Celebrity Deaths in 1949

53 notable figures died in 1949. Listed below in order of date of death.

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  Joseph B. Cawthorn

  1868 – 1949 · Actors Jan 1
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  Othon Friesz

  1879 – 1949 · Artists and Architects Jan 1
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  Tommy Handley

  1892 – 1949 · Actors Jan 1
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  Joseph Cawthorn

  1868 – 1949 · Actors Jan 21
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  Christian Bérard

  1902 – 1949 · Artists and Architects Feb 2
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  Roman Bohnen

  1901 – 1949 · Actors Feb 24
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  Sarojini Naidu

  1879 – 1949 · Politicians Mar 2
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  Felix Bressart

  1895 – 1949 · Actors Mar 3
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  Gordon Bernie Kaufmann

  1888 – 1949 · Business Magnates Mar 3
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  Lloyd William Barker

  1898 – 1949 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Mar 3
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  Ross Shaw Sterling, Sr

  1875 – 1949 · Business Magnates Mar 3
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  Will Hay

  1888 – 1949 · Actors Apr 4
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  Wallace Beery

  1885 – 1949 · Actors Apr 15
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  Bela Balazs

  1884 – 1949 · Authors and Writers May 5
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  Chuck Baldra

  1899 – 1949 · Actors May 5
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  James Truslow Adams

  1878 – 1949 · Authors and Writers May 5
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  Jay Belasco

  1888 – 1949 · Actors May 5
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  Robert Ripley

  1890 – 1949 · Artists and Architects May 27
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  Eddie De Lange

  1904 – 1949 · Actors Jun 6
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  Jake Bird

  1901 – 1949 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Jun 14
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  Georgi Dimitrov

  1882 – 1949 · Politicians Jul 2
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  Frank Hans Johnston

  1888 – 1949 · Business Magnates Jul 7
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  Walt Kuhn

  1880 – 1949 · Artists and Architects Jul 7
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  Harry Davenport

  1866 – 1949 · Actors Aug 8
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  Al Shean

  1868 – 1949 · Comedian Aug 12
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  Richard Strauss

  1864 – 1949 · Celebrities, Musicians, Musicians and Composers Sep 8
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  Blanca Estela Pavón

  1926 – 1949 · Actresses Sep 9
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  Hallie Quinn Brown

  1850 – 1949 Sep 9
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  Will Cuppy

  1884 – 1949 · Authors and Writers Sep 9
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  Tiny Bonham

  1913 – 1949 · Athletes, Baseball Sep 15
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  Frank Morgan

  1890 – 1949 · Actors Sep 18
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  Richard Dix

  1893 – 1949 · Actors Sep 20
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  Sam Wood

  1884 – 1949 · Director, Film Director Sep 22
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  David Adler

  1882 – 1949 · Artists and Architects, Designer Sep 27
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  Buddy Clark

  1912 – 1949 · Singer Oct 1
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  Chikuhei Nakajima

  1884 – 1949 · Business Magnates Oct 10
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  Federico Beltrán-Masses

  1885 – 1949 · Artists and Architects Oct 10
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  Montgomery Barrett

  1897 – 1949 · Artists and Architects Oct 10
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  Sydney Lee

  1866 – 1949 · Artists and Architects Oct 10
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  Charles Alexander See

  1882 – 1949 · Business Magnates Nov 11
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  Elinor Troy

  1916 – 1949 · Actresses Nov 11
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  Irene Barnes Vanbrugh

  1872 – 1949 · Actresses Nov 11
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  James Sydney Ensor

  1860 – 1949 · Artists and Architects Nov 11
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  Lester Allen

  1891 – 1949 · Actors Nov 11
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  Solomon Robert Guggenheim

  1861 – 1949 Nov 11
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  William Desmond

  1878 – 1949 · Actors Nov 11
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  Charles Dullin

  1885 – 1949 · Actors Dec 12
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  Hervey Allen, Jr

  1889 – 1949 · Authors and Writers Dec 12
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  Ivy Anderson

  1904 – 1949 · Actresses Dec 12
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  Leon Schlesinger

  1884 – 1949 · Business Magnates Dec 12
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  Maria Ouspenskaya

  1876 – 1949 · Actresses Dec 12
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  Philip Barry, Sr

  1896 – 1949 · Authors and Writers Dec 12
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  S. S. McClure

  1857 – 1949 · Business Magnates