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In the year 1953

357 Notable deaths

Vsevolod Zaderatsky

Composer (1891-1953).

Born December 21st, 1891 in Rivne.

Died February 1st, 1953 at 61 years old in Lviv. [ref]

Ernst Herman van Rappard

Dutch criminal (1899-1953).

Born October 30th, 1899 in Java. [ref]

Died January 11th, 1953 at 53 years old in Vught. [ref]

Theo Mackeben

German composer and conductor (1897-1953).

Born January 5th, 1897 in Starogard Gdański. [ref]

Died January 10th, 1953 at 56 years old in Berlin. [ref]

Boris Grekov

Soviet historian (1882-1953).

Born May 3rd, 1882 in Myrhorod.

Died September 9th, 1953 at 71 years old in Moscow.

Fritz Mackensen

German artist (1866-1953).

Born April 8th, 1866 in Kreiensen. [ref]

Died May 12th, 1953 at 87 years old in Bremen. [ref]

Dorothy Shepherd-Barron

English tennis player.

Born November 24th, 1897 in Beighton.

Died February 20th, 1953 at 55 years old in Melbourn (traffic collision).

Luis Alberto Riart

President of paraguay (1880-1953).

Born July 21st, 1880 in Esquina, Corrientes.

Died October 1st, 1953 at 73 years old in Asunción.

Vladas Mironas

Lithuanian politician.

Born June 22nd, 1880 in Kuodiškiai.

Died February 18th, 1953 at 72 years old in Vladimir Central Prison (stroke). [ref]

Rudolf Leonhard

Poet and german politician (1889-1953).

Born October 27th, 1889 in Leszno. [ref]

Died December 19th, 1953 at 64 years old in Berlin. [ref]

Alfred Philippson

German geologist and geographer.

Born January 1st, 1864 in Bonn. [ref]

Died March 28th, 1953 at 89 years old in Bonn.

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