Famous people and celebrities who died in March 1949

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in March 1949. 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

• March 2 Sarojini Naidu

  Indian activist and poet (d. 1949).

• March 4 Clarence Kingsbury

  British track cyclist (born in 1882)

• March 7 Bradbury Robinson

  American football player, physician, and politician (b. 1884)

• March 7 Francis Dodd

  Welsh-english academic and painter (d. 1949).

• March 10 James Rector

  American lawyer and sprinter (d. 1949).

• March 11 Henri Giraud

  French general and politician (b. 1879)

• March 11 Juan Lamonte de Grignon

  Composer dies at 76

• March 11 Anastasios Charalambis

  General and interim prime minister of greece for greece (born 1862).

• March 12 Wilhelm Steinkopf

  German chemist (b. 1879)

• March 12 Maria "Beppie" Bakker

  Piet vink sr., a dutch actress and wife, has died at 95.

• March 14 John Callan O'Laughlin

  American journalist and political figure (born in 1873)

• March 17 Aleksandra Ekster

  Polish-french set designer and painter (d. 1949).

• March 17 Felix Bressart

  Actor (escape from ninotchka, iceland), is killed at 54

• March 19 James Newland

  Australian soldier and policeman (b. 1881)

• March 19 James Somerville

  English admiral and politician, lord lieutenant of somerset (b. 1882)

• March 25 Hanns A Rauter

  German ss-commandant in the netherlands, executed at the age of 54.

• March 27 Elisheva Bikhovski

  Israeli-russian poet (b. 1888)

• March 28 Grigoras Dinicu

  Romanian composer and violinist (born in 1889).

• March 30 Friedrich Bergius

  CHE - German chemist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1884)