In the year 1949
357 Notable deaths
Ernest Fourneau
French scientist (1872-1949).
Born October 4th, 1872 in Biarritz.
Died August 5th, 1949 at 76 years old in Ascain.
Stoyan Danev
Bulgarian politician (1858-1949).
Born January 28th, 1858 in Shumen.
Died July 30th, 1949 at 91 years old in Sofia.
Yaroslav Halan
Ukrainian soviet journalist and playwright (1902–1949).
Born July 27th, 1902 in Dynów.
Died October 24th, 1949 at 47 years old in Lviv.
Antoni Ponikowski
Polish politician (1878-1949).
Born May 29th, 1878 in Siedlce.
Died December 27th, 1949 at 71 years old in Warsaw.
Carl Vaugoin
Chancellor of austria (1873-1949).
Born July 8th, 1873 in Vienna.
Died June 10th, 1949 at 75 years old in Krems an der Donau.
Dino Ballarin
Italian footballer (1923-1949).
Born September 23rd, 1923 in Chioggia.
Died May 4th, 1949 at 25 years old in Superga (aircraft crash).
Homer Burton Adkins
American chemist (1892-1949).
Born January 16th, 1892 in Newport.
Died August 10th, 1949 at 57 years old in Madison.
Gheorghe Mironescu
Romanian politician (1874-1949).
Born January 29th, 1874 in Vaslui.
Died October 9th, 1949 at 75 years old in Bucharest.
Henry Warner Slocum, Jr.
American tennis player (1862-1949).
Born May 28th, 1862 in Syracuse.
Died January 22nd, 1949 at 86 years old in St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center.
Marie Louise Berneri
Anarchist writer (1918–1949).
Born March 1st, 1918 in Arezzo.
Died April 13th, 1949 at 31 years old in Hampstead (puerperal disorders).
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Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. William Saroyan