In the year 1946
453 Notable deaths
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.
Leopold Okulicki
Polish general (1898-1946).
Born November 12th, 1898 in Bratucice. [ref]
Died December 24th, 1946 at 48 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Mary Alden
Actress (1883-1946).
Born June 18th, 1883 in New York City.
Died July 2nd, 1946 at 63 years old in Woodland Hills.
Barbu Știrbey
Romanian politician (1872–1946).
Born November 4th, 1872 in Buftea.
Died March 24th, 1946 at 73 years old in Bucharest.
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.
Carl Schuhmann
German athlete (1869-1946).
Born May 12th, 1869 in Münster.
Died March 24th, 1946 at 76 years old in Berlin.
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.
Jules-Albert de Dion
French automotive pioneer (1856-1946).
Born March 10th, 1856 in Nantes. [ref]
Died August 19th, 1946 at 90 years old in Paris, 16th arrondissement of Paris.
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).
Arthur Crispien
German politician (1875-1946).
Born November 4th, 1875 in Königsberg.
Died November 29th, 1946 at 71 years old in Bern. [ref]
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).
Federico Laredo Brú
President of cuba (1875-1946).
Born April 23rd, 1875 in Remedios.
Died July 7th, 1946 at 71 years old in Havana.
Leo Slezak
Austrian opera tenor.
Born August 18th, 1873 in Šumperk. [ref]
Died June 1st, 1946 at 72 years old in Rottach-Egern. [ref]
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]
Raimu
French actor-singer (1883-1946).
Born December 18th, 1883 in Toulon.
Died September 20th, 1946 at 62 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
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.
Born July 18th, 1871 in Tokyo. [ref]
Died December 7th, 1946 at 75 years old in Atami (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Mihai Antonescu
Romanian politician (1904-1946).
Born November 18th, 1904 in Nucet.
Died June 1st, 1946 at 41 years old in Jilava (gunshot wound).
Anton Thumann
Ss officer (1912-1946).
Born October 31st, 1912 in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm.
Died October 8th, 1946 at 33 years old in Hamelin (hanging to death).
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]
Henry Handel Richardson
Australian author (1870–1946).
Born January 3rd, 1870 in Melbourne.
Died March 20th, 1946 at 76 years old in Fairlight.
Rikichi Andō
Japanese general (1884-1946).
Born April 3rd, 1884 in Sendai.
Died April 19th, 1946 at 62 years old in Shanghai (intoxication).
Roy William Neill
Film director.
Born September 4th, 1887 in Republic of Ireland. [ref]
Died December 14th, 1946 at 59 years old in London (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Henryk Sucharski
Major of the polish army (1898–1946).
Born November 12th, 1898 in Gręboszów.
Died August 30th, 1946 at 47 years old in Naples (peritonitis).
Léon Gaumont
French businessman.
Born May 10th, 1864 in Paris. [ref]
Died August 10th, 1946 at 82 years old in Sainte-Maxime.
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Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities. George R.R. Martin