List of Famous people who died in 1949

Franco Ossola was an Italian footballer who played as a forward.

José María Zeledón Brenes was a Costa Rican politician, poet, journalist and writer under the pen name Billo Zeledón. He is known as the author of the Costa Rica's national anthem.

Elsa Bernstein was an Austrian-German writer, dramatist, and literary figure.

Christian Bérard , also known as Bebè, was a French artist, fashion illustrator and designer.

Paul Rehkopf was a German actor.

Georg Scheu, was a German botanist, plant physiologist, oenologist and grape breeder.

Hans Marr was a German actor.

Antonino Lo Surdo was an Italian physicist. He was appointed as professor of physics at the Istituto di Fisica in Rome in 1919; upon the death of Orso Mario Corbino in 1937, he became the director. Lo Surdo studied terrestrial physics, including seismology and geophysics; the 1908 Messina earthquake caused the death of his parents and other close relatives, except his brother. He contributed to the foundation of the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica under the auspices of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, when its president was Guglielmo Marconi.