In the year 1946
495 Notable deaths
E. Phillips Oppenheim
English novelist (1866–1946).
Born October 22nd, 1866 in London.
Died February 3rd, 1946 at 79 years old in Saint Peter Port.
Walter Dandy
American neurosurgeon (1886–1946).
Born April 6th, 1886 in Sedalia.
Died April 19th, 1946 at 60 years old in Baltimore (myocardial infarction).
Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan
British field marshal (1865-1946).
Born October 16th, 1865 in Ayot St Lawrence.
Died August 28th, 1946 at 80 years old in London.
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).
Shakib Arslan
Lebanese writer and philosopher (1869–1946).
Born December 25th, 1871 in Choueifat. [ref]
Died December 9th, 1946 at 74 years old in Beirut. [ref]
László Bárdossy
Hungarian politician, prime minister of hungary from april 1941 to march 1942..
Born December 10th, 1890 in Szombathely.
Died January 10th, 1946 at 55 years old in Budapest (gunshot wound).
Ferdinand Marian
Austrian actor (1902–1946).
Born August 14th, 1902 in Vienna.
Died August 7th, 1946 at 43 years old in Munich (traffic collision).
Leon Rupnik
Slovenian nazi collaborator.
Born August 10th, 1880 in Lokve.
Died September 4th, 1946 at 66 years old in Ljubljana (gunshot wound).
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).
Shefqet Vërlaci
Albanian prime minister (1877-1946).
Born December 15th, 1877 in Elbasan.
Died July 21st, 1946 at 68 years old in Zurich.
Fushimi Hiroyasu
Japanese prince (1875–1946).
Born October 16th, 1875 in Tokyo.
Died August 16th, 1946 at 70 years old in Tokyo.
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).
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.
Infanta María de la Paz of Spain
Spanish and bavarian royal.
Born June 23rd, 1862 in Madrid.
Died December 4th, 1946 at 84 years old in Munich.
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).
Max von Oppenheim
German historian, diplomat and archeologist (1860-1946).
Born July 15th, 1860 in Cologne.
Died November 17th, 1946 at 86 years old in Landshut (pneumonia).
Léon Spilliaert
Belgian graphic artist, illustrator and painter (1881-1946).
Born July 21st, 1881 in Ostend.
Died November 23rd, 1946 at 65 years old in Brussels.
Charles Oman
British military historian (1860-1946).
Born January 12th, 1860 in Muzaffarpur district.
Died June 23rd, 1946 at 86 years old in Oxford.
Wilhelm Souchon
German admiral (1864-1946).
Born June 2nd, 1864 in Leipzig.
Died January 13th, 1946 at 81 years old in Bremen.
Justus D. Barnes
American actor (1862-1946).
Born October 2nd, 1862 in Little Falls.
Died February 6th, 1946 at 83 years old in Weedsport.
Granville Bantock
British composer and conductor (1868-1946).
Born August 7th, 1868 in London.
Died October 16th, 1946 at 78 years old in London.
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.
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).
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