In the year 1954
360 Notable deaths
Vladimir Wiese
Russian scientist.
Born March 5th, 1886 in Pushkin.
Died February 19th, 1954 at 67 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Otto Gebühr
Actor.
Born May 29th, 1877 in Kettwig.
Died March 14th, 1954 at 76 years old in Wiesbaden (myocardial infarction).
Tadeusz Banachiewicz
Polish astronomer, mathematician and geodesist.
Born February 13th, 1882 in Warsaw.
Died November 17th, 1954 at 72 years old in Kraków.
Antoni Bolesław Dobrowolski
Polish scientist and explorer who participated in the belgian antarctic expedition (1872-1954).
Born June 6th, 1872 in Dworszowice Kościelne.
Died April 27th, 1954 at 81 years old in Warsaw.
Giuseppe Antonio Borgese
Italian writer (1882–1952).
Born November 12th, 1882 in Polizzi Generosa.
Died December 4th, 1954 at 72 years old in Fiesole.
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.
Died December 23rd, 1954 at 57 years old in Paris.
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.
Ivan Maslennikov
Soviet general.
Born September 16th, 1900.
Died April 16th, 1954 at 53 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Vitaliano Brancati
Italian writer.
Born July 24th, 1907 in Pachino. [ref]
Died September 25th, 1954 at 47 years old in Turin (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deaths 181 to 190 of 360
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir