In the year 1949
391 Notable deaths
Charles Francis Haanel
American businessman, author (1866-1949).
Born May 22nd, 1866 in Ann Arbor.
Died November 27th, 1949 at 83 years old in St. Louis.
Kim Koo
Korean pro-independence politician (1876-1949).
Born August 29th, 1876 in Haeju.
Died June 26th, 1949 at 72 years old in Seoul.
August Bier
Surgeon (1861-1949).
Born November 24th, 1861 in Bad Arolsen, Helsen. [ref]
Died March 12th, 1949 at 87 years old in Sauen. [ref]
Herbert Stothart
American composer (1885-1949).
Born September 11th, 1885 in Milwaukee.
Died February 1st, 1949 at 63 years old in Los Angeles.
Helen Churchill Candee
American writer (1858–1949).
Born October 5th, 1859 in New York City.
Died August 23rd, 1949 at 89 years old in York Harbor.
Ginette Neveu
French musician (1919-1949).
Born August 11th, 1919 in Paris. [ref]
Died October 28th, 1949 at 30 years old in Azores (aviation accident). [ref]
William Nicholson
British painter, engraver and illustrator (1872-1949).
Born February 5th, 1872 in Newark-on-Trent. [ref]
Died May 6th, 1949 at 77 years old in Blewbury. [ref]
Hans Pfitzner
German composer.
Born May 5th, 1869 in Moscow. [ref]
Died May 22nd, 1949 at 80 years old in Salzburg. [ref]
Kanji Ishiwara
General in the imperial japanese army (1889-1949).
Born January 18th, 1889 in Tsuruoka.
Died August 15th, 1949 at 60 years old in Takase (pneumonia, pulmonary edema, bladder cancer).
Aleksandra Ekster
Ukrainian and french painter and designer (1882–1949).
Born January 18th, 1882 in Białystok.
Died March 17th, 1949 at 67 years old in Fontenay-aux-Roses.
Deaths 71 to 80 of 391
Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. Leo Tolstoy