1948 deaths

Japanese general (1878–1948)

Imam (1869–1948)

German economist and Nazi party functionary, convicted war criminal (1904-1948)

Norwegian biologist and Norway's first female professor (1872–1948)

Bavarian comedian, cabaret performer, clown, author and film producer (1882–1948)

Japanese general (1885-1948)

Hungarian general and politician (1890–1948)

Italian composer and teacher (1876–1948)

Austrian Holocaust perpetrator and convicted war criminal (1912–1948)

Japanese writer and businessman (1888-1948)

Japanese spy in China (1907-1948)

Norwegian botanist (1871-1948)

son of Mahatma Gandhi (1888-1948)

Soviet actor, Yiddish theatre performer (1890–1948)

Hungarian novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1880–1948)

Prime Minister of Siam from 1932 to 1933

Inventor of stainless steel (1871–1948)

American writer (1876-1948)

Soviet military commander (1894-1948)

1948 unsolved death of an unidentified man in Somerton, South Australia

German prince (1884-1948)

American film director (1874–1948)

German Managing Director of the NS Association German Ancestral Heritage (Ahnenerbe) (1905-1948)

German-American actor (1882-1948)

Jamaican American writer, poet (1889–1948)

archbishop, cardinal, primate of Poland (1881–1948)

Japanese general (1883–1948)

Hungarian athlete (1871–1948)

athletics competitor (1894–1948)

Czechoslovak legioneer, Czechoslovak politician and general (1892-1948)

SS officer (1901–1948)

Indian poet (1904–1948)

Italian fencer (1904-1948)

SS-Hauptsturmführer (1911-1948)

German jurist, civil servant and convicted war criminal (1904-1948)

German general (1891–1948)

German civil servant and SS officer, convicted war criminal (1909–1948)

French astronomer (1853-1948)

American economist and Soviet spy (1892–1948)

British athlete (1870–1948)

American ornithologist, birdwatcher, and nature writer (1863 – 1948)

politician and writer (1866-1948)

gymnast

German SS officer (1906-1948)

German general (1870–1948)

American archaeologist, epigrapher, Mayanist scholar, and WWI spy for the U.S. (1883–1948)

English socialite best known as a devotee of Adolf Hitler

Swedish modernist painter (1885-1948)

Nazi Holocaust perpetrator (1891–1948)

French inventor (1864–1948)

Greek army officer and collaborationist prime minister (1886-1948)

Italian Grand Prix driver (1904-1948)

American aviation pioneer (1871–1948)

Latvian composer (1863-1948)

Austrian archduke, Ukrainian militia officer (1895-1948)

Lahorian Royal and British Suffragist (1876–1948)

English racing driver and speed record holder (1885–1948)

Turkish general and statesperson (1868–1948)

American actress (1901–1948)

US tennis player (1881–1948)