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In the year 1949
391 Notable deaths
André-Louis Debierne
French chemist (1874-1949).
Born July 14th, 1874 in 20th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died August 31st, 1949 at 75 years old in Paris. [ref]
Battling Levinsky
American boxer.
Born June 10th, 1891 in Philadelphia.
Died February 12th, 1949 at 57 years old in Philadelphia.
Midhat Frashëri
Albanian diplomat and poet (1880-1949).
Born March 25th, 1880 in Ioannina.
Died October 3rd, 1949 at 69 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Uemura Shōen
Japanese artist (1875-1949).
Born April 23rd, 1875 in Kyoto, Shimogyō-ku.
Died August 27th, 1949 at 74 years old in Nara, Heijō.
Grigoraș Dinicu
Romanian roma composer and violinist (1889-1949).
Born April 3rd, 1889 in Bucharest.
Died March 28th, 1949 at 59 years old in Bucharest (laryngeal cancer).
Wilhelm Adam
German general (1877–1949).
Born September 15th, 1877 in Ansbach.
Died April 8th, 1949 at 71 years old in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Hervey Allen
American novelist, biographer (1889–1949).
Born December 8th, 1889 in Pittsburgh.
Died December 28th, 1949 at 60 years old in Hervey Allen Study (myocardial infarction).
Josep Maria Jujol
Spanish architect (1879–1949).
Born September 16th, 1879 in Tarragona.
Died May 1st, 1949 at 69 years old in Barcelona.
Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena Montoya
Colombian catholic sister.
Born May 26th, 1875 in Jericó.
Died October 21st, 1949 at 74 years old in Medellín.
Nikolai Semashko
Soviet physician and academic (1874-1949).
Born September 20th, 1874.
Died May 18th, 1949 at 74 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 161 to 170 of 391
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