In the year 1946
495 Notable deaths
Eduardo Marquina
Spanish writer (1879-1946).
Born January 21st, 1879 in Barcelona.
Died November 21st, 1946 at 67 years old in New York City.
Franjo Bučar
Croatian sports writer (1866-1946).
Born November 25th, 1866 in Zagreb.
Died December 26th, 1946 at 80 years old in Zagreb.
Jóannes Patursson
Faroese poet and politician (1866-1946).
Born May 6th, 1866 in Kirkjubøur. [ref]
Died August 2nd, 1946 at 80 years old in Kirkjubøur. [ref]
Israfil Mammadov
First azerbaijani hero of the soviet union (1919–1946).
Born March 16th, 1919 in Qapanlı, Shamkir.
Died May 1st, 1946 at 27 years old in Yalta.
Maria Barrientos
Spanish singer.
Born March 4th, 1884 in Barcelona. [ref]
Died August 8th, 1946 at 62 years old in Ciboure.
Albert Sechehaye
Swiss linguist (1870-1946).
Born July 4th, 1870 in Geneva.
Died July 2nd, 1946 at 75 years old in Geneva.
Grigory Neujmin
Russian astronomer (1885–1946).
Born January 3rd, 1886 in Tbilisi. [ref]
Died December 17th, 1946 at 60 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Edward Alphonso Goldman
American zoologist (1873-1946).
Born July 7th, 1873 in Mount Carroll.
Died September 2nd, 1946 at 73 years old in Washington, D.C..
Adamo Didur
Polish singer (1874–1946).
Born December 24th, 1874 in Wola Sękowa.
Died January 7th, 1946 at 71 years old in Katowice.
Sidney Jones
British composer (1861-1946).
Born June 17th, 1861 in Islington, London Borough of Islington. [ref]
Died January 29th, 1946 at 84 years old in Kew. [ref]
Antonio Caso
Mexican philosopher (1883–1946).
Born December 19th, 1883 in Mexico City.
Died March 6th, 1946 at 62 years old in Mexico City.
Edwin Stephen Goodrich
English zoologist (1868–1946).
Born June 21st, 1868 in Weston-super-Mare.
Died January 6th, 1946 at 77 years old in Oxford.
Paul von Klenau
Danish-born composer (1883-1946).
Born February 11th, 1883 in Copenhagen.
Died August 31st, 1946 at 63 years old in Copenhagen.
Francesco Bonifacio
Italian catholic priest (1912–1946).
Born September 7th, 1912 in Piran.
Died September 11th, 1946 at 34 years old in Krasica, Buje (blunt trauma).
Camillo Caccia Dominioni
Cardinal of the roman catholic church (1877–1946).
Born February 7th, 1877 in Milan.
Died November 12th, 1946 at 69 years old in Rome.
Georges Dumas
French psychologist (1866-1946).
Born March 6th, 1866 in Lédignan.
Died February 12th, 1946 at 79 years old in Lédignan.
Eduard Bass
Czech theater reviewer, theater manager, actor, publicist, translator, satirist, writer and singer (1888–1946).
Born January 1st, 1888 in Prague.
Died October 2nd, 1946 at 58 years old in New Town (cerebral hemorrhage, arteriosclerosis). [ref]
Sidney Morgan
Film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor (1874-1946).
Born August 2nd, 1874 in Bermondsey.
Died June 11th, 1946 at 71 years old in Bournemouth.
Lee Kohlmar
German actor and film director (1873-1946).
Born February 27th, 1873 in Nuremberg.
Died May 14th, 1946 at 73 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Heinrich Kaminski
German composer (1886–1946).
Born July 4th, 1886 in Waldshut-Tiengen.
Died June 21st, 1946 at 59 years old in Kochel.
Oscar Neumann
German ornithologist (1867-1946).
Born September 3rd, 1867 in Berlin.
Died May 17th, 1946 at 78 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Mayme Kelso
Actress (1867-1946).
Born February 28th, 1867 in Columbus.
Died June 5th, 1946 at 79 years old in South Pasadena (myocardial infarction).
Phil Jutzi
German film director and cinematographer (1896–1946).
Born July 22nd, 1896 in Altleiningen.
Died May 1st, 1946 at 49 years old in Neustadt an der Weinstraße.
Sophia Getzowa
Belarusian-israeli scientist.
Born October 8th, 1872 in Vilnius, Gomel.
Died July 12th, 1946 at 73 years old in Jerusalem.
Percy John Daniell
British mathematician (1889–1946).
Born January 9th, 1889 in Valparaíso.
Died May 25th, 1946 at 57 years old in Sheffield.
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