In the year 1955
339 Notable deaths
Charley Toorop
Dutch painter (1891-1955).
Born March 24th, 1891 in Katwijk. [ref]
Died November 6th, 1955 at 64 years old in Bergen. [ref]
Isak Samokovlija
Bosnian writer.
Born September 3rd, 1889 in Goražde.
Died January 15th, 1955 at 65 years old in Sarajevo. [ref]
Wilhelm Kreis
German architect (1873-1955).
Born March 17th, 1873 in Eltville am Rhein. [ref]
Died August 13th, 1955 at 82 years old in Bad Honnef. [ref]
Frieda Hempel
German soprano singer.
Born June 26th, 1885 in Leipzig. [ref]
Died October 7th, 1955 at 70 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Alice Middleton Boring
American biologist, zoologist, and herpetologist (1883-1955).
Born February 22nd, 1883 in Philadelphia.
Died September 18th, 1955 at 72 years old in Cambridge.
Theodor Plievier
German writer (1892-1955).
Born February 17th, 1892 in Berlin.
Died March 12th, 1955 at 63 years old in Avegno. [ref]
Aleksei Dikiy
Russian and soviet actor and theatre director (1889–1955).
Born February 24th, 1889 in Dnipro.
Died October 1st, 1955 at 66 years old in Moscow.
Emmanuel de Martonne
French geographer.
Born April 1st, 1873 in Chabris. [ref]
Died July 24th, 1955 at 82 years old in Sceaux.
Hans-Karl Freiherr von Esebeck
German general.
Born July 10th, 1892 in Potsdam.
Died January 5th, 1955 at 62 years old in Bodelschwingh.
Dimitrios Maximos
Greek politician (1873-1955).
Born July 6th, 1873 in Patras.
Died October 16th, 1955 at 82 years old in Athens.
Deaths 191 to 200 of 339
Our minds are too small to comprehend something as huge as death. Let it go. Maxime Lagacé