In the year 1954
368 Notable deaths
Renée Carl
Actress (1875-1954).
Born June 10th, 1875 in Fontenay-le-Comte.
Died July 31st, 1954 at 79 years old in 18th arrondissement of Paris.
Effie Shannon
American actress (1867-1954).
Born May 13th, 1867 in Cambridge.
Died July 24th, 1954 at 87 years old in Bay Shore.
Samuel Jones
American athlete (1880-1954).
Born January 16th, 1880 in Fairfield.
Died April 13th, 1954 at 74 years old in Knoxville.
Ludwig Curtius
German classical archeologist (1874-1954).
Born December 13th, 1874 in Augsburg.
Died April 10th, 1954 at 79 years old in Rome.
Emil Rausch
Swimmer (1883–1954).
Born September 11th, 1883 in Berlin.
Died December 14th, 1954 at 71 years old in Berlin.
Elvira Rawson
Argentine physician.
Born April 19th, 1867 in Junín.
Died June 4th, 1954 at 87 years old in Buenos Aires.
Ernest Esclangon
French astronomer and mathematician (1876–1954).
Born March 17th, 1876 in Mison.
Died January 29th, 1954 at 77 years old in Eyrenville.
Ramón Guzmán
Spanish association football player (1907–1954).
Born January 22nd, 1907 in Peniscola.
Died April 1st, 1954 at 47 years old in Barcelona.
Cornelius van Oyen
Sport shooter (1886–1954).
Born November 28th, 1886 in Brandenburg an der Havel.
Died January 19th, 1954 at 67 years old in Berlin.
William Dod
British archer.
Born July 18th, 1867 in Bebington.
Died October 8th, 1954 at 87 years old in Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
Deaths 281 to 290 of 368
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks