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In the year 1948
376 Notable deaths
Eustace Miles
English real tennis player (1868–1948).
Born September 22nd, 1868 in Hampstead.
Died December 20th, 1948 at 80 years old in London.
Józef Świeżyński
Polish politician (1868-1948).
Born April 19th, 1868 in Wlonice, Gmina Ożarów, Wlonice, Gmina Wojciechowice.
Died February 12th, 1948 at 79 years old in Sandomierz.
Adachi Kenzō
Japanese politician.
Born December 20th, 1864 in Kumamoto.
Died August 2nd, 1948 at 83 years old in Kumamoto.
Milan Begović
Croatian writer.
Born January 19th, 1876 in Vrlika. [ref]
Died May 13th, 1948 at 72 years old in Zagreb. [ref]
Frank Hall Crane
American actor and film director.
Born January 1st, 1873 in San Francisco. [ref]
Died September 1st, 1948 at 75 years old in Woodland Hills. [ref]
Hugo Erfurth
German photographer (1874–1948).
Born October 14th, 1874 in Halle (Saale).
Died February 14th, 1948 at 73 years old in Gaienhofen.
Frederick Orpen Bower
British botanist (1855–1948).
Born November 4th, 1855 in Ripon.
Died April 11th, 1948 at 92 years old in Ripon.
Ekrem Libohova
Albanian politician (1882-1948).
Born February 24th, 1882 in Gjirokastër.
Died June 7th, 1948 at 66 years old in Rome.
Poul Heegaard
Danish mathematician (1871-1948).
Born November 2nd, 1871 in Copenhagen.
Died February 7th, 1948 at 76 years old in Oslo.
Sten Konow
Norwegian indologist and philologist (1867–1948).
Born April 17th, 1867 in Sør-Aurdal. [ref]
Died June 29th, 1948 at 81 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Deaths 291 to 300 of 376
Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz