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In the year 1956
434 Notable deaths
Clarence Birdseye
American inventor (1886–1956).
Born December 9th, 1886 in Brooklyn.
Died October 9th, 1956 at 69 years old in Manhattan (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Ernest King
United states navy admiral, chief of naval operations (1878-1956).
Born November 23rd, 1878 in Lorain.
Died June 25th, 1956 at 77 years old in Portsmouth (myocardial infarction).
Charles MacArthur
American playwright and screenwriter (1895-1956).
Born November 5th, 1895 in Michigan.
Died April 21st, 1956 at 60 years old in New York City (disease).
Alexander Rodchenko
Russian artist, sculptor, photographer, and graphic designer (1891—1955).
Born December 5th, 1891 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 3rd, 1956 at 64 years old in Moscow.
Bolesław Bierut
Polish politician and leader of poland (1947–1956).
Born April 18th, 1892 in Lublin. [ref]
Died March 12th, 1956 at 63 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Risto Ryti
President of finland (1889–1956).
Born February 3rd, 1889 in Huittinen.
Died October 25th, 1956 at 67 years old in Helsinki.
Ángel Castro y Arguíz
Father of fidel castro.
Born December 4th, 1875 in Láncara.
Died October 21st, 1956 at 80 years old in Birán.
Jean Metzinger
French painter (1883-1956).
Born June 24th, 1883 in Nantes. [ref]
Died November 3rd, 1956 at 73 years old in Paris. [ref]
Lewis Terman
American educational psychologist and academic (1877–1956).
Born January 15th, 1877 in Johnson County.
Died December 21st, 1956 at 79 years old in Palo Alto.
Noël Leslie, Countess of Rothes
British philanthropist, social leader, and titanic survivor (1878–1956).
Born December 25th, 1878 in Kensington.
Died September 12th, 1956 at 77 years old in Hove (myocardial infarction).
Miklós Nyiszli
Jewish prisoner at the auschwitz concentration camp (1901-1956).
Born June 17th, 1901 in Șimleu Silvaniei.
Died May 5th, 1956 at 54 years old in Oradea (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Daniel Swarovski
Austrian crystal glass industrialist, founder of d. swarovski kg company (1862–1956).
Born October 24th, 1862 in Jiřetín pod Bukovou. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 1956 at 93 years old in Wattens. [ref]
Konstantin Päts
Estonian politician (1874–1956).
Born February 23rd, 1874 in Tahkuranna. [ref]
Died January 18th, 1956 at 81 years old in Burashevo.
C. B. Fry
English cricketer and rugby union footballer (1872-1956).
Born April 25th, 1872 in Croydon.
Died September 7th, 1956 at 84 years old in Hampstead.
Alex Raymond
American comic strip artist and creator of flash gordon (1909–1956).
Born October 2nd, 1909 in New Rochelle.
Died September 6th, 1956 at 46 years old in Westport (traffic collision).
Carlos Bulosan
Filipino-american author, poet, migrant laborer, and activist who left the philippines for seattle in 1930.
Died September 13th, 1956 at 44 years old in Seattle (bronchopneumonia). [ref]
Paul Kelly
American actor (1899-1956).
Born August 9th, 1899 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died November 6th, 1956 at 57 years old in Beverly Hills (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Mistinguett
French actress and singer.
Born April 5th, 1875 in Enghien-les-Bains. [ref]
Died January 5th, 1956 at 80 years old in Bougival.
Victor Young
American composer, arranger, violinist and conductor, orchestra leader (1900-1956).
Born August 8th, 1900 in Chicago. [ref]
Died November 10th, 1956 at 56 years old in Palm Springs (cerebral hemorrhage).
Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar
Indian politician (1888–1956).
Born November 27th, 1888 in Vadodara.
Died February 27th, 1956 at 67 years old in Ahmedabad.
Guy Kibbee
American actor (1882–1956).
Born March 6th, 1882 in El Paso.
Died May 24th, 1956 at 74 years old in Long Island (Parkinson's disease).
Infante Alfonso of Spain
Spanish royal (1941–1956).
Born October 3rd, 1941 in Rome.
Died March 29th, 1956 at 14 years old in Villa Giralda (Estoril) (gunshot wound).
Gerald Finzi
British composer.
Born July 14th, 1901 in London. [ref]
Died September 27th, 1956 at 55 years old in Oxford (infectious disease). [ref]
Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard
Royal flying corps commander and first royal air force chief of the air staff (1873-1956).
Born February 3rd, 1873 in Taunton.
Died February 10th, 1956 at 83 years old in London.
Max Beerbohm
English writer (1872-1956).
Born August 24th, 1872 in London. [ref]
Died May 20th, 1956 at 83 years old in Rapallo. [ref]
Deaths 51 to 75 of 434
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Kahlil Gibran