List of Famous people who died in 1952

Edward Sheriff Curtis was an American photographer and ethnologist whose work focused on the American West and on Native American people.

Bernard Ferdinand Lyot was a French astronomer.

Princess Louise d'Orléans was a French princess of the House of Orléans and a member of the Royal Family of Bavaria. Throughout her life, Louise remained very close to her first cousin, Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria.

Samuel Morgan Shortridge was a Republican Senator from California.

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Albitzky was a Soviet/Russian astronomer and discoverer of minor planets. In modern English transliteration, his surname would be given as Al'bitskii or Al'bitsky. In the literature, he is sometimes referred to as W. A. Albizkij, however his surname usually appears in the literature as "Albitzky". His asteroid discoveries are credited as "V. Albitskij".

Carlo Agostini was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Patriarch of Venice from 1949 until his death, and died shortly after the announcement for his elevation to the cardinalate in 1952.