List of Famous people who died in 1949

Elmer Clifton was an American writer, director and actor from the early silent days. A collaborator of D.W. Griffith, he appeared in The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916) before giving up acting in 1917 to concentrate on work behind the camera, with Griffith and Joseph Henabery as his mentors. His first feature-length solo effort as a director was The Flame of Youth with Jack Mulhall.

Luigi Berzolari (1863–1945) was an Italian mathematician.

James William Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater,, was a British Conservative politician. He was Speaker of the House of Commons between 1905 and 1921. He was the longest-serving Speaker of the 20th century.

General Sir Kenneth Wigram, was a British Indian Army officer. From 1931 to 1934 he was Chief of the General Staff of the Indian Army. From 1934 to 1936 he was General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command in India.

Brigadier-General Hon. Charles Strathavon Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, was a British Army officer in the Second Boer War and World War I.

Henri Charles Manguin was a French painter, associated with the Fauves.

Lt. Colonel John (Jean) Eugène de Salis, 8th Count de Salis, FRGS, Graf v. Salis-Soglio,, was a British soldier and diplomat.

Herbert Pope Stothart was an American songwriter, arranger, conductor, and composer. He was also nominated for twelve Academy Awards, winning Best Original Score for The Wizard of Oz. Stothart was widely acknowledged as a member of the top tier of Hollywood composers during the 1930s and 1940s.

Jean Mamy was a French actor, producer, film and theatre director, screenwriter, film editor, and journalist, notable for directing the anti-Masonic propaganda film Forces occultes under the pseudonym "Paul Riche".

Luigi Lavazza was an Italian businessman. In 1895, he founded the Lavazza coffee company in Turin.