In the year 1954

339 Notable deaths

Diran Alexanian

Cello teacher (1881-1954).

Born April 2nd, 1881 in Constantinople. [ref]

Died July 27th, 1954 at 73 years old in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc. [ref]

Richard Gans

German physicist.

Born March 7th, 1880 in Hamburg.

Died June 27th, 1954 at 74 years old in La Plata.

Mikhail Avilov

Russian painter (1882-1954).

Born September 18th, 1882 in Saint Petersburg.

Died April 14th, 1954 at 71 years old in Saint Petersburg.

Fritz Alberti

German actor (1877-1954).

Born October 22nd, 1877 in Hanau.

Died September 15th, 1954 at 76 years old in Berlin.

Rosa Schapire

German art historian, author and translator (1874–1954).

Born September 9th, 1874 in Brody.

Died February 1st, 1954 at 79 years old in Tate Britain.

Samuel Jones

American athlete (1880-1954).

Born January 16th, 1880 in Fairfield.

Died April 13th, 1954 at 74 years old in Knoxville.

Winifred McNair

English tennis player.

Born August 9th, 1877 in Donnington.

Died March 28th, 1954 at 76 years old in Kensington.

Herbert Prior

English actor (1867-1954).

Born July 2nd, 1867 in Oxford.

Died October 3rd, 1954 at 87 years old in Los Angeles.

Andrass Samuelsen

Prime minister of the faroe islands (1873-1954).

Born July 1st, 1873 in Haldórsvík.

Died June 30th, 1954 at 80 years old in Fuglafjørður.

Ramón Guzmán

Spanish association football player (1907–1954).

Born September 22nd, 1901 in Peniscola.

Died April 1st, 1954 at 52 years old in Barcelona.

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