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In the year 1949
357 Notable deaths
Eusebio Castigliano
Italian footballer (1921-1949).
Born February 9th, 1921 in Vercelli.
Died May 4th, 1949 at 28 years old in Superga.
Ellery Harding Clark
American track and field athlete.
Born March 13th, 1874 in West Roxbury.
Died February 17th, 1949 at 74 years old in Boston.
Vasily Lebedev-Kumach
Russian poet and lyricist (1898-1949).
Born August 8th, 1898 in Moscow.
Died February 20th, 1949 at 50 years old in Moscow.
Tai Chi-tao
Chinese politician (1891-1949).
Born January 6th, 1891 in Guanghan.
Died February 21st, 1949 at 58 years old in Guangzhou (drug overdose).
Midhat Frashëri
Albanian diplomat and poet (1880-1949).
Born March 25th, 1880 in Ioannina.
Died October 3rd, 1949 at 69 years old in Long Island (myocardial infarction).
Anastasios Charalambis
Greek politician and general (1862-1949).
Born September 22nd, 1862 in Kalavryta.
Died March 11th, 1949 at 86 years old in Athens.
Félix d'Herelle
French-canadian microbiologist, the co-discoverer of bacteriophages.
Born April 25th, 1873 in Paris. [ref]
Died February 22nd, 1949 at 75 years old in Paris (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Jakub Karol Parnas
20th century polish biochemist and politician.
Born January 16th, 1884 in Mokriany.
Died January 29th, 1949 at 65 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Ignotus
Hungarian writer.
Born November 2nd, 1869 in Pest.
Died August 3rd, 1949 at 79 years old in Budapest.
John Hendley Barnhart
American botanist (1871–1949).
Born October 4th, 1871 in Brooklyn.
Died November 11th, 1949 at 78 years old in Southampton.
Deaths 231 to 240 of 357
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