In the year 1946
453 Notable deaths
Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari
Indian independence activist.
Born March 10th, 1884 in Saharanpur.
Died January 11th, 1946 at 61 years old in Jalalabad.
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).
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.
Born June 14th, 1871 in Vordingborg.
Died May 20th, 1946 at 74 years old in Gentofte.
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).
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.
Shirase Nobu
Japanese explorer of the antarctic (1861-1946).
Born July 20th, 1861 in Nikaho.
Died September 4th, 1946 at 85 years old in Toyota.
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.
Karl Groos
German psychologist and philosopher (1861-1946).
Born December 10th, 1861 in Heidelberg.
Died March 27th, 1946 at 84 years old in Tübingen.
Elie Nadelman
Sculptor (1882–1946).
Born February 20th, 1882 in Warsaw.
Died December 28th, 1946 at 64 years old in New York City.
Maliq Bushati
Albanian politician (1880-1946).
Born February 8th, 1880 in Shkodër.
Died February 20th, 1946 at 66 years old in Tirana (gunshot wound).
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).
Giuseppe Adami
Italian opera librettist (1878-1946).
Born February 4th, 1878 in Verona.
Died October 12th, 1946 at 68 years old in Milan.
Isaac Grünewald
Swedish artist (1889-1946).
Born September 2nd, 1889 in Stockholms jewish community. [ref]
Died June 22nd, 1946 at 56 years old in Oslo (aviation accident). [ref]
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.
John J. Glennon
Catholic cardinal.
Born June 14th, 1862 in Kinnegad.
Died March 9th, 1946 at 83 years old in Dublin.
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).
Othenio Abel
Paleontologist, paleobiologist (1875-1946).
Born June 20th, 1875 in Vienna. [ref]
Died July 4th, 1946 at 71 years old in Mondsee. [ref]
Harry Bateman
Anglo-american mathematician.
Born October 28th, 1882 in Manchester. [ref]
Died January 21st, 1946 at 63 years old in Milford (thrombosis).
Alfred Stock
German chemist.
Born July 16th, 1876 in Gdańsk.
Died August 12th, 1946 at 70 years old in Aken (Elbe).
Kate Bruce
American silent film actress (1860–1946).
Born February 17th, 1860 in Columbus.
Died April 2nd, 1946 at 86 years old in New York City.
Patrick Bowes-Lyon
English tennis player (1863–1946).
Born March 5th, 1863 in Belgravia.
Died October 5th, 1946 at 83 years old in Westerham (Feldkirchen-Westerham).
Victor Loret
French egyptologist (1859-1946).
Born September 1st, 1859 in Paris. [ref]
Died February 3rd, 1946 at 86 years old in Lyon.
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.
Deaths 251 to 275 of 453
Death and pain are windows to great insight if you have the strength to look through them. James Pierce