Famous People Who Died In 1954
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Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1954. This list includes people like Frida Kahlo, Alan Turing, Henri Matisse, Robert Capa, Enrico Fermi and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, artists, journalists and novelists who died in 1954. This list includes people from United States, France, Germany & Italy and many more countries.
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1
Frida Kahlo(Mexican Painter Known for Her Brilliantly Coloured Self-Portraits)
Birthdate: July 6, 1907
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico
Died: July 13
2
Alan Turing(English Mathematician Who is Considered as the Father of Theoretical Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence)
Birthdate: June 23, 1912
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Maida Vale, London, England
Died: June 7
3
Henri Matisse(French Visual Artist Known for His Paintings: ‘Woman with a Hat’, 'The Dance', and 'Red Room’)
Birthdate: December 31, 1869
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France
Died: November 3
4
Lionel Barrymore(Actor & Director Best Known for His Role as ‘Mr. Potter’ in the Film ‘It's a Wonderful Life’)
Birthdate: April 28, 1878
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Philadelphia
Died: November 15
5
Enrico Fermi(Italian Physicist, Nobel Laureate and Creator of the World's First Nuclear Reactor)
Birthdate: September 29, 1901
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: November 28
6
Colette(Best Known for Her Novel 'Gigi')
Birthdate: January 28, 1873
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, France
Died: August 3
7
The French Angel
(French Professional Wrestler)
Birthdate: October 23, 1903
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ural Mountains, Russia
Died: September 4
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Sydney Greenstreet
(Actor)
Birthdate: December 27, 1879
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Sandwich, Kent, England
Died: January 18
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
Birthdate: October 22, 1913
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: May 25
Birthdate: October 20, 1874
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Danbury, Connecticut, United States
Died: May 19
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The French Angel
(French Professional Wrestler Who Was Twice World Heavyweight Champion)
Birthdate: October 23, 1903
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ural Mountains, Russia
Died: September 4
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Pierre S. du Pont
(Entrepreneur)
Birthdate: January 15, 1870
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Died: April 4
13
Heinz Guderian(German General During World War II and Inspector of Motorized Troops)
Birthdate: June 17, 1888
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Chełmno, Poland
Died: May 14
14
Agnes Macphail(Member of Ontario Provincial Parliament (1943-45, 1948-51))
Birthdate: March 24, 1890
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Dundalk, Canada
Died: February 13
15
Pop Warner
(American Football coach)
Birthdate: April 5, 1871
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: New York, United States
Died: September 7
Birthdate: September 23, 1863
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Died: July 24
17
Edwin Howard Armstrong
(American Electrical Engineer and Inventor, Who Developed FM Radio and the Superheterodyne Receiver System)
Birthdate: December 18, 1890
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Chelsea, New York, United States
Died: February 1
18
Andre Derain
(French Artist, Painter, Sculptor and Co-founder of 'Fauvism')
Birthdate: June 10, 1880
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Garches, France
Died: September 8
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Claude Cahun
(French Photographer Known for Her Self-Portraits and Tableaux That Incorporated a Surrealist Style and Gender Fluidity)
Birthdate: October 25, 1894
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Nantes, France
Died: December 8
Birthdate: September 13, 1904
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Patten, Maine, U.S.
Died: December 8
21
Grantland Rice
(Sports writer)
Birthdate: November 1, 1880
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States
Died: July 13
22
Günther Quandt
(German industrialist who founded an industrial empire that today includes BMW and Altana (chemicals))
Birthdate: July 28, 1881
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Pritzwalk, Germany
Died: December 30
23
Alain LeRoy Locke
(teacher, philosopher)
Birthdate: September 13, 1886
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Died: June 9
24
Marguerite Steinheil
(Salonnière)
Birthdate: April 16, 1869
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Beaucourt, France
Died: July 17
25
Dziga Vertov
(Soviet Documentary Filmmaker and Cinema Theorist)
Birthdate: January 2, 1896
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Białystok
Died: February 12
26
Linda Lee Thomas
(Socialite)
Birthdate: November 17, 1883
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Died: May 20
27
Aristides de Sousa Mendes
(Diplomat)
Birthdate: July 19, 1885
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Viseu
Died: April 3
28
Viktor Abakumov
(Russian Minister of State Security 1946 to 1951)
Birthdate: April 24, 1908
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: December 19
Birthdate: December 5, 1879
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Montgomery County, Iowa, United States
Died: November 20
30
Kalki Krishnamurthy
(Former Writer who founded a magazine, which was also named Kalki)
Birthdate: September 9, 1899
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Manalmedu, Tamil Nadu, India
Died: December 5
31
Oscar Charleston
(Former Baseball Player Center fielder)
Birthdate: October 14, 1896
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Died: October 5
32
M. N. Roy(Indian Marxist Revolutionary, Political Theorist and a Noted Philosopher of the 20th Century)
Birthdate: March 21, 1887
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: West Bengal, India
Died: January 25
33
Rabbit Maranville
(Baseball manager)
Birthdate: November 11, 1891
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Died: January 6
34
Franz Josef Popp
(Engineer, Manager, Entrepreneur)
Birthdate: January 14, 1886
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Vienna
Died: July 29
35
Auguste Perret
(architect)
Birthdate: February 12, 1874
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Ixelles
Died: February 25
36
Seebohm Rowntree
(British Sociologist and Philanthropist Known for His Studies of Poverty and Welfare)
Birthdate: July 7, 1871
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: York, England
Died: October 7
37
William Van Alen
(Architect)
Birthdate: August 10, 1883
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Brooklyn
Died: May 24
Birthdate: July 19, 1884
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Claremont House, Surrey, England
Died: March 6
39
Hannes Meyer
(Swiss Architect)
Birthdate: November 18, 1889
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Basel
Died: July 19
Birthdate: February 13, 1892
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Spring Creek Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania
Died: October 9
Birthdate: October 19, 1862
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Besançon, France
Died: April 10
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Pudge Heffelfinger
(Football player)
Birthdate: December 20, 1867
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Died: April 2
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
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Arthur Greenwood
(Politician)
Birthdate: February 8, 1880
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hunslet, Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Died: June 9
Birthdate: March 19, 1868
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Butrimonys, Lithuania
Died: February 16
Birthdate: August 6, 1894
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: March 22
46
Lucy Hicks Anderson
(Socialite)
Birthdate: 1886 AD
Birthplace: Waddy, Kentucky, United States
Died: 1954 AD
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Jacinto Benavente
(One of the Foremost Spanish Dramatists of the 20th Century)
Birthdate: August 12, 1866
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Died: July 14
Birthdate: March 15, 1909
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Palanga
Died: November 26
49
Jess McMahon
(American Professional Wrestling and Boxing Promoter)
Birthdate: October 26, 1882
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States
Died: November 21
50
Wilbur Shaw
(American Racing Driver)
Birthdate: October 31, 1902
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Shelbyville, Indiana, United States
Died: October 30