In the year 1954
339 Notable deaths
Herman Groman
Athletics competitor.
Born August 18th, 1882 in Odebolt.
Died July 23rd, 1954 at 71 years old in Whitehall.
Giovanni Rossignoli
Italian racing cyclist.
Born December 3rd, 1882 in Borgo Ticino (Pavia).
Died June 27th, 1954 at 71 years old in Pavia.
Erik Bergqvist
Swedish swimmer, water polo player and footballer (1891-1954).
Born June 20th, 1891 in Stockholm.
Died February 17th, 1954 at 62 years old in Stockholm.
Hadiya Davletshina
Bashkir writer, poet.
Born March 5th, 1905 in Samara Governorate.
Died December 5th, 1954 at 49 years old in Birsk.
Boris Gorbatov
Russian soviet writer and screenwriter, journalist, war correspondent (1908-1954).
Born July 15th, 1908 in Pervomaisk. [ref]
Died January 20th, 1954 at 45 years old in Moscow (stroke).
Frederick Humphreys
British tug-of-war comptitor.
Born January 28th, 1878 in Highbury.
Died August 10th, 1954 at 76 years old in Ealing.
Harry Broos
Dutch sprinter (1898-1954).
Born May 25th, 1898 in Roosendaal.
Died July 16th, 1954 at 56 years old in Eindhoven.
Thorvald Ellegaard
Danish racing cyclist (1877-1954).
Born March 7th, 1877 in Fangel.
Died April 27th, 1954 at 77 years old in Copenhagen.
J.J.L. Duyvendak
Dutch sinologist (1889–1954).
Born June 28th, 1889 in Harlingen. [ref]
Died July 9th, 1954 at 65 years old in Leiden. [ref]
Johannes Drost
Dutch swimmer.
Born June 22nd, 1880 in Rotterdam.
Died September 18th, 1954 at 74 years old in Rotterdam.
Deaths 291 to 300 of 339
Death makes equal the high and low. John Heywood