In the year 1954
368 Notable deaths
Siegfried Breuer
Austrian actor (1906-1954).
Born June 24th, 1906 in Vienna.
Died February 1st, 1954 at 47 years old in Weende.
Edward Felix Norton
British army officer and mountaineer (1884–1954).
Born February 21st, 1884 in San Isidro.
Died November 3rd, 1954 at 70 years old in Winchester.
William K. Howard
American film director.
Born June 16th, 1899 in St. Marys. [ref]
Died February 21st, 1954 at 54 years old in Los Angeles.
Vladimir Wiese
Russian scientist.
Born March 5th, 1886 in Pushkin.
Died February 19th, 1954 at 67 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Otto Gebühr
Actor.
Born May 29th, 1877 in Kettwig.
Died March 14th, 1954 at 76 years old in Wiesbaden (myocardial infarction).
Tadeusz Banachiewicz
Polish astronomer, mathematician and geodesist (1882–1954).
Born February 13th, 1882 in Warsaw.
Died November 17th, 1954 at 72 years old in Kraków.
Antoni Bolesław Dobrowolski
Polish scientist and explorer who participated in the belgian antarctic expedition (1872-1954).
Born June 6th, 1872 in Dworszowice Kościelne.
Died April 27th, 1954 at 81 years old in Warsaw.
Giuseppe Antonio Borgese
Italian writer (1882–1952).
Born November 12th, 1882 in Polizzi Generosa.
Died December 4th, 1954 at 72 years old in Fiesole.
Leon Schiller
Polish director (1887-1954).
Born March 14th, 1887 in Kraków. [ref]
Died March 25th, 1954 at 67 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
René Iché
French artist (1897-1954).
Born January 21st, 1897 in Sallèles-d'Aude.
Died December 23rd, 1954 at 57 years old in Paris.
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I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life. Corazon Aquino