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
Babe RuthAmerican
Muhammad Ali JinnahPakistani
Founder of Pakistan
Hideki TojoJapanese
27th Prime Minister of Japan
Hugo BossGerman
Fashion Designer, Entrepreneur
John J. PershingAmerican
US Army Officer During WW I
Zelda FitzgeraldAmerican
Novelist
Witold PileckiPolish
Nazi-era Polish Army Officer
Harilal GandhiIndian
Mahatma Gandhi’s Son
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Mileva MarićSerbian
Physicist
D. W. GriffithAmerican
American director
Manuel RoxasFilipino
Former President of the Philippines
Osamu DazaiJapanese
Author
Antonin ArtaudFrench
Dramatist, Poet, Essayist, Actor, & Theatre
Edith RooseveltAmerican
Former First Lady of the United States
Aldo LeopoldAmerican
Claude McKayJamaican, American
Writer
Edvard BenešCzech
Former President of Czechoslovakia
Karl BrandtGerman
Personal Physician of Adolf Hitler
Arshile GorkyAmerican
Abstract Painter
Orville WrightAmerican
Co-inventor of First Successful Airplane
Louis LumièreFrench
Inventor of Cinematograph
Carole LandisAmerican
Actress
Sergei EisensteinRussian
Film director
Theodor MorellGerman
Physician
Charles Evans HughesAmerican
Politician
Walther von BrauchitschGerman
Military personnel
Ferdinand I of BulgariaGerman
Ruler
Maria MandlAustrian
Prison officer, Torturer
Ruth BenedictAmerican
Anthropologist, Folklorist, University teacher,
Subhadra Kumari ChauhanIndian
Author, Poet
Kurt SchwittersGerman
Painter, Artist, Sculptor, Graphic designer,
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Irmfried EberlAustrian, German
Physician, Psychiatrist
Harry Dexter WhiteAmerican
Economist
Folke BernadotteSwedish
Politician, Diplomat, Military personnel
Karl GebhardtGerman
Surgeon, Torturer, University teacher
Johannes BlaskowitzGerman
Military personnel
Iwane MatsuiJapanese
Soldier, Military personnel
Gregg TolandAmerican
Cinematographer
Guillermo KahloMexican
Photographer
Charles A. BeardAmerican
Historian of the modern age, Historian, University
George BeurlingCanadian
Aviator, Military personnel
Andrei ZhdanovRussian
politician, military personnel
Yellapragada SubbarowIndian
Biochemist
Franz LehárAustrian, Hungarian
Composer
Weston PriceAmerican
dentist, nutritionist
Otto RaschGerman
Politician, Lawyer
Viktor BrackGerman
Torturer
Jan MasarykCzech
Diplomat
Feng YuxiangChinese
Warlord
Jorge Eliécer GaitánColombian
Politician
Kōki HirotaJapanese
Politician, Diplomat
Kenji DoiharaJapanese
Military personnel
Malcolm CampbellBritish
Journalist, Racecar driver
Susan GlaspellAmerican
Playwright
Wolfram SieversGerman
Politician
Josephus DanielsAmerican
Newspaper Editor
Wilhelm Ritter von ThomaGerman
Military personnel
William S. KnudsenDanish
Industrialist
Mitsumasa YonaiJapanese
Politician,Prime Minister
Georges BernanosFrench
Author
Isaac IsaacsAustralian
Judge, Politician, Barrister
Umberto GiordanoItalian
Composer
Umberto GiordanoItalian
Composer
D.W. GriffithFilm Actor, Theater Actor, Director
Sigrid HjerténSwedish
Painter
Monteiro LobatoBrazilian
Linguist, Journalist, Writer, Publisher,
Sonny Boy Williamson IAmerican
Singer
Ann MacbethBritish
painter
Laura Wheeler WaringAmerican
American artist
Władysław T. BendaPolish
Painter
Janie Porter BarrettAmerican
American educator
Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Sr.American
Officer
Dazai OsamuJapanese
Author
Thomas PeacockAmerican
Officer