List of Famous people who died in 1948

Anna Jarvis

First Name Anna
Last Name Jarvis
Born on May 1, 1864
Died on November 24, 1948 (aged 84)

Anna Maria Jarvis was the founder of Mother's Day in the United States. Her mother had frequently expressed a desire for the establishment of such a holiday, and after her mother's death, Jarvis led the movement for the commemoration. However, as the years passed, Jarvis grew disenchanted with the growing commercialization of the observation and even attempted to have Mother's Day rescinded. She died in a sanitarium, her medical bills paid by people in the floral and greeting card industries.

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Monteiro Lobato

José Bento Renato Monteiro Lobato
First Name Monteiro
Last Name Lobato
Born on April 18, 1882
Died on July 4, 1948 (aged 66)
Born in Brazil, São Paulo

José Bento Renato Monteiro Lobato was one of Brazil's most influential writers, mostly for his children's books set in the fictional Sítio do Picapau Amarelo but he had been previously a prolific writer of fiction, a translator and an art critic. He also founded one of Brazil's first publishing houses and was a supporter of nationalism.

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Kathleen Cavendish

First Name Kathleen
Born on February 20, 1920
Died on May 13, 1948 (aged 28)

Kathleen Agnes Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington, also known as "Kick" Kennedy, was an American socialite. She was the daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Kennedy; sister of future U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy; and wife of the Marquess of Hartington, heir apparent to the 10th Duke of Devonshire.

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Sigrid Hjertén

First Name Sigrid
Born on October 27, 1885
Died on March 24, 1948 (aged 62)

Sigrid Hjertén, was a Swedish modernist painter. Hjertén is considered a major figure in Swedish modernism. Periodically she was highly productive and participated in 106 exhibitions. She worked as an artist for 30 years before dying of complications from a botched lobotomy for schizophrenia.

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Carole Landis

Frances Lillian Mary Ridste
First Name Carole
Last Name Landis
Born on January 1, 1919
Died on July 5, 1948 (aged 29)
Height 166 cm | 5'5

Carole Landis was an American actress and singer. She worked as a contract player for Twentieth Century-Fox in the 1940s. Her breakout role was as the female lead in the 1940 film One Million B.C. from United Artists. Landis was known as "The Ping Girl" and "The Chest" because of her curvy figure.

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Sybil Kathigasu

First Name Sybil
Born on September 3, 1899
Died on June 12, 1948 (aged 48)

Sybil Medan Kathigasu GM was a Malayan Eurasian nurse who supported the resistance during the Japanese occupation of Malaya. She was the only Malayan woman to be ever awarded with the George Medal for bravery.

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Mantell UFO incident

First Name Mantell
Last Name Incident
Born on June 30, 1922
Died on January 7, 1948 (aged 25)

On January 7, 1948, 25-year-old Captain Thomas F. Mantell, a Kentucky Air National Guard pilot, died in the crash of his P-51 Mustang fighter, after being sent in pursuit of an unidentified flying object (UFO). The event was among the most publicized early UFO incidents.

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Faustin E. Wirkus

First Name Faustin
Born on November 16, 1897
Died on January 1, 1948 (aged 50)

Faustin Edmond Wirkus was an American Marine stationed in Haiti during the United States occupation of Haiti (1915-1934). He was reputedly crowned Faustin II, King of La Gonâve, a Haitian island west of Hispaniola, by Queen Ti Memenne of La Gonâve on 18 July 1926, and co-ruled until he was transferred by the United States Marine Corps to the United States mainland in 1929.

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Harry Dexter White

First Name Harry
Last Name White
Born on October 9, 1892
Died on August 16, 1948 (aged 55)

Harry Dexter White was a senior U.S. Treasury department official. Working closely with the Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., he helped set American financial policy toward the Allies of World War II. He was later accused of espionage by passing information to the Soviet Union.

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Hideki Tojo

First Name Hideki
Last Name Tojo
Born on December 30, 1884
Died on December 23, 1948 (aged 63)

Hideki Tojo was a Japanese politician and general of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association for most of World War II.

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