List of Famous people who died in 1954

Augusto Introzzi

First Name Augusto
Last Name Introzzi
Born on June 9, 1913
Died on September 17, 1954 (aged 41)
Born in Italy, Lombardy

Augusto Introzzi was an Italian racing cyclist. He rode in the 1937 Tour de France.

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Domenico Jorio

First Name Domenico
Born on October 7, 1867
Died on October 21, 1954 (aged 87)
Born in Italy, Lazio

Domenico Jorio S.T.D. J.U.D. was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Prefect of the Congregation for Discipline of Sacraments from 1935 until his death.

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Martin Wetzer

First Name Martin
Last Name Wetzer
Born on August 7, 1868
Died on September 29, 1954 (aged 86)
Born in Germany, Bavaria

Martin Wetzer was a Finnish jurist and general. He fought in World War I and during the Finnish Civil War fought on the side of the White movement. He also commanded Finnish volunteers in the Estonian War of Independence. He retired with the rank of lieutenant general and was promoted to general of the infantry in retirement.

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Emil Leon Post

First Name Emil
Born on February 11, 1897
Died on April 21, 1954 (aged 57)

Emil Leon Post was a Polish-born American mathematician and logician. He is best known for his work in the field that eventually became known as computability theory.

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Curtis D. Wilbur

First Name Curtis
Last Name Wilbur
Born on May 10, 1867
Died on September 8, 1954 (aged 87)

Curtis Dwight Wilbur was an American lawyer, California state judge, 43rd United States Secretary of the Navy and a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

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Gilda Marchiò

First Name Gilda
Born on July 9, 1884
Died on October 22, 1954 (aged 70)
Born in Italy, Tuscany

Gilda Marchiò (1884–1954) was an Italian theatre actress. She also appeared in a number of films in the 1940s, her performances including a small role in the 1942 propaganda film Odessa in Flames.

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Giovanni Marchese

First Name Giovanni
Last Name Marchese
Born on November 30, 1889
Died on November 13, 1954 (aged 64)
Born in Italy, Piedmont
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Guido Cirilli

First Name Guido
Last Name Cirilli
Born on February 9, 1871
Died on January 31, 1954 (aged 82)
Born in Italy, Marche
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Kate Davenport

First Name Kate
Last Name Davenport
Born on June 7, 1896
Died on December 7, 1954 (aged 58)
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Auguste Perret

First Name Auguste
Born on February 12, 1874
Died on February 25, 1954 (aged 80)

Auguste Perret was a French architect and a pioneer of the architectural use of reinforced concrete. His major works include the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the first Art Deco building in Paris; the Church of Notre-Dame du Raincy (1922–23); the Mobilier Nationale in Paris (1937); and the French Economic, Social and Environmental Council building in Paris (1937–39). After World War II he designed a group of buildings in the centre of the port city of Le Havre, including St. Joseph's Church, Le Havre, to replace buildings destroyed by bombing during World War II. His reconstruction of the city is now a World Heritage Site.

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