Famous people and celebrities who died in December 1948

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in December 1948. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

• Dec. 4 Frank Benford

  American electrical engineer and physicist (born 1883).

• Dec. 4 Karl Bonhoeffer

  German psychiatrist/neurologist, dies.

• Dec. 7 Godfrey Turner

  Composer dies at 35

• Dec. 10 Na Hye-sok

  South korean journalist, poet, and painter (b. 1896)

• Dec. 14 Reginald Owen Morris

  Composer dies at 62

• Dec. 17 Edgar Istel

  Composer dies at 68

• Dec. 18 Janet Fay

  Honeymoon killers are a shaming machine

• Dec. 20 C Aubrey Smith

  Actor (prisoner in zenda), is killed at 85

• Dec. 21 Władysław Witwicki

  Polish psychologist, philosopher, translator, historian (of philosophy and art) and artist (b. 1878)

• Dec. 23 Iwane Matsui

  Japanese general (b. 1878)

• Dec. 23 Heitarō Kimura

  Japanese general (b. 1888)

• Dec. 23 Akira Mutō

  Japanese general (b. 1883)

• Dec. 23 Seishirō Itagaki

  Japanese general (b. 1885)

• Dec. 23 Kenji Doihara

  Japanese general (b. 1883)

• Dec. 23 Hideki Tojo

  Japanese general and politician, 40th prime minister of japan (b. 1884)

• Dec. 23 Kōki Hirota

  Japanese diplomat and politician, 32nd prime minister of japan (b. 1878)

• Dec. 28 Mahmud Nokrashy Pasha

  Assassination of the prime minister of egypt (19..–48).

• Dec. 29 Harry Farjeon

  British composer and music teacher (b. 1878)

• Dec. 31 Malcolm Campbell

  English racing driver and journalist (b. 1885)