In the year 1954
368 Notable deaths
Luis Agote
Physician and researcher (1868–1954).
Born September 22nd, 1868 in Buenos Aires.
Died November 12th, 1954 at 86 years old in Buenos Aires.
Ivan Maslennikov
Soviet general.
Born September 16th, 1900.
Died April 16th, 1954 at 53 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Vitaliano Brancati
Italian writer.
Born July 24th, 1907 in Pachino. [ref]
Died September 25th, 1954 at 47 years old in Turin (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Selig Brodetsky
Russian-born english mathematician.
Born February 10th, 1888 in Olviopol.
Died May 18th, 1954 at 66 years old in London.
Ellen Thesleff
Finnish painter (1869-1954).
Born October 5th, 1869 in Helsinki.
Died January 12th, 1954 at 84 years old in Helsinki.
Mikhail Prishvin
Russian writer (1873–1954).
Born February 4th, 1873.
Died January 16th, 1954 at 80 years old in Moscow (stomach cancer).
Esther Kreitman
Jewish writer.
Born March 31st, 1891 in Biłgoraj.
Died June 13th, 1954 at 63 years old in London. [ref]
Dmitry Medvedev
Soviet partisan and hero.
Born August 22nd, 1898 in Bezhitsa.
Died December 14th, 1954 at 56 years old in Moscow.
William J. Fields
American politician (1874-1954).
Born December 29th, 1874 in Willard.
Died October 21st, 1954 at 79 years old in Grayson.
Dimitrie Pompeiu
Romanian mathematician (1873-1954).
Born October 16th, 1873 in Broscăuți.
Died October 8th, 1954 at 80 years old in Bucharest.
Deaths 191 to 200 of 368
He who is not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan