Famous People Who Died In 1949
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1949. This list includes people like Sarojini Naidu, George Gurdjieff, Wallace Beery, Victor Fleming, Birbal Sahni and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include poets, artists, novelists and political leaders who died in 1949. This list includes people from United States, Germany, India & Russia and many more countries.
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Birthdate: June 11, 1864
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Died: September 8
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Sarojini Naidu(Indian Political Activist, Poet and 1st Governor of United Provinces)
Birthdate: February 13, 1879
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hyderabad, India
Died: March 2
3
Lead Belly
(Folk and blues singer)
Birthdate: January 23, 1888
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Mooringsport, Louisiana, United States
Died: December 6
Birthdate: November 8, 1900
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Died: August 16
Birthdate: June 1, 1890
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Died: September 18
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
Birthdate: May 25, 1878
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Richmond, Virginia, United States
Died: November 25
7
George Gurdjieff(Russian Philosopher and Spiritual Teacher Known for His Work ‘All and Everything’)
Birthdate: 1866 AD
Birthplace: Gyumri, Armenia
Died: October 29
Birthdate: April 1, 1885
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Clay County
Died: April 15
Birthdate: February 23, 1889
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States
Died: January 6
Birthdate: August 31, 1874
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Williamsburg, Massachusetts, United States
Died: August 9
Birthdate: July 28, 1883
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Braunau am Inn, Austria
Died: October 30
12
Solomon Guggenheim
(Businessman)
Birthdate: February 2, 1861
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: November 3
13
Elton Mayo
(Australian Psychologist Known for His Industrial Research Including the 'Hawthorne Studies')
Birthdate: December 26, 1880
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Adelaide, Australia
Died: September 7
14
Marcel Cerdan
(French Professional Boxer and World Middleweight Champion)
Birthdate: July 22, 1916
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria
Died: October 28
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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James Forrestal
(1st United States Secretary of Defense (1947 - 1949))
Birthdate: February 15, 1892
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Beacon
Died: May 22
16
Robert Ripley
(American Cartoonist and Creator of the Newpaper Panel Series 'Ripley’s Believe It or Not!')
Birthdate: February 25, 1890
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Santa Rosa, California, United States
Died: May 27
17
James Ensor
(Belgian Expressionist Painter)
Birthdate: April 13, 1860
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Ostend, Belgium
Died: November 19
18
Amadeo Giannini
(Founder of 'Bank of America')
Birthdate: May 6, 1870
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: San Jose, California, United States
Died: June 3
19
Aurora Quezon
(Former First Lady of the Philippines)
Birthdate: February 19, 1888
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Baler
Died: April 28
20
Sigrid Undset(Norwegian-Danish Novelist and Winner of 1928 Nobel Prize in Literature)
Birthdate: May 20, 1882
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kalundborg, Denmark
Died: June 10
Birthdate: August 11, 1919
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: October 28
22
James Truslow Adams
(Historian of the modern age, Historian, Biographer)
Birthdate: October 18, 1878
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: May 18
23
Chairil Anwar(Indonesian Poet Known for His Poems ‘Aku’, ‘Diponegoro’ and ‘Doa’)
Birthdate: July 26, 1922
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Medan, Indonesia
Died: April 28
24
Douglas Hyde
(Former President of Ireland)
Birthdate: January 17, 1860
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Castlerea
Died: July 12
25
Antoun Saadeh
(Lebanese Politician and Founder of the 'Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP)')
Birthdate: March 1, 1904
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Dhour El Choueir, Lebanon
Died: July 8
26
Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
(Infante Carlos of Spain and Inspector General of the Spanish Army)
Birthdate: November 10, 1870
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Gries-San Quirino, Bolzano, Italy
Died: November 11
Birthdate: July 10, 1883
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: September 22
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
Birthdate: 1891 AD
Birthplace: Saharanpur district
Died: April 10
Birthdate: July 28, 1874
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Montevideo
Died: August 8
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E. J. Bellocq
(photographer)
Birthdate: 1873 AD
Birthplace: New Orleans
Died: 1949 AD
Birthdate: April 1, 1854
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Benton, Alabama, United States
Died: October 23
32
Kim Gu
(13th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea)
Birthdate: August 29, 1876
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Haeju, North Korea
Died: June 26
Birthdate: March 2, 1892
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Chernyshevskoye, Russia
Died: March 17
Birthdate: May 16, 1868
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Provo, Utah, United States
Died: September 25
35
Vasily Degtyaryov
(Former engineer who specialized in weapons design)
Birthdate: January 2, 1880
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Tula, Russia
Died: January 16
36
Ibrahim Datuk Tan Malaka
(Indonesia Communist Leader Who Became Sukarno's Rival in the Country's Independence Movement)
Birthdate: June 2, 1897
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Pandam Gadang, Indonesia
Died: February 21
37
Wiley Blount Rutledge
(Justice of the Supreme Court)
Birthdate: July 20, 1894
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Cloverport, Kentucky, United States
Died: September 10
38
Aino Aalto
(Prominent Architect and a Pioneer of Scandinavian Design who Co-founded the 'Artek' Design Company)
Birthdate: January 25, 1894
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Died: January 13
Birthdate: November 15, 1874
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Grenå
Died: September 13
40
Joaquín Torres-García
(Uruguayan Artist and Art Theorist Who Established the Constructive Universalism Movement)
Birthdate: July 28, 1874
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Montevideo, Uruguay
Died: August 8
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Kim Jong-suk
(Revolutionary)
Birthdate: December 24, 1917
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Hoeryŏng, North Korea
Died: September 22
42
John Neville Keynes
(Economist)
Birthdate: August 31, 1852
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Salisbury, United Kingdom
Died: November 15
43
Prince Harald of Denmark
(Prince)
Birthdate: October 8, 1876
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Charlottenlund Palace, Gentofte, Denmark
Died: March 30
Birthdate: January 15, 1888
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: San José, Costa Rica
Died: May 14
45
Elin Pelin(Bulgarian Poet and Author Known for His Depiction of the Bulgarian Village Life)
Birthdate: July 8, 1877
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bailovo, Bulgaria
Died: December 3
46
Al Shean
(German Comedian and Vaudeville Performer)
Birthdate: May 12, 1868
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kingdom of Prussia
Died: August 12
47
Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia
(Military personnel)
Birthdate: January 29, 1887
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Potsdam, Germany
Died: March 25
48
Erik Adolf von Willebrand
(Physician and University teacher)
Birthdate: February 1, 1870
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Vaasa, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Died: September 12
49
Maria Ouspenskaya
(Actress)
Birthdate: July 29, 1876
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Tula, Russia
Died: December 3
Height: 5'1" (155 cm)
Birthdate: January 4, 1909
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Tunis, Tunisia
Died: May 27