In the year 1946
495 Notable deaths
Blanche Bingley
English tennis player (1863–1946).
Born November 3rd, 1863 in Greenford.
Died August 6th, 1946 at 82 years old in Marehill.
Josiah Bailey
American politician (1873–1946).
Born September 14th, 1873 in Warrenton.
Died December 15th, 1946 at 73 years old in Raleigh.
Edward Bairstow
English composer and organist.
Born August 22nd, 1874 in Huddersfield.
Died May 1st, 1946 at 71 years old in York.
Ebba Bernadotte
Swedish noble (1858-1946).
Born October 24th, 1858 in Jönköping. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1946 at 87 years old in Grödinge parish.
Jeanie MacPherson
Actress, screenwriter (1886-1946).
Born May 18th, 1886 in Boston.
Died August 26th, 1946 at 60 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Heinrich Freiherr von Stackelberg
German economist and noble (1905–1946).
Born October 30th, 1905 in Moscow.
Died October 12th, 1946 at 40 years old in Madrid (lymphoma).
Charles Wakefield Cadman
American composer (1881-1946).
Born December 24th, 1881 in Johnstown.
Died December 30th, 1946 at 65 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Albert Viljam Hagelin
Norwegian politician (1881-1946).
Born April 24th, 1881 in Bergen.
Died May 25th, 1946 at 65 years old in Oslo (gunshot wound).
Juan Antonio Rios
Chilean politician and president (1888-1946).
Born November 10th, 1888 in Cañete.
Died June 27th, 1946 at 57 years old in Santiago (cancer).
Gábor Vajna
Hungarian politician (1891–1946).
Born November 4th, 1891 in Târgu Secuiesc.
Died March 12th, 1946 at 54 years old in Budapest (hanging to death).
Jacob Ellehammer
Danish aviator (1871–1946).
Born June 14th, 1871 in Vordingborg.
Died May 20th, 1946 at 74 years old in Gentofte.
Hajime Kawakami
Japanese economist, activist and writer (1879–1946).
Born October 20th, 1879 in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
Died January 30th, 1946 at 66 years old in Sakyō-ku.
C. R. W. Nevinson
British artist (1889-1946).
Born August 13th, 1889 in London.
Died October 7th, 1946 at 57 years old in Hampstead (stroke).
Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari
Indian independence activist.
Born March 10th, 1884 in Saharanpur.
Died January 11th, 1946 at 61 years old in Jalalabad.
Nobu Shirase
Japanese explorer of the antarctic (1861-1946).
Born July 20th, 1861 in Konoura.
Died September 4th, 1946 at 85 years old in Toyota.
Arnold Rosé
Austrian musician (1863–1946).
Born October 24th, 1863 in Iași.
Died August 25th, 1946 at 82 years old in London.
Albert Bond Lambert
Amateur golfer, aviator (1875–1946).
Born December 6th, 1875 in St. Louis.
Died November 12th, 1946 at 70 years old in St. Louis.
Gottfried von Erdmannsdorff
German general and knight's cross recipients (1893–1946).
Born April 25th, 1893 in Kamenz.
Died January 30th, 1946 at 52 years old in Minsk (hanging to death).
Maliq Bushati
Albanian politician (1880-1946).
Born February 8th, 1880 in Shkodër.
Died February 20th, 1946 at 66 years old in Tirana (gunshot wound).
Frank Hadow
British tennis player (1855-1946).
Born January 24th, 1855 in Regent's Park.
Died June 29th, 1946 at 91 years old in Bridgwater.
Elie Nadelman
Sculptor (1882–1946).
Born February 20th, 1882 in Warsaw.
Died December 28th, 1946 at 64 years old in New York City.
Carl Theodor Zahle
Prime minister of denmark (1866–1946).
Born January 19th, 1866 in Roskilde.
Died February 3rd, 1946 at 80 years old in Gentofte.
Johannes Vares
Estonian poet, doctor, and politician, first soviet prime minister in estonia (1890-1946).
Born January 12th, 1890 in Kiisa.
Died November 29th, 1946 at 56 years old in Tallinn (gunshot wound).
Karl Groos
German psychologist and philosopher (1861-1946).
Born December 10th, 1861 in Heidelberg.
Died March 27th, 1946 at 84 years old in Tübingen.
John J. Glennon
Catholic cardinal (1862–1946).
Born June 14th, 1862 in Kinnegad.
Died March 9th, 1946 at 83 years old in Dublin.
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Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. Henry David Thoreau