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László Rajk
1909–1949
politician, diplomat
Official cause
hanging to death
Roman Lysko
1914–1949
Catholic priest
Official cause
Stalinism
Fritz Leiber
1882–1949
stage actor, film actor, actor
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Gheorghe Mironescu
1874–1949
politician, diplomat, university teacher
Official cause
hanging to death
Bert H. Miller
1879–1949
politician, lawyer, judge
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Harry T. Burleigh
1866–1949
composer, singer, music educator
Official cause
disease
Peter Sauer
1900–1949
amateur wrestler, actor, professional wrestler
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Tonita Peña
1893–1949
painter, teacher, muralist
Official cause
adrenal gland cancer
Monte M. Katterjohn
1891–1949
screenwriter, writer
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Myron Fuller
1889–1949
head coach
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Adam Doboszyński
1904–1949
politician
Official cause
execution by shooting
Arthur Chesney
1881–1949
actor, film actor
Official cause
stroke
Uemura Shōen
1875–1949
Nihonga painter, painter
Official cause
lung cancer
Harry Keggans
1887–1949
association football player
Official cause
thrombosis
Nils Östensson
1918–1949
cross-country skier, military patrol (sport) runner
Official cause
traffic collision
Virginia M. Alexander
1899–1949
obstetrician, gynecologist, physician
Official cause
systemic lupus erythematosus
John Bodvan Anwyl
1875–1949
Christian minister, lexicographer, author
Official cause
drowning
Peter Purves Smith
1912–1949
painter
Official cause
tuberculosis
Arthur Ernest William Short
1888–1949
politician, business executive, businessperson
Official cause
peritonitis
Frank Murphy
1890–1949
legal counselor, lawyer, politician
Official cause
coronary thrombosis
Amalie Konsa
1873–1949
actor, film actor, singer
Official cause
traffic collision
Alexander F. Whitney
1873–1949
trade unionist
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Dionisio Carreras
1890–1949
marathon runner
Official cause
cancer
William Parker Kennedy
1892–1949
trade unionist
Official cause
myocardial infarction