In the year 1946
495 Notable deaths
Richard Ludwig
German rugby union player (1877–1946).
Born May 22nd, 1877 in Frankfurt. [ref]
Died August 10th, 1946 at 69 years old in Königstein im Taunus. [ref]
Petter Larsen
Norwegian sailor (1890–1946).
Born December 6th, 1890 in Christiania.
Died September 13th, 1946 at 55 years old in Oslo.
Gustaf Kilman
Equestrian (1882–1946).
Born July 9th, 1882 in Kungälv.
Died February 21st, 1946 at 63 years old in Gothenburg.
Charles l'Eplattenier
Swiss painter and architect (1874-1946).
Born October 9th, 1874 in Neuchâtel.
Died June 7th, 1946 at 71 years old in Les Brenets.
Egill Reimers
Norwegian architect and sailor (1878–1946).
Born July 18th, 1878 in Bergen.
Died November 11th, 1946 at 68 years old in Bergen.
Ole Sæther
Sport shooter (1870-1946).
Born January 23rd, 1870 in Steinkjer Municipality.
Died October 13th, 1946 at 76 years old in Oslo.
Teizo Takeuchi
Japanese association football player (1908-1946).
Born November 6th, 1908 in Tokyo.
Died April 12th, 1946 at 37 years old in Soviet Union.
Emil Voigt
Gymnast (1879-1946).
Born December 15th, 1879 in St. Louis.
Died February 26th, 1946 at 66 years old in Dearborn.
Vincentas Borisevičius
Lithuanian bishop (1887-1946).
Born November 23rd, 1887 in Bebrininkai.
Died November 18th, 1946 at 58 years old in Vilnius.
Aleksei Nikolaevich Bakh
Russian biochemist (1857-1946).
Born March 17th, 1857 in Zolotonosha.
Died May 13th, 1946 at 89 years old in Moscow.
Edwin Mills
British tug of war competitor (1878–1946).
Born May 17th, 1878 in Warwickshire.
Died November 12th, 1946 at 68 years old in Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
Bill Denton
American artistic gymnast (1911–1946).
Born February 1st, 1911 in Collinsville.
Died March 8th, 1946 at 35 years old in Washington, D.C..
Konrad Haebler
German librarian and historian (1857–1946).
Born October 29th, 1857 in Dresden.
Died December 13th, 1946 at 89 years old in Stadt Wehlen.
Jelica Belović-Bernadžikovski
Croatian novelist and ethnographer, editor (1870-1946).
Born March 9th, 1870 in Osijek. [ref]
Died June 30th, 1946 at 76 years old in Novi Sad. [ref]
Ernst Georg Pritzel
German botanist (1875–1946).
Born May 15th, 1875 in Berlin.
Died April 6th, 1946 at 70 years old in Berlin.
Harald Wallin
Sailor (1887-1946).
Born February 27th, 1887 in Gothenburg.
Died June 16th, 1946 at 59 years old in Gothenburg.
Francis Newton
American amateur golfer (1874–1946).
Born January 3rd, 1874 in Washington, D.C..
Died August 3rd, 1946 at 72 years old in Greenwich.
Teodor Shteingel
Baron, russian diplomat (1870–1946).
Born November 26th, 1870 in Saint Petersburg.
Died February 11th, 1946 at 75 years old in Dresden.
Marguerite Delorme
French painter (1876–1946).
Born September 10th, 1876 in Lunéville.
Died July 26th, 1946 at 69 years old in Lille.
Allen Lard
Amateur golfer (1866–1946).
Born August 6th, 1866 in Lexington.
Died January 22nd, 1946 at 79 years old in Washington, D.C..
Agustín Parrado y García
Catholic cardinal (1872-1946).
Born October 5th, 1872 in Fuensaldaña.
Died October 8th, 1946 at 74 years old in Granada.
Thomas McMeekin
Sailor (1866–1946).
Born December 31st, 1866 in Cachar district.
Died October 24th, 1946 at 79 years old in Chichester.
Martin Kargl
Austrian footballer (1912-1946).
Born December 30th, 1912.
Died May 20th, 1946 at 33 years old
Johannes Abromeit
German botanist (1857-1946).
Born February 17th, 1857 in Ulyanovo, Kaliningrad Oblast.
Died January 19th, 1946 at 88 years old in Jena.
Joseph McLoughlin
American rower (1878-1962).
Born August 21st, 1878.
Died April 1st, 1946 at 67 years old
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Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. William Saroyan