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In the year 1954
360 Notable deaths
Arshag Chobanian
Armenian writer.
Born July 15th, 1872 in Beşiktaş. [ref]
Died June 8th, 1954 at 81 years old in Paris.
Freydoun Malkom
Fencer.
Born December 25th, 1875 in London. [ref]
Died June 4th, 1954 at 78 years old in Brighton. [ref]
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.
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]
Otto Kleinschmidt
German pastor and ornithologist (1870-1954).
Born December 13th, 1870 in Kornsand.
Died March 25th, 1954 at 83 years old in Lutherstadt Wittenberg.
Austin Hobart Clark
American zoologist (1880–1954).
Born December 17th, 1880 in Wellesley.
Died October 28th, 1954 at 73 years old in Washington, D.C..
Yahiko Mishima
Japanese sprinter.
Born February 23rd, 1886 in Tokyo.
Died February 1st, 1954 at 67 years old in Meguro-ku.
Herbert Prior
English actor (1867-1954).
Born July 2nd, 1867 in Oxford.
Died October 3rd, 1954 at 87 years old in Los Angeles.
Richard Gans
German physicist.
Born March 7th, 1880 in Hamburg.
Died June 27th, 1954 at 74 years old in La Plata.
Winifred McNair
English tennis player.
Born August 9th, 1877 in Donnington.
Died March 28th, 1954 at 76 years old in Kensington.
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