Explore notable deaths.

Bud Pollard

1889–1952

actor, screenwriter, film producer

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Potti Sreeramulu

1901–1952

writer, freedom fighter

Official cause

starvation

Robert Henry Best

1896–1952

journalist, radio personality

Official cause

stroke

Teixeira de Pascoaes

1877–1952

poet, writer, mystic

Official cause

pneumonia

Fouad Hamza

1899–1952

diplomat

Official cause

heart failure

Margaret Wise Brown

1910–1952

writer, children's writer

Official cause

embolism

Kamen Vitchev

1893–1952

Official cause

gunshot wound

Pavel Djidjov

1919–1952

theologian, Catholic priest

Official cause

gunshot wound

Eugene Bossilkov

1900–1952

Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

Official cause

gunshot wound

Josaphat Chichkov

1884–1952

presbyter

Official cause

gunshot wound

Harold Innis

1894–1952

economist, historian, philosopher

Official cause

prostate cancer

Adolph J. Sabath

1866–1952

politician, lawyer

Official cause

liver disease

Frank Smith

1879–1952

baseball player

Official cause

Bright's disease

Henry Edwards

1882–1952

film director, stage actor, film actor

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Maire O'Neill

1885–1952

actor, film actor, stage actor

Official cause

disease

Corder Catchpool

1883–1952

pacifist

Official cause

mountaineering accident

George Portelance

1931–1952

swimmer

Official cause

drowning

Alfrēds Riekstiņš

1913–1952

military officer, spy

Official cause

intoxication

Jonas H. Ingram

1886–1952

military officer

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Maria Shkapskaya

1891–1952

writer, journalist, poet

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Wolfgang Kaiser

1924–1952

chemist

Official cause

decapitation

Gertrude Lawrence

1898–1952

singer, stage actor, film actor

Official cause

liver cancer

Hermann Stieve

1886–1952

physician, anatomist, histologist

Official cause

stroke

Majida Baklouti Boulila

1931–1952

activist

Official cause

puerperal disorders