Famous people and celebrities who died in April 1952

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in April 1952. 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

• April 2 Bernard F Lyot

  French astronomer lyot-filter, a chronograph, dies at 55.

• April 3 Miina Sillanpää

  Finnish minister and politician (b. 1866)

• April 5 Agnes Morton

  British tennis player (b.

• April 5 Charles Collett

  Gwr chief mechanical engineer (born in 1871)

• April 13 [Rosalie] Julia Cuypers

  Flemish actress (adelaarsjong) dies at 79

• April 21 Leslie Banks

  American actor, director and producer (b. 1890)

• April 21 [Richard] Stafford Cripps

  At 62, the english minister of plane-manufacturing dies

• April 23 Elisabeth Schumann

  German singer and operatic soprano, known for her lieder singing. karl alwin was her husband for a while.

• April 23 Julius Freed

  American inventor and banker (born in 1887).

• April 23 Minus van Looi [Benjamin van der Neart]

  Flemish writer dies at 60

• April 24 Jules Poncelet

  Belgian minister of state dies at the age of 82.

• April 24 Hans [Hendrik A] Kramers

  Quantum mechanics physicist, dies at the age of 57.

• April 26 Charles L Baars

  Dutch actor (women tamers) dies at 59

• April 27 Guido Castelnuovo

  Italian mathematician and statistician (b. 1865)

• April 30 Charles Radoux-Rogier

  Composer