In the year 1949
357 Notable deaths
Battling Levinsky
American boxer.
Born June 10th, 1891 in Philadelphia.
Died February 12th, 1949 at 57 years old in Philadelphia.
Erich von Drygalski
German geographer.
Born February 9th, 1865 in Königsberg. [ref]
Died January 10th, 1949 at 83 years old in Munich. [ref]
Nikolay Gamaleya
Russian and soviet physician and scientist who played a pioneering role in microbiology and vaccine research.
Born February 17th, 1859 in Odesa.
Died March 29th, 1949 at 90 years old in Moscow.
Ubaldo Soddu
Italian general (1883-1949).
Born July 23rd, 1883 in Salerno.
Died July 20th, 1949 at 65 years old in Rome.
Maria Cebotari
Singer and actress.
Born February 10th, 1910 in Chișinău. [ref]
Died June 9th, 1949 at 39 years old in Vienna (pancreatic cancer, liver cancer). [ref]
Wilhelm Adam
German general (1877–1949).
Born September 15th, 1877 in Ansbach.
Died April 8th, 1949 at 71 years old in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Johannes Bell
German lawyer and politician (1868–1949).
Born September 23rd, 1868 in Essen.
Died October 21st, 1949 at 81 years old in Würgassen.
Nikolai Semashko
Soviet physician and academic (1874-1949).
Born September 20th, 1874.
Died May 18th, 1949 at 74 years old in Moscow.
Sidney Olcott
Canadian filmmaker (1873–1949).
Born September 20th, 1872 in Toronto. [ref]
Died December 16th, 1949 at 77 years old in Hollywood.
Erik Adolf von Willebrand
Finnish doctor.
Born February 1st, 1870 in Vaasa. [ref]
Died September 12th, 1949 at 79 years old in Pernå.
Deaths 161 to 170 of 357
The hardest thing you overcome are the ones that give the most meaning. Maxime Lagacé