In the year 1946
495 Notable deaths
Hisaichi Terauchi
Japanese general (1879-1946).
Born August 8th, 1879 in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
Died June 12th, 1946 at 66 years old in Malayan Union (stroke).
Antoinette Perry
American actress, stage director and co-founder of the american theatre wing.
Born June 27th, 1888 in Denver.
Died June 28th, 1946 at 58 years old in Manhattan (myocardial infarction).
Jovita Idár
American writer and activist.
Born September 7th, 1885 in Laredo.
Died June 15th, 1946 at 60 years old in San Antonio.
Noah Beery, Sr.
American actor (1882–1946).
Born January 17th, 1882 in Kansas City.
Died April 1st, 1946 at 64 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Jeanne Lanvin
French fashion designer (1867–1946).
Born January 1st, 1867 in 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Died July 6th, 1946 at 79 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
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.
John Langalibalele Dube
South african philosopher, educator, politician, publisher, editor, novelist, and poet (1871-1946).
Born February 22nd, 1871 in Inanda.
Died February 11th, 1946 at 74 years old in Durban.
Louis Bachelier
French mathematician (1870–1946).
Born March 11th, 1870 in Le Havre.
Died April 28th, 1946 at 76 years old in Saint-Malo.
Barney Oldfield
American racing driver (1878-1946).
Born January 29th, 1878 in Wauseon.
Died October 4th, 1946 at 68 years old in Beverly Hills.
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).
Otto Georg Thierack
German politician (1889-1946).
Born April 19th, 1889 in Wurzen.
Died November 22nd, 1946 at 57 years old in Paderborn, Sennelager, Civilian Internment Camp No. 7, Eselheide (poisoning).
Felix Hoffmann
German chemist (1868-1946).
Born January 21st, 1868 in Ludwigsburg.
Died February 8th, 1946 at 78 years old in Lausanne.
Helene Schjerfbeck
Finnish painter (1862–1946).
Born July 10th, 1862 in Helsinki.
Died January 23rd, 1946 at 83 years old in Saltsjöbaden.
Rüdiger von der Goltz
German militeary personnel (1865-1946).
Born December 8th, 1865 in Sulechów.
Died November 4th, 1946 at 80 years old in Bernbeuren.
Kan Abe
Japanese politician.
Born April 29th, 1894 in Heki.
Died January 30th, 1946 at 51 years old in Tokyo (Heart attack).
Per Albin Hansson
Swedish politician, prime minister of sweden between 1932–1936 and 1936–1946 (1885–1946).
Born October 28th, 1885. [ref]
Died October 6th, 1946 at 60 years old in Bromma parish (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Laurette Taylor
American stage and silent film actress (1884–1946).
Born April 1st, 1884 in New York City.
Died December 7th, 1946 at 62 years old in New York City (thrombosis).
Jack Johnson
American boxer (1878–1946).
Born March 31st, 1878 in Galveston.
Died June 10th, 1946 at 68 years old in Franklinton (traffic collision).
George Vernon Hudson
English-born new zealand entomologist and astronomer (1867–1946).
Born April 20th, 1867 in London. [ref]
Died April 5th, 1946 at 78 years old in Karori. [ref]
Sergei Bunyachenko
Red army officer defector and nazi collaborator (1902–1946).
Born October 5th, 1902 in Korovyakovka.
Died August 1st, 1946 at 43 years old in Moscow (hanging to death).
Etta McDaniel
American actress (1890-1946).
Born December 1st, 1890 in Wichita.
Died January 13th, 1946 at 55 years old in Los Angeles.
Chen Gongbo
Chinese politician (1892–1946).
Born October 19th, 1892 in Nanhai.
Died June 3rd, 1946 at 53 years old in Wu County (execution by shooting).
Max Warburg
German banker (1867-1946).
Born June 5th, 1867 in Hamburg.
Died December 26th, 1946 at 79 years old in New York City.
Robert Heinrich Wagner
German nazi politician (1895-1946).
Born October 13th, 1895 in Eberbach.
Died August 14th, 1946 at 50 years old in Strasbourg (gunshot wound).
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A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day. Emily Dickinson