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Hanns Albin Rauter
1895–1949
politician, poster artist
Official cause
gunshot wound
Yuri Orestovich Gabel
1891–1949
chemist, university teacher
Official cause
lung cancer
Greg McGirr
1879–1949
politician, chemist
Official cause
disease
Wheeler Vivian Oakman
1890–1949
actor, film actor, screenwriter
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Walther Lucht
1882–1949
military personnel
Official cause
traffic collision; car collision
Yusuf Salman Yusuf
1901–1949
politician
Official cause
hanging to death
Hassan al-Banna
1906–1949
preacher, writer, teacher
Official cause
gunshot wound
Axel Munthe
1857–1949
writer, psychiatrist, physician writer
Official cause
tuberculosis
Octav Șuluțiu
1909–1949
writer, literary critic, translator
Official cause
stroke
John Carden
1921–1949
baseball player
Official cause
electrocution
William Rust
1903–1949
journalist, editor, political activist
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Sekiryo Kaneda
1883–1949
businessperson
Official cause
stroke
Helmut Vetter
1910–1949
physician
Official cause
hanging to death
Jakub Karol Parnas
1884–1949
biochemist, university teacher, scientist
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Frederick Rutland
1886–1949
aircraft pilot
Official cause
intoxication
Urho Lehtovaara
1917–1949
military aviator
Official cause
gunshot wound
Oscar Polk
1899–1949
actor, stage actor
Official cause
struck by vehicle
Alexander Drankov
1879–1949
photographer, camera operator, film director
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Angelita Helena Maria de Silva Ferro
1868–1949
actor
Official cause
disease
Pegi Nicol MacLeod
1904–1949
painter
Official cause
cancer
Snoozer Quinn
1906–1949
banjoist, mandolinist, jazz musician
Official cause
tuberculosis
Elizabeth Cambridge
1893–1949
novelist, writer
Official cause
tuberculosis
Friedrich Hopfner
1881–1949
astronomer, university teacher, geodesist
Official cause
drowning
George Ault
1891–1948
painter, draftsperson
Official cause
drowning