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In the year 1994
744 Notable deaths
Erwin Strittmatter
German writer (1912-1994).
Born August 14th, 1912 in Spremberg. [ref]
Died January 31st, 1994 at 81 years old in Schulzenhof. [ref]
Paul Xuereb
Acting president of malta (1923-1994).
Born July 21st, 1923 in Rabat.
Died September 6th, 1994 at 71 years old in Malta (disease).
Ira Murchison
American athletic competitor (1933–1994).
Born February 6th, 1933 in Chicago.
Died March 28th, 1994 at 61 years old in Harvey (cancer).
Yuli Raizman
Soviet film director, screenwriter (1903-1994).
Born December 15th, 1903 in Moscow.
Died December 11th, 1994 at 90 years old in Moscow.
Ruth Hiatt
American actress (1906-1994).
Born January 6th, 1906 in Cripple Creek.
Died April 21st, 1994 at 88 years old in La Crescenta-Montrose.
Grisha Filipov
Member of the bulgarian communist party (1919-1994).
Born July 13th, 1919 in Kadiivka.
Died November 2nd, 1994 at 75 years old in Sofia.
Ien Dales
Dutch politician (1931-1994).
Born October 18th, 1931 in Arnhem.
Died January 10th, 1994 at 62 years old in Utrecht.
Wadad Hamdi
Egyptian actress (1924–1994).
Born March 7th, 1924 in Kafr el-Sheikh.
Died March 26th, 1994 at 70 years old (stab wound).
Edward Arthur Thompson
Irish historian (1914–1994).
Born May 22nd, 1914 in Waterford.
Died January 1st, 1994 at 79 years old in Nottingham.
Helena Rasiowa
Polish mathematician (1917-1994).
Born June 20th, 1917 in Vienna.
Died August 9th, 1994 at 77 years old in Warsaw.
François Marty
French catholic cardinal (1904–1994).
Born May 18th, 1904 in Vaureilles. [ref]
Died February 16th, 1994 at 89 years old in Villefranche-de-Rouergue (railway accident).
Paolo Volponi
Italian writer (1924-1994).
Born February 6th, 1924 in Urbino.
Died August 23rd, 1994 at 70 years old in Ancona.
Asım Orhan Barut
Turkish-american theoretical physicist (1926–1994).
Born June 6th, 1926 in Malatya.
Died December 5th, 1994 at 68 years old in Boulder.
Grigol Abashidze
Georgian poet (1914-1994).
Born August 1st, 1914 in Zeda Rgani.
Died July 29th, 1994 at 79 years old in Tbilisi.
Doug Lishman
English footballer (1923-1994).
Born September 14th, 1923 in Birmingham. [ref]
Died December 21st, 1994 at 71 years old in Stoke-on-Trent.
János Szentágothai
Hungarian anatomist, university professor, mp, president of the hungarian academy of sciences (1912–1994).
Born October 31st, 1912 in Pestújhely.
Died September 8th, 1994 at 81 years old in Budapest.
Givi Chokheli
Soviet footballer (1937-1994).
Born June 27th, 1937 in Telavi.
Died February 25th, 1994 at 56 years old in Tbilisi.
Nicolaas Kuiper
Dutch mathematician (1920–1994).
Born June 28th, 1920 in Rotterdam.
Died December 12th, 1994 at 74 years old in Heteren.
Delio Rodríguez
Spanish racing cyclist (1916–1994).
Born April 19th, 1916 in Ponteareas.
Died January 14th, 1994 at 77 years old in Vigo.
Max Petitpierre
Member of the swiss federal council (1899-1994).
Born February 26th, 1899 in Neuchâtel.
Died March 25th, 1994 at 95 years old in Neuchâtel.
Jan Dobraczyński
Polish writer (1910-1994).
Born May 20th, 1910 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died March 5th, 1994 at 83 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Taisia Afonina
Painter (1913-1994).
Born May 13th, 1913 in Mykolaiv.
Died April 19th, 1994 at 80 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Xəlil Rza Ulutürk
Azerbaijani poet (1932-1994).
Born October 21st, 1932 in Pirəbbə.
Died June 22nd, 1994 at 61 years old in Baku.
Olivier Alain
French organist, pianist, musicologist and composer (1918-1994).
Born August 3rd, 1918 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. [ref]
Died February 28th, 1994 at 75 years old in Férolles-Attilly.
Augusts Voss
Latvian soviet politician (1916–1994).
Born October 30th, 1916 in Tyumen Oblast.
Died February 10th, 1994 at 77 years old in Moscow.
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