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In the year 1954
322 Notable deaths
Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Duke of saxe-coburg and gotha from 1900 to 1918.
Born July 19th, 1884 in Esher.
Died March 6th, 1954 at 69 years old in Coburg.
Sydney Greenstreet
British-american actor (1879-1954).
Born December 27th, 1879 in Sandwich. [ref]
Died January 18th, 1954 at 74 years old in Hollywood (diabetes). [ref]
Getúlio Vargas
President of brazil (1882-1954).
Born April 19th, 1883 in São Borja. [ref]
Died August 24th, 1954 at 71 years old in Catete Palace (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Claude Cahun
French artist (1894-1954).
Born October 25th, 1894 in Nantes. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1954 at 60 years old in Saint Helier. [ref]
Robert H. Jackson
American judge (1892-1954).
Born February 13th, 1892 in Spring Creek Township. [ref]
Died October 9th, 1954 at 62 years old in Washington, D.C..
Charles Ives
American composer.
Born October 20th, 1874 in Danbury. [ref]
Died May 19th, 1954 at 79 years old in New York City. [ref]
M. N. Roy
Indian political activist and intellectual (1887-1954).
Born March 21st, 1887 in Kolkata. [ref]
Died January 26th, 1954 at 66 years old in Dehradun.
Cornelia Dorabuji
Indian barrister, writer, and social reformer; first female graduate from bombay university, first woman to study law at oxford university; first indian national to study at a british university (1866-1954).
Born November 15th, 1866 in Nashik. [ref]
Died July 6th, 1954 at 87 years old in London. [ref]
Kalki Krishnamurthy
Writer.
Born September 9th, 1899 in Thanjavur district.
Died December 5th, 1954 at 55 years old in United States of America (cancer, tuberculosis).
Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist
German general during world war ii.
Born August 8th, 1881 in Braunfels.
Died November 13th, 1954 at 73 years old in Vladimir Central Prison.
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