In the year 1946
495 Notable deaths
Infanta Adelgundes, Duchess of Guimarães
Countess of bardi (1858–1946).
Born November 10th, 1858 in Wertheim.
Died April 15th, 1946 at 87 years old in Bern.
Cornelius Johnson
American high jumper (1913–1946).
Born August 21st, 1913 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died February 15th, 1946 at 32 years old in San Francisco.
Ahmed Hassanein Pasha
Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer (1889–1946).
Born October 31st, 1889 in Cairo, Bulaq.
Died February 19th, 1946 at 56 years old in Cairo (traffic collision).
Danuta Siedzikówna
Polish resistance fighter (1928–1946).
Born September 3rd, 1928 in Guszczewina.
Died August 28th, 1946 at 17 years old in Gdańsk (gunshot wound).
Paul Lincke
German composer (1866–1946).
Born November 7th, 1866 in Berlin.
Died September 4th, 1946 at 79 years old in Hahnenklee, Clausthal-Zellerfeld.
Wen Yiduo
Chinese poet and scholar (1899–1946).
Born November 2nd, 1899 in Xishui County.
Died July 17th, 1946 at 46 years old in Kunming.
Henri Le Fauconnier
French painter (1881-1946).
Born July 5th, 1881 in Hesdin. [ref]
Died December 25th, 1946 at 65 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Zorka Janů
Czech actress (1921–1946).
Born July 9th, 1921 in Štěchovice. [ref]
Died March 27th, 1946 at 24 years old in Libeň (falling). [ref]
Károly Beregfy
Hungarian fascist arrow cross defence minister under ferenc szálasi (1888-1946).
Born February 12th, 1888 in Crvenka.
Died March 12th, 1946 at 58 years old in Budapest (hanging to death).
Maud Watson
English tennis player.
Born October 9th, 1864 in Harrow.
Died June 5th, 1946 at 81 years old in Charmouth.
Queen Charlotte of Württemberg
Queen consort of württemberg.
Born October 10th, 1864 in Ratibořice.
Died July 16th, 1946 at 81 years old in Bebenhausen.
Pedro Henríquez Ureña
Dominican republic writer (1884-1946).
Born June 29th, 1884 in Santo Domingo.
Died May 11th, 1946 at 61 years old in Buenos Aires.
Patriarch Benjamin I of Constantinople
266th ecumenical patriarch of constantinople.
Born January 18th, 1871 in Zeytinli.
Died February 17th, 1946 at 75 years old in Istanbul.
Henry Calvert Simons
American economist (1899–1946).
Born October 9th, 1899 in Virden.
Died June 19th, 1946 at 46 years old
Prince Vittorio Emanuele, Count of Turin
Count of turin and a member of the house of savoy (1870-1946).
Born November 24th, 1870 in Turin.
Died October 10th, 1946 at 75 years old in Brussels.
Aleksei Sudaev
Soviet weapon designer (1912-1946).
Born August 23rd, 1912 in Alatyr.
Died August 17th, 1946 at 33 years old in Moscow.
Erwin Rösener
German politician (1902-1946).
Born February 2nd, 1902 in Schwerte.
Died September 4th, 1946 at 44 years old in Ljubljana (hanging to death).
Moisei Ginzburg
Russian architect, soviet writer (1892–1946).
Born June 4th, 1892 in Minsk. [ref]
Died January 7th, 1946 at 53 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Eugene Lanceray
Russian artist (1875-1946).
Born September 4th, 1875 in Pavlovsk. [ref]
Died September 13th, 1946 at 71 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Hans Bothmann
Ss officer (1911–1946).
Born November 11th, 1911 in Lohe-Rickelshof.
Died April 4th, 1946 at 34 years old in Heide (hanging to death).
Júlio Prestes
Brazilian politician, elected president of brazil (1882-1946).
Born March 15th, 1882 in Itapetininga.
Died February 9th, 1946 at 63 years old in São Paulo.
Bill Johnston
American tennis player (1894–1946).
Born November 2nd, 1894 in San Francisco.
Died May 1st, 1946 at 51 years old in San Francisco (tuberculosis).
Karl, 6th Prince of Leiningen
German noble (1898-1946).
Born February 13th, 1898 in Strasbourg.
Died August 2nd, 1946 at 48 years old in Saransk.
Maximilian Steinberg
Russian composer (1883-1946).
Born July 4th, 1883 in Vilnius.
Died December 6th, 1946 at 63 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Betsy Bakker-Nort
Dutch lawyer and politician (1874-1946).
Born May 8th, 1874 in Groningen. [ref]
Died May 23rd, 1946 at 72 years old in Utrecht. [ref]
Deaths 226 to 250 of 495
My mama always used to tell me: ‘If you can’t find somethin’ to live for, you best find somethin’ to die for’. Tupac Shakur