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• Norbert Robert Denoo, Aartrijke West-Vlaanderen België († 2018)
• Jean Bogaerts, Lier,, Antwerpen, België († 2016)
• Theodorus Antonius Kreuwel, Geesteren († 2016)
• Margaretha Lubertha Vedder, Harderwijk († 1949)
• Hermanus van der Maat, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland († 1949)
• Akster, Zwolle, Nederland († 1949)
• Adriana Rietveld († 2011)
• Anna Maria Alphonsa ( Annie ) Janssen, Venlo († 2015)
• Theodora Rudolphina Maria den Brok, Berghem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jacob Christoffel van As, Scherpenisse († 2003)

• Anthonius Hubertus van Deursen (69), Haarlem
• Adolf Simonsz. Schelvis- (51), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Anna Sattler (81), Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States
• Aaltje Boven (83), Overschild, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriaan van Cadsand (85), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Traas (66), Rilland
• Alida Leeuwe (78), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Adriaan van Cadsand (85), Bergen op Zoom
• Akster (0), Zwolle, Nederland
• Alexander Coenraad Geers (49), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1947 » Les Ebdon, English chemist and academic
• 1947 » Michel Sardou, French singer-songwriter and actor
• 1947 » Patrick Dewaere, French actor and composer († 1982)
• 1947 » Redmond Morris, 4th Baron Killanin, Irish director, producer, and production manager
• 1948 » Alda Facio, Costa Ricanjurist,writer and teacher
• 1949 » David Strathairn, American actor
• 1949 » Jonathan Carroll, American author
• 1950 » Jörg Haider, Austrian lawyer and politician, Governor of Carinthia († 2008)
• 1951 » Andy Hummel, American singer-songwriter and bass player († 2010)
• 1951 » David Briggs, Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer

• 1943 » Harry H. Laughlin, American sociologist and eugenicist (b. 1880)
• 1943 » Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist and geneticist (b. 1887)
• 1946 » Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1884)
• 1946 » Oskar Kallas, Estonian linguist and diplomat (b. 1868)
• 1947 » Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (b. 1898)
• 1948 » Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist (born 1876)
• 1948 » John Lomax, American musicologist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1948 » Kâzım Karabekir, Turkish general and politician, 5th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1882)
• 1952 » Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Mongolian general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1895)
• 1953 » Athanase David, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1882)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Robert
7. Pieter
8. Gerrit
9. Adrianus
10. Petrus
11. Peter
12. Dirk
13. Jacob
14. Jacobus
15. Wilhelmus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Margaretha
12. Geertruida
13. Jacoba
14. Linda
15. Helena
16. Marianne

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
• January 26 » The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
• June 8 » Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members.
• June 24 » The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, starring William Boyd, is aired on NBC.
• September 29 » The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People's Republic of China.
• December 4 » Sir Duncan George Stewart was fatally stabbed by Rosli Dhobi, a member leader of the Rukun 13, in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia during the British crown colony era in that state.
• December 13 » The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem.

The temperature on January 26, 1949 was between -2.3 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.