April 14th, 1887 in Kraków. [ref]
Died March 25th, 1954 at 66 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
René Iché
French artist (1897-1954).
Born January 21st, 1897 in Sallèles-d'Aude.
Died December 23rd, 1954 at 57 years old in Paris.
Luis Agote
Physician and researcher (1868–1954).
Born September 22nd, 1868 in Buenos Aires.
Died November 12th, 1954 at 86 years old in Buenos Aires.
Ivan Maslennikov
Soviet general.
Born September 16th, 1900.
Died April 16th, 1954 at 53 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Vitaliano Brancati
Italian writer.
Born July 24th, 1907 in Pachino. [ref]
Died September 25th, 1954 at 47 years old in Turin (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Selig Brodetsky
Russian-born english mathematician.
Born February 10th, 1888 in Olviopol.
Died May 18th, 1954 at 66 years old in London.
Ellen Thesleff
Finnish painter (1869-1954).
Born October 5th, 1869 in Helsinki.
Died January 12th, 1954 at 84 years old in Helsinki.
Mikhail Prishvin
Russian writer (1873–1954).
Born February 4th, 1873.
Died January 16th, 1954 at 80 years old in Moscow (stomach cancer).
Esther Kreitman
(1891-1954) jewish writer.
Born March 31st, 1891 in Biłgoraj.
Died June 13th, 1954 at 63 years old in London.
Dmitry Medvedev
Soviet partisan and hero.
Born August 22nd, 1898 in Bezhitsa.
Died December 14th, 1954 at 56 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 176 to 200 of 375
Even trees do not die without a groan. Henry David Thoreau