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In the year 1946
406 Notable deaths
Dmitry Moor
Russian artist (1883-1946).
Born November 3rd, 1883 in Novocherkassk. [ref]
Died October 24th, 1946 at 62 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Leonida Tonelli
Italian mathematician (1885-1946).
Born April 19th, 1885 in Gallipoli.
Died March 12th, 1946 at 60 years old in Pisa.
Federigo Enriques
Italian mathematician (1871-1946).
Born January 5th, 1871 in Livorno.
Died June 14th, 1946 at 75 years old in Rome.
Maliq Bushati
Albanian politician (1880-1946).
Born February 8th, 1880 in Shkodër.
Died February 20th, 1946 at 66 years old in Tirana (ballistic trauma).
Nikolai Burdenko
Russian and soviet surgeon, founder of russian neurosurgery (1876-1946).
Born June 3rd, 1876 in Kamenka.
Died November 11th, 1946 at 70 years old in Moscow.
John St. Polis
Actor (1873-1946).
Born November 24th, 1873 in New Orleans.
Died October 8th, 1946 at 72 years old in Los Angeles (disease).
Ernst Leonard Lindelöf
Finnish mathematician who made contributions in real/complex analysis and topology (1870–1946).
Born March 7th, 1870 in Helsinki. [ref]
Died June 4th, 1946 at 76 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Feliks Nowowiejski
Polish musician.
Born February 7th, 1877 in Barczewo. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 1946 at 68 years old in Poznań.
Victor Loret
French egyptologist (1859-1946).
Born September 1st, 1859 in Paris. [ref]
Died February 3rd, 1946 at 86 years old in Lyon.
Shirase Nobu
Japanese explorer of the antarctic (1861-1946).
Born July 20th, 1861 in Nikaho.
Died September 4th, 1946 at 85 years old in Toyota.
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