In the year 1949
391 Notable deaths
Vida Goldstein
Australian feminist politician.
Born April 13th, 1869 in Portland.
Died August 15th, 1949 at 80 years old in South Yarra (cancer).
Naguib el-Rihani
Egyptian actor.
Born January 21st, 1889 in Bab Elsheeriyya.
Died June 8th, 1949 at 60 years old in Alexandria (typhoid fever).
John Neville Keynes
British economist.
Born August 31st, 1852 in Salisbury.
Died November 15th, 1949 at 97 years old in Cambridge.
Félix Carvajal
Cuban marathon runner (1875–1949).
Born March 18th, 1875 in Havana. [ref]
Died January 27th, 1949 at 73 years old in Havana (stroke). [ref]
Joaquín Turina
Spanish composer.
Born December 9th, 1882 in Seville.
Died January 14th, 1949 at 66 years old in Madrid.
August Krogh
Danish physiologist (1874–1949).
Born November 15th, 1874 in Grenaa.
Died September 13th, 1949 at 74 years old in Copenhagen.
Hiroaki Abe
Imperial japanese navy admiral.
Born March 15th, 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 (traffic collision).
Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe
Prince of lippe.
Born May 30th, 1871 in Oberkassel.
Died December 30th, 1949 at 78 years old in Detmold.
Béla Balázs
Hungarian writer.
Born August 4th, 1884 in Szeged. [ref]
Died May 17th, 1949 at 64 years old in Budapest (stroke). [ref]
Deaths 91 to 100 of 391
They say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time. Banksy