In the year 1949
391 Notable deaths
Kalle Anttila
Olympic wrestler.
Born August 30th, 1887 in Muhos.
Died January 1st, 1949 at 61 years old in Helsinki.
Cecil Boden Kloss
English zoologist (1877–1949).
Born March 28th, 1877 in Warwickshire.
Died August 19th, 1949 at 72 years old in England.
Genrikh Graftio
Russian engineer (1869–1949).
Born December 26th, 1869 in Daugavpils.
Died April 30th, 1949 at 79 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Walter Meyer
German rower (1904–1949).
Born September 14th, 1904 in Tangermünde.
Died December 5th, 1949 at 45 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp (tuberculosis).
Clarence Kingsbury
English racing cyclist (1882-1949).
Born November 3rd, 1882 in Portsmouth.
Died March 4th, 1949 at 66 years old in Portsmouth.
Gulielma Lister
English mycologist, botanist and scientific illustrator (1860-1949).
Born October 28th, 1860 in Leytonstone.
Died May 18th, 1949 at 88 years old in Leytonstone.
Ratko Kacian
Croatian footballer (1917-1949).
Born January 18th, 1917 in Zadar.
Died June 18th, 1949 at 32 years old in Zagreb (myocardial infarction).
Marie Louise Berneri
Anarchist writer (1918–1949).
Born March 1st, 1918 in Arezzo.
Died April 13th, 1949 at 31 years old in Hampstead (viral infectious disease).
Kosta Manojlović
Serbian composer.
Born November 22nd, 1890 in Kraljevo.
Died October 2nd, 1949 at 58 years old in Belgrade.
Raoul de Boigne
Sport shooter (1862-1949).
Born December 25th, 1862 in Geneva.
Died May 19th, 1949 at 86 years old in Ouveillan.
Deaths 321 to 330 of 391
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