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In the year 1956
434 Notable deaths
Josef Hoffmann
Austrian architect and product designer (1870-1956).
Born December 15th, 1870 in Josef Hoffmann House. [ref]
Died May 7th, 1956 at 85 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia
Russian grand duke (1879-1956).
Born May 14th, 1879 in Tsarskoye Selo.
Died October 30th, 1956 at 77 years old in Paris.
Louis Bromfield
American author and conservationist (1896-1956).
Born December 27th, 1896 in Mansfield.
Died March 18th, 1956 at 59 years old in Columbus.
Juho Kusti Paasikivi
7th president of finland (1870-1956).
Born November 27th, 1870 in Hämeenkoski.
Died December 14th, 1956 at 86 years old in Helsinki.
Reinhold Glière
Soviet ukrainian composer (1875–1956).
Born January 11th, 1875 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died June 23rd, 1956 at 81 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Michael Ventris
British architect and linguist.
Born July 12th, 1922 in Wheathampstead. [ref]
Died September 6th, 1956 at 34 years old in London (traffic collision). [ref]
Francis L. Sullivan
British actor (1903-1956).
Born January 6th, 1903 in London.
Died November 19th, 1956 at 53 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Frederick Soddy
Chemist and physicist from england (1877-1956).
Born September 2nd, 1877 in Eastbourne. [ref]
Died September 22nd, 1956 at 79 years old in Brighton. [ref]
Lyonel Feininger
German-american painter (1871-1956).
Born July 17th, 1871 in New York City. [ref]
Died July 31st, 1956 at 85 years old in New York City. [ref]
Marie Laurencin
French painter, poet and printmaker (1883-1956).
Born October 31st, 1883 in 10th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died June 8th, 1956 at 72 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris (cardiac arrest).
Juan Negrín
Prime minister of spain (1892-1956).
Born February 3rd, 1892 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. [ref]
Died November 12th, 1956 at 64 years old in Paris. [ref]
Margaret Wycherly
English stage and film actress (1881-1956).
Born October 26th, 1881 in London.
Died June 6th, 1956 at 74 years old in New York City (disease).
Ralph Morgan
American actor (1883-1956).
Born July 6th, 1883 in New York City. [ref]
Died June 11th, 1956 at 72 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
George Bancroft
American actor (1882–1956).
Born September 30th, 1882 in Philadelphia.
Died October 2nd, 1956 at 74 years old in Santa Monica.
Wilhelm Miklas
Austrian politician; president (1928–1938).
Born October 15th, 1872 in Krems.
Died March 20th, 1956 at 83 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Émile Borel
French mathematician and politician (1871-1956).
Born January 7th, 1871 in Lyon, Saint-Affrique.
Died February 3rd, 1956 at 85 years old in Paris, 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Al Simmons
Major league baseball player.
Born May 22nd, 1902 in Milwaukee.
Died May 26th, 1956 at 54 years old in Milwaukee.
Nikolaj Velimirović
Serbian bishop and saint (1880–1956).
Born January 4th, 1881 in Lelić.
Died March 18th, 1956 at 75 years old in South Canaan Township (disease).
Jan Łukasiewicz
Polish logician, mathematician, philosopher, rector of the university of warsaw (1878–1956).
Born December 21st, 1878 in Lviv.
Died February 13th, 1956 at 77 years old in Dublin.
Christian Rub
Austrian-american actor (1886–1956).
Born April 13th, 1886 in Passau, Graz.
Died April 14th, 1956 at 70 years old in Santa Barbara.
Henry Stephenson
British stage and film actor (1871-1956).
Born April 16th, 1871 in Grenada.
Died April 24th, 1956 at 85 years old in San Francisco (pneumonia).
Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Soviet ukrainian screenwriter, film producer and director (1894–1956).
Born September 10th, 1894 in Sosnytsia.
Died November 25th, 1956 at 62 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Savielly Tartakower
Polish and french chess player (1887–1956).
Born February 22nd, 1887 in Rostov-on-Don.
Died February 5th, 1956 at 68 years old in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
Hildebrand Gurlitt
German art dealer authorized by third reich to sell looted art, historian.
Born September 15th, 1895 in Dresden.
Died November 9th, 1956 at 61 years old in Düsseldorf (traffic collision).
Drastamat Kanayan
Armenian military officer.
Died March 5th, 1956 at 72 years old in Boston (disease).
Deaths 76 to 100 of 434
As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death. Leonardo da Vinci