In the year 1954
360 Notable deaths
Gideon Sundback
Swedish-american inventor (1880-1954).
Born April 24th, 1880. [ref]
Died June 21st, 1954 at 74 years old in Meadville.
Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster
Metropolitan archbishop of milan and cardinal of the catholic church, beatified in 1996..
Born January 18th, 1880 in Rome.
Died August 30th, 1954 at 74 years old in Venegono Inferiore.
Harry Cording
British actor (1891-1954).
Born April 26th, 1891 in Wellington.
Died September 1st, 1954 at 63 years old in Sun Valley.
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]
William March
United states marine, novelist, short story writer (1893–1954).
Born September 18th, 1893 in Mobile.
Died May 15th, 1954 at 60 years old in New Orleans (myocardial infarction).
Wilhelm Brückner
Austrian sa officer (1884-1954).
Born December 11th, 1884 in Baden-Baden.
Died August 18th, 1954 at 69 years old
Léon Jouhaux
French trade unionist (1879–1954).
Born July 1st, 1879 in 15th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died April 28th, 1954 at 74 years old in 12th arrondissement of Paris.
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]
Stig Dagerman
Swedish writer (1923–1954).
Born October 5th, 1923 in Älvkarleby congregation. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1954 at 31 years old in Danderyd (asphyxia).
Margaret Cousins
Irish-indian suffragist and feminist.
Born November 7th, 1878 in Boyle.
Died March 11th, 1954 at 75 years old in Adyar.
Deaths 91 to 100 of 360
Death is the ultimate boundary of human matters. Horace