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In the year 1946
495 Notable deaths
Olivér Halassy
Hungarian swimmer and water polo player (1909–1946).
Born July 31st, 1909 in Budapest.
Died September 10th, 1946 at 37 years old in Budapest.
Fern Emmett
Actress (1896-1946).
Born March 22nd, 1896 in Oakland.
Died September 3rd, 1946 at 50 years old in Hollywood (cancer).
James Cecil Parke
Irish tennis player (1881-1946).
Born July 26th, 1881 in Clones.
Died February 27th, 1946 at 64 years old
Thomas Barbour
American zoologist (1884-1946).
Born August 19th, 1884 in Martha's Vineyard.
Died January 8th, 1946 at 61 years old in Boston.
Ángel Zárraga
Mexican painter (1886-1946).
Born August 16th, 1886 in Victoria de Durango.
Died September 22nd, 1946 at 60 years old in Cuernavaca.
Phillips Lee Goldsborough
American politician (1865-1946).
Born August 6th, 1865 in Princess Anne.
Died October 22nd, 1946 at 81 years old in Baltimore.
Feliks Nowowiejski
Polish late romantic composer (1877–1946).
Born February 7th, 1877 in Barczewo.
Died January 23rd, 1946 at 68 years old in Poznań.
Mary Fairchild Low
American artist, painter (1858-1946).
Born August 11th, 1858 in New Haven.
Died May 23rd, 1946 at 87 years old in Bronxville.
Abraham Bredius
Dutch art collector, art historian, and museum curator (1855–1946).
Born April 18th, 1855 in Amsterdam.
Died April 13th, 1946 at 90 years old in Monaco.
León Cortés Castro
President of costa rica (1882-1946).
Born December 8th, 1882 in Alajuela.
Died March 3rd, 1946 at 63 years old in San José.
Ferenc Feketehalmy-Czeydner
Hungarian general (1890–1946).
Born November 22nd, 1890 in Simeria.
Died November 5th, 1946 at 55 years old in Žabalj (hanging to death).
Sándor Simonyi-Semadam
Prime minister of hungary (1864-1946).
Born March 23rd, 1864 in Csesznek.
Died June 4th, 1946 at 82 years old in Budapest.
William Cabell Bruce
American politician (1860-1946).
Born March 12th, 1860 in Charlotte County.
Died May 9th, 1946 at 86 years old in Ruxton-Riderwood.
John E. Erickson
American governor of montana (1863-1946).
Born March 14th, 1863 in Stoughton.
Died May 25th, 1946 at 83 years old in Helena.
Alcides Arguedas
Bolivian politician (1879-1946).
Born July 15th, 1879 in La Paz.
Died May 8th, 1946 at 66 years old in Chulumani.
Andor Jaross
Czechoslovak member of czechoslovak national parliament and hungary nation politician (1896-1946).
Died April 11th, 1946 at 49 years old in Budapest (gunshot wound).
Charles Despiau
French sculptor (1874-1946).
Born November 4th, 1874 in Mont-de-Marsan.
Died October 30th, 1946 at 71 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris.
Charles Martin
Oregon politician (1863-1946).
Born October 1st, 1863 in Edwards County.
Died September 22nd, 1946 at 82 years old in Portland.
Serge Sudeikin
Russian artist (1882-1946).
Born March 19th, 1882 in Saint Petersburg.
Died August 12th, 1946 at 64 years old in Nyack.
Gheorghe Alexianu
Politician (1897-1946).
Born January 1st, 1897 in Străoane.
Died June 1st, 1946 at 49 years old in Jilava (gunshot wound).
Rudolf Walden
Finnish industrialist, general and politician (1878–1946).
Born December 1st, 1878 in Helsinki. [ref]
Died October 25th, 1946 at 67 years old in Sysmä.
Adriaan van Maanen
Dutch astronomer (1884–1946).
Born March 31st, 1884 in Sneek.
Died January 26th, 1946 at 61 years old in Pasadena.
Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski
Polish politician, 27th prime minister of poland from 1935 to 1936 (1892–1946).
Born March 16th, 1892 in Pandėlys.
Died April 12th, 1946 at 54 years old in Woking.
Ferdinand Boberg
Swedish architect (1860–1946).
Born April 11th, 1860 in Falu Kristine church parish.
Died May 7th, 1946 at 86 years old in Kungsholm parish. [ref]
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius