In the year 1946
495 Notable deaths
Amir Hamzah
Indonesian poet (1911-1946).
Born February 28th, 1911 in Langkat.
Died March 20th, 1946 at 35 years old
Saint Alphonsa
Syro-malabar catholic franciscan religious sister.
Born August 19th, 1910 in Aymanam Grama Panchayat.
Died July 28th, 1946 at 35 years old in Bharananganam.
René Le Grèves
French road bicycle racer (1910–1946).
Born June 6th, 1910 in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Died February 25th, 1946 at 35 years old in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains.
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.
Amon Göth
Austrian ss functionary, commandant of plaszow concentration camp and convicted war criminal (1908-1946).
Born December 11th, 1908 in Vienna.
Died September 13th, 1946 at 37 years old in Kraków (hanging to death).
Gualberto Villarroel
President of bolivia (1908-1946).
Born December 15th, 1908 in Villa Rivero.
Died July 21st, 1946 at 37 years old in La Paz (lynching).
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.
Konstantin Rodzaevsky
Russian fascist (1907-1946).
Born August 11th, 1907 in Blagoveshchensk.
Died August 30th, 1946 at 39 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Eriks Ādamsons
Latvian novelist (1907-1946).
Died February 28th, 1946 at 38 years old in Riga (tuberculosis).
Bo Gu
Chinese politician (1907-1946).
Born May 14th, 1907 in Hangzhou. [ref]
Died April 8th, 1946 at 38 years old in Xing County (aviation accident).
Max Pauly
Ss sturmbannführer; commandant of stutthof concentration camp (1907–1946).
Born June 1st, 1907 in Wesselburen.
Died October 8th, 1946 at 39 years old in Hamelin (hanging to death).
Empress Wanrong
Wife of puyi, empress of china (1906-1946).
Born November 13th, 1906 in Beijing.
Died June 20th, 1946 at 39 years old in Yanji (drug withdrawal).
Alexandru Papană
Romanian bobsleddert (1906–1946).
Born October 18th, 1906 in Bucharest.
Died April 17th, 1946 at 39 years old in Las Vegas (poison).
Heinrich Freiherr von Stackelberg
German economist and noble (1905–1946).
Born October 30th, 1905 in Moscow.
Died October 12th, 1946 at 40 years old in Madrid (lymphoma).
Martin Gottfried Weiss
German ss officer, concentration camp commandant (1905-1946).
Born June 3rd, 1905 in Weiden in der Oberpfalz.
Died May 29th, 1946 at 40 years old in Landsberg am Lech (hanging to death).
Vinzenz Schöttl
Ss officer (1905-1946).
Died May 28th, 1946 at 40 years old in Landsberg Prison (hanging to death).
Sadig Dadashov
Azerbaijani architect (1905–1946).
Born April 15th, 1905 in Baku.
Died December 24th, 1946 at 41 years old in Moscow.
Mihai Antonescu
Romanian politician (1904-1946).
Born November 18th, 1904 in Nucet.
Died June 1st, 1946 at 41 years old in Jilava (gunshot wound).
Ilarie Voronca
French writer (1903–1946).
Born December 31st, 1903 in Brăila. [ref]
Died April 5th, 1946 at 42 years old in Paris.
Marius Grout
French writer (1903-1946).
Born November 8th, 1903 in Fauville-en-Caux.
Died May 1st, 1946 at 42 years old in Le Havre.
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Austrian ss official, a major perpetrator of the holocaust and convicted war criminal (1903-1946).
Born October 4th, 1903.
Died October 16th, 1946 at 43 years old in Nuremberg Court Prison (hanging to death).
Karl Eberhard Schöngarth
German general, war criminal (1903-1946).
Born April 22nd, 1903 in Leipzig.
Died May 16th, 1946 at 43 years old in Hamelin (hanging to death).
Otto Förschner
German ss officer and concentration camp commander, convicted war criminal (1902-1946).
Born November 4th, 1902 in Dürrenzimmern.
Died May 28th, 1946 at 43 years old in Landsberg Prison (hanging to death).
Alfred Trzebinski
Ss-physician at the auschwitz, majdanek and neuengamme concentration camps in nazi germany.
Born August 29th, 1902 in Jutrosin.
Died October 8th, 1946 at 44 years old in Hamelin (hanging to death).
Ferdinand Marian
Austrian actor (1902–1946).
Born August 14th, 1902 in Vienna.
Died August 7th, 1946 at 43 years old in Munich (traffic collision).
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There is only one god and his name is Death, and there is only one thing we say to Death: ‘Not today’. Syrio Forel