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In the year 1952
322 Notable deaths
Guido Castelnuovo
Italian mathematician (1865–1952).
Born August 14th, 1865 in Venice. [ref]
Died April 27th, 1952 at 86 years old in Rome. [ref]
Sergey Dmitriyevich Merkurov
Soviet sculptor (1881-1952).
Born November 7th, 1881 in Gyumri. [ref]
Died June 8th, 1952 at 70 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Vladimir Voronin
Soviet naval explorer.
Born October 17th, 1890 in Sumsky Posad.
Died October 18th, 1952 at 62 years old in Dikson (stroke).
Roger Vitrac
French writer (1899-1952).
Born November 17th, 1899 in Pinsac. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 1952 at 52 years old in Paris. [ref]
Katherine Sophie Dreier
American artist (1877-1952).
Born September 10th, 1877 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died March 29th, 1952 at 74 years old in Milford (liver cirrhosis). [ref]
David Kakabadze
Georgian artist (1889-1952).
Born September 1st, 1889 in Didi-Kukhi. [ref]
Died May 10th, 1952 at 62 years old in Tbilisi. [ref]
Eliezer Kaplan
Israeli politician (1891-1952).
Born January 27th, 1891 in Minsk.
Died July 13th, 1952 at 61 years old in Genoa.
Forest Ray Moulton
American astronomer and mathematician of the xxth century.
Born April 29th, 1872 in Le Roy.
Died December 7th, 1952 at 80 years old in Wilmette.
Silvio Cator
Haitian track and field competitor (1900-1952).
Born October 9th, 1900 in Cavaellon.
Died July 21st, 1952 at 51 years old in Port-au-Prince.
Jean-Marie Musy
Swiss politician (1876-1952).
Born April 10th, 1876 in Albeuve.
Died April 19th, 1952 at 76 years old in Fribourg.
Deaths 181 to 190 of 322
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