In the year 1954
368 Notable deaths
Carl Eldh
Swedish sculptor.
Born May 10th, 1873 in Östhammar. [ref]
Died January 26th, 1954 at 80 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Vasily Yan
Russian writer (1875-1954).
Born January 4th, 1875 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died August 5th, 1954 at 79 years old in Zvenigorod. [ref]
György Jendrassik
Hungarian physicist and mechanical engineer.
Born May 13th, 1898 in Budapest.
Died February 8th, 1954 at 55 years old in London.
Albert Francis Blakeslee
American botanist (1874-1954).
Born November 9th, 1874 in Geneseo.
Died November 16th, 1954 at 80 years old in Northampton.
Rupert Hollaus
Austrian motorcycle racer.
Born September 4th, 1931 in Traisen.
Died September 11th, 1954 at 23 years old in Monza.
Fred Raymond
Austrian composer.
Born April 20th, 1900 in Vienna. [ref]
Died January 10th, 1954 at 53 years old in Überlingen. [ref]
Alexander Abasheli
Poet, prose writer.
Born August 27th, 1884 in Abashispiri.
Died September 29th, 1954 at 70 years old in Tbilisi.
Sergey Sergeyevich Yudin
Famous soviet surgeon and scientist (1891-1954).
Born October 9th, 1891 in Moscow.
Died June 12th, 1954 at 62 years old in Moscow.
Evgeni Gegechkori
Georgian politician (1882–1954).
Born February 1st, 1881 in Martvili.
Died June 5th, 1954 at 73 years old in Paris.
Ğayaz İsxaqi
Tatar writer and politician (1878–1954).
Born February 22nd, 1878 in Yawşirmä.
Died July 22nd, 1954 at 76 years old in Ankara.
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Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. Helen Keller (Remember that Helen Keller was blind)