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In the year 1946
439 Notable deaths
Ferdinand Marian
Austrian actor (1902-1946).
Born August 14th, 1902 in Vienna. [ref]
Died August 7th, 1946 at 43 years old in Munich (traffic collision). [ref]
Henry Bergman
American actor (1868-1946).
Born February 23rd, 1868 in San Francisco.
Died October 22nd, 1946 at 78 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Shakib Arslan
Lebanese writer and philosopher (1869–1946).
Born December 25th, 1871 in Choueifat.
Died December 9th, 1946 at 74 years old in Beirut.
Leon Rupnik
Slovenian general (1880–1946).
Born August 10th, 1880 in Lokve.
Died September 4th, 1946 at 66 years old in Ljubljana (ballistic trauma).
László Bárdossy
Hungarian politician (1890–1946).
Born December 10th, 1890 in Szombathely.
Died January 10th, 1946 at 55 years old in Budapest (gunshot wound).
Fushimi Hiroyasu
Japanese prince (1875–1946).
Born October 16th, 1875 in Tokyo.
Died August 16th, 1946 at 70 years old in Tokyo.
Infanta María de la Paz of Spain
Spanish infanta (1862-1946).
Born June 23rd, 1862 in Madrid.
Died December 4th, 1946 at 84 years old in Munich.
Max von Oppenheim
German historian (1860-1946).
Born July 15th, 1860 in Cologne. [ref]
Died November 17th, 1946 at 86 years old in Landshut (pneumonia). [ref]
Döme Sztójay
Hungarian-serb politician executed for war crimes (1883-1946).
Born January 5th, 1883 in Vršac.
Died August 22nd, 1946 at 63 years old in Budapest (execution).
Shefqet Vërlaci
Albanian prime minister (1877-1946).
Born December 15th, 1877 in Elbasan.
Died July 21st, 1946 at 68 years old in Zurich.
Deaths 151 to 160 of 439
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