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In the year 1948
396 Notable deaths
Juan Esteban Montero
Chilean political figure (1879–1948).
Born February 12th, 1879 in Santiago.
Died February 25th, 1948 at 69 years old in Santiago.
Jāzeps Vītols
Latvian composer (1863-1948).
Born July 26th, 1863 in Valmiera. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1948 at 84 years old in Lübeck. [ref]
Frederic Lamond
Scottish pianist and composer (1868–1948).
Born January 28th, 1868 in Glasgow.
Died February 21st, 1948 at 80 years old in Stirling.
Lajos Bíró
Hungarian novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1880-1948).
Born August 22nd, 1880 in Oradea. [ref]
Died September 9th, 1948 at 68 years old in London (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Joost Schmidt
German typographer (1893-1948).
Born January 5th, 1893 in Wunstorf.
Died December 2nd, 1948 at 55 years old in Nuremberg.
Yevgeniy Abalakov
Soviet mountain climber (1907–1948).
Born February 17th, 1907 in Krasnoyarsk.
Died March 24th, 1948 at 41 years old in Moscow.
Dildar
Iraqi kurdish poet and political activist (1918–1948).
Born February 20th, 1918 in Koy Sanjaq.
Died October 20th, 1948 at 30 years old in Erbil.
Ekrem Libohova
Albanian politician (1882-1948).
Born February 24th, 1882 in Gjirokastër.
Died June 7th, 1948 at 66 years old in Rome.
Kristine Bonnevie
Norwegian biologist and norway's first female professor (1872–1948).
Born October 8th, 1872 in Trondheim.
Died August 30th, 1948 at 75 years old in Oslo.
Ragnar Sohlman
Swedish chemical engineer, manager, civil servant (1870–1948).
Born February 26th, 1870 in Kungsholm parish. [ref]
Died July 9th, 1948 at 78 years old in Kungsholm parish. [ref]
Deaths 251 to 260 of 396
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