In the year 1946
495 Notable deaths
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).
Joe Keaton
American actor (1867-1946).
Born July 6th, 1867 in Terre Haute.
Died January 13th, 1946 at 78 years old in Ventura County (traffic collision).
Wanda Klaff
Nazi concentration camp guard (1922–1946).
Born March 6th, 1922 in Gdańsk.
Died July 4th, 1946 at 24 years old in Gdańsk (hanging to death).
Gerhart Hauptmann
German dramatist who received the nobel prize in literature in 1912 (1862-1946).
Born November 15th, 1862 in Szczawno-Zdrój. [ref]
Died June 6th, 1946 at 83 years old in Jagniątków (bronchitis). [ref]
Mamie Smith
American vaudeville singer (1891–1946).
Born May 26th, 1891 in Cincinnati. [ref]
Died September 16th, 1946 at 55 years old in New York City (disease).
Herbert Baker
British architect (1862-1946).
Born June 9th, 1862 in Owletts.
Died February 4th, 1946 at 83 years old in Owletts.
Dai Li
Chinese kmt general (1897–1946).
Born May 28th, 1897 in Jiangshan City.
Died March 17th, 1946 at 48 years old in Nanjing.
Leo Reuss
Austrian-american actor (1891–1946).
Born March 30th, 1891 in Dolyna. [ref]
Died April 1st, 1946 at 55 years old in Manila (myocardial infarction).
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).
Tony Lazzeri
American baseball player and coach (1903-1946).
Born December 6th, 1903 in San Francisco.
Died August 6th, 1946 at 42 years old in San Francisco (falling from height).
Alexander Alexandrov
Russian soviet composer.
Born April 13th, 1883 in Plakhino.
Died July 8th, 1946 at 63 years old in Berlin (myocardial rupture).
Karl Maria Wiligut
Ss general (1866-1946).
Born December 10th, 1866 in Vienna.
Died January 3rd, 1946 at 79 years old in Bad Arolsen.
Yōsuke Matsuoka
Japanese politician (1880-1946).
Born March 4th, 1880 in Murozumi.
Died June 27th, 1946 at 66 years old in The University of Tokyo Hospital (tuberculosis).
Carter Glass
American politician (1858–1946).
Born January 4th, 1858 in Lynchburg.
Died May 28th, 1946 at 88 years old in Washington, D.C..
Mae Busch
American actress (1891-1946).
Born June 18th, 1891 in Melbourne.
Died April 20th, 1946 at 54 years old in Hollywood (cancer).
Francisco Largo Caballero
Spanish politician (1869-1946).
Born October 15th, 1869 in Madrid. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 1946 at 76 years old in Paris. [ref]
Jorge Ubico
President of guatemala (1878-1946).
Born November 10th, 1878 in Guatemala City.
Died June 14th, 1946 at 67 years old in New Orleans (lung cancer).
Donald Meek
British actor (1878-1946).
Born July 14th, 1878 in Glasgow.
Died November 18th, 1946 at 68 years old in Los Angeles (leukemia).
Otto Moll
German ss-member and war criminal.
Born March 4th, 1915 in Kalkhorst.
Died May 28th, 1946 at 31 years old in Landsberg am Lech (hanging to death).
Inayatullah Khan
King of afghanistan in 1929.
Born October 20th, 1888 in Kabul.
Died August 12th, 1946 at 57 years old in Tehran.
Constance Garnett
English writer and translator (1861–1946).
Born December 19th, 1861 in Brighton.
Died December 17th, 1946 at 84 years old in Kent.
Renée Jeanne Falconetti
French actress (1892-1946).
Born July 21st, 1892 in Pantin. [ref]
Died December 12th, 1946 at 54 years old in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Bruno Tesch
German chemist, arrested by the british as a war criminal, tried, and executed (1890-1946).
Born August 14th, 1890 in Berlin.
Died May 16th, 1946 at 55 years old in Hamelin (hanging to death).
Miroslav Filipović
Bosnian croat franciscan friar, ustashe military chaplain and convicted war criminal (1915-1946).
Died June 29th, 1946 at 31 years old in Zagreb (hanging to death).
Gustav Noske
German politician (1868-1946).
Born July 9th, 1868 in Brandenburg an der Havel.
Died November 30th, 1946 at 78 years old in Hanover (stroke).
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Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which cannot exist when I do? Epicurus