In the year 1956
473 Notable deaths
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 (1883–1956).
Died March 8th, 1956 at 72 years old in Boston (disease).
Erhard Raus
German general (1889–1956).
Born January 8th, 1889 in Olbramovice.
Died April 3rd, 1956 at 67 years old in Vienna.
E. T. Whittaker
British mathematician (1873-1956).
Born October 24th, 1873 in Southport.
Died March 24th, 1956 at 82 years old in Edinburgh.
Flora Sandes
World war i soldier and nurse (1876-1956).
Born January 22nd, 1876 in Nether Poppleton.
Died November 24th, 1956 at 80 years old in East Suffolk and Ipswich Hospital.
Gottfried Benn
German novelist, poet (1886–1956).
Born May 2nd, 1886 in Putlitz. [ref]
Died July 7th, 1956 at 70 years old in West Berlin (cancer). [ref]
Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg
Austrian politician and nobleman (1899-1956).
Born May 10th, 1899 in Eferding.
Died March 15th, 1956 at 56 years old in Schruns.
Giovanni Papini
Italian writer (1881-1956).
Born January 9th, 1881 in Florence.
Died July 8th, 1956 at 75 years old in Florence (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
George Sarton
Belgian-american historian of science (1884–1956).
Born August 31st, 1884 in Ghent.
Died March 22nd, 1956 at 71 years old in Cambridge.
Maud Allan
Choreographer (1873-1956).
Born August 27th, 1873 in Toronto.
Died October 7th, 1956 at 83 years old in Los Angeles.
Isham Jones
American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter (1894–1956).
Born January 31st, 1894 in Coalton.
Died October 19th, 1956 at 62 years old in Hollywood.
Lucien Febvre
French historian (1878-1956).
Born July 22nd, 1878 in Nancy.
Died September 26th, 1956 at 78 years old in Saint-Amour.
Jimmie Angel
American aviator (1899–1956).
Born August 1st, 1899 in Springfield.
Died December 8th, 1956 at 57 years old in Panama City.
Zafar Ali Khan
Pakistani writer (1873–1956).
Born January 19th, 1873 in Wazirabad District.
Died November 27th, 1956 at 83 years old in Wazirabad Tehsil.
Charles Edward Taylor
American airplane mechanic (1868-1956).
Born May 24th, 1868 in Cerro Gordo, Illinois.
Died January 30th, 1956 at 87 years old in California.
Ludwig Klages
German psychologist and philosopher (1872–1956).
Born December 10th, 1872 in Hanover.
Died July 29th, 1956 at 83 years old in Kilchberg.
Walter Gieseking
German pianist (1895–1956).
Born November 5th, 1895 in 2nd arrondissement of Lyon.
Died October 26th, 1956 at 60 years old in London.
Robert Yerkes
American psychologist (1876–1956).
Born May 26th, 1876 in Bucks County.
Died February 3rd, 1956 at 79 years old in New Haven.
Leo Baeck
German-born rabbi, scholar and theologian (1873–1956).
Born May 23rd, 1873 in Leszno.
Died November 2nd, 1956 at 83 years old in London.
Arnold Leese
British politician (1878-1956).
Born November 16th, 1878 in Lytham St Annes.
Died January 18th, 1956 at 77 years old in London.
Otto Schmidt
Russian geophysicist and polar explorer of baltic german origin (1891-1956).
Born September 30th, 1891 in Mogilev.
Died September 7th, 1956 at 64 years old in Moscow (tuberculosis).
Joseph Wirth
German chancellor (1879-1956).
Born September 6th, 1879 in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Died January 3rd, 1956 at 76 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Frank Brangwyn
Anglo-welsh artist and designer (1867-1956).
Born May 13th, 1867 in Bruges. [ref]
Died June 11th, 1956 at 89 years old in Ditchling. [ref]
Pío Baroja
Spanish writer (1872-1956).
Born December 28th, 1872 in San Sebastián.
Died October 30th, 1956 at 83 years old in Madrid (cardiovascular disease).
Navvab Safavi
Iranian cleric (1924–1956).
Born October 9th, 1924 in Ghaniabad.
Died January 18th, 1956 at 31 years old in Tehran (gunshot wound).
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I feel monotony and death to be almost the same. Charlotte Brontë