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Walther von Brauchitsch
1881–1948
military personnel, general field marshal
Official cause
pneumonia
Modest Isopescu
1895–1948
military personnel, The Holocaust in Romania, The Holocaust in Ukraine
Official cause
liver disease
Nora Lane
1905–1948
actor, film actor
Official cause
gunshot wound
Edythe Chapman
1863–1948
actor, stage actor, film actor
Official cause
disease
Ester Blenda Nordström
1891–1948
explorer, journalist, writer
Official cause
pneumonia
Leonid Mosendz
1897–1948
poet, writer, essayist
Official cause
tuberculosis
Shin Kusakawa
1893–1948
composer, violinist
Official cause
pleurisy
Ida Schreiter
1912–1948
concentration camp guard
Official cause
hanging to death
Emma Zimmer
1888–1948
concentration camp guard, politician
Official cause
hanging to death
André Sérot
1896–1948
military officer, colonel
Official cause
gunshot wound
Walter Sonntag
1907–1948
physician
Official cause
hanging to death
Ruth Benedict
1887–1948
anthropologist, folklorist, university teacher
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Prosper Dezitter
1893–1948
criminal, spy, V-Mann
Official cause
gunshot wound
Henry Harvey Bruce
1862–1948
naval officer
Official cause
struck by vehicle
Henning Haslund-Christensen
1896–1948
explorer, anthropologist, orientalist
Official cause
heart failure
Babe Ruth
1895–1948
baseball player
Official cause
nasopharynx carcinoma
Eliška Misáková
1925–1948
artistic gymnast
Official cause
poliomyelitis
Elaine Hammerstein
1897–1948
actor, film actor
Official cause
traffic collision
Gerrit van der Waals
1920–1948
resistance fighter, military officer
Official cause
disease
Tomegorō Yoshizumi
1911–1948
military personnel, double agent, journalist
Official cause
lung disease
Yellapragada Subbarow
1895–1948
biochemist, scientist, medical researcher
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Claud Ashton Jones
1885–1948
military officer
Official cause
cerebral hemorrhage
Fabián García
1872–1948
horticulturist
Official cause
Parkinson's disease
Cyril Walker
1892–1948
golfer
Official cause
pneumonia