Celebrity Deaths in 1954

73 notable figures died in 1954. Listed below in order of date of death.

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  Don “Uncle Don” Carney

  1896 – 1954 · Actors Jan 1
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  Ernest Benn

  1875 – 1954 · Authors and Writers Jan 1
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  James Francis Abbott

  1872 – 1954 · Actors Jan 1
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  Lillian Rich

  1900 – 1954 · Actresses Jan 1
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  Sydney Greenstreet

  1879 – 1954 · Actors Jan 1
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  Thomas Elmer Braniff

  1883 – 1954 Jan 1
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  Thomas Elmer Braniff

  1883 – 1954 · Business Magnates Jan 1
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  Francis Sumner

  1895 – 1954 · Scientists and Inventors Jan 12
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  John Murray Anderson

  1886 – 1954 · Actors, Authors and Writers, Director, Entertainers, Producer Jan 30
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  Edwin Howard Armstrong

  1890 – 1954 · Scientists and Inventors Jan 31
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  Florence Bates

  1888 – 1954 · Actresses Jan 31
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  Frederick Lewis Allen

  1890 – 1954 · Authors and Writers Feb 2
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  Mabel Paige

  1880 – 1954 · Actresses Feb 2
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  Maxwell Bodenheim

  1892 – 1954 · Authors and Writers Feb 2
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  Nancy McIntosh

  1866 – 1954 · Actresses Feb 2
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  Siegfried Breuer

  1906 – 1954 · Actors Feb 2
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  Senda Berenson Abbott

  1868 – 1954 · Athletes, Sports Figures Feb 16
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  Emily Fitzroy

  1860 – 1954 · Actresses Mar 3
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  Joan Dowling

  1928 – 1954 · Actresses Mar 3
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  John L. Balderston

  1889 – 1954 · Authors and Writers Mar 3
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  Fritzi Scheff

  1879 – 1954 · Actresses Apr 4
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  Juan Duval

  1897 – 1954 · Actors Apr 4
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  Joe May

  1880 – 1954 · Director, Film Director, Producer Apr 29
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  Alan Edwards

  1892 – 1954 · Actors May 5
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  Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott

  1871 – 1954 · Artists and Architects May 5
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  Henri Laurens

  1885 – 1954 · Artists and Architects May 5
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  Lionel Pretoria “Big Train” Conacher

  1900 – 1954 · Native Americans May 5
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  Nita Pike

  1913 – 1954 · Actresses May 5
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  Robert Capa

  1913 – 1954 · Artists and Architects May 5
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  Russell Stover

  1888 – 1954 · Business Magnates May 5
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  Walter Benjamin Ralphs

  1854 – 1954 · Business Magnates May 5
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  Clemens Krauss

  1893 – 1954 · Musicians and Composers May 16
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  Lionel Conacher

  1900 – 1954 · Athletes, Politicians May 26
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  E. Ray Goetz

  1886 – 1954 · Actors Jun 6
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  Maurice Cass

  1884 – 1954 · Actors Jun 6
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  Paul R. Braniff

  1897 – 1954 · Business Magnates Jun 6
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  Alan Turing

  1912 – 1954 · Scientists and Inventors Jun 7
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  Frida Kahlo

  1907 – 1954 · Artists and Architects Jul 7
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  Jacinto Benavente

  1866 – 1954 · Authors and Writers Jul 7
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  Jacqueline Saunders

  1892 – 1954 · Actresses Jul 7
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  Bennett Clark

  1890 – 1954 · Politicians Jul 13
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  Irving Pichel

  1891 – 1954 · Actors, Director Jul 13
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  Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette

  1873 – 1954 · Authors and Writers Aug 3
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  Bess Streeter Aldrich

  1881 – 1954 · Authors and Writers Aug 8
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  Colette

  1873 – 1954 · Authors and Writers Aug 8
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  Vera Sisson

  1891 – 1954 · Actresses Aug 8
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  Alcide De Gasperi

  1881 – 1954 · Politicians Aug 19
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  Terry Ramsaye

  1885 – 1954 · Authors and Writers Aug 19
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  Getúlio Vargas

  1882 – 1954 · Politicians Aug 24
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  Harry Conway “Bud” Fisher

  1885 – 1954 · Artists and Architects Sep 9
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  Harry Cording

  1891 – 1954 · Actors Sep 9
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  Herbert William Hoover, Sr

  1877 – 1954 Sep 9
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  Joel Friedkin

  1885 – 1954 · Actors Sep 9
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  Kokichi Mikimoto

  1858 – 1954 · Business Magnates Sep 9
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  Fred Biesel

  1893 – 1954 · Artists and Architects Oct 10
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  Henry Mather Greene

  1870 – 1954 · Artists and Architects Oct 10
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  Juan Chabás

  1910 – 1954 · Authors and Writers Oct 10
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  Lewis Parsons Hobart

  1873 – 1954 · Artists and Architects Oct 10
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  Simone Mareuil

  1903 – 1954 · Actresses Oct 10
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  Henri Matisse

  1869 – 1954 · Artists and Architects Nov 3
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  Butler Ames

  1871 – 1954 · Politicians Nov 6
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  Edward Clark

  1878 – 1954 · Actors Nov 11
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  Edward Coxen

  1884 – 1954 · Actors Nov 11
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  Stig Dagerman

  1923 – 1954 · Authors and Writers Nov 11
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  Lionel Barrymore

  1878 – 1954 · Actors, Film Director, TV Director Nov 15
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  Enrico Fermi

  1901 – 1954 · Scientists and Inventors Nov 28
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  Gladys George

  1904 – 1954 · Actresses Dec 8
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  Dagmar Ebbesen

  1891 – 1954 · Actresses Dec 12
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  Frank A. Barney

  1862 – 1954 · Artists and Architects Dec 12
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  Marie Ventura

  1890 – 1954 · Actresses Dec 12
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  Ruth Selwyn

  1905 – 1954 · Actresses Dec 12
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  James Hilton

  1900 – 1954 · Authors and Writers Dec 20
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  Kathleen Key

  1903 – 1954 · Actresses Dec 22