In the year 1946
495 Notable deaths
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.
Arthur Crispien
German politician (1875-1946).
Born November 4th, 1875 in Königsberg. [ref]
Died November 29th, 1946 at 71 years old in Bern. [ref]
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.
Leopold Okulicki
Polish general (1898-1946).
Born November 12th, 1898 in Bratucice. [ref]
Died December 24th, 1946 at 48 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Barbu Știrbey
Romanian politician (1872–1946).
Born November 4th, 1872 in Buftea.
Died March 24th, 1946 at 73 years old in Bucharest.
Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington
Irish feminist & nationalist (1877–1946).
Born May 24th, 1877 in Kanturk.
Died April 20th, 1946 at 68 years old in Dublin.
Georg, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen
Prince of saxe-meiningen.
Born October 11th, 1892 in Kassel.
Died January 6th, 1946 at 53 years old in Cherepovets.
Otto Fenichel
Austrian-american psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and scientist.
Born December 2nd, 1897 in Vienna.
Died January 22nd, 1946 at 48 years old in Los Angeles.
Mary Alden
Actress (1883-1946).
Born June 18th, 1883 in New York City.
Died July 2nd, 1946 at 63 years old in Woodland Hills.
Edmund Glaise-Horstenau
Austrian officer, historian and politician (1882-1946).
Born February 27th, 1882 in Braunau am Inn.
Died July 20th, 1946 at 64 years old in Langwasser.
Carl Schuhmann
German athlete (1869-1946).
Born May 12th, 1869 in Münster.
Died March 24th, 1946 at 76 years old in Berlin.
Leo Slezak
Austrian opera singer (1873–1946).
Born August 18th, 1873 in Šumperk. [ref]
Died June 1st, 1946 at 72 years old in Rottach-Egern. [ref]
Alfred Trzebinski
Ss-physician at the auschwitz, majdanek and neuengamme concentration camps in nazi germany.
Born August 29th, 1902 in Jutrosin.
Died October 8th, 1946 at 44 years old in Hamelin (hanging to death).
May Sinclair
British novelist 1863-1946.
Born August 24th, 1863 in Rock Ferry.
Died November 14th, 1946 at 83 years old in Aylesbury (Parkinson's disease).
Jules-Albert de Dion
French automotive pioneer (1856-1946).
Born March 9th, 1856 in Nantes. [ref]
Died August 19th, 1946 at 90 years old in Paris, 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Mihai Antonescu
Romanian politician (1904-1946).
Born November 18th, 1904 in Nucet.
Died June 1st, 1946 at 41 years old in Jilava (gunshot wound).
Federico Laredo Brú
President of cuba (1875-1946).
Born April 23rd, 1875 in Remedios.
Died July 7th, 1946 at 71 years old in Havana.
Karl-Gustav Sauberzweig
German general (1899–1946).
Born September 1st, 1899 in Wysoka.
Died October 20th, 1946 at 47 years old in Neuengamme (poisoning).
Raimu
French actor-singer (1883-1946).
Born December 18th, 1883 in Toulon.
Died September 20th, 1946 at 62 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
István Bethlen
Hungarian politician (1874–1946).
Born October 8th, 1874 in Gornești. [ref]
Died October 5th, 1946 at 71 years old in Moscow (heart failure). [ref]
Logan Pearsall Smith
British american-born writer.
Born October 18th, 1865 in Millville.
Died March 2nd, 1946 at 80 years old in London.
Sada Yacco
Japanese actress (1871–1946).
Born July 18th, 1871 in Tokyo.
Died December 7th, 1946 at 75 years old in Atami (pancreatic cancer).
Charles Butterworth
American actor (1896–1946).
Born July 26th, 1896 in South Bend.
Died June 14th, 1946 at 49 years old in Los Angeles (traffic collision). [ref]
Maurice Janin
French general (1862–1946).
Born October 19th, 1862 in Paris.
Died April 28th, 1946 at 83 years old in Saint-Sébastien.
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