In the year 1946
420 Notable deaths
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]
Eleanor Rathbone
Member of british parliament, women's rights campaigner (1872-1946).
Born May 12th, 1872 in London.
Died January 2nd, 1946 at 73 years old in London.
Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan
British field marshal (1865-1946).
Born October 16th, 1865 in Ayot St Lawrence.
Died August 28th, 1946 at 80 years old in London.
Justus D. Barnes
American actor (1862-1946).
Born October 2nd, 1862 in Little Falls.
Died February 6th, 1946 at 83 years old in Weedsport.
Alfred Trzebinski
Ss-physician at the auschwitz, majdanek and neuengamme concentration camps in nazi germany.
Born August 29th, 1902 in Jutrosin.
Died October 8th, 1946 at 44 years old in Hamelin (hanging).
Saint Alphonsa
Syro-malabar catholic franciscan religious sister.
Born August 19th, 1910 in Aymanam Grama Panchayat.
Died July 28th, 1946 at 35 years old in Bharananganam.
Frederick W. Lanchester
British polymath (1868–1946).
Born October 23rd, 1868 in Lewisham.
Died March 8th, 1946 at 77 years old in Birmingham.
Wilhelm Souchon
German admiral (1864-1946).
Born June 2nd, 1864 in Leipzig.
Died January 13th, 1946 at 81 years old in Bremen.
Mary Alden
Actress (1883-1946).
Born June 18th, 1883 in New York City.
Died July 2nd, 1946 at 63 years old in Woodland Hills.
William Dudley Ward
English sportsman and liberal politician (1877-1946).
Born October 14th, 1877 in London.
Died November 11th, 1946 at 69 years old in Calgary.
Deaths 161 to 170 of 420
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. Washington Irving