Famous people and celebrities who died in March 1949

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in March 1949. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

• March 2 Sarojini Naidu

  Indian activist and poet (d. 1949).

• March 4 Clarence Kingsbury

  British track cyclist (born in 1882).

• March 6 Pietro Ermenegildo Daniele
• March 6 Freddie Grubb
• March 7 Bradbury Robinson

  American football player, physician, and politician (b. 1884).

• March 10 James Rector
• March 11 Henri Giraud

  French general and politician (b. 1879).

• March 12 Wilhelm Steinkopf

  German chemist (b. 1879).

• March 13 Michele Valenti
• March 16 Billy Hibbert
• March 17 Aleksandra Ekster

  Polish-french set designer and painter (d. 1949).

• March 18 Walther Lucht
• March 18 Gyula Strausz
• March 19 James Somerville

  English admiral and politician, lord lieutenant of somerset (b. 1882).

• March 19 James Newland

  Australian soldier and policeman (b. 1881).

• March 19 Wheeler Oakman
• March 19 Vinçenc Prennushi
• March 19 Ferdinand Wesely
• March 20 Italo Foschi
• March 20 François-Jean-Marie Serrand
• March 24 Giuseppe Foti
• March 25 Harold Halse
• March 25 Hanns Albin Rauter
• March 25 Dante Veroni
• March 25 Augusto Guglielmo di Prussia
• March 27 Elisheva Bikhovski

  Israeli-russian poet (b. 1888).

• March 28 Grigoras Dinicu
• March 30 Friedrich Bergius

  German chemist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1884).

• March 31 Erwin Lendvai