In the year 1954

334 Notable deaths

Louis Silvers

Film composer (1889-1954).

Born September 6th, 1889 in New York City. [ref]

Died March 26th, 1954 at 64 years old in Hollywood. [ref]

Theodor Loos

German actor.

Born May 18th, 1883 in Zwingenberg.

Died June 27th, 1954 at 71 years old in Stuttgart.

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]

Joe May

Austrian film director.

Born November 7th, 1880 in Vienna. [ref]

Died April 29th, 1954 at 73 years old in Hollywood. [ref]

Andriy Livytskyi

Ukrainian politician (1879-1954).

Born April 12th, 1879 in Lipliave. [ref]

Died January 17th, 1954 at 74 years old in Karlsruhe. [ref]

Zofia Nałkowska

Polish prose writer, journalist & dramatist(1884-1954).

Born November 10th, 1884 in Warsaw. [ref]

Died December 17th, 1954 at 70 years old in Warsaw. [ref]

Ludwik Hirszfeld

Polish microbiologist.

Born August 5th, 1884 in Warsaw. [ref]

Died March 7th, 1954 at 69 years old in Wrocław. [ref]

Vilhelm Buhl

Danish politician (1881–1954).

Born October 16th, 1881 in Fredericia.

Died December 18th, 1954 at 73 years old in Copenhagen.

Henri Frankfort

Dutch near eastern archaeologist and egyptologist (1897-1954).

Born February 24th, 1897 in Amsterdam. [ref]

Died July 16th, 1954 at 57 years old in London. [ref]

Leonard Eugene Dickson

American mathematician.

Born January 22nd, 1874 in Independence. [ref]

Died January 17th, 1954 at 79 years old in Harlingen. [ref]

Deaths 141 to 150 of 334

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