1948 suicides

Japanese author

Armenian-American painter (1904–1948)

German general (1883–1948)

American actress (1919–1948)

American actress (1902–1948)

German writer (1867–1948)

SS officer, first commandant of Treblinka extermination camp (1910–1948)

German noble (1878-1948)

American painter (1891-1948)

German Waffen-SS general

actress (1905-1948)

English inventor & spy (1893–1948)

American novelist (1914–1948)

film director (1904-1948)

Japanese naval officer

1902-1948 French actor

French film director (1892-1948)

Chinese general (1900–1948)