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In the year 1954
407 Notable deaths
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).
Jiang Kanghu
Chinese politician (1883-1954).
Born July 18th, 1883 in Shangrao.
Died December 7th, 1954 at 71 years old in Shanghai (tuberculosis).
Vitaliano Brancati
Italian writer (1907–1954).
Born July 24th, 1907 in Pachino.
Died September 25th, 1954 at 47 years old in Turin (myocardial infarction).
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 (1898–1954).
Born August 22nd, 1898 in Bezhitsa.
Died December 14th, 1954 at 56 years old in Moscow.
William J. Fields
American politician (1874-1954).
Born December 29th, 1874 in Willard.
Died October 21st, 1954 at 79 years old in Grayson.
Dimitrie Pompeiu
Romanian mathematician (1873-1954).
Born October 16th, 1873 in Broscăuți.
Died October 8th, 1954 at 80 years old in Bucharest.
Kōtarō Honda
Japanese physicist and metallurgist (1870-1954).
Born February 23rd, 1870 in Okazaki.
Died February 12th, 1954 at 83 years old in Tokyo.
Dwight Griswold
American politician (1893-1954).
Born November 27th, 1893 in Harrison.
Died April 12th, 1954 at 60 years old in Bethesda.
Émile Mâle
French art historian (1862-1954).
Born June 2nd, 1862 in Commentry.
Died October 6th, 1954 at 92 years old in Fontaine-Chaalis.
Joseph Opatoshu
Polish-born yiddish writer (1886 – 1954).
Born January 1st, 1887 in Mława.
Died October 7th, 1954 at 67 years old in New York City.
Max Oppenheimer
Austrian jewish painter (1885–1954).
Born July 1st, 1885 in Vienna.
Died October 19th, 1954 at 69 years old in New York City.
Jacques E. Brandenberger
Swiss chemist, inventor of cellophane (1872–1954).
Born October 19th, 1872 in Zurich.
Died July 13th, 1954 at 81 years old in Zurich.
Norbert Jacques
Luxembourgish novelist, journalist, and screenwriter (1880-1954).
Born June 6th, 1880 in Luxembourg.
Died May 15th, 1954 at 73 years old in Koblenz.
Giovanni Calabria
Italian saint (1873–1954).
Born October 8th, 1873 in Verona.
Died December 4th, 1954 at 81 years old in Verona.
Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
Russian chess master (1884–1954).
Born August 16th, 1884 in Pavlovsk.
Died December 31st, 1954 at 70 years old in Briis-sous-Forges.
Oscar Mathisen
Norwegian speed skater (1888-1954).
Born October 4th, 1888 in Christiania.
Died April 10th, 1954 at 65 years old in Oslo (gunshot wound).
Alpheus Hyatt Verrill
American writer (1871-1954).
Born July 23rd, 1871 in New Haven.
Died November 14th, 1954 at 83 years old in Chiefland.
Édouard Le Roy
French mathematician and philosopher (1870-1954).
Born June 18th, 1870 in 8th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died November 9th, 1954 at 84 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris.
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Death commences too early – almost before you’re half-acquainted with life – you meet the other. Tennessee Williams