Famous people died in 1948
Antonin Artaud
Antonin Artaud was one of the most influential playwrights of the 20th century
Karl Brandt
Karl Brandt was a German physician who served as Adolf Hitler’s personal physician
Arshile Gorky
Arshile Gorky was a talented Armenian born American painter
Louis Lumière
Louis Lumière and his brother Auguste were French inventors who made the world’s first true motion picture
Aldo Leopold
Aldo Leopold was a renowned American ecologist, environmentalist and scientist
Mileva Marić
Mileva Marić was an exceptional physics scholar from Serbia who was also the first wife of Albert Einstein
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi played an important role in India’s struggle for freedom
Orville Wright
Orville Wight along with his brother Wilbur Wright is credited for creating the first ever successful airplane
D. W. Griffith
Known for his unique and creative movies like ‘The Birth of a Nation’ and ‘Intolerance’, D