Famous people and celebrities who died in March 1953

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in March 1953. 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 1 Anton GO Ridder Van Rappard

  Painter/lithographer/etcher, dies.

• March 2 James Lightbody

  American runner (d. 1953)

• March 3 James J Jeffries

  American heavyweight boxer (born in 1875).

• March 5 Joseph Stalin

  Russian politician and marxist at the age of 15. he defeated trotsky to become the country's leader after the death of lenin. he founded "pravda", the communist party's newspaper, in 1911. he was eventually elected prime minister and leader of the communist party of the ussr. he was the author of numerous books about socialism and believed he was leading …

• March 5 Sergei Prokofiev

  Russian composer of marches and army songs and opera and symphonies. his mother taught him piano and he composed his first opera score on piano in 1900. in 1904, he entered st. petersburg conservatory, graduating in 1914. he had already written four orchestral pieces and a piano concert.

• March 5 Herman J. Mankiewicz

  American screenwriter and producer (b. 1897)

• March 5 Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev

  Composer dies at 61

• March 10 Charles Gordon Curtis

  Curtis-steamturbine inventor, who dies at the age of 92.

• March 13 Johan Laidoner

  Estonian general and statesman (b. 1884)

• March 14 Klement Gottwald

  Czechoslovak communist politician and 14th president of czechoslovakia (b. 1896)

• March 17 Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta

  Composer dies at 73

• March 20 Graciliano Ramos

  Brazilian author (vidas secas), dies at 60

• March 21 Ed Voss

  American basketball player (b. 1922)

• March 22 James Anderson II

  (jo-northern exposure)

• March 23 Raoul Dufy

  French painter and master draftsman. his technique was to focus everything on the drawing. dufy's method was uncorrected and direct, with an spontaneity that had been developed over years of training.

• March 23 Oskar Luts

  Estonian playwright and author (d. 1953).

• March 24 Felix M Abel

  French dominican/biblical scholar, dies at age 74.

• March 24 Mary of Teck

  Queen consort to george v, united kingdom (born 1867).

• March 26 Albert Spalding

  Spalding sporting goods company was founded by a businessman and a former american baseball player, spalding.

• March 27 Narciso Garay

  Composer dies at 76

• March 28 Jim Thorpe

  Considered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports, Jim Thorpe won Olympic gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon in 1912.

• March 28 James Francis Thorpe

  Decathelete (1912 olympics-gold medalist), dies aged 64

• March 30 Roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar

  Composer dies at 75