In the year 1946

406 Notable deaths

Miroslav Filipović

Bosnian croat franciscan friar, ustashe military chaplain and convicted war criminal (1915-1946).

Born June 5th, 1915 in Jajce.

Died June 29th, 1946 at 31 years old in Zagreb (hanging).

Wanda Klaff

Nazi concentration camp guard (1922–1946).

Born March 6th, 1922 in Gdańsk.

Died July 4th, 1946 at 24 years old in Gdańsk (hanging).

Felix Hoffmann

German chemist (1868-1946).

Born January 21st, 1868 in Ludwigsburg.

Died February 8th, 1946 at 78 years old in Lausanne.

Inayatullah Khan

King of afghanistan in 1929.

Born October 20th, 1888 in Kabul.

Died August 12th, 1946 at 57 years old in Tehran.

Francisco Largo Caballero

Spanish politician (1869-1946).

Born October 15th, 1869 in Madrid. [ref]

Died March 23rd, 1946 at 76 years old in Paris. [ref]

Renée Jeanne Falconetti

French actress (1892-1946).

Born July 21st, 1892 in Pantin. [ref]

Died December 12th, 1946 at 54 years old in Buenos Aires. [ref]

Jeanne Lanvin

French fashion designer.

Born January 1st, 1867 in Paris. [ref]

Died July 6th, 1946 at 79 years old in Le Vésinet. [ref]

Constance Garnett

Translator.

Born December 19th, 1861 in Brighton. [ref]

Died December 17th, 1946 at 84 years old in Kent. [ref]

Louis Bachelier

Mathematician.

Born March 11th, 1870 in Le Havre. [ref]

Died April 28th, 1946 at 76 years old in Saint-Malo. [ref]

Barney Oldfield

American racing driver (1878-1946).

Born June 3rd, 1878 in Wauseon.

Died October 4th, 1946 at 68 years old in Beverly Hills.

Deaths 91 to 100 of 406

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Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot