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In the year 1946
453 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).
Gustav Noske
German politician (1868-1946).
Born July 9th, 1868 in Brandenburg an der Havel. [ref]
Died November 30th, 1946 at 78 years old in Hanover (stroke). [ref]
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.
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.
Felix Hoffmann
German chemist (1868-1946).
Born January 21st, 1868 in Ludwigsburg.
Died February 8th, 1946 at 78 years old in Lausanne.
Barney Oldfield
American racing driver (1878-1946).
Born January 29th, 1878 in Wauseon.
Died October 4th, 1946 at 68 years old in Beverly Hills.
Louis Bachelier
French mathematician (1870–1946).
Born March 11th, 1870 in Le Havre.
Died April 28th, 1946 at 76 years old in Saint-Malo.
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).
Bo Gu
Chinese politician (1907-1946).
Born May 14th, 1907 in Hangzhou.
Died April 8th, 1946 at 38 years old in Xing County (aircraft crash).
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.
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).
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.
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]
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]
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).
Helene Schjerfbeck
Finland swedish painter (1862-1946).
Born July 10th, 1862 in Helsinki. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 1946 at 83 years old in Saltsjöbaden. [ref]
Jack Johnson
American boxer (1878–1946).
Born March 31st, 1878 in Galveston.
Died June 10th, 1946 at 68 years old in Franklinton (traffic collision).
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).
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).
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).
John Steuart Curry
American painter (1897-1946).
Born November 14th, 1897 in Dunavant.
Died August 29th, 1946 at 48 years old in Madison (myocardial infarction). [ref]
I Gusti Ngurah Rai
Indonesian national hero (1917–1946).
Born January 30th, 1917 in Badung. [ref]
Died November 20th, 1946 at 29 years old in Marga.
Claus Schilling
German physician hanged for unethical medical experiments under fascism in germany and italy (1871-1946).
Born July 5th, 1871 in Munich.
Died May 28th, 1946 at 74 years old in Landsberg am Lech (hanging).
Joseph Stella
American artist (1877-1946).
Born June 13th, 1877 in Muro Lucano. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1946 at 69 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
James Hopwood Jeans
British mathematician and astronomer (1877 – 1946).
Born September 11th, 1877 in Ormskirk.
Died September 16th, 1946 at 69 years old in Dorking.
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