In the year 1994
744 Notable deaths
Nicolás Gómez Dávila
Colombian writer and philosopher (1913–1994).
Born May 18th, 1913 in Bogotá.
Died May 17th, 1994 at 80 years old in Bogotá (cardiovascular disease).
Mbaye Diagne
Senegalese army officer (1958-1994).
Born March 18th, 1958 in Senegal.
Died May 31st, 1994 at 36 years old in Kigali.
Dixy Lee Ray
American marine biologist, politician and seventeenth governor of washington (1914-1994).
Born September 3rd, 1914 in Tacoma.
Died January 2nd, 1994 at 79 years old in Fox Island (infection).
Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen
Mathematician, statistician and economist (1906-1994).
Born February 4th, 1906 in Constanța.
Died October 30th, 1994 at 88 years old in Nashville (diabetes).
Robert Emhardt
American actor (1914-1994).
Born July 24th, 1914 in Indianapolis.
Died December 26th, 1994 at 80 years old in Ojai.
Jan Tinbergen
Dutch economist (1903–1994).
Born April 12th, 1903 in The Hague.
Died June 9th, 1994 at 91 years old in The Hague.
Jean Borotra
French tennis player.
Born August 13th, 1898 in Biarritz.
Died July 17th, 1994 at 95 years old in Arbonne.
Golo Mann
German-swiss historian (1909-1994).
Born March 27th, 1909 in Munich.
Died April 7th, 1994 at 85 years old in Leverkusen. [ref]
Robert Hutton
American actor (1920-1994).
Born June 11th, 1920 in Kingston.
Died August 7th, 1994 at 74 years old in Kingston (pneumonia).
Stella Kübler
Jewish nazi collaborator.
Born July 10th, 1922 in Berlin.
Died October 26th, 1994 at 72 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau (venom).
Whina Cooper
Māori leader (1895–1994).
Born December 9th, 1895 in Hokianga Harbour. [ref]
Died March 26th, 1994 at 98 years old in Panguru (disease). [ref]
Betty Furness
American actress, consumer advocate and current affairs commentator (1916-1994).
Born January 3rd, 1916 in New York City.
Died April 2nd, 1994 at 78 years old in New York City.
Janis Carter
American actress, singer & television personality (1913-1994).
Born October 10th, 1913 in Cleveland.
Died July 30th, 1994 at 80 years old in Durham (myocardial infarction).
Cleanth Brooks
American literary critic and academic (1906–1994).
Born October 16th, 1906 in Murray.
Died May 10th, 1994 at 87 years old in New Haven.
Ulrike Maier
Austrian alpine skier (1967-1994).
Born October 22nd, 1967 in Rauris.
Died January 29th, 1994 at 26 years old in Murnau am Staffelsee.
Geoffrey Elton
British historian (1921–1994).
Born August 17th, 1921 in Tübingen.
Died December 4th, 1994 at 73 years old in England (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Manos Hatzidakis
Greek composer, pianist and conductor (1925-1994).
Born October 23rd, 1925 in Xanthi.
Died June 15th, 1994 at 68 years old in Athens (pulmonary edema).
Ivan Sidorenko
Soviet sniper.
Born September 12th, 1919.
Died February 19th, 1994 at 74 years old in Kizlyar.
Virginia Dale
American actress (1917-1994).
Born July 1st, 1917 in North Carolina.
Died October 3rd, 1994 at 77 years old in Burbank.
Heinz Rühmann
German actor (1902–1994).
Born March 7th, 1902 in Essen.
Died October 4th, 1994 at 92 years old in Aufkirchen.
Gwen Watford
British actress (1927–1994).
Born September 10th, 1927 in London.
Died February 6th, 1994 at 66 years old in London (cancer).
William Higinbotham
American physicist (1910–1994).
Born October 22nd, 1910 in Bridgeport.
Died November 10th, 1994 at 84 years old in Gainesville.
Harold Acton
British writer and scholar (1904–1994).
Born July 5th, 1904 in Florence.
Died February 27th, 1994 at 89 years old in Florence.
Hugh Scott
American politician (1900–1994).
Born November 11th, 1900 in Fredericksburg.
Died July 21st, 1994 at 93 years old in Falls Church (cardiac arrest).
Stanisław Maczek
Polish military officer of world war i and world war ii (1892–1994).
Born March 31st, 1892 in Shchyrets.
Died December 11th, 1994 at 102 years old in Edinburgh.
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Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht