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<html> <head> <title>Died in 1954</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Died in 1954 LISTS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_grunk"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/780/000166282/">Johnny Ace</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jun-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Dec-1954</tt></td> <td>R&B star, shot himself</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/208/000134803/">Charles Francis Adams III</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Aug-1866</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jun-1954</tt></td> <td>Secretary of the Navy, 1929-33</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/839/000048695/">Frederick Lewis Allen</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jul-1890</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Feb-1954</tt></td> <td>Editor of Harpers, 1941-53</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/774/000206156/">Paul Althouse</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Dec-1889</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Feb-1954</tt></td> <td>Operatic tenor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/133/000099833/">Edwin H. Armstrong</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Dec-1890</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jan-1954</tt></td> <td>Inventor of FM radio</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/741/000043612/">Lionel Barrymore</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Apr-1878</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Nov-1954</tt></td> <td>Young Dr. Kildare</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/389/000278552/">Florence Bates</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Apr-1888</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jan-1954</tt></td> <td>The Moon and Sixpence</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/595/000168091/">William S. Beardsley</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-May-1901</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Nov-1954</tt></td> <td>Governor of Iowa, 1949-54</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/619/000140199/">Jacinto Benavente</a></td> <td><center>Playwright</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Aug-1866</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jul-1954</tt></td> <td>The Bonds of Interest</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/156/000115808/">Poultney Bigelow</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Sep-1855</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-May-1954</tt></td> <td>The German Struggle for Liberty</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/927/000166429/">Jacques E. Brandenberger</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Oct-1872</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jul-1954</tt></td> <td>Cellophane</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/305/000128918/">Robert Capa</a></td> <td><center>Photographer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Oct-1913</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-May-1954</tt></td> <td>War photographer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/189/000115841/">Henry Sloane Coffin</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jan-1877</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Nov-1954</tt></td> <td>Meaning of the Cross</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/261/000113919/">Colette</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jan-1873</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Aug-1954</tt></td> <td>Gigi</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/013/000168506/">Karl T. Compton</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Sep-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jun-1954</tt></td> <td>Bikini Island atomic tests</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/117/000166616/">Lionel Conacher</a></td> <td><center>Hockey</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-May-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-May-1954</tt></td> <td>Canadian All-Around Athlete</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/270/000179730/">André Derain</a></td> <td><center>Painter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jun-1880</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Sep-1954</tt></td> <td>Fauvist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/441/000100141/">Otto Diels</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jan-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Mar-1954</tt></td> <td>Diels-Alder Reaction</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/287/000032191/">Emilie Dionne</a></td> <td><center>Victim</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-May-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Aug-1954</tt></td> <td>Canadian quintuplets put on display</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/171/000114826/">Irwin Edman</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Nov-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Sep-1954</tt></td> <td>Philosopher抯 Holiday</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/968/000160488/">David G. Fairchild</a></td> <td><center>Botanist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Apr-1869</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Aug-1954</tt></td> <td>Brought exotic plants to America</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/884/000053725/">Enrico Fermi</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Sep-1901</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Nov-1954</tt></td> <td>First controlled nuclear chain reaction</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/553/000055388/">John Spalding Flannery</a></td> <td><center>Attorney</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-May-1870</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Feb-1954</tt></td> <td>Prominent Washington attorney</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/834/000043705/">Bertie Forbes</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-May-1880</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-May-1954</tt></td> <td>Forbes Magazine founder</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/287/000093008/">Wilhelm Furtwängler</a></td> <td><center>Conductor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jan-1886</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Nov-1954</tt></td> <td>Pre-War German conductor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/462/000213820/">Gladys George</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Sep-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1954</tt></td> <td>Valiant Is the Word for Carrie</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/395/000044263/">Sydney Greenstreet</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Dec-1879</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jan-1954</tt></td> <td>Kaspar Gutman in The Maltese Falcon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/534/000213892/">Dwight P. Griswold</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Nov-1893</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Apr-1954</tt></td> <td>Governor of Nebraska, 1941-47</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/173/000087909/">Heinz Guderian</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jun-1888</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-May-1954</tt></td> <td>German WWII general, Panzer tactician</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/983/000161500/">Will H. Hays</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Nov-1879</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Mar-1954</tt></td> <td>The Hays Production Code</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/950/000114608/">Joseph Hergesheimer</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Feb-1880</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Apr-1954</tt></td> <td>Tol'Able David</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/553/000135148/">James Hilton</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Sep-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Dec-1954</tt></td> <td>Goodbye, Mr. Chips</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/049/000174524/">William K. Howard</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jun-1899</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Feb-1954</tt></td> <td>Fire Over England</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/755/000118401/">Lester C. Hunt</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jul-1892</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jun-1954</tt></td> <td>US Senator, committed suicide</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/225/000092946/">Charles Ives</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Oct-1874</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-May-1954</tt></td> <td>Third Symphony (The Camp Meeting)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/640/000206022/">Edward L. Jackson</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Dec-1873</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Nov-1954</tt></td> <td>Governor of Indiana, 1925-29</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/524/000052368/">Robert H. Jackson</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Feb-1892</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Oct-1954</tt></td> <td>US Supreme Court Justice, 1941-54</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/478/000091205/">Leon Jouhaux</a></td> <td><center>Labor Leader</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jul-1879</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Apr-1954</tt></td> <td>Union leader, Nobel Prize recipient</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/262/000024190/">Frida Kahlo</a></td> <td><center>Painter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jul-1907</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jul-1954</tt></td> <td>Unibrowed Mexican painter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/367/000135959/">Machine Gun Kelly</a></td> <td><center>Criminal</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jul-1895</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jul-1954</tt></td> <td>Notorious bank robber, kidnapper</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/286/000049139/">Alain Locke</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Sep-1886</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jun-1954</tt></td> <td>Leader in the Harlem Renaissance</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/167/000114822/">Frederick Lonsdale</a></td> <td><center>Playwright</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Feb-1881</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Apr-1954</tt></td> <td>The King of Cadonia</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/387/000212748/">Auguste Lumière</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Oct-1862</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Apr-1954</tt></td> <td>Co-Inventor of motion pictures</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/680/000119323/">Vito Marcantonio</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Dec-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Aug-1954</tt></td> <td>American Labor Party</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/915/000084663/">Reginald Marsh</a></td> <td><center>Artist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Mar-1898</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jul-1954</tt></td> <td>Why Not Use the L?</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/360/000083111/">Henri Matisse</a></td> <td><center>Painter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Dec-1869</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Nov-1954</tt></td> <td>Free, expressive French painter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/002/000174477/">Joe May</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Nov-1880</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Apr-1954</tt></td> <td>The Invisible Man Returns</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/723/000116375/">Pat McCarran</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Aug-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Sep-1954</tt></td> <td>US Senator from Nevada, 1933-54</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/706/000070496/">Billy Murray</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-May-1877</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1954</tt></td> <td>Top recording star of the early 1900's</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/947/000205332/">J. J. Newberry</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Sep-1877</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Mar-1954</tt></td> <td>Five-and-dime store magnate</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/433/000278596/">Moroni Olsen</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jun-1889</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Nov-1954</tt></td> <td>Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/131/000208504/">Ole H. Olson</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Sep-1872</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jan-1954</tt></td> <td>Governor of North Dakota, 1934-35</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/098/000052939/">Ruth Bryan Owen</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Oct-1885</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jul-1954</tt></td> <td>Congresswoman and Ambassador to Demark</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/653/000278816/">Eugene Pallette</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jul-1889</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Sep-1954</tt></td> <td>The Adventures of Robin Hood</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/327/000078093/">Irving Pichel</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jun-1891</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jul-1954</tt></td> <td>Destination Moon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/236/000212597/">William H. Regnery</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1877</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1954</tt></td> <td>America First Committee</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/921/000177390/">Grantland Rice</a></td> <td><center>Sports Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Nov-1880</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jul-1954</tt></td> <td>Sportswriter, Idolmaker</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/860/000173341/">Wilbur Shaw</a></td> <td><center>Auto Racing</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Oct-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Oct-1954</tt></td> <td>Three time Indianapolis 500 Winner</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/033/000164538/">John Simon</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Feb-1873</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jan-1954</tt></td> <td>Lord Chancellor of Britain, 1940-45</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/195/000166694/">Frank W. Thomas</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Nov-1898</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-May-1954</tt></td> <td>Alabama Head Coach, 1931-46</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/638/000206020/">M. Clifford Townsend</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Aug-1884</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Nov-1954</tt></td> <td>Governor of Indiana, 1937-41</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/952/000023883/">Alan Turing</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jun-1912</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jun-1954</tt></td> <td>Computing pioneer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/914/000133515/">Tom Tyler</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Aug-1903</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-May-1954</tt></td> <td>Adventures of Captain Marvel</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/470/000056302/">Hoyt Vandenberg</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jan-1899</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Apr-1954</tt></td> <td>CIA Director, 1946-47</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/982/000111649/">Getúlio Vargas</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Apr-1882</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Aug-1954</tt></td> <td>President of Brazil, 1930-45 and 1950-54</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/094/000159614/">Andrei Vyshinsky</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Dec-1883</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Nov-1954</tt></td> <td>Soviet Prosecutor General during the Great Purge</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/945/000163456/">Clifford M. 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