In the year 1946
495 Notable deaths
Robert LeRoy
Us tennis player.
Born February 7th, 1885 in New York City.
Died September 7th, 1946 at 61 years old in New York City.
Ernst Kurth
Swiss music theorist.
Born June 1st, 1886 in Vienna.
Died August 2nd, 1946 at 60 years old in Bern.
William Welsh
Actor (1870-1946).
Born February 9th, 1870 in Philadelphia.
Died July 16th, 1946 at 76 years old in Los Angeles.
Otto Franke
German sinologist (1863–1946).
Born September 27th, 1863 in Gernrode.
Died September 2nd, 1946 at 82 years old in Berlin.
Alexander Bogomolets
Soviet-ukrainian pathophysiologist (1881-1946).
Died July 19th, 1946 at 65 years old in Kyiv.
Louis Zutter
Swiss artistic gymnast (1865-1946).
Born December 2nd, 1865 in Les Ponts-de-Martel.
Died November 10th, 1946 at 80 years old in Boudry.
Rafael Erich
Finnish politician (1879-1946).
Born June 10th, 1879 in Turku.
Died February 19th, 1946 at 66 years old in Helsinki.
Ivan Moskvin
Russian actor (1874-1946).
Born June 18th, 1874 in Moscow.
Died February 16th, 1946 at 71 years old in Moscow.
Georgi Vasilyev
Soviet film director, screenwriter and actor (1899–1946).
Born November 25th, 1899 in Vologda.
Died June 18th, 1946 at 46 years old in Ljubljana (tuberculosis).
Lucina Hagman
Finnish politician and feminist (1853–1946).
Born June 5th, 1853 in Kälviä. [ref]
Died September 6th, 1946 at 93 years old in Helsinki.
Vasily Timofeyevich Volsky
Soviet colonel general (1897－1946).
Born March 22nd, 1897 in Tula Oblast.
Died February 22nd, 1946 at 48 years old in Moscow (tuberculosis).
Hans Grade
German aviation pioneer (1879–1946).
Born May 17th, 1879 in Koszalin.
Died October 22nd, 1946 at 67 years old in Borkheide. [ref]
Frank Castleman
American hurdler and coach (1877-1946).
Born March 17th, 1877 in Tracy Creek.
Died October 9th, 1946 at 69 years old in Columbus.
Narziß Ach
German psychologist (1871–1946).
Born October 29th, 1871 in Ermershausen.
Died July 25th, 1946 at 74 years old in Munich.
Arthur van Schendel
Dutch writer.
Born March 5th, 1874 in Jakarta.
Died September 11th, 1946 at 72 years old in Amsterdam.
Carl Lindhagen
Swedish lawyer, socialist politician and pacifist (1860-1946).
Born December 17th, 1860 in Katarina church parish.
Died March 11th, 1946 at 85 years old in Bromma parish. [ref]
Oskar Kallas
Estonian linguist, folklorist, politician and diplomat (1868-1946).
Born October 25th, 1868 in Kaarma-Kirikuküla.
Died January 26th, 1946 at 77 years old in Stockholm.
Boris Lisunov
Soviet aeronautical engineer, aeroplane designer (1898-1946).
Born August 20th, 1898 in Astrakhan.
Died November 3rd, 1946 at 48 years old in Moscow.
Sofia Nădejde
Romanian translator (1856-1946).
Born September 14th, 1856 in Botoșani.
Died June 11th, 1946 at 89 years old in Bucharest.
Jean Durand
French film director (1882-1946).
Born December 15th, 1882 in 18th arrondissement of Paris.
Died March 10th, 1946 at 63 years old in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
Émilie Gourd
Swiss suffragist (1879-1946).
Born December 19th, 1879 in Geneva. [ref]
Died December 4th, 1946 at 66 years old in Geneva. [ref]
Gabriela Preissová
Czech writer (1862–1946).
Born March 23rd, 1862 in Kutná Hora. [ref]
Died March 27th, 1946 at 84 years old in Prague. [ref]
Hubert Loutsch
Prime minister of luxembourg (1878-1946).
Born November 18th, 1878 in Mondercange. [ref]
Died June 24th, 1946 at 67 years old in Brussels. [ref]
Hans Aall
Norwegian art historian (1869–1946).
Born September 20th, 1869 in Arendal.
Died November 6th, 1946 at 77 years old in Oslo.
Edgar Syers
Figure skater (1863–1946).
Born March 18th, 1863 in Brighton.
Died February 16th, 1946 at 82 years old in Maidenhead.
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Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities. George R.R. Martin