In the year 1946
453 Notable deaths
Hermann Göring
German nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal (1893–1946).
Born January 12th, 1893 in Rosenheim. [ref]
Died October 15th, 1946 at 53 years old in Nuremberg Court Prison (cyanide poisoning). [ref]
H. G. Wells
English writer (1866–1946).
Born September 21st, 1866 in Bromley.
Died August 13th, 1946 at 79 years old in London (liver tumor).
Amon Göth
Austrian ss functionary, commandant of plaszow concentration camp and convicted war criminal (1908-1946).
Born December 11th, 1908 in Vienna.
Died September 13th, 1946 at 37 years old in Kraków (hanging to death).
John Maynard Keynes
British economist (1883–1946).
Born June 5th, 1883 in Cambridge. [ref]
Died April 21st, 1946 at 62 years old in Firle (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Gertrude Stein
American author (1874–1946).
Born February 3rd, 1874 in Allegheny.
Died July 27th, 1946 at 72 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (stomach cancer).
Wilhelm Keitel
German army field marshal and nazi military chief of the nazi military ”wehrmacht” (1882–1946).
Born September 22nd, 1882 in Helmscherode.
Died October 16th, 1946 at 64 years old in Nuremberg Court Prison (hanging).
Joachim von Ribbentrop
German foreign minister of nazi germany (1893-1946).
Born April 30th, 1893 in Wesel. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1946 at 53 years old in Nuremberg (hanging). [ref]
John Logie Baird
Scottish inventor, demonstrating the world's first working television.
Born August 13th, 1888 in Helensburgh. [ref]
Died June 14th, 1946 at 57 years old in Bexhill-on-Sea. [ref]
Louis Slotin
Canadian physicist and chemist (1910-1946).
Born December 1st, 1910 in Winnipeg.
Died May 30th, 1946 at 35 years old in Los Alamos (radiation syndrome).
Alfred Jodl
German general and convicted war criminal (1890-1946).
Born May 10th, 1890 in Würzburg.
Died October 16th, 1946 at 56 years old in Nuremberg (hanging). [ref]
Alfred Rosenberg
Baltic german architect, nazi politician and ideologue (1893-1946).
Born January 12th, 1893 in Tallinn.
Died October 16th, 1946 at 53 years old in Nuremberg Court Prison (hanging to death).
W. C. Fields
American comedian, actor, juggler and writer (1880–1946).
Born January 29th, 1880 in Darby.
Died December 25th, 1946 at 66 years old in Pasadena.
William Joyce
British fascist and propaganda broadcaster (1906-1946).
Born April 24th, 1906 in Brooklyn.
Died January 3rd, 1946 at 39 years old in HM Prison Wandsworth (hanging to death).
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Austrian ss official, a major perpetrator of the holocaust and convicted war criminal (1903-1946).
Born October 4th, 1903.
Died October 16th, 1946 at 43 years old in Nuremberg Court Prison (hanging).
Hans Frank
German lawyer, nazi politician, general governor of nazi occupied poland and convicted war criminal (1900-1946).
Born May 23rd, 1900 in Karlsruhe. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1946 at 46 years old in Nuremberg, Nuremberg Court Prison (hanging). [ref]
Julius Streicher
German publisher, nazi politician and convicted war criminal (1885-1946).
Born February 12th, 1885 in Fleinhausen.
Died October 16th, 1946 at 61 years old in Nuremberg Court Prison (hanging to death).
Ion Antonescu
Prime minister and conducător of romania during world war ii, executed for war crimes (1882-1946).
Born June 14th, 1882 in Pitești. [ref]
Died June 1st, 1946 at 63 years old in Jilava (ballistic trauma).
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Japanese general and war criminal (1885–1946).
Born November 8th, 1885 in Akatsuka.
Died February 23rd, 1946 at 60 years old in Los Baños (hanging to death).
Ananda Mahidol
Eighth monarch of siam from the chakri dynasty as rama viii.
Born September 20th, 1925 in Heidelberg.
Died June 9th, 1946 at 20 years old in Boromphiman Residential Hall (gunshot wound).
Madan Mohan Malaviya
Indian educator and politician.
Born December 25th, 1861 in Prayagraj.
Died November 12th, 1946 at 84 years old in Varanasi.
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Austrian nazi politician, and nazi ruler of occupied netherlands, convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death (1892-1946).
Born July 22nd, 1892 in Stonařov. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1946 at 54 years old in Nuremberg (hanging). [ref]
Alfred Stieglitz
American photographer (1864–1946).
Born January 1st, 1864 in Hoboken.
Died July 13th, 1946 at 82 years old in New York City.
Walter Johnson
American hall of fame baseball player (1887-1946).
Born November 6th, 1887 in Humboldt.
Died December 10th, 1946 at 59 years old in Washington, D.C. (brain cancer).
Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin
Soviet politician (1875–1946).
Born November 19th, 1875 in Verkhnaya Troitsa.
Died June 3rd, 1946 at 70 years old in Moscow (colorectal cancer).
Wilhelm Frick
German nazi party politician (1877–1946).
Born March 12th, 1877 in Alsenz.
Died October 16th, 1946 at 69 years old in Nuremberg Court Prison (hanging to death).
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