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In the year 1949
341 Notable deaths
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]
Josep Maria Jujol
Spanish architect.
Born September 16th, 1879 in Tarragona. [ref]
Died May 1st, 1949 at 69 years old in Barcelona.
Toshio Shiratori
Japanese politician (1887-1949).
Born June 8th, 1887 in Mobara.
Died June 3rd, 1949 at 61 years old in Tokyo (laryngeal cancer).
Nora Gregor
Austrian actress.
Born February 3rd, 1901 in Gorizia. [ref]
Died January 20th, 1949 at 47 years old in Viña del Mar (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deaths 141 to 150 of 341
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