Celebrity Deaths in 1948
68 notable figures died in 1948. Listed below in order of date of death.
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Bill Cody
1891 – 1948 · Actors Jan 1 -
Cosmo Bellew
1885 – 1948 · Actors Jan 1 -
Edna May
1878 – 1948 · Actresses Jan 1 -
Nigel De Brulier
1877 – 1948 · Actors Jan 1 -
Maria Mandl
1912 – 1948 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Jan 24 -
Arthur Liebehenschel
1901 – 1948 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Jan 28 -
Hans Aumeier
1906 – 1948 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Jan 28 -
Therese Brandl
1902 – 1948 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Jan 28 -
Gandhi
1869 – 1948 · Politicians, Social Reformers Jan 30 -
Mahatma Gandhi
1869 – 1948 · Politicians Jan 30 -
John Robert Gregg
1867 – 1948 Feb 2 -
Lee Baker
1875 – 1948 · Actors Feb 2 -
Sergei Eisenstein
1898 – 1948 · Celebrities, Film Director, Scientists and Inventors Feb 11 -
Antonin Artaud
1896 – 1948 · Actors Mar 3 -
Edgar de Wahl
1867 – 1948 · Politicians Mar 9 -
Buster Brodie
1885 – 1948 · Actors Apr 4 -
Leslie Fuller
1888 – 1948 · Actors Apr 4 -
Henry Methvin
1912 – 1948 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Apr 19 -
Aldo Leopold
1887 – 1948 · Scientists and Inventors Apr 21 -
Tatsukichi Minobe
1873 – 1948 May 5 -
Vera Gordon
1886 – 1948 · Actresses May 5 -
Viola Allen
1869 – 1948 · Actresses May 5 -
Viola Allen
1867 – 1948 · Actresses May 9 -
George Polk
1913 – 1948 · Victims of crime and disaster May 15 -
Alvah Curtis Roebuck
1864 – 1948 · Business Magnates Jun 6 -
Beryl Wallace
1916 – 1948 · Actresses Jun 6 -
Charles Nash
1864 – 1948 · Business Magnates Jun 6 -
Charles Williams Nash
1864 – 1948 · Business Magnates Jun 6 -
Frank Clarke
1898 – 1948 · Actors Jun 6 -
Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
1857 – 1948 · Authors and Writers Jun 6 -
Earl Carroll
1893 – 1948 · Director, Producer Jun 17 -
Carole Landis
1919 – 1948 · Actresses Jul 5 -
Georges Bernanos
1888 – 1948 · Authors and Writers Jul 7 -
James Baskett
1904 – 1948 · Actors Jul 7 -
King Baggot
1879 – 1948 · Entertainers Jul 7 -
D. W. Griffith
1875 – 1948 · Actors, Celebrities, Film Director Jul 23 -
Ruth Neudeck
1920 – 1948 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Jul 29 -
Mileva Marić
1875 – 1948 · Scientists and Inventors Aug 4 -
Elaine Hammerstein
1896 – 1948 · Actresses Aug 8 -
Ignaz Schwinn
1860 – 1948 · Business Magnates Aug 8 -
Kanichi Asakawa
1873 – 1948 · Educators Aug 8 -
Ned Dandy
1888 – 1948 · Authors and Writers Aug 8 -
Babe Ruth
1895 – 1948 · Athletes, Baseball Aug 16 -
Edvard Beneš
1884 – 1948 · Athletes, Politicians, Soccer Sep 3 -
Charles Beard
1874 – 1948 · Authors and Writers Sep 9 -
Charles Henry Ingersoll
1865 – 1948 Sep 9 -
Stella Razetto
1880 – 1948 · Actresses Sep 9 -
Mohammad Ali Jinnah
1876 – 1948 · Politicians Sep 11 -
Vernon Dalhart
1883 – 1948 · Singer, Song Writers Sep 14 -
Warren William
1894 – 1948 · Actors Sep 24 -
Gregg Toland
1904 – 1948 · Producer Sep 28 -
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
1861 – 1948 · Politicians, US First Ladies Sep 30 -
Sydney Anderson
1881 – 1948 · Politicians Oct 8 -
Bert Gudgeon
1888 – 1948 · Actors Oct 10 -
Edythe Chapman
1863 – 1948 · Actresses Oct 10 -
Mary Eaton
1901 – 1948 · Actresses Oct 10 -
Nora Lane
1905 – 1948 · Actresses Oct 10 -
Thomas Augustine “T.A.” Daly
1871 – 1948 · Authors and Writers Oct 10 -
Elissa Landi
1904 – 1948 · Actresses Oct 21 -
Mary Nolan
1902 – 1948 · Actresses, Model Oct 31 -
Edgar Kennedy
1890 – 1948 · Actors, Comedian Nov 9 -
Charles D. Brown
1887 – 1948 · Actors Nov 11 -
Fred Niblo
1874 – 1948 · Actors Nov 11 -
George F. Johnson
1857 – 1948 Nov 11 -
Isabel Anderson
1876 – 1948 · Authors and Writers Nov 11 -
Sam Shockley
1909 – 1948 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Dec 3 -
Steve Drake
1923 – 1948 · Actors Dec 12 -
Hideki Tojo
1884 – 1948 · Politicians Dec 23