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In the year 1946
420 Notable deaths
Olivér Halassy
Hungarian water polo player.
Born July 31st, 1909 in Budapest.
Died September 10th, 1946 at 37 years old in Budapest.
Carl Theodor Zahle
Prime minister of denmark (1866-1946).
Born January 19th, 1866 in Roskilde.
Died February 3rd, 1946 at 80 years old in Gentofte.
Harry Bateman
Anglo-american mathematician.
Born October 28th, 1882 in Manchester. [ref]
Died January 21st, 1946 at 63 years old in Milford (thrombosis).
Othenio Abel
Paleontologist, paleobiologist (1875-1946).
Born June 20th, 1875 in Vienna. [ref]
Died July 4th, 1946 at 71 years old in Mondsee. [ref]
Dmitry Moor
Russian artist (1883-1946).
Born November 3rd, 1883 in Novocherkassk.
Died October 24th, 1946 at 62 years old in Moscow.
Lorne Chabot
Canadian ice hockey player (1900–1946).
Born October 5th, 1900 in Montreal.
Died October 10th, 1946 at 46 years old in Montreal (nephritis).
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.
Deaths 261 to 270 of 420
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