Famous people who died in 1948

Famous people who died on 1948

Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)

Indian politician and activist

Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth (1895 - 1948)

American baseball player

Orville Wright

Orville Wright (1871 - 1948)

American aviator and inventor

Zelda Fitzgerald

Zelda Fitzgerald (1900 - 1948)

American author

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876 - 1948)

Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, founder of Pakistan

John J. Pershing

John J. Pershing (1860 - 1948)

American general

Louis Lumiere

Louis Lumiere (1864 - 1948)

Filmmakers

D. W. Griffith

D. W. Griffith (1875 - 1948)

American director

Sergei Eisenstein

Sergei Eisenstein (1898 - 1948)

Russian director

Kurt Schwitters

Kurt Schwitters (1887 - 1948)

German painter and writer

Antonin Artaud

Antonin Artaud (1896 - 1948)

French playwright

Manuel Roxas

Manuel Roxas (1892 - 1948)

Filipino politician

Charles Evans Hughes

Charles Evans Hughes (1862 - 1948)

American statesman, lawyer and politician

Claude McKay

Claude McKay (1889 - 1948)

Jamaican-American poet and author

Aldo Leopold

Aldo Leopold (1886 - 1948)

American ecologist and author

Hideki Tōjō

Hideki Tōjō (1884 - 1948)

Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan

Witold Pilecki

Witold Pilecki (1901 - 1948)

World War II concentration camp leader and resistor

Carole Landis

Carole Landis (1919 - 1948)

Actress

Arshile Gorky

Arshile Gorky (1904 - 1948)

Armenian artist

Maria Mandel

Maria Mandel (1912 - 1948)

Austrian SS guard

Edith Roosevelt

Edith Roosevelt (1861 - 1948)

Folke Bernadotte

Folke Bernadotte (1895 - 1948)

Swedish diplomat

Edvard Beneš

Edvard Beneš (1884 - 1948)

Czech politician

Walther von Brauchitsch

Walther von Brauchitsch (1881 - 1948)

German field marshal

Mordecai Brown

Mordecai Brown (1876 - 1948)

Major League Baseball player

Aubrey Smith

Aubrey Smith (1863 - 1948)

English cricketer and actor

Hack Wilson

Hack Wilson (1900 - 1948)

American baseball player

Gregg Toland

Gregg Toland (1904 - 1948)

American cinematographer

Hugo Boss

Hugo Boss (1885 - 1948)

German fashion designer

Georges Bernanos

Georges Bernanos (1888 - 1948)

French soldier and author

Vernon Dalhart

Vernon Dalhart (1883 - 1948)

American opera singer

Harry Brearley

Harry Brearley (1871 - 1948)

Inventor of stainless steel

Lewis Schwellenbach

Lewis Schwellenbach (1894 - 1948)

Secretary of Labor

Prosper Montagne

Prosper Montagne (1865 - 1948)

Harry A. Millis

Harry A. Millis (1873 - 1948)

Economist; government employee