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In the year 1946
406 Notable deaths
Henry Lehrman
American actor (1886-1946).
Born April 21st, 1886 in Vienna.
Died November 7th, 1946 at 60 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Takashi Sakai
Japanese general and war criminal (1887-1946).
Born October 18th, 1887 in Kamo district.
Died September 30th, 1946 at 58 years old in Nanjing (capital punishment in China).
Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
German prince (1865-1946).
Born January 20th, 1865 in Bad Arolsen.
Died May 26th, 1946 at 81 years old in Bad Arolsen.
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.
Shakib Arslan
Lebanese writer and philosopher (1869-1946).
Born December 25th, 1871 in Choueifat.
Died December 9th, 1946 at 74 years old in Beirut.
Granville Bantock
British composer and conductor (1868-1946).
Born August 7th, 1868 in London.
Died October 16th, 1946 at 78 years old in London.
Otto Fenichel
Austrian-american psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and scientist.
Born December 2nd, 1897 in Vienna. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 1946 at 48 years old in Los Angeles.
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 (ballistic trauma).
Charles Oman
British military historian (1860-1946).
Born January 12th, 1860 in Muzaffarpur district. [ref]
Died June 23rd, 1946 at 86 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Léon Spilliaert
Belgian graphic artist and painter (1881-1946).
Born July 21st, 1881 in Ostend. [ref]
Died November 23rd, 1946 at 65 years old in City of Brussels. [ref]
Deaths 151 to 160 of 406
No art is possible without a dance with death. Kurt Vonnegut