List of Famous people who died in 1949
Viktor Mann
Lora L. Corum
Lora Lawrence Corum was co-winner of the 1924 Indianapolis 500.
Ulrich Salchow
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 Lebedev-Kumach
Vasily Ivanovich Lebedev-Kumach Moscow, 5 August [O.S. 24 July] 1898 — 20 February 1949) was a Soviet poet and lyricist.
Pietro Ferrero
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.
Gustav Kiepenheuer
Sekiryo Kaneda
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
Enrico Guazzoni was an Italian screenwriter and film director. Guazzoni was the uncle of Jolanda Kodra, an Italian-Albanian writer and translator.
Erich Frank
Ernst Poensgen
Carl Albert Ernst Poensgen was a German entrepreneur and patron of the city of Düsseldorf.