In the year 1952
362 Notable deaths
Sven Hedin
Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952).
Born February 19th, 1865 in Klara Church Parish. [ref]
Died November 26th, 1952 at 87 years old in Kungsholm parish. [ref]
Leslie Banks
Actor (1890-1952).
Born June 9th, 1890 in Liverpool. [ref]
Died April 21st, 1952 at 61 years old in London (stroke). [ref]
Viktor Chernov
Russian politician (1873–1952).
Born December 7th, 1873 in Khvalynsk.
Died April 15th, 1952 at 78 years old in New York City.
Heinrich von Vietinghoff
German general.
Born December 6th, 1887 in Mainz.
Died February 23rd, 1952 at 64 years old in Pfronten.
Basil Radford
British actor (1897-1952).
Born June 25th, 1897 in Chester.
Died October 20th, 1952 at 55 years old in London (myocardial infarction).
Charles Scott Sherrington
English footballer, neurophysiologist and nobel prize recipient (1857–1952).
Born November 27th, 1857 in London.
Died March 4th, 1952 at 94 years old in Eastbourne.
Emilie Louise Flöge
Austrian designer and model ( 1874–1952).
Born August 30th, 1874 in Vienna. [ref]
Died May 26th, 1952 at 77 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Willie Brown
Guitar player and vocalist.
Born August 6th, 1900 in Clarksdale.
Died December 30th, 1952 at 52 years old in Tunica (cardiovascular disease).
Harold Innis
Canadian professor of political economy (1894–1952).
Born November 5th, 1894 in Otterville.
Died November 8th, 1952 at 58 years old in Toronto (prostate cancer).
Albert Battel
German righteous among the nations.
Born January 21st, 1891 in Prężynka.
Died January 1st, 1952 at 60 years old in Frankfurt.
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Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment. Dag Hammarskjold