List of Famous people who died in 1949

Eddie DeLange was an American bandleader and lyricist. Famous artists who recorded some of DeLange's songs include Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington, and Benny Goodman.

Forrest Halsey, born William Forrest Halsey, was an American author and screenwriter.

Clyde Martin Reed was an American politician from Kansas who served as both the 24th Governor of Kansas and U.S. Senator from that state.

Adolphe Stoclet (1871-1949) was a Belgian engineer, financier and noted collector. Today, however, he is most famous as the man who commissioned the Palais Stoclet, a mansion in Brussels, Belgium, between 1907 and 1911.

Clarence Aaron Robbins, billed as C.A Robbins and better known as Tod Robbins, was an American author of horror and mystery fiction, particularly novels and short story collections.

George Edward Larner was an English athlete who competed mainly in the 10-mile walk. He was a multi-time Amateur Athletic Association of England champion, and won two gold medals at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.

William Henry Hunt was a territorial Governor of Puerto Rico, a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana, Associate Judge of the United States Court of Customs Appeals and a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Customs Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the United States Circuit Courts for the Ninth Circuit.