In the year 1954
322 Notable deaths
Bert Lytell
American actor (1885-1954).
Born February 24th, 1885 in New York City. [ref]
Died September 28th, 1954 at 69 years old in New York City. [ref]
Siegfried Handloser
German physician, chief of the german armed forces medical services, and convicted war criminal (1885-1954).
Born March 25th, 1885 in Konstanz. [ref]
Died July 3rd, 1954 at 69 years old in Munich (cancer).
Vagn Walfrid Ekman
Swedish oceanographer.
Born May 3rd, 1874 in Stockholm. [ref]
Died March 9th, 1954 at 79 years old in Stockaryd.
Eugeni d'Ors
Spanish writer.
Born September 18th, 1881 in Barcelona. [ref]
Died September 26th, 1954 at 73 years old in Vilanova i la Geltrú. [ref]
Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp
Swedish 20th century prime minister (1883-1954).
Born August 19th, 1883. [ref]
Died February 19th, 1954 at 70 years old in Trelleborg Parish. [ref]
Laurence Trimble
American silent film actor, writer and director (1885-1954).
Born February 15th, 1885 in Robbinston. [ref]
Died February 8th, 1954 at 68 years old in Woodland Hills. [ref]
Auguste Lumière
French inventor.
Born October 19th, 1862 in Besançon. [ref]
Died April 10th, 1954 at 91 years old in Lyon. [ref]
Ellen Roosevelt
Us tennis player (1868-1954).
Born August 20th, 1868 in Hyde Park.
Died September 26th, 1954 at 86 years old in Hyde Park.
Eugen Schiffer
German politician (1860-1954).
Born February 14th, 1860 in Wrocław.
Died September 5th, 1954 at 94 years old in West Berlin.
Werner Bischof
Swiss photographer and photojournalist.
Born April 26th, 1916 in Zürich. [ref]
Died May 16th, 1954 at 38 years old in Trujillo (traffic collision). [ref]
Deaths 151 to 160 of 322
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe