List of Famous people who died in 1949

Liberato Damião Ribeiro Pinto ComTE, ComC, ComA, ComSE, was a Portuguese Lieutenant Colonel of the Republican National Guard, politician and President of the Ministry of one of the governments of the Portuguese First Republic. He was the Portuguese head of government for a short time from 1920 to 1921 and the 44th Minister of Finance of Portugal from February 22, 1921 until March 2, 1921.

Buddy Clark was an American popular singer of the 1930s and 1940s. In the late 1940s, after his return from service in World War II, his career blossomed and he became one of the nation's top crooners. He died in a plane crash in 1949.

Chikuhei Nakajima , was a Japanese naval officer, engineer, and politician, who is most notable for having founded Nakajima Aircraft Company in 1917, a major supplier of airplanes in the Empire of Japan. He also served as a cabinet minister.

Élie Gagnebin was a Swiss professor of geology at the University of Lausanne. He worked on the geology of the prealps. He also contributed greatly by writing popular treatises on the geology of the region and of the earth in general. Trained in the arts, he also wrote poetry and on philosophical matters.

James Fitzalan Hope, 1st Baron Rankeillour, PC, was a British Conservative politician. He served as Chairman of Ways and Means from 1921 to 1924 and again from 1924 to 1929.