In the year 1949
357 Notable deaths
Yang Hucheng
Chinese warlord (1893-1949).
Born November 26th, 1893 in Pucheng County, Shaanxi.
Died September 6th, 1949 at 55 years old in Chongqing.
Will Cuppy
American writer (1884-1949).
Born August 23rd, 1884 in Auburn. [ref]
Died September 19th, 1949 at 65 years old in New York City (drug overdose).
Nikola Zhekov
Bulgarian general (1865-1949).
Born January 6th, 1865 in Sliven.
Died November 1st, 1949 at 84 years old in Füssen.
Vítězslav Novák
Czech composer and pedagogue (1870-1949).
Born December 5th, 1870 in Kamenice nad Lipou. [ref]
Died July 18th, 1949 at 78 years old in Prague, Skuteč. [ref]
Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov
Russian symbolist poet, playwright, theatre theorist, translator.
Born February 28th, 1866 in Moscow. [ref]
Died July 16th, 1949 at 83 years old in Rome. [ref]
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]
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).
Hervey Allen
American novelist, biographer.
Born December 8th, 1889 in Pittsburgh.
Died December 28th, 1949 at 60 years old in Hervey Allen Study (myocardial infarction).
Ray Lyman Wilbur
President of stanford university.
Born April 13th, 1875 in Boone.
Died June 26th, 1949 at 74 years old in Stanford.
Ludwig Hohlwein
German graphic designer (1874-1949).
Born July 26th, 1874 in Wiesbaden. [ref]
Died September 15th, 1949 at 75 years old in Berchtesgaden. [ref]
Deaths 141 to 150 of 357
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