NNDB
This is a beta version of NNDB
Search: for
Died in 1954

LISTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Johnny Ace
Singer/Songwriter
9-Jun-1929 25-Dec-1954 R&B star, shot himself
Charles Francis Adams III
Government
2-Aug-1866 11-Jun-1954 Secretary of the Navy, 1929-33
Frederick Lewis Allen
Journalist
5-Jul-1890 13-Feb-1954 Editor of Harpers, 1941-53
Paul Althouse
Singer
2-Dec-1889 6-Feb-1954 Operatic tenor
Edwin H. Armstrong
Inventor
18-Dec-1890 31-Jan-1954 Inventor of FM radio
Lionel Barrymore
Actor
28-Apr-1878 15-Nov-1954 Young Dr. Kildare
Florence Bates
Actor
15-Apr-1888 31-Jan-1954 The Moon and Sixpence
William S. Beardsley
Politician
17-May-1901 21-Nov-1954 Governor of Iowa, 1949-54
Jacinto Benavente
Playwright
12-Aug-1866 14-Jul-1954 The Bonds of Interest
Poultney Bigelow
Author
10-Sep-1855 28-May-1954 The German Struggle for Liberty
Jacques E. Brandenberger
Chemist
19-Oct-1872 13-Jul-1954 Cellophane
Robert Capa
Photographer
22-Oct-1913 25-May-1954 War photographer
Henry Sloane Coffin
Religion
5-Jan-1877 25-Nov-1954 Meaning of the Cross
Colette
Novelist
28-Jan-1873 3-Aug-1954 Gigi
Karl T. Compton
Physicist
15-Sep-1887 22-Jun-1954 Bikini Island atomic tests
Lionel Conacher
Hockey
24-May-1900 26-May-1954 Canadian All-Around Athlete
André Derain
Painter
10-Jun-1880 8-Sep-1954 Fauvist
Otto Diels
Chemist
23-Jan-1876 7-Mar-1954 Diels-Alder Reaction
Emilie Dionne
Victim
28-May-1934 6-Aug-1954 Canadian quintuplets put on display
Irwin Edman
Philosopher
28-Nov-1896 4-Sep-1954 Philosopher’s Holiday
David G. Fairchild
Botanist
7-Apr-1869 6-Aug-1954 Brought exotic plants to America
Enrico Fermi
Physicist
29-Sep-1901 29-Nov-1954 First controlled nuclear chain reaction
John Spalding Flannery
Attorney
16-May-1870 17-Feb-1954 Prominent Washington attorney
Bertie Forbes
Business
14-May-1880 6-May-1954 Forbes Magazine founder
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Conductor
25-Jan-1886 30-Nov-1954 Pre-War German conductor
Gladys George
Actor
13-Sep-1900 8-Dec-1954 Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Sydney Greenstreet
Actor
27-Dec-1879 18-Jan-1954 Kaspar Gutman in The Maltese Falcon
Dwight P. Griswold
Politician
27-Nov-1893 12-Apr-1954 Governor of Nebraska, 1941-47
Heinz Guderian
Military
17-Jun-1888 14-May-1954 German WWII general, Panzer tactician
Will H. Hays
Business
5-Nov-1879 7-Mar-1954 The Hays Production Code
Joseph Hergesheimer
Novelist
15-Feb-1880 25-Apr-1954 Tol'Able David
James Hilton
Novelist
9-Sep-1900 20-Dec-1954 Goodbye, Mr. Chips
William K. Howard
Film Director
16-Jun-1899 21-Feb-1954 Fire Over England
Lester C. Hunt
Politician
8-Jul-1892 19-Jun-1954 US Senator, committed suicide
Charles Ives
Composer
20-Oct-1874 19-May-1954 Third Symphony (The Camp Meeting)
Edward L. Jackson
Politician
27-Dec-1873 18-Nov-1954 Governor of Indiana, 1925-29
Robert H. Jackson
Judge
13-Feb-1892 9-Oct-1954 US Supreme Court Justice, 1941-54
Leon Jouhaux
Labor Leader
1-Jul-1879 28-Apr-1954 Union leader, Nobel Prize recipient
Frida Kahlo
Painter
6-Jul-1907 13-Jul-1954 Unibrowed Mexican painter
Machine Gun Kelly
Criminal
18-Jul-1895 18-Jul-1954 Notorious bank robber, kidnapper
Alain Locke
Author
13-Sep-1886 9-Jun-1954 Leader in the Harlem Renaissance
Frederick Lonsdale
Playwright
5-Feb-1881 4-Apr-1954 The King of Cadonia
Auguste Lumière
Inventor
19-Oct-1862 10-Apr-1954 Co-Inventor of motion pictures
Vito Marcantonio
Politician
10-Dec-1902 9-Aug-1954 American Labor Party
Reginald Marsh
Artist
14-Mar-1898 3-Jul-1954 Why Not Use the L?
Henri Matisse
Painter
31-Dec-1869 3-Nov-1954 Free, expressive French painter
Joe May
Film Director
7-Nov-1880 29-Apr-1954 The Invisible Man Returns
Pat McCarran
Politician
8-Aug-1876 28-Sep-1954 US Senator from Nevada, 1933-54
Billy Murray
Singer
25-May-1877 17-Aug-1954 Top recording star of the early 1900's
J. J. Newberry
Business
26-Sep-1877 6-Mar-1954 Five-and-dime store magnate
Moroni Olsen
Actor
27-Jun-1889 22-Nov-1954 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Ole H. Olson
Politician
19-Sep-1872 29-Jan-1954 Governor of North Dakota, 1934-35
Ruth Bryan Owen
Politician
2-Oct-1885 26-Jul-1954 Congresswoman and Ambassador to Demark
Eugene Pallette
Actor
8-Jul-1889 3-Sep-1954 The Adventures of Robin Hood
Irving Pichel
Film Director
24-Jun-1891 13-Jul-1954 Destination Moon
William H. Regnery
Business
12-Oct-1877 c. 1954 America First Committee
Grantland Rice
Sports Journalist
1-Nov-1880 13-Jul-1954 Sportswriter, Idolmaker
Wilbur Shaw
Auto Racing
31-Oct-1902 30-Oct-1954 Three time Indianapolis 500 Winner
John Simon
Politician
28-Feb-1873 11-Jan-1954 Lord Chancellor of Britain, 1940-45
Frank W. Thomas
Football
15-Nov-1898 10-May-1954 Alabama Head Coach, 1931-46
M. Clifford Townsend
Politician
11-Aug-1884 11-Nov-1954 Governor of Indiana, 1937-41
Alan Turing
Mathematician
23-Jun-1912 7-Jun-1954 Computing pioneer
Tom Tyler
Actor
9-Aug-1903 3-May-1954 Adventures of Captain Marvel
Hoyt Vandenberg
Government
24-Jan-1899 2-Apr-1954 CIA Director, 1946-47
Getúlio Vargas
Head of State
19-Apr-1882 24-Aug-1954 President of Brazil, 1930-45 and 1950-54
Andrei Vyshinsky
Government
10-Dec-1883 22-Nov-1954 Soviet Prosecutor General during the Great Purge
Clifford M. Walker
Politician
4-Jul-1877 9-Nov-1954 Governor of Georgia, 1923-27
Pop Warner
Football
5-Apr-1871 7-Sep-1954 Coach and kids' football namesake


Do you know something we don't?
Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile



Copyright ©2012 Soylent Communications

NNDB MAPPER


San Francisco Political Landscape


Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.


Bibliographies

NNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. They may be accessed by the "Bibliography" tab at the top of most pages, or via the "Related Topics" box in the sidebar. Please feel free to suggest books that might be critical omissions.