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Pyotr Leshchenko

Pyotr Leshchenko

1898–1954

conductor, singer, dancer

Official cause

ulcer

Lawrence C. Whittet

Lawrence C. Whittet

1871–1954

businessperson, politician

Official cause

pneumonia

Jackie Saunders

Jackie Saunders

1892–1954

actor, film actor

Official cause

cancer

Grantland Rice

Grantland Rice

1880–1954

journalist, sports journalist

Official cause

stroke

Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo

1907–1954

painter

Official cause

bronchopneumonia; pulmonary embolism; phlebitis

Irving Pichel

Irving Pichel

1891–1954

actor, film director, film actor

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Théophile Moreux

Théophile Moreux

1867–1954

astronomer, meteorologist, science communicator

Official cause

uremia

KB

Karlo Baumann

1914–1954

athlete

Official cause

drowning

Siegfried Handloser

Siegfried Handloser

1885–1954

military physician, director, professor

Official cause

cancer

Norah Dowell Stearns

Norah Dowell Stearns

1891–1954

hydrogeologist

Official cause

myocarditis

Robert Capa

Robert Capa

1913–1954

war correspondent, photographer, war photographer

Official cause

explosion

Edwin Rolfe

Edwin Rolfe

1909–1954

writer, screenwriter, poet

Official cause

myocardial infarction

HCK

Henry C. Kellers

1874–1954

military officer, orderly, surgeon

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Chief Bender

Chief Bender

1884–1954

baseball player, baseball player-manager, athlete

Official cause

prostate cancer

Catarina Eufémia

Catarina Eufémia

1928–1954

agricultural worker, mother, resistance fighter

Official cause

gunshot wound

WB

Werner Bischof

1916–1954

photographer, photojournalist

Official cause

traffic collision

Vladimir Ghika

Vladimir Ghika

1873–1954

presbyter, diplomat, priest

Official cause

blunt trauma

William March

William March

1893–1954

writer, novelist, sailor

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Stanley Savige

Stanley Savige

1890–1954

military officer

Official cause

coronary artery disease

Princess Märtha of Sweden

Princess Märtha of Sweden

1901–1954

aristocrat

Official cause

cancer

Hoyt Vandenberg

Hoyt Vandenberg

1899–1954

military officer

Official cause

prostate cancer

JD

Joan Dowling

1928–1954

actor, film actor, stage actor

Official cause

asphyxia

Fritz London

Fritz London

1900–1954

physicist, university teacher, theoretical physicist

Official cause

leukemia

Iseult Gonne

Iseult Gonne

1894–1954

poet, writer

Official cause

cardiovascular disease