In the year 1954

368 Notable deaths

Austin Hobart Clark

American zoologist (1880–1954).

Born December 17th, 1880 in Wellesley.

Died October 28th, 1954 at 73 years old in Washington, D.C..

Yahiko Mishima

Japanese sprinter (1886–1954).

Born February 23rd, 1886 in Tokyo.

Died February 1st, 1954 at 67 years old in Meguro.

Herbert Prior

English actor (1867-1954).

Born July 2nd, 1867 in Oxford.

Died October 3rd, 1954 at 87 years old in Los Angeles.

Richard Gans

German physicist (1880–1954).

Born March 7th, 1880 in Hamburg.

Died June 27th, 1954 at 74 years old in La Plata.

Winifred McNair

English tennis player.

Born August 9th, 1877 in Donnington.

Died March 28th, 1954 at 76 years old in Kensington.

Ahmed Agdamski

Azerbaijani opera singer (1884-1954).

Born January 5th, 1884 in Shusha.

Died April 1st, 1954 at 70 years old in Agdash.

Rosa Schapire

German art historian, author and translator (1874–1954).

Born September 9th, 1874 in Brody.

Died February 1st, 1954 at 79 years old in Tate Britain.

Mikhail Avilov

Russian painter (1882-1954).

Born September 18th, 1882 in Saint Petersburg.

Died April 14th, 1954 at 71 years old in Saint Petersburg.

Henri Berr

French philosopher (1863-1954).

Born January 31st, 1863 in Lunéville.

Died November 19th, 1954 at 91 years old in Paris.

Flor Alpaerts

Belgian composer, conductor, pedagogue (1876–1954).

Born September 12th, 1876 in Antwerp.

Died October 5th, 1954 at 78 years old in Antwerp.

Deaths 271 to 280 of 368

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It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live. Victor Hugo