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In the year 1953
395 Notable deaths
Robert Ferdinand Wagner
American politician (1877-1953).
Born July 8th, 1877 in Nastätten.
Died May 4th, 1953 at 75 years old in New York City.
Richard Pearse
New zealand farmer and aviation pioneer (1877-1953).
Born December 3rd, 1877 in Temuka.
Died July 29th, 1953 at 75 years old in Christchurch.
Erich Mendelsohn
Jewish german architect.
Born March 21st, 1887 in Olsztyn. [ref]
Died September 16th, 1953 at 66 years old in San Francisco. [ref]
Richard von Mises
Austrian physicist and mathematician (1883-1953).
Born April 19th, 1883 in Lviv. [ref]
Died July 14th, 1953 at 70 years old in Boston. [ref]
Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba
Spanish noble (1878–1953).
Born October 17th, 1878 in Madrid, Switzerland. [ref]
Died September 24th, 1953 at 74 years old in Lausanne. [ref]
René Fonck
French flying ace (1894-1953).
Born March 27th, 1894 in Saulcy-sur-Meurthe. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1953 at 59 years old in Paris (stroke). [ref]
Charles Robert Knight
American artist (1874-1953).
Born October 21st, 1874 in Brooklyn.
Died April 15th, 1953 at 78 years old in Manhattan.
Ernst Zermelo
German mathematician.
Born July 27th, 1871 in Berlin. [ref]
Died May 21st, 1953 at 81 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
Nobuyuki Abe
General in the imperial japanese army (1875-1953). dictator of japan.
Born November 24th, 1875 in Kanazawa.
Died September 7th, 1953 at 77 years old in Tokyo.
Hans Reichenbach
German–american philosopher.
Born September 26th, 1891 in Hamburg.
Died April 9th, 1953 at 61 years old in Los Angeles.
Deaths 71 to 80 of 395
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