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In the year 1954
338 Notable deaths
Luis Agote
Physician and researcher (1868–1954).
Born September 22nd, 1868 in Buenos Aires.
Died November 12th, 1954 at 86 years old in Buenos Aires.
Leon Schiller
Polish director (1887-1954).
Born April 14th, 1887 in Kraków. [ref]
Died March 25th, 1954 at 66 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
René Iché
French artist (1897-1954).
Born January 21st, 1897 in Sallèles-d'Aude. [ref]
Died December 23rd, 1954 at 57 years old in Paris. [ref]
Vitaliano Brancati
Italian writer.
Born July 24th, 1907 in Pachino. [ref]
Died September 25th, 1954 at 47 years old in Turin (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Esther Kreitman
Jewish writer.
Born March 31st, 1891 in Biłgoraj.
Died June 13th, 1954 at 63 years old in London. [ref]
William K. Howard
American film director.
Born June 16th, 1899 in St. Marys. [ref]
Died February 21st, 1954 at 54 years old in Los Angeles.
Émile Mâle
French art historian (1862-1954).
Born June 2nd, 1862 in Commentry. [ref]
Died October 6th, 1954 at 92 years old in Fontaine-Chaalis. [ref]
Dimitrie Pompeiu
Romanian mathematician (1873-1954).
Born October 16th, 1873 in Broscăuți.
Died October 8th, 1954 at 80 years old in Bucharest.
Ivan Maslennikov
Soviet general.
Born September 16th, 1900.
Died April 16th, 1954 at 53 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Jacques E. Brandenberger
Swiss chemist, inventor of cellophane (1872-1954).
Born October 19th, 1872 in Zurich.
Died July 13th, 1954 at 81 years old in Zurich.
Deaths 181 to 190 of 338
Every exit is an entry somewhere else. Tom Stoppard