page_title: 1952
section_title: January
hierarchical_section_title: 1952 / Deaths / January
caption_attribution_description: English: Sveinn Björnsson (27 February 1881 – 25 January 1952), first president of the Republic of Iceland. Gaeilge: Sveinn Björnsson (27 Feabhra 1881 – 25 Eanáir 1952), an chéad uachtarán Phoblacht na hÍoslainne. Íslenska: Sveinn Björnsson (27. febrúar 1881 – 25 janúar 1952), fyrsti forseti Lýðveldisins Íslands.
context_page_description: 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1952nd year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 952nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 52nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1950s decade.
context_section_description: January 1 – Henri Albert Hartmann, French surgeon (b. 1860)
  January 2 – Gustave Francq, Canadian typographer and trade unionist (b. 1871)
  January 4 – Constant Permeke, Belgian painter (b. 1886)
  January 5 – Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1869)
  January 6 – Sofoklis Dousmanis, Greek naval officer (b. 1868)
  January 8 – Antonia Maury, American astronomer (b. 1866)
  January 9 – Andrea Cassulo, Italian Roman Catholic priest and missionary (b. 1869)
  January 11
  Stanisław Stempowski, Polish politician (b. 1870)
  Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general, posthumous Marshal of France (b. 1889)
  January 14 – Almas Ildyrym, Soviet poet (b. 1907)
  January 16 – Paolo Grilli, Italian sculptor and painter (b. 1857)
  January 18 – Curly Howard, American actor and comedian (The Three Stooges) (b. 1903)
  January 19 – Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria (b. 1895)
  January 22 – Andrés Luna de San Pedro, Filipino architect (b. 1887)
  January 24 – Duke York, American actor (b. 1908)
  January 25
  Sveinn Björnsson, 1st President of Iceland (b. 1881)
  François Gagnepain, French botanist (b. 1866)
  Polly Moran, American actress (b. 1883)
  January 26
  Zubeida Begum, Indian actress (b. 1926)
  André Cheron, American actor (b. 1880)
  Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Marshal of the Mongolian People's Republic, Prime Minister of the Mongolian People's Republic (b. 1895)
  January 27 – Fannie Ward, American actress (b. 1872)
  January 28
  Thomas Hicks, American runner (b. 1876)
  Nicolae Constantin Batzaria, Ottoman statesman, Romanian writer (b. 1874)
caption: Sveinn Björnsson
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