In the year 1948

396 Notable deaths

Marie Baron

Dutch swimmer (1908–1948).

Born February 5th, 1908 in Rotterdam.

Died July 23rd, 1948 at 40 years old in Rotterdam.

Stanley Garton

British rower (1889-1948).

Born March 31st, 1889 in Worcester Park.

Died October 20th, 1948 at 59 years old in Woking.

Dragutin Vrđuka

Yugoslavian footballer (1895-1948).

Born April 3rd, 1895 in Zagreb.

Died January 23rd, 1948 at 52 years old in Zagreb (tuberculosis).

Ilya Trauberg

Soviet film director (1905–1948).

Born December 3rd, 1905 in Odesa.

Died December 18th, 1948 at 43 years old in Berlin.

Voldemārs Zāmuēls

Latvian politician (1872-1948).

Born May 22nd, 1872 in Dzērbene.

Died January 16th, 1948 at 75 years old in Ravensburg.

Dušan Zinaja

Yugoslavian footballer (1893-1948).

Born October 23rd, 1893 in Budapest.

Died September 26th, 1948 at 54 years old in Zagreb (traffic collision).

Albert Séguin

Gymnast (1891–1948).

Born March 8th, 1891 in Vienne. [ref]

Died May 29th, 1948 at 57 years old in Villefranche-sur-Saône. [ref]

Thekla Resvoll

Norwegian botanist (1871-1948).

Born May 22nd, 1871 in Vågå.

Died June 14th, 1948 at 77 years old in Oslo.

Algernon Maudslay

Olympic sailor (1873–1948).

Born January 10th, 1873 in Tetbury.

Died March 2nd, 1948 at 75 years old in Winchester.

John Montgomery

American equestrian (1881–1948).

Born November 22nd, 1881 in Elizabethtown.

Died June 7th, 1948 at 66 years old in Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

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