In the year 1956
473 Notable deaths
Tobias Dantzig
American mathematician (1884-1956).
Born February 19th, 1884 in Šiauliai.
Died August 9th, 1956 at 72 years old in Los Angeles.
Ernst Loof
German racing driver (1907-1956).
Born July 4th, 1907 in Oschersleben (Bode).
Died March 3rd, 1956 at 48 years old in Bonn (brain cancer).
Henry Nicholas Ridley
English botanist and geologist (1855–1956).
Born December 10th, 1855 in Norfolk.
Died October 24th, 1956 at 100 years old in Kew.
Katherine MacDonald
American actor and film producer (1881-1956).
Born December 14th, 1891 in Pittsburgh.
Died June 4th, 1956 at 64 years old in Santa Barbara.
Guido Cantelli
Italian conductor (1920–1956).
Born April 27th, 1920 in Novara.
Died November 24th, 1956 at 36 years old in Paris, Orly.
Walter Warzecha
German admiral (1891–1956).
Born May 23rd, 1891 in Świebodzin.
Died August 30th, 1956 at 65 years old in Hamburg (myocardial infarction).
Paul Rostock
German surgeon; defendant at the nuremberg doctors' trial (1892-1956).
Born January 18th, 1892 in Kręcko.
Died June 17th, 1956 at 64 years old in Bad Tölz.
Maria Kotarba
Polish resistance fighter (1907–1956).
Born September 4th, 1907 in Obłazy Ryterskie.
Died December 30th, 1956 at 49 years old in Owczary.
Owen Davis
American dramatist (1874–1956).
Born January 29th, 1874 in Portland.
Died October 14th, 1956 at 82 years old in New York City.
Johnny Claes
Belgian racing driver.
Born August 11th, 1916 in London.
Died February 3rd, 1956 at 39 years old in Brussels metropolitan area (tuberculosis).
Hilda Petrie
British egyptologist and archaeologist (1871-1956).
Born June 8th, 1871 in Dublin.
Died November 23rd, 1956 at 85 years old in London.
Filippo De Pisis
Italian painter (1896-1956).
Born May 11th, 1896 in Ferrara. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 1956 at 59 years old in Milan. [ref]
John Garstang
British archaeologist (1876-1956).
Born May 5th, 1876 in Blackburn.
Died September 12th, 1956 at 80 years old in Beirut.
John Emerson
Stage actor, playwright, producer, and director of silent films (1874–1956).
Born May 29th, 1874 in Sandusky.
Died March 8th, 1956 at 81 years old in Pasadena.
Benjamin Glazer
Screenwriter, producer, foley artist, and director of american films (1887-1956).
Born May 7th, 1887 in Belfast.
Died March 18th, 1956 at 68 years old in Hollywood.
Henriette Renié
French musician (1875–1956).
Born September 18th, 1875 in Paris.
Died March 1st, 1956 at 80 years old in Paris.
Juan Federico Ponce Vaides
Guatemalan president (1889-1956).
Born August 26th, 1889 in Guatemala City.
Died November 16th, 1956 at 67 years old in Guatemala City.
Yakub Kolas
Belarusian writer (1882–1956).
Born November 3rd, 1882 in Akinchytsy.
Died August 13th, 1956 at 73 years old in Minsk.
Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı
Turkish poet and writer (1911–1956).
Born October 4th, 1910 in Diyarbakır.
Died January 12th, 1956 at 45 years old in Vienna (pleurisy).
Muhammad Husayn Haykal
Egyptian writer (1888–1956).
Born August 20th, 1888 in Mansoura.
Died December 8th, 1956 at 68 years old in Cairo.
Nicolae Labiș
Romanian poet (1935–1956).
Born December 2nd, 1935 in Poiana Mărului.
Died December 22nd, 1956 at 21 years old in Bucharest (struck by vehicle).
Chandrashekhar Agashe
Indian industrialist and entrepreneur (1888–1956).
Born February 14th, 1888 in Bhor. [ref]
Died June 9th, 1956 at 68 years old in Pune. [ref]
B. Reeves Eason
American film director, actor (1886-1956).
Born October 2nd, 1886 in New York City.
Died June 9th, 1956 at 69 years old in Sherman Oaks (myocardial infarction).
Vladimir A. Obruchev
Russian and soviet geologist and writer (1863–1956).
Born October 10th, 1863 in Rzhev. [ref]
Died June 19th, 1956 at 92 years old in Zvenigorod. [ref]
Carlo Gnocchi
Italian roman catholic priest, considered beatus (1902–1956).
Born October 25th, 1902 in San Colombano al Lambro.
Died February 28th, 1956 at 53 years old in Milan.
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Death and pain are windows to great insight if you have the strength to look through them. James Pierce