Famous People Who Died In 1948
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1948. This list includes people like Mahatma Gandhi, Babe Ruth, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Zelda Fitzgerald, Hideki Tojo and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include soldiers, political leaders, artists and military leaders who died in 1948. This list includes people from United States, Germany, Japan & India and many more countries.
Mahatma GandhiIndian
Leader of Indian Independence Movement
Muhammad Ali JinnahPakistani
Founder of Pakistan
Babe RuthAmerican
Hideki TojoJapanese
27th Prime Minister of Japan
Hugo BossGerman
Fashion Designer, Entrepreneur
Zelda FitzgeraldAmerican
Novelist
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Mileva MarićSerbian
Physicist
John J. PershingAmerican
US Army Officer During WW I
Harilal GandhiIndian
Mahatma Gandhi’s Son
Witold PileckiPolish
Nazi-era Polish Army Officer
D. W. GriffithAmerican
American director
Antonin ArtaudFrench
Dramatist, Poet, Essayist, Actor, & Theatre
Aldo LeopoldAmerican
Claude McKayJamaican, American
Writer
Karl BrandtGerman
Personal Physician of Adolf Hitler
Orville WrightAmerican
Co-inventor of First Successful Airplane
Arshile GorkyAmerican
Abstract Painter
Louis LumièreFrench
Inventor of Cinematograph
Osamu DazaiJapanese
Writer, Novelist
Carole LandisAmerican
Actress
Sergei EisensteinRussian
Film director
Manuel RoxasFilipino
Politician, Autobiographer, University teacher
Edith RooseveltAmerican
Former First Lady of the United States
Charles Evans HughesAmerican
Politician
Theodor MorellGerman
Physician
Walther von BrauchitschGerman
Military personnel
Ferdinand I of BulgariaGerman
Ruler
Ruth BenedictAmerican
Anthropologist, Folklorist, University teacher,
Yellapragada SubbarowIndian
Biochemist
Edvard BenešCzech
Lecturer, Politician, Association football player
Kurt SchwittersGerman
Painter, Artist, Sculptor, Graphic designer,
Folke BernadotteSwedish
Politician, Diplomat, Military personnel
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Johannes BlaskowitzGerman
Military personnel
Subhadra Kumari ChauhanIndian
Author, Poet
Harry Dexter WhiteAmerican
Economist
Maria MandlAustrian
Prison officer, Torturer
Guillermo KahloMexican
Photographer
Karl GebhardtGerman
Surgeon, Torturer, University teacher
Malcolm CampbellBritish
Journalist, Racecar driver
Iwane MatsuiJapanese
Soldier, Military personnel
Franz LehárAustrian, Hungarian
Composer
Weston PriceAmerican
dentist, nutritionist
Andrei ZhdanovRussian
politician, military personnel
Otto RaschGerman
Politician, Lawyer
Charles A. BeardAmerican
Historian of the modern age, Historian, University
George BeurlingCanadian
Aviator, Military personnel
Kenji DoiharaJapanese
Military personnel
Irmfried EberlAustrian, German
Physician, Psychiatrist
Viktor BrackGerman
Torturer
Wolfram SieversGerman
Politician
Gregg TolandAmerican
Cinematographer
Kōki HirotaJapanese
Politician, Diplomat
Wilhelm Ritter von ThomaGerman
Military personnel
Mitsumasa YonaiJapanese
Politician,Prime Minister
Isaac IsaacsAustralian
Judge, Politician, Barrister
Umberto GiordanoItalian
Composer
Umberto GiordanoItalian
Composer
D.W. GriffithFilm Actor, Theater Actor, Director
Monteiro LobatoBrazilian
Linguist, Journalist, Writer, Publisher,
Sigrid HjerténSwedish
Painter
Sonny Boy WilliamsonSinger
Laura Wheeler WaringAmerican
American artist
Ann MacbethBritish
painter
Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Sr.American
Officer
Władysław T. BendaPolish
Painter
Janie Porter BarrettAmerican
American educator
Thomas PeacockAmerican
Officer