- January 27
- Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch poet/interpreter/linguist, dies at age 58. [1]
- January 30
- Louis H N Bosch van Rosenthal, Dutch resistance fighter, dies at age 68. [1]
- February 4
- Alexander Loudon, Dutch diplomat (League of Nations), dies at age 60. [1]
- February 8
- Cliff Clark, actor (Golden Hoofs, Kid Glove Killer), dies at age 63. [1]
- February 24
- [Karl R] Gerd von Rundstedt, General-field marshal (Normandy, Ardennes), dies at age 77. [1]
- February 26
- Elisabeth "Ilse" Kuyper, Dutch/US (opera)composer, dies. [1]
- Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch poet/linguist (spelling), dies at age 58. [1]
- March 1
- Anton GO Ridder Van Rappard, painter/lithographer/etcher, dies. [1]
- March 4
- Sergei S Prokoviev, Russian composer (Peter and the Wolf), dies at age 61. [1]
- March 5
- Josef V Stalin, Soviet leader responsible for 11 million murders, dies at age 73. [1] [226.49]
- March 10
- Charles Gordon Curtis, inventor of Curtis-steam turbine, dies at age 92. [1]
- March 14
- Klement Gottwald, premier/President of Czechoslovakia, dies at age 56. [1]
- March 20
- Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author (Vidas Secas), dies at age 60. [1]
- March 22
- James Anderson II, actor (Jo - Northern Exposure), dies. [1]
- March 24
- Felix M Abel, French dominican/biblical scholar, dies at age 74. [1]
- Mary [Victoria of Teck], queen of Great Britain/North-Ireland, dies at age 86. [1]
- March 28
- James Francis Thorpe, decathlete (Olympics-gold-1912), dies at age 64. [1] [5]
- April 2
- Jean Epstein, French director (Vive la Vie), dies at age 56. [1]
- April 4
- Carol II, King of Romania (1930-40), dies at age 59. [1]
- April 14
- Emmanuel K de Bom, Flemish writer (Scheldelucht), dies at age 84. [1]
- April 29
- Moïse Kisling, Polish/French painter (La souris boiteuse), dies at age 62. [1]
- May 4
- Edward B B Shanks, British poet/critic, dies at age 60. [1]
- May 7
- Ormerod Pearse, cricket player (55 runs and three wickets in three Tests for South Africa), dies. [1]
- May 14
- Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Japanese/American painter/etcher, dies at age 59. [1]
- May 18
- Tom Killick, cricket player (at the crease two Tests for England 1929), dies. [1]
- May 19
- Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War, dies at age 79. [1]
- May 24
- Cor Hermus, actor (Bleeke Bet, William of Orange, Jantes), dies at age 63. [1]
- June 19
- Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviets, are executed by electric chair at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York. [1] [129]
- July 22
- Cy Kendall, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown), dies at age 55. [1]
- July 31
- Robert Taft (Senator-Republican-Ohio) (Mr Republican), dies in New York at age 63. [1]
- September 6
- Birth of Katherine Cannon in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; actress (Father Murphy, The Survivors). [1]
- September 10
- Birth of Amy Irving in Palo Alto, California, USA; actress (Yentl, Carrie, Crossing Delancy). [1]
- September 12
- Lewis Stone, actor (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at age 73 of a heart attack. [1]
- September 28
- Edwin P Hubble, astronomer, designer of telescopes, dies at age 63. [1]
- November 9
- Abdul-Aziz ibn Sa'ud, founder of Saudi Arabia, dies (born about 1880). [1]
- Dylan Thomas, author-poet, dies in New York at age 39. [1] [5]
- November 27
- Eugene O'Neill, playwright, dies in Boston at age 65. [1] [5]
- December 2
- Ernest Hayes, cricket player (Surrey bat played five Tests for England), dies. [1]
- December 6
- Konstanty I Galczynski, Polish poet (Zielona Ges), dies at age 48. [1]
- December 19
- Robert A Millikan, American physicist (Nobel Prize 1923), dies at age 85. [1] [5]
- December 23
- Lavrenti P Beria, soviet minister of internal security, executed. [1]
- December 31
- Albert Plesman, Dutch aviation pioneer/founder (KLM), dies at age 64. [1]
1954
- January 11
- Edgar Tytgat, Flemish painter/etcher/drawer, dies at age 77. [1]
- Emmy Arbous, Dutch actress/cabaret performer (Boefje), dies at age 56. [1]
- Death of Oscar Straus in Vienna, Austria; composer, Der tapfere Soldat (1908), Ein Walzertraum (1907) Rund um die Liebe (1914). [1] [37]
- January 16
- Michail M Prishvin, Russian writer, dies. [1]
- January 19
- Sydney Greenstreet, actor (Conflict, Maltese Falcon), dies at age 74. [1]
- January 20
- Fred Root, cricket player (England pace bowler in three Tests vs Australia 1926), dies. [1]
- Warren Bardsley, cricket player (41 Tests for Australia, 2469 runs), dies. [1]
- January 31
- Edwin H Armstrong, US radio inventor (FM), commits suicide at age 63. [1]
- Florence Bates, actress (Kismet, I Remember Mama), dies at age 65. [1]
- February 1
- Julius P Hoste, Belgian minister/newspaper publisher, dies at age 69. [1]
- February 8
- Mabel Paige, actress (Lucky Jordan), dies at age 73. [1]
- February 12
- Dziga Vertov [Kaufman], Russian director (Three Songs of Lenin), dies at age 58. [1]
- February 17
- Evert Gorter, children's artist (Kindergeneeskunde), dies at age 72. [1]
- February 26
- William R Inge, English theologist/philosopher, dies at age 93. [1]
- March 5
- Julian Lowell Coolidge, mathematician (Study-Segre school), dies at age 80. [1]
- March 6
- Jan Kalf, Dutch literature/art historian, dies at age 80. [1]
- March 8
- Percy Twentyman-Jones, cricket player (pair in only Test for South Africa), dies. [1]
- March 18
- Walter Mead, cricket player (one Test for England 1899), dies. [1]
- March 28
- Francis B Young, British physician/writer (In South Africa), dies at age 69. [1]
- April 10
- Auguste Lumière, French photograph/movie pioneer, dies at age 81. [1]
- Ludwig Curtius, German archaeologist (Die antike Kunst), dies at age 79. [1]
- April 12
- Pim [Willem JH] Mulier, Dutch journalist/sports-organizer, dies at age 89. [1]
- April 19
- Joe Laurie Jr, comedian (Can You Top This?), dies at age 61. [1]
- April 25
- Joseph Hergesheimer, novelist (Java Head), dies. [1]
- April 29
- Ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier, dies at age 82. [1]
- May 1
- Tom Tyler, actor (Lost Ranch, Coyote Trails), dies at age 50. [1]
- May 10
- George Hirst, cricket player (36,323 first-class runs, 2739 wickets), dies. [1]
- May 16
- Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera), dies at age 61. [1]
- May 19
- Aart A van Schelven, church historian (Willem of Orange), dies at age 73. [1]
- Birth of Rick Cerone in Newark, New Jersey, USA; catcher (New York Yankees/Boston Red Sox/New York Mets/Montreal Expos). [1]
- Charles Edward Ives, American composer (Unanswered Question), dies at age 79. [1]
- May 23
- H R Bromley-Davenport, cricket player (batted in four Tests for England), dies. [1]
- May 30
- Ahmad Amin, Egyptian historian/author, dies at age 67. [1]
- June 4
- Harold Hoffman, American politician (Governor-New Jersey), dies at age 58. [1]
- June 22
- Don Hollenbeck, newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at age 49. [1]
- June 28
- Red deer dies in Milwaukee Zoo at age 26; oldest known deer. [1]
- July 20
- Blair Moody, American politician (Senator-Michigan), dies at age 52. [1]
- July 24
- Mary Church Terrell, educator/civil rights leader, dies at age 90. [1]
- August 3
- Colette France, novelist (Claudine), dies at age 81. [1]
- September 28
- Bert Lytell, actor (Henry - One Man's Family), dies at age 69. [1]
- October 20
- Willie Shaw, race car driver (Indy 500-1937, 1939, 1940), dies at age 51. [1]
- December 4
- Nina Vasar, wife of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, dies. [1]
- December 8
- Gladys George, actress (Roaring Twenties), dies at age 50. [1]
- December 20
- James Hilton, English author (Lost Horizon), dies at age 54. [1]
- December 25
- Rhythm and blues recording star Johnny Ace dies offstage during a show in Houston, Texas, by playing and losing at Russian Roulette. [1] [467]
- Liberty Hyde Bailey, US botanist (Plantbreeding), dies at age 96. [1]
- December 31
- Peter Van Anrooy, conductor/composer (Piet Hein Rhapsodie), dies at age 75. [1]
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