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In the year 1946
453 Notable deaths
Gifford Pinchot
American forester and politician (1865-1946).
Born August 11th, 1865 in Simsbury. [ref]
Died October 4th, 1946 at 81 years old in New York City (leukemia).
Alexander Alekhine
Russian-french chess player (1892–1946).
Born October 31st, 1892 in Moscow.
Died March 24th, 1946 at 53 years old in Estoril (choking, liver failure).
Marcel Petiot
Sentenced to death in france.
Born January 17th, 1897 in Auxerre.
Died May 25th, 1946 at 49 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris (decapitation by guillotine).
Joseph Stilwell
United states army general (1883–1946).
Born March 19th, 1883 in Palatka.
Died October 12th, 1946 at 63 years old in San Francisco (stomach cancer).
Werner von Blomberg
German field marshal (1878-1946).
Born September 2nd, 1878 in Stargard. [ref]
Died March 14th, 1946 at 67 years old in Nuremberg (cancer).
Andrey Vlasov
Russian lieutenant general (1901–1946).
Born September 14th, 1901 in Lomakino.
Died August 1st, 1946 at 44 years old in Moscow (hanging).
Harry Hopkins
American politician, 8th united states secretary of commerce, assistant to president franklin delano roosevelt (1890-1946).
Born August 17th, 1890 in Sioux City.
Died January 29th, 1946 at 55 years old in New York City (stomach cancer).
Damon Runyon
American writer (1880–1946).
Born October 4th, 1880 in Manhattan.
Died December 10th, 1946 at 66 years old in New York City (esophageal cancer).
Draža Mihailović
Yugoslav general (1893-1946).
Born April 26th, 1893 in Ivanjica.
Died July 17th, 1946 at 53 years old in Belgrade (ballistic trauma). [ref]
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).
Kurt Daluege
German ss general and deputy reich protector of bohemia and moravia (1897-1946).
Born September 15th, 1897 in Kreuzberg.
Died October 24th, 1946 at 49 years old in Prague (hanging).
Jenny-Wanda Barkmann
Nazi concentration camp guard (1922–1946).
Born May 30th, 1922 in Hamburg.
Died July 4th, 1946 at 24 years old in Gdańsk (hanging).
Willi Herold
German military personnel and chimney sweep (1925-1946).
Born September 11th, 1925 in Lunzenau.
Died November 14th, 1946 at 21 years old in Wolfenbüttel (decapitation by guillotine).
John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort
Army officer (1886-1946).
Born July 10th, 1886 in London.
Died March 31st, 1946 at 59 years old in London (liver cancer).
Karl Hermann Frank
Czechoslovak member of czechoslovak national parliament and nazi germany politician (1898-1946).
Born January 24th, 1898 in Karlovy Vary. [ref]
Died May 22nd, 1946 at 48 years old in Nusle (hanging to death). [ref]
Ferenc Szálasi
Hungarian fascist politician, executed for war crimes (1897-1946).
Born January 6th, 1897 in Košice.
Died March 12th, 1946 at 49 years old in Budapest (hanging to death).
László Moholy-Nagy
Hungarian artist (1895-1946).
Born July 20th, 1895 in Bácsborsód. [ref]
Died November 24th, 1946 at 51 years old in Chicago (leukemia). [ref]
Friedrich Jeckeln
German politician (nsdap), mdr, general of the waffen-ss, perpetrator of the holocaust, lgerman ss general, executed for war crimes including mass murder (1895-1946).
Born February 2nd, 1895 in Hornberg.
Died February 3rd, 1946 at 51 years old in Riga (hanging to death).
Masahara Homma
Japanese general (1887–1946).
Born November 27th, 1887 in Hatano.
Died April 3rd, 1946 at 58 years old in Los Baños (gunshot wound).
Elisabeth Becker
German concentration camp guard (1923–1946).
Born July 20th, 1923 in Gmina Nowy Staw.
Died July 4th, 1946 at 22 years old in Biskupia Górka (hanging).
Fritz Sauckel
German nazi politician and convicted war criminal (1894-1946).
Born October 27th, 1894 in Haßfurt.
Died October 16th, 1946 at 51 years old in Nuremberg Court Prison (hanging to death).
Ernest Thompson Seton
British/american author, artist and naturalist, and one of the founders of the scouting movement.
Born August 14th, 1860 in South Shields. [ref]
Died October 23rd, 1946 at 86 years old in Seton Village. [ref]
Harlan F. Stone
Chief justice of the united states from 1941 to 1946.
Born October 11th, 1872 in Chesterfield.
Died April 22nd, 1946 at 73 years old in Washington, D.C. (cerebral hemorrhage).
Gilbert N. Lewis
American physical chemist.
Born October 23rd, 1875 in Weymouth.
Died March 23rd, 1946 at 70 years old in University of California, Berkeley.
Jimmy Walker
American politician (1881-1946).
Born June 19th, 1881 in New York City.
Died November 18th, 1946 at 65 years old in New York City. [ref]
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