List of Famous people who died in 1949

Lora Lawrence Corum was co-winner of the 1924 Indianapolis 500.

Karl Emil Julius Ulrich Salchow was a Danish-born Swedish figure skater, who dominated the sport in the first decade of the 20th century.

Vasily Ivanovich Lebedev-Kumach Moscow, 5 August [O.S. 24 July] 1898 — 20 February 1949) was a Soviet poet and lyricist.

Pietro Ferrero was the founder of Ferrero SpA, an Italian confectionery and chocolatier company. His company invented Nutella, a hazelnut-cream spread, which is now sold in over 160 countries. Ferrero Rochers are also made by his company, Ferrero, as were Tic-Tacs and various Kinder chocolates.

Sekiryo Kaneda , also known as Sekiryo Yamauchi , was the second president of what is now Nintendo Co., Ltd., from 1929 to 1949. He married the daughter of Fusajiro Yamauchi, Tei Yamauchi, and took the Yamauchi surname. Kaneda died in 1949, leaving Nintendo to be run by his grandson, Hiroshi Yamauchi.

Enrico Guazzoni was an Italian screenwriter and film director. Guazzoni was the uncle of Jolanda Kodra, an Italian-Albanian writer and translator.

Carl Albert Ernst Poensgen was a German entrepreneur and patron of the city of Düsseldorf.