In the year 1954
368 Notable deaths
Omer Nishani
Albanian politician (1887-1954).
Born February 5th, 1887 in Gjirokastër.
Died May 26th, 1954 at 67 years old in Tirana.
Lucien Tesnière
French linguist (1893-1954).
Born May 13th, 1893 in Mont-Saint-Aignan.
Died December 6th, 1954 at 61 years old in Montpellier. [ref]
Rod Keller
Canadian general (1900-1954).
Born October 2nd, 1900 in Tetbury.
Died June 21st, 1954 at 53 years old in Normandy.
Bud Fisher
American cartoonist.
Born April 3rd, 1885 in Chicago.
Died September 7th, 1954 at 69 years old in New York City.
Élisabeth de Gramont
20th-century french writer.
Born April 23rd, 1875 in Nancy. [ref]
Died December 6th, 1954 at 79 years old in Paris. [ref]
George McManus
American cartoonist (1884-1954).
Born January 23rd, 1884 in St. Louis.
Died October 22nd, 1954 at 70 years old in Santa Monica.
Theodor Loos
German actor.
Born May 18th, 1883 in Zwingenberg.
Died June 27th, 1954 at 71 years old in Stuttgart.
Jacques Mieses
German-british chess player and chess book author.
Born February 27th, 1865 in Leipzig.
Died February 23rd, 1954 at 88 years old in London.
Andriy Livytskyi
Ukrainian politician (1879-1954).
Born April 12th, 1879 in Lipliave. [ref]
Died January 17th, 1954 at 74 years old in Karlsruhe. [ref]
Deaths 131 to 140 of 368
Death is a distant rumor to the young. Andrew A. Rooney