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In the year 1956
434 Notable deaths
Francesco Illy
Romanian businessman.
Born October 7th, 1892 in Timișoara.
Died October 22nd, 1956 at 64 years old in Trieste.
Eduardo Lonardi
Dictatorship of argentina (1896-1956).
Born September 15th, 1896 in Buenos Aires.
Died March 22nd, 1956 at 59 years old in Buenos Aires.
Holmes Herbert
English actor (1882-1956).
Born July 30th, 1882 in Mansfield.
Died December 26th, 1956 at 74 years old in Hollywood. [ref]
Michael Arlen
Bulgarian-born british writer (1895–1956).
Born November 16th, 1895 in Ruse.
Died June 23rd, 1956 at 60 years old in New York City (cancer).
David Seymour
Polish photographer and photojournalist (1911-1956).
Born November 20th, 1911 in Warsaw.
Died November 10th, 1956 at 44 years old in El-Qantarah al-Sharqiya.
Norman Kerry
American actor (1894-1956).
Born June 16th, 1894 in Rochester. [ref]
Died January 12th, 1956 at 61 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Nina Hamnett
Welsh painter (1890–1956).
Born February 14th, 1890 in Tenby.
Died December 16th, 1956 at 66 years old in London (falling from height).
Julien Benda
French essayist and philosopher (1867-1956).
Born December 26th, 1867 in Paris.
Died June 7th, 1956 at 88 years old in Fontenay-aux-Roses.
Homer Stille Cummings
American politician (1870-1956).
Born April 30th, 1870 in Stamford.
Died September 10th, 1956 at 86 years old in Greenwich.
Frigyes Riesz
Hungarian mathematician who made fundamental contributions to functional analysis (1880–1956).
Born January 22nd, 1880 in Győr.
Died February 28th, 1956 at 76 years old in Budapest.
Edmund Clerihew Bentley
British writer (1875-1956).
Born July 10th, 1875 in London. [ref]
Died March 30th, 1956 at 80 years old in London. [ref]
Frankie Trumbauer
American musician.
Born May 30th, 1901 in Carbondale. [ref]
Died June 11th, 1956 at 55 years old in Kansas City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Marie Doro
American stage and film actress.
Born May 25th, 1882 in Duncannon.
Died October 9th, 1956 at 74 years old in New York City (heart failure).
Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough
British politician (1880-1956).
Born October 27th, 1880 in London.
Died March 10th, 1956 at 75 years old in Chichester.
Eugenio Pio Zolli
Chief rabbi of rome, italy, during world war ii; later converted to catholicism (1881-1956).
Born September 27th, 1881 in Brody.
Died March 2nd, 1956 at 74 years old in Rome.
Fanny Durack
Australian swimmer, olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder.
Born October 27th, 1889 in Sydney.
Died March 20th, 1956 at 66 years old in Sydney.
Josep Puig i Cadafalch
Catalan architect (1867-1957).
Born October 17th, 1867 in Mataró.
Died December 23rd, 1956 at 89 years old in Barcelona. [ref]
Erich Kleiber
Austrian conductor.
Born August 5th, 1890 in Vienna. [ref]
Died January 27th, 1956 at 65 years old in Zürich. [ref]
André Marty
French politician (1886-1956).
Born November 6th, 1886 in Perpignan.
Died November 23rd, 1956 at 70 years old in Toulouse (lung cancer).
Charles Dingle
American actor (1887-1956).
Born December 28th, 1887 in Wabash.
Died January 19th, 1956 at 68 years old in Worcester (myocardial infarction).
Mirjafar Baghirov
Azerbaijani soviet politician (1895-1956).
Born September 17th, 1895 in Guba.
Died May 26th, 1956 at 60 years old in Baku (gunshot wound).
Vladimir Petrovich Filatov
Russian ophthalmologist (1875-1956).
Born February 27th, 1875 in Mikhaylovka.
Died October 30th, 1956 at 81 years old in Odesa (cerebral hemorrhage).
Alexander Gretchaninov
Russian romantic composer (1864–1956).
Born October 25th, 1864 in Moscow.
Died January 4th, 1956 at 91 years old in New York City.
Reşat Nuri Güntekin
Turkish writer (1889–1956).
Born November 25th, 1889 in Istanbul.
Died December 7th, 1956 at 67 years old in London (lung cancer). [ref]
Vera Lewis
American actress.
Born June 10th, 1873 in Manhattan.
Died February 8th, 1956 at 82 years old in Woodland Hills (disease).
Deaths 126 to 150 of 434
The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude. Thornton Wilder