In the year 1946
495 Notable deaths
Georgios Kafantaris
Prime minister of greece (1873-1946).
Born October 25th, 1873 in Fragkista.
Died August 28th, 1946 at 72 years old in Athens.
Elvira Notari
Italian film director (1875–1946).
Born February 10th, 1875 in Salerno.
Died December 17th, 1946 at 71 years old in Cava de' Tirreni.
Ada Adler
Danish classical scholar (1878-1946).
Born February 18th, 1878 in Frederiksberg.
Died December 28th, 1946 at 68 years old in Copenhagen.
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.
Matteo Bartoli
Italian linguist (1873–1946).
Born November 22nd, 1873 in Labin.
Died January 23rd, 1946 at 72 years old in Turin.
Ilarie Voronca
French writer (1903–1946).
Born December 31st, 1903 in Brăila. [ref]
Died April 5th, 1946 at 42 years old in Paris.
Jan Verkade
Dutch painter (1868-1946) and monk (1868–1946).
Born September 18th, 1868 in Zaandam.
Died July 19th, 1946 at 77 years old in Beuron.
Otto Brower
Film director (1895-1946).
Born December 2nd, 1895 in Grand Rapids.
Died January 25th, 1946 at 50 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Antti Hackzell
Finnish politician (1881-1946).
Born September 20th, 1881 in Mikkeli.
Died January 14th, 1946 at 64 years old in Helsinki (stroke).
Frederick William Frohawk
British zoological artist and lepidopterist (1861-1946).
Born July 16th, 1861 in Norfolk.
Died December 10th, 1946 at 85 years old in Norfolk.
Frida Richard
Austrian actress (1873-1946).
Born November 1st, 1873 in Vienna.
Died September 12th, 1946 at 72 years old in Salzburg.
Ladislav Šaloun
Czech sculptor (1870-1946).
Born August 1st, 1870 in Prague. [ref]
Died October 18th, 1946 at 76 years old in Vinohrady. [ref]
Siegfried Haenicke
German general and knight's cross recipient (1878-1946).
Born September 8th, 1878 in Constance.
Died February 19th, 1946 at 67 years old in NKVD Special Camp No. 1.
Karl Etlinger
Actor (1879-1946).
Born October 16th, 1879 in Vienna.
Died May 8th, 1946 at 66 years old in Berlin.
Grigory Semyonov
Russian white cossack general (1890–1946).
Born September 25th, 1890 in Kuranzha.
Died August 30th, 1946 at 55 years old in Moscow (hanging to death).
Hermann Geyer
German general (1882–1946).
Born July 7th, 1882 in Stuttgart.
Died April 10th, 1946 at 63 years old in Wildsee.
Gabriel Gabrio
French stage and film actor (1887–1946).
Born January 13th, 1887 in Reims.
Died November 2nd, 1946 at 59 years old in Berchères-sur-Vesgre.
Fyodor Truhin
Russian nazi collaborator (1896–1946).
Born February 29th, 1896 in Kostroma.
Died August 1st, 1946 at 50 years old in Moscow (hanging to death).
Amadeus William Grabau
American scientist (1870–1946).
Born January 9th, 1870 in Cedarburg.
Died March 20th, 1946 at 76 years old in Beijing.
Oswald Kabasta
Austrian conductor (1896–1946).
Born December 29th, 1896 in Mistelbach.
Died February 6th, 1946 at 49 years old in Kufstein (intoxication).
Julian Nowak
Polish microbiologist and politician (1865-1946).
Born March 10th, 1865 in Okocim.
Died November 10th, 1946 at 81 years old in Kraków.
Hugo Obermaier
Spanish-german historian and anthropologist (1877–1946).
Born January 29th, 1877 in Regensburg.
Died November 12th, 1946 at 69 years old in Fribourg.
Karl Hans Strobl
Austrian writer (1877-1946).
Born January 18th, 1877 in Jihlava. [ref]
Died March 10th, 1946 at 69 years old in Perchtoldsdorf. [ref]
Olga Engl
Actress (1871-1946).
Born May 30th, 1871 in Prague.
Died September 21st, 1946 at 75 years old in Berlin (disease).
Carl Gustav Witt
German astronomer (1866–1946).
Born October 29th, 1866 in Berlin.
Died January 3rd, 1946 at 79 years old in Falkensee.
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The hardest thing you overcome are the ones that give the most meaning. Maxime Lagacé