In the year 1946
495 Notable deaths
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 to death).
Joseph Stella
American artist (1877-1946).
Born June 13th, 1877 in Muro Lucano.
Died November 5th, 1946 at 69 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
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.
Slim Summerville
American actor and director (1892-1946).
Born July 10th, 1892 in Albuquerque.
Died January 6th, 1946 at 53 years old in Laguna Beach (stroke).
George Washington
American inventor and businessman of anglo-belgian origin (1871–1946).
Born May 20th, 1871 in Kortrijk.
Died March 29th, 1946 at 74 years old in New Jersey.
Max Warburg
German banker (1867-1946).
Born June 5th, 1867 in Hamburg.
Died December 26th, 1946 at 79 years old in New York City.
Ahmad Kasravi
Iranian academic (1890–1946).
Born September 29th, 1890 in Tabriz.
Died March 11th, 1946 at 55 years old in Tehran (stab wound).
Max Koegel
Ss officer (1895-1946).
Born October 16th, 1895 in Füssen.
Died June 26th, 1946 at 50 years old in Schwabach (hanging to death).
Heinrich George
German actor (1893–1946).
Born October 9th, 1893 in Szczecin.
Died September 26th, 1946 at 52 years old in NKVD special camp Nr. 7.
Vincent Youmans
American composer (1898-1946).
Born September 27th, 1898 in New York City.
Died April 5th, 1946 at 47 years old in Denver (tuberculosis).
Miles Mander
English actor (1888–1946).
Born May 14th, 1888 in Wolverhampton.
Died February 8th, 1946 at 57 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
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).
Arthur Dove
American painter (1880-1946).
Born August 2nd, 1880 in Canandaigua.
Died November 23rd, 1946 at 66 years old in Huntington.
Helen Bannerman
Scottish author of children's books (1862–1946).
Born February 25th, 1862 in Edinburgh.
Died October 13th, 1946 at 84 years old in Edinburgh.
François de La Rocque
French politician (1885-1946).
Born October 6th, 1885 in Lorient. [ref]
Died April 28th, 1946 at 60 years old in Paris, 15th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Ray Stannard Baker
American journalist (1870–1946).
Born April 17th, 1870 in Lansing. [ref]
Died July 12th, 1946 at 76 years old in Amherst. [ref]
Fulco Ruffo di Calabria
Italian flying ace (1884-1946).
Born August 12th, 1884 in Naples.
Died August 23rd, 1946 at 62 years old in Ronchi.
Wanda Gág
American artist and children's writer (1893-1946).
Born March 11th, 1893 in New Ulm.
Died June 27th, 1946 at 53 years old in New York City (lung cancer). [ref]
Amir Hamzah
Indonesian poet (1911-1946).
Born February 28th, 1911 in Langkat.
Died March 20th, 1946 at 35 years old
Vojtech Tuka
Slovak minister of foreign affairs of the slovakia, prime minister of the slovakia and war criminal (1880-1946).
Born July 4th, 1880 in Štiavnické Bane.
Died August 20th, 1946 at 66 years old in Bratislava (hanging to death).
Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
German prince (1865-1946).
Born January 20th, 1865 in Bad Arolsen.
Died May 26th, 1946 at 81 years old in Bad Arolsen.
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).
Bhulabhai Desai
Indian independence activist and lawyer.
Born October 13th, 1877 in Gujarat, British Raj, Valsad.
Died May 6th, 1946 at 68 years old
Robert Abram Bartlett
Newfoundland-american explorer.
Born August 15th, 1875 in Brigus.
Died April 28th, 1946 at 70 years old in New York City.
Deaths 126 to 150 of 495
A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live. Lao Tzu