1952 deaths

Norwegian novelist (1859–1952)

George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was also the last Emperor of India from 1936 until the British Raj was dissolved in August 1947, and the first Head of the Commonwealth following the London Declaration of 1949.

American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer (1859–1952)

Italian pedagogue and physician (1870-1952)

Argentine actress and politician (1919–1952)

Soviet diplomat (1872-1952)

Italian philosopher (1866-1952)

Spanish-American philosopher

Yogi, Kriya Yoga guru and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship (1893-1952)

French poet (1895–1952)

Israeli statesman and British chemist (1874–1952)

English footballer, neurophysiologist and Nobel Prize recipient (1857–1952)

American actress (1893-1952)

American-German psychoanalyst

Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator (1865-1952)

Italian diplomat (1860–1952)

President of Finland (1865-1952)

Icelandic politician, 1st President of Iceland (1881-1952)

French author, politician, poet, and critic (1868–1952)

Australian politician (1862–1952), 7th Prime Minister of Australia from 1915 to 1923

Hungarian-born dramatist and novelist (1878-1952)

queen consort of Italy (1900-1946) and Servant of God; mother of Umberto II of Italy

Russian chess player (1889–1952)

Mongolian general and political leader from the 1930s to 1952

President of FIFA (1876-1952)

German army officer (1895-1952)

Japanese businessman (1894–1952)

Queen consort of King Christian X of Denmark (1879–1952)

German police and SS general, head of the military secret services and convicted war criminal (1910-1952)

President of Mexico for 45 minutes in 1913

French army general, Marshal of France (1889-1952)

Czech archeologist, linguist and orientalist (1879-1952)

American actor (1913-1952)

Japanese politician (1867-1952)

King of Bhutan (1906-1952)

Hungarian-American film producer

admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy (1868-1952)

British politician, lawyer and diplomat (1889–1952)

French historian (1885-1952)

German politician (1895-1952)

Russian historian of ancient history (1870–1952)

21st Prime Minister of Norway

Italian racecar driver

American psychologist (1884–1952)

French astronomer (1897-1952)

Egyptian nuclear physicist (1917-1952)

Mexican author and physician (1873–1952)

American actress (1921–1952)

Russian politician (1873–1952)

Belgian football referee (1891-1952)

Ukrainian opera singer (1872–1952)

Dutch physicist (1894–1952)

Swedish historian and economist (1879–1952)

Finnish politician and Prime Minister (1890–1952)

Czechoslovak politician (1901-1952)

Italian politician (1872-1952)

American track and field athlete

German SS and police general and convicted war criminal (1895-1952)

British sailor (1874–1952)

American film director and actor (1887–1952)