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In the year 1953
368 Notable deaths
Eduard Künneke
German composer (b. 1885).
Born January 27th, 1885 in Emmerich am Rhein. [ref]
Died October 27th, 1953 at 68 years old in West Berlin. [ref]
Jean Becquerel
French physicist.
Born February 5th, 1878 in Paris. [ref]
Died July 4th, 1953 at 75 years old in Pornichet.
Noel Beresford-Peirse
British army general.
Born December 22nd, 1887 in Derry.
Died January 14th, 1953 at 65 years old in Salisbury.
Carl Stockdale
American actor (1874-1953).
Born February 19th, 1874 in Worthington.
Died March 15th, 1953 at 79 years old in Woodland Hills (myocardial infarction).
Martinus Nijhoff
Dutch writer (1894-1953).
Born April 20th, 1894 in The Hague. [ref]
Died January 26th, 1953 at 58 years old in The Hague. [ref]
George Allison Wilson
American politician (1884-1953).
Born April 1st, 1884 in Menlo.
Died September 8th, 1953 at 69 years old in Des Moines.
Daniel Gregory Mason
American composer.
Born November 20th, 1873 in Brookline. [ref]
Died December 4th, 1953 at 80 years old in Greenwich. [ref]
Sergey Trofimenko
Soviet general (1899–1953).
Born September 22nd, 1899 in Bryansk.
Died October 16th, 1953 at 54 years old in Moscow.
Hrachia Adjarian
Armenian scientist in the field of linguistics (1876-1953).
Born March 20th, 1876 in Istanbul.
Died April 16th, 1953 at 77 years old in Yerevan.
Norman Ross
American swimmer (1896-1953).
Born May 2nd, 1896 in Portland. [ref]
Died June 19th, 1953 at 57 years old in Evanston.
Deaths 231 to 240 of 368
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