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Josef Kjellgren
1907–1948
writer, poet
Official cause
tuberculosis
Egon Erwin Kisch
1885–1948
writer, journalist, reporter
Official cause
cerebrovascular disease
Karel Candael
1883–1948
composer, director
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Paul Nitsche
1876–1948
judge, psychiatrist, T4-Gutachter
Official cause
decapitation
François Sevez
1891–1948
military personnel
Official cause
hunting accident
Gerhard Flesch
1909–1948
police officer, Gestapo employee, intelligence officer
Official cause
gunshot wound
Zhou Fohai
1897–1948
politician
Official cause
heart disease
Nicodim Munteanu
1864–1948
translator, Eastern Orthodox priest, patriarch
Official cause
lung disease
Valentín Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga
1862–1948
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop, religious role
Official cause
bronchopneumonia
John Robert Gregg
1867–1948
teacher, inventor, journalist
Official cause
disease
Patricia Farr
1913–1948
actor, film actor
Official cause
pancreatic cancer
Geoffrey Pyke
1893–1948
journalist, inventor, spy
Official cause
intoxication
Agnes Vernon
1895–1948
actor, film actor
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Renato Balestrero
1898–1948
racing automobile driver, athlete
Official cause
traffic collision
Mahatma Gandhi
1869–1948
politician, barrister, political writer
Official cause
gunshot wound
Aurelia Henry Reinhardt
1877–1948
social activist, educator, translator
Official cause
cardiovascular disease
Eric Muhsfeldt
1913–1948
baker, concentration camp guard, politician
Official cause
hanging to death
August Bogusch
1890–1948
politician
Official cause
hanging to death
Therese Brandl
1902–1948
prison officer, politician
Official cause
hanging to death
Toshiaki Mukai
1912–1948
military personnel
Official cause
execution by shooting
John Lomax
1867–1948
musicologist, historian, ethnomusicologist
Official cause
stroke
Kâzım Karabekir
1882–1948
military personnel, politician, memoirist
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Giuseppe Timoteo Giaccardo
1896–1948
presbyter
Official cause
leukemia
Arthur Liebehenschel
1901–1948
concentration camp guard, military personnel, Holocaust perpetrator
Official cause
hanging to death