List of Famous people who died at 94

Otto Kumm

First Name Otto
Last Name Kumm
Died on March 23, 2004 (aged 34)
Born in Germany

Otto Kumm was a German divisional commander in the Waffen-SS during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. After the war, he became one of the founders of HIAG, a lobby group and a revisionist organization of former Waffen-SS members.

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Anthony Cronin

First Name Anthony
Last Name Cronin
Born on November 30, 1922
Died on December 28, 2016 (aged 94)

Anthony Gerard Richard Cronin was an Irish poet, arts activist, biographer, commentator, critic, editor and barrister.

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Margit Sandemo

First Name Margit
Born on April 23, 1924
Died on September 1, 2018 (aged 94)
Born in Norway, Innlandet

Margit Sandemo was a Norwegian-Swedish historical fantasy author. She had been the best-selling author in the Nordic Countries since the 1980s, when her novel series of 47 books, The Legend of the Ice People, was published. She also wrote many other book series such as Häxmästaren and Legenden om Ljusets rike.

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Andrew Huxley

First Name Andrew
Last Name Huxley
Born on November 22, 1917
Died on May 30, 2012 (aged 94)

Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley was an English physiologist and biophysicist. He was born into the prominent Huxley family. After graduating from Westminster School in Central London, from where he won a scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge, he joined Alan Lloyd Hodgkin to study nerve impulses. Their eventual discovery of the basis for propagation of nerve impulses earned them the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1963. They made their discovery from the giant axon of the Atlantic squid. Soon after the outbreak of the Second World War, Huxley was recruited by the British Anti-Aircraft Command and later transferred to the Admiralty. After the war he resumed research at The University of Cambridge, where he developed interference microscopy that would be suitable for studying muscle fibres.

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Ruth Lommel

First Name Ruth
Last Name Lommel
Born on May 6, 1918
Died on June 22, 2012 (aged 94)

Ruth Lommel (1918–2012) was a German stage and film actress. She was the daughter of the actor Ludwig Manfred Lommel. Her brother Ulli Lommel also became an actor, while another brother Manuel Lommel is a cinematographer.

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Béatrix Beck

Béatrix Eugénie Henriette Marie Beck
First Name Béatrix
Born on July 30, 1914
Died on November 30, 2008 (aged 94)

Béatrix Beck was a French writer of Belgian origin.

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Étienne Bally

Étienne Marcel Bally
First Name Étienne
Last Name Bally
Born on April 17, 1923
Died on January 10, 2018 (aged 94)
Height 170 cm | 5'7

Étienne Marcel Bally was a French sprinter and a European champion over 100 metres. He was born in Vénissieux.

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Arleigh Burke

First Name Arleigh
Born on October 19, 1901
Died on January 1, 1996 (aged 94)

Arleigh Albert Burke was an admiral of the United States Navy who distinguished himself during World War II and the Korean War, and who served as Chief of Naval Operations during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations.

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Prince Sigvard Bernadotte

First Name Prince
Last Name Bernadotte
Born on June 7, 1907
Died on February 4, 2002 (aged 94)

Sigvard Oscar Fredrik, Prince Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg born as, and until 1934 known as, Prince Sigvard of Sweden, Duke of Uppland, was a member of the Swedish Royal Family and a successful industrial designer by profession.

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Rik Kuypers

Henri Kuypers
First Name Rik
Born on April 11, 1925
Died on May 22, 2019 (aged 94)

Rik Kuypers was a Belgian film director. He directed 29 films between 1947 and 1981. He co-directed the film Seagulls Die in the Harbour, which was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.

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