- January 21
- George Orwell [Eric Arthur Blair], author (Animal Farm, 1984), dies from tuberculosis in London, England at age 46. [1]
- January 22
- Alan Hale Sr, actor (The Seahawk, Yellowstone), dies at age 57. [1]
- January 24
- Bull Montana, actor (Son of Sheik), dies at age 62. [1]
- January 26
- Betsy van den Arend Dutch [Betje], actress (Miss Hobbs), dies at age 78. [1]
- February 1
- Harry Blomberg, Swedish author (Jacobs Dröm), dies at age 56. [1]
- February 3
- Karl Seitz, President of Austria, dies at age 80. [1]
- February 14
- Eduard Hermann, German linguist (Homer), dies at age 80. [1]
- Karl G Jansky, Czechoslovakian discoverer of cosmic radio sources, dies at age 44. [1]
- February 16
- David Denton, cricket player (England batsman in 11 Tests 1905-10), dies. [1]
- February 18
- Voranc Prezikov [Lovro Kuhar], Slavic author (Jamaica), dies at age 56. [1]
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- March 2
- M Joseph V d'Arbaud, French poet/author (Li cant palustre), dies at age 76. [1]
- March 6
- Lew Lehr, comedian (Stop Me If I Heard This One), dies at age 54. [1]
- March 11
- Florence Arliss, actress (Disraeli), dies at age 78. [1]
- March 12
- L Heinrich Mann, German/US writer (Between the Races), dies at age 78. [1]
- March 19
- Edgar Rice Burroughs, sci-fi author (Tarzan of the Apes), dies at age 74. [1]
- March 23
- Douglas Carr, England cricket leg-spinner (Test 1909), dies. [1]
- March 28
- Georgine M "May" Basting, actress (Occupier), dies at age 67. [1]
- March 30
- Léon Blum, French premier (People's Front Government), dies at age 77. [1]
- April 1
- Charles R Drew, surgeon/developer of blood bank concept, dies at age 45. [1]
- April 3
- Carter G Woodson "father of black history", dies in Washington DC at age 74. [1]
- Kurt Julian Weill, German composer (Dreigroschenoper), dies at age 50. [1]
- April 8
- Albert Ehrenstein, Austria writer (Strum), dies at age 63. [1]
- Vaslav Fromich Nijinsky, Ukrainian ballet dancer, dies in London, England. [1]
- April 19
- Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th baron Berners/composer, dies at age 66. [1]
- April 22
- Charles H Houston, architect of NAACP legal campaign, dies at age 54. [1]
- May 10
- John G Fletcher, US poet (Burning Mountain), dies. [1]
- May 26
- Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Bolshoi Theater), dies. [1]
- September 13
- Sara Allgood, actress (Jane Eyre, Spiral Staircase), dies at age 56. [1]
- October 23
- Death of Al Jolson AKA Asa Yoelson at age 64 following a heart attack; entertainer (Shell Chateau radio show, Kraft Music Hall radio show). [5] [457]
- December 1
- Ernest John Moeran, British composer, dies at age 55. [1]
- December 14
- Albrecht Schaeffer, German writer (Heroische Fahrt), dies at age 65. [1]
- December 25
- Xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet (Nostalgia de la muerte), dies at age 47. [1]
- December 26
- James Stephens, Irish poet (Crock of Gold), dies at age 68. [1]
- December 27
- Max Beckmann, German painter/graphic artist, dies at age 66. [1]
- December 31
- Charles Koechlin, French composer (Jungle Book), dies at age 83. [1]
- Karl Renner, Austrian Chancellor/President (1918-20, 1945-50), dies at age 80. [1]
1951
- January 5
- Andrei P Platonov, Russian author (Prok, Kotlovan), dies at age 51. [1]
- January 7
- Johanna C H "Nelly" Bodenheim, painter (Luilekkerland), dies at age 76. [1]
- January 10
- Harry Sinclair Lewis, US writer (Nobel Prize 1930), dies at age 65. [1]
- January 18
- Robert Mark, US chairman (Caste World Congress), dies at age 41. [1]
- January 19
- Wilhelm Schäfer, German writer (Mein Leben), dies at age 82. [1]
- January 30
- Ferdinand Porsche, German car inventor (Porsche), dies at age 75. [1] [5]
- February 16
- Henri Velge, first chairman (Belgian Council of State), dies at age 65. [1]
- February 18
- Piet A W Hopmans, bishop of Breda (Crusade), dies at age 85. [1]
- February 19
- André[-Paul-Guillaume] Gide, French writer (Nobel Prize 1947), dies at age 81. [1]
- February 21
- Anton Roemer, Dutch actor (Gay Death), dies at age 63. [1]
- March 6
- Ivor Novello, actor/writer (Lodger, Phantom Fiend), dies at age 58. [1]
- March 7
- Ali Razmara, Shah of Iran (1950-51), is assassinated. [1]
- Ivor Novello, British writer (Keep the Home Fires Burning), dies at age 58. [1]
- March 13
- Alfred Hugenberg, German Roman Catholic president, director of Krupp, media magnate, dies. [1]
- James I Wedgwood, British theosophist/Catholic bishop, dies at age 67. [1]
- March 22
- J Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (Matthäus Passion), dies at age 79. [1]
- March 25
- Edward Collins, Hall of Fame infielder (Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Athletics), dies at age 63. [1]
- March 30
- Death of Hans Schuler; American sculptor (Ariadne, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse), designer of 1934 Maryland Tercentenary commemorative half dollar. [443.83]
- March 31
- Ralph Forbes, actor (Riptide, Shock), dies at age 45. [1]
- April 2
- Simon Barere, pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall. [1]
- April 3
- Johannes C Kielstra, Dutch economist/Governor (Suriname 1933-44), dies at age 72. [1]
- April 9
- Sadiq Hidajat, Persian writer (Hadji Aga), dies. [1]
- April 16
- Emile Erens, Dutch hagiographer (Pastor of Ars), dies at age 85. [1]
- April 22
- Stanley Ridges, actor (Possessed, Sergeant York, Mr Ace), dies at age 59. [1]
- April 23
- Death of Charles Keck in New York City, New York, USA; American sculptor (Stonewall Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, James Duke, Booker T. Washington, Liberty Monument, Boy with Fish, Pandora's Box, statue of Mohammed), coin designer (US 1915 Panama-Pacific gold dollar, 1927 Vermont Sesquicentennial half dollar, 1936 Lynchburg Sesquicentennial half dollar). [464.72]
- April 26
- John Alden Carpenter, American composer (Sea Drift), dies at age 75. [1]
- April 27
- Philip Albert Myburgh Hands, cricket player (Seven Tests for South Africa), dies. [1]
- April 29
- Jules Verstraete [Julien G de Graef], actor (Boefje), dies at age 67. [1]
- May 5
- Eddie Dunn, comedian (Face to Face, Spin the Picture), dies at age 54. [1]
- May 12
- Oscar DePriest, American politician (Representative-Democrat-Illinois), dies at age 80. [1]
- May 13
- Marianne [Goudeket-]Philips, author (Issue Beukennoot), dies at age 65. [1]
- May 26
- Lincoln Ellsworth, Arctic explorer, dies at age 71. [1]
- May 29
- Death of Fanny Brice AKA Fannie Borach at age 59 of a cerebral hemorrhage; actress (Ziegfeld Follies, The Fleischmann Hour radio show, The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air radio show, Baby Snooks Show). [1] [457]
- July 9
- Harry Heilmann, baseball hall of famer outfielder (Detroit Tigers), dies at age 56. [1]
- July 20
- King Abdullah Ibn Hussein I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian in Jerusalem. [1] [626.220]
- August 14
- Death of William Randolph Hearst in Beverly Hills, California, USA; newspaper publisher. [1] [5] [1103.61]
- October 6
- Henry Gurney, British high commissioner to Malaya, is assassinated. [1]
- October 16
- Liaquat Ali Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan, assassinated by Said Akbar. [1]
- December 5
- "Shoeless" Joe Jackson of baseball's black sox scandal, dies. [1]
- December 13
- Selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/composer (Daniel Hjort), dies at age 73. [1]
- December 15
- Eric Drummond, first Secretary-General League of Nations (1919-33), dies at age 75. [1]
- December 19
- Barton Yarbrough, actor (Dragnet), dies at age 51. [1]
- December 23
- Benito Lynch, Irish/Argentine writer (Palo Verde), dies at age 66. [1]
- December 25
- Harry T Moore, Florida NAACP official, is killed by a bomb. [1]
- December 30
- Jozef E Stokvis, Dutch Member of Parliament (SDAP), dies at age 76. [1]
- December 31
- Maxim M Litvinov [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat, dies at age 75. [1]
1952
- January 4
- Constantly Permeke Flemish, painter (Boerin), dies at age 65. [1]
- January 5
- Nawab of Pataudi, cricket player (play polo three Tests for England three for India), dies. [1]
- Victor Alexander John Hope, viceroy of India (1936-43), dies at age 64. [1]
- January 8
- Antonia Maury, discoverer (supergiant, giant and dwarf stars), dies. [1]
- Joseph Arendt, Belgian worker's union leader, dies at age 66. [1]
- January 11
- Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, General (North-Africa/Indo-China), dies at age 61. [1]
- January 17
- Walter O "Spike" Briggs, owner (Detroit Tigers), dies at age 74. [1]
- January 22
- Roger Vitrac, French poet/dramatist (Mysteries of Love), dies at age 52. [1]
- January 25
- Sveinn Bjørnsson, Danish first President of Iceland (1944-52), dies at age 70. [1]
- January 26
- Louis van Deyssel; Dutch writer (Diary of Franc Rozelaar), dies at age 87. [1]
- February 2
- Charles De Roche, actor (Ten Commandments), dies at age 72. [1]
- February 5
- Reginald Allen, cricket player (uncle of Gubby, Test Australia vs England 1887), dies. [1]
- February 6
- King George VI of Great Britain and Northern Ireland dies of lung cancer in his sleep at the royal estate at Sandringham at age 56. 25-year-old daughter becomes Queen Elizabeth II. [1] [129] [1126.136] [1452.46]
- February 13
- Alfred Einstein, German/US musicologist, dies at age 71. [1]
- February 16
- Knut [Pedersen] Hamsun, Norwegian writer (Wanders, Nobel Prize 1920), dies. [1]
- February 19
- Lawrence Grant, actor (Bulldog Drummond), dies at age 82. [1]
- February 27
- Theodorus Pangalos; Greek General/dictator 1926, dies at age 74. [1]
- March 21
- A J Pieters, SS-Untersturmführer, is executed. [1]
- Wilhelm Albrecht, German SD-chief, is executed. [1]
- March 23
- Klaas Schilder, Dutch vicar/theologist/antifascist, dies at age 61. [1]
- April 1
- Ferenc Molnár, Hungarian playwright (Farkas, Tester), dies at age 76. [1]
- April 2
- Bernard F Lyot, French astronomer (chronograph, Lyot-filter), dies at age 55. [1]
- April 5
- Henri Vandeputte, Belgian writer (L'Autre Vie), dies at age 75. [1]
- April 13
- [Rosalie] Julia Cuypers, Flemish actress (Adelaarsjong), dies at age 79. [1]
- April 21
- Leslie Banks, actor (Henry V, 21 Days, Eye Witness), dies at age 61. [1]
- [Richard] Stafford Cripps, English minister of plane-manufacturing, dies at age 62. [1]
- April 24
- Hans [Hendrik A] Kramers, physicist (quantum mechanics), dies at age 57. [1]
- Jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State, dies at age 82. [1]
- April 26
- Charles L Baars, Dutch actor (Women Tamers), dies at age 59. [1]
- May 1
- William Fox [Fried], American film pioneer (Nickelodeon), dies at age 73. [1]
- May 6
- Alberto Savinio, Italian composer (Capitano Ulisse), dies at age 60. [1]
- Maria Montessori, Italian physician/educationist, dies at age 81. [1]
- May 9
- Canada Lee, actor (Lost Boundaries), dies in New York City, New York at age 45. [1]
- May 15
- Albert Basserman, actor (Madame Curie, Rhapsody in Blue), dies at age 84. [1]
- May 16
- Alec Hearne, cricket player (scored 9 in Test for England vs South Africa 1892), dies. [1]
- May 21
- John Garfield, actor (Juarez, Air Force), dies at age 39. [1]
- May 26
- Dámaso Alonso, Spanish linguistic/poet (Hombrey Dios), dies at age 55. [1]
- May 31
- Walter Schellenberg, German lawyer/headed spy (Venlo), dies. [1]
- July 26
- Eva "Evita" Peron, Argentina's first lady, dies in Buenos Aires at age 33. [1]
- August 8
- Death of Adolph A. Weinmann, designer of US Walking Liberty half dollar and Winged Liberty Head dime. [427.67] [517.86]
- August 18
- Ralph Byrd, actor (Dick Tracy TV Show), dies at age 43. [1]
- August 30
- Arky Vaughn, infielder (Pittsburgh Pirates and Brooklyn Dodgers), drowns. [1]
- October 2
- Death of Hattie McDaniel at age 57 from breast cancer; actress (Mammy - Gone With The Wind (1939, supporting actress Oscar award), Amos and Andy radio show, Eddie Cantor radio show, Beulah radio show (1947-51), Beulah TV show (1950-52)). [457]
- October 26
- Death of Hatti McDaniel at age 57; actress (Beulah TV show). [457]
- November 9
- Chaim Weizmann, first President of Israel, dies at age 57. [1]
- December 1
- Victor E Orlando, Italian premier (1917-19), dies at age 92. [1]
- December 4
- Karen Horney, German/US neo freudian psycho analyst, dies at age 67. [1]
- December 19
- Harry Makepeace, cricket player (cricket and soccer international for England), dies. [1]
- December 26
- Pietro Pancrazi, Italian critic (Pegaso), dies at age 59. [1]
- December 27
- Henri G Winkelman, Dutch supreme commander army/navy 1940, dies at age 76. [1]
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