In the year 1946
453 Notable deaths
Henry Lehrman
American actor, director, screenwriter and producer (1881–1946).
Born April 21st, 1886 in Vienna.
Died November 7th, 1946 at 60 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Takashi Sakai
Japanese general and war criminal (1887-1946).
Born October 18th, 1887 in Kamo district.
Died September 30th, 1946 at 58 years old in Nanjing (capital punishment in China).
Ferdinand Marian
Austrian actor (1902-1946).
Born August 14th, 1902 in Vienna. [ref]
Died August 7th, 1946 at 43 years old in Munich (traffic collision). [ref]
Henry Bergman
American actor (1868-1946).
Born February 23rd, 1868 in San Francisco.
Died October 22nd, 1946 at 78 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Shakib Arslan
Lebanese writer and philosopher (1869–1946).
Born December 25th, 1871 in Choueifat.
Died December 9th, 1946 at 74 years old in Beirut.
Leon Rupnik
Slovenian general (1880–1946).
Born August 10th, 1880 in Lokve.
Died September 4th, 1946 at 66 years old in Ljubljana (ballistic trauma).
László Bárdossy
Hungarian politician (1890–1946).
Born December 10th, 1890 in Szombathely.
Died January 10th, 1946 at 55 years old in Budapest (gunshot wound).
Fushimi Hiroyasu
Japanese prince (1875–1946).
Born October 16th, 1875 in Tokyo.
Died August 16th, 1946 at 70 years old in Tokyo.
Infanta María de la Paz of Spain
Spanish infanta (1862-1946).
Born June 23rd, 1862 in Madrid.
Died December 4th, 1946 at 84 years old in Munich.
Max von Oppenheim
German historian (1860-1946).
Born July 15th, 1860 in Cologne. [ref]
Died November 17th, 1946 at 86 years old in Landshut (pneumonia). [ref]
Döme Sztójay
Hungarian-serb politician executed for war crimes (1883-1946).
Born January 5th, 1883 in Vršac.
Died August 22nd, 1946 at 63 years old in Budapest (execution).
Shefqet Vërlaci
Albanian prime minister (1877-1946).
Born December 15th, 1877 in Elbasan.
Died July 21st, 1946 at 68 years old in Zurich.
Ye Ting
Chinese lieutenant general (1896－1946).
Born September 10th, 1896 in Huiyang District.
Died April 8th, 1946 at 49 years old in Xing County.
Gualberto Villarroel
President of bolivia (1908-1946).
Born December 15th, 1908 in Villa Rivero.
Died July 21st, 1946 at 37 years old in La Paz (lynching).
Justus D. Barnes
American actor (1862-1946).
Born October 2nd, 1862 in Little Falls.
Died February 6th, 1946 at 83 years old in Weedsport.
Charles Oman
British military historian (1860-1946).
Born January 12th, 1860 in Muzaffarpur district.
Died June 23rd, 1946 at 86 years old in Oxford.
Granville Bantock
British composer and conductor (1868-1946).
Born August 7th, 1868 in London.
Died October 16th, 1946 at 78 years old in London.
Wilhelm Souchon
German admiral (1864-1946).
Born June 2nd, 1864 in Leipzig.
Died January 13th, 1946 at 81 years old in Bremen.
Léon Spilliaert
Belgian graphic artist and painter (1881-1946).
Born July 21st, 1881 in Ostend. [ref]
Died November 23rd, 1946 at 65 years old in City of Brussels. [ref]
Eleanor Rathbone
Member of british parliament, women's rights campaigner (1872-1946).
Born May 12th, 1872 in London.
Died January 2nd, 1946 at 73 years old in London.
Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede
British liberal and later labour politician and pacifist (1871-1946).
Born February 16th, 1871 in Windsor Castle.
Died March 23rd, 1946 at 75 years old in Hindhead.
Frederick W. Lanchester
British polymath (1868–1946).
Born October 23rd, 1868 in Lewisham.
Died March 8th, 1946 at 77 years old in Birmingham.
Georg Thomas
German general (1890–1946).
Born February 20th, 1890 in Forst (Lausitz).
Died December 29th, 1946 at 56 years old in Frankfurt. [ref]
Hans Loritz
Ss officer (1895-1946).
Born December 21st, 1895 in Augsburg.
Died January 31st, 1946 at 50 years old in Neumünster (hanging to death).
William Dudley Ward
English sportsman and liberal politician (1877-1946).
Born October 14th, 1877 in London.
Died November 11th, 1946 at 69 years old in Calgary.
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We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening. Zhuangzi