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In the year 1946
420 Notable deaths
Amir Hamzah
Indonesian poet (1911-1946).
Born February 28th, 1911 in Langkat.
Died March 20th, 1946 at 35 years old
Vincent Youmans
American composer (1898-1946).
Born September 27th, 1898 in New York City.
Died April 5th, 1946 at 47 years old in Denver (tuberculosis).
Robert Heinrich Wagner
German nazi politician (1895-1946).
Born October 13th, 1895 in Eberbach.
Died August 14th, 1946 at 50 years old in Strasbourg (gunshot wound).
James Hopwood Jeans
British mathematician and astronomer (1877 – 1946).
Born September 11th, 1877 in Ormskirk.
Died September 16th, 1946 at 69 years old in Dorking.
Slim Summerville
Actor & director (1892-1946).
Born July 10th, 1892 in Albuquerque. [ref]
Died January 6th, 1946 at 53 years old in Laguna Beach (stroke).
Ahmad Kasravi
Iranian academic (1890–1946).
Born September 29th, 1890 in Tabriz.
Died March 11th, 1946 at 55 years old in Tehran (stab wound).
Max Koegel
Ss officer (1895-1946).
Born October 16th, 1895 in Füssen.
Died June 26th, 1946 at 50 years old in Nuremberg, Schwabach (hanging).
Christopher R. W. Nevinson
British artist (1889-1946).
Born August 13th, 1889 in London. [ref]
Died October 7th, 1946 at 57 years old in Hampstead (stroke). [ref]
Henri Gouraud
French military general.
Born November 17th, 1867 in 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died September 16th, 1946 at 78 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Chen Gongbo
Chinese politician (1892–1946).
Born October 19th, 1892 in Nanhai.
Died June 3rd, 1946 at 53 years old in Wu County (execution by shooting).
Deaths 121 to 130 of 420
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