In the year 1954
322 Notable deaths
Marianne Weber
German women's rights activist and legal historian (1870-1954).
Born August 2nd, 1870 in Oerlinghausen. [ref]
Died March 12th, 1954 at 83 years old in Heidelberg. [ref]
Gao Gang
Chinese politician (1905-1954).
Born October 25th, 1905 in Hengshan District.
Died August 17th, 1954 at 48 years old in Beijing (intoxication).
Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster
Metropolitan archbishop of milan and cardinal of the catholic church, beatified in 1996..
Born January 18th, 1880 in Rome. [ref]
Died August 30th, 1954 at 74 years old in Venegono Inferiore. [ref]
Harry Cording
British actor (1891-1954).
Born April 26th, 1891 in Wellington.
Died September 1st, 1954 at 63 years old in Sun Valley.
Liberty Hyde Bailey
U.s. botanist (1858-1954).
Born March 15th, 1858 in Ithaca. [ref]
Died December 25th, 1954 at 96 years old in Ithaca. [ref]
Marius Jacob
French anarchist.
Born September 29th, 1879 in Marseille. [ref]
Died August 28th, 1954 at 74 years old in Reuilly (intoxication). [ref]
William March
United states marine, novelist, short story writer.
Born September 18th, 1893 in Mobile.
Died May 15th, 1954 at 60 years old in New Orleans (myocardial infarction).
Friedrich Meinecke
German historian.
Born October 30th, 1862 in Salzwedel. [ref]
Died February 7th, 1954 at 91 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Joachim Lemelsen
German general.
Born September 28th, 1888 in Berlin.
Died March 30th, 1954 at 65 years old in Göttingen.
Otto Diels
German chemist.
Born January 23rd, 1876 in Hamburg.
Died March 7th, 1954 at 78 years old in Kiel.
Deaths 91 to 100 of 322
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