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In the year 1949
341 Notable deaths
John Neville Keynes
British economist.
Born August 31st, 1852 in Salisbury.
Died November 15th, 1949 at 97 years old in Cambridge.
Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild
French banker (1868-1949).
Born February 24th, 1868 in 1st arrondissement of Paris.
Died June 30th, 1949 at 81 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Ulrich Salchow
Swedish figure skater.
Born August 7th, 1877 in Copenhagen. [ref]
Died April 19th, 1949 at 71 years old in Hedvig Eleonora parish. [ref]
Albert Ammons
American jazz pianist, recording artist.
Born September 23rd, 1907 in Chicago. [ref]
Died December 5th, 1949 at 42 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Aino Aalto
Finnish architect, designer and business leader (1894–1949).
Born January 25th, 1894 in Helsinki. [ref]
Died January 13th, 1949 at 54 years old in Helsinki (cancer). [ref]
August Krogh
Danish physiologist.
Born November 15th, 1874 in Grenå. [ref]
Died September 13th, 1949 at 74 years old in Copenhagen.
Ivan Poddubny
Wrestler and athlete from russian empire and ussr.
Born October 8th, 1871 in Bohodukhivka.
Died August 8th, 1949 at 77 years old in Yeysk (myocardial infarction).
Béla Balázs
Hungarian writer.
Born August 4th, 1884 in Szeged. [ref]
Died May 17th, 1949 at 64 years old in Budapest (stroke). [ref]
Hiroaki Abe
Imperial japanese navy admiral.
Born May 2nd, 1889 in Yonezawa.
Died February 6th, 1949 at 59 years old in Japan.
Gottfried Graf von Bismarck-Schönhausen
German general (1901-1949).
Born March 29th, 1901 in Berlin.
Died September 14th, 1949 at 48 years old in Verden (Aller) (traffic collision).
Deaths 91 to 100 of 341
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