In the year 1954
368 Notable deaths
Sigurd Smebye
Gymnast (1886-1954).
Born March 16th, 1886 in Tønsberg.
Died June 7th, 1954 at 68 years old in Oslo.
Sigurd Juslén
Sailor (1885-1954).
Born November 25th, 1885 in Helsinki.
Died April 4th, 1954 at 68 years old
Aleksey Ignatyev
Russian diplomat (1877–1954).
Born March 1st, 1877 in Saint Petersburg.
Died November 20th, 1954 at 77 years old in Moscow.
Louis Scott
American long-distance runner.
Born November 16th, 1889 in Paterson.
Died May 17th, 1954 at 64 years old
William Franklin Wight
American botanist (1874-1954).
Born June 8th, 1874 in Allegan.
Died February 2nd, 1954 at 79 years old
Vera Gaze
Soviet astronomer.
Born December 29th, 1899 in Saint Petersburg.
Died October 3rd, 1954 at 54 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Jakob von Ghazir
Lebanese catholic priest (1875-1954).
Born February 1st, 1875 in Ghazir.
Died June 26th, 1954 at 79 years old in Beirut (leukemia).
Wilhelm Piec
Polish footballer (1915-1954).
Born January 7th, 1915 in Lipiny.
Died April 4th, 1954 at 39 years old in Świętochłowice.
Deaths 361 to 368 of 368
Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things. Arthur Schopenhauer