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In the year 1949
391 Notable deaths
Philip Barry
American playwright (1896-1949).
Born June 18th, 1896 in Rochester. [ref]
Died December 3rd, 1949 at 53 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Kijirō Nambu
Military officer and firearms designer (1869-1949) of japan.
Born September 22nd, 1869 in Saga Prefecture.
Died May 1st, 1949 at 79 years old in Tokyo.
Linda Arvidson
American actress (1884-1949).
Born July 12th, 1884 in San Francisco.
Died July 26th, 1949 at 65 years old in New York City. [ref]
Alfred J. Lotka
American mathematician (1880–1949).
Died December 5th, 1949 at 69 years old in New York City, Red Bank.
James Rowland Angell
American psychologist and educator.
Born May 8th, 1869 in Burlington.
Died March 4th, 1949 at 79 years old in Hamden.
Howard Hickman
American actor and screenwriter (1880–1949).
Born February 9th, 1880 in Columbia.
Died December 31st, 1949 at 69 years old in San Anselmo (myocardial infarction).
Makino Nobuaki
Japanese politician (1861-1949).
Born November 24th, 1861 in Kagoshima.
Died January 25th, 1949 at 87 years old in Toyofuta.
Yang Hucheng
Chinese warlord (1893-1949).
Born November 26th, 1893 in Pucheng County.
Died September 6th, 1949 at 55 years old in Chongqing.
Friedrich Bergius
German chemist (1884–1949).
Born October 11th, 1884 in Złotniki.
Died March 30th, 1949 at 64 years old in Buenos Aires.
Nikos Skalkottas
Greek composer and violinist (1904–1949).
Born March 21st, 1904. [ref]
Died September 20th, 1949 at 45 years old in Athens (strangulated hernia). [ref]
Deaths 131 to 140 of 391
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