1948 deaths

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule, and to later inspire movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā, first applied to him in 1914 in South Africa, is now used throughout the world.

Soviet filmmaker (1898–1948)

Estonian teacher and linguist (1867–1948)

politician and the founder of Pakistan (1876–1948)

Japanese general and politician (1884–1948)

American filmmaker (1875–1948)

George Herman "Babe" Ruth was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", he began his MLB career as a star left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, but achieved his greatest fame as a slugging outfielder for the New York Yankees. Ruth is regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in American culture and is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time. In 1936, Ruth was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its "first five" members.

French-Occitanian poet, playwright, actor and theatre director (1896-1948)

Russian philosopher (1874–1948)

Czechoslovak politician (1884-1948)

Serbian mathematician and wife of Albert Einstein (1875–1948)

American anthropologist and folklorologist (1887-1948)

Japanese author

French writer (1888–1948)

Bulgarian ruler (1861–1948)

United States Army general in World War I

Catalan linguist (1868–1948)

Soviet politician (1896-1948)

German field marshal (1881-1948)

Azerbaijani composer (1885–1948)

Komárom-born Austrian music composer (1870–1948)

American writer (1900–1948)

First Lady of the United States from 1901 to 1909

President of the Philippines from 1946 to 1948

Polish underground resistance soldier, World War II concentration camp resistance leader (1901-1948)

German artist (1887–1948)

German Nazi SS officer and physician, executed for war crimes and crimes against humanity (1904–1948)

American jurist; Chief Justice of the United States from 1930 to 1941 (1862–1948)

Czechoslovak diplomat and politician (1886–1948)

Armenian-American painter (1904–1948)

German general (1883–1948)

Swedish diplomat (1895–1948)

Italian opera composer (1867–1948)

Turkish novelist (1907–1948)

29th Prime Minister of Japan (1868-1948)

writer and painter from Korea (1896-1948)

German writer (1881-1948)

Hungarian activist, editor (1877-1948)

Japanese prime minister, diplomat, and war criminal (1878-1948)

American historian (1874-1948)

Italian prince and navy officer (1900-1948)

American writer and scientist (1887-1948)

Prime Minister of Japan (1880-1948)

English actress (1865-1948)

personal physician to Adolf Hitler (1886-1948)

Austrian/Czech publicist and writer (1885-1948)

German fashion designer (1885-1948)

German physician and convicted war criminal (1897–1948)

American board game designer (1866–1948)

Brazilian writer (1882–1948)

Chilean poet

American cinematographer (1904–1948)

American physicist (1881–1948)

Belgian-French film director (1885-1948)

American actress (1919–1948)

British actor (1863-1948)

Chinese general and politician, took part in overthrowing Qing Empire, a warlord during the Republican era (1882-1948)

Japanese general (1878–1948)

Turkish general and statesperson (1882–1948)

German actor and film director (1874-1948)