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In the year 1946
420 Notable deaths
Ladislav Šaloun
Czech sculptor (1870-1946).
Born August 1st, 1870 in Prague. [ref]
Died October 18th, 1946 at 76 years old in Prague. [ref]
Elvira Notari
Italian film director.
Born February 10th, 1875 in Salerno.
Died December 17th, 1946 at 71 years old in Cava de' Tirreni.
Matteo Bartoli
Italian linguist (1873–1946).
Born September 22nd, 1873 in Labin.
Died January 23rd, 1946 at 72 years old in Turin.
Charles Martin
Oregon politician (1863-1946).
Born October 1st, 1863 in Edwards County.
Died September 22nd, 1946 at 82 years old in Portland.
Oswald Kabasta
Austrian conductor.
Born December 29th, 1896 in Mistelbach. [ref]
Died February 6th, 1946 at 49 years old in Kufstein (intoxication). [ref]
Siegfried Haenicke
German general and knight's cross recipient (1878-1946).
Born September 8th, 1878 in Konstanz.
Died February 19th, 1946 at 67 years old in NKVD Special Camp No. 1.
Julian Nowak
Polish microbiologist and politician (1865-1946).
Born March 10th, 1865 in Okocim.
Died November 10th, 1946 at 81 years old in Kraków.
Hugo Obermaier
German historian and anthropologist.
Born January 29th, 1877 in Regensburg.
Died November 12th, 1946 at 69 years old in Fribourg.
Antti Hackzell
Finnish politician (1881-1946).
Born September 20th, 1881 in Mikkeli.
Died January 14th, 1946 at 64 years old in Helsinki (stroke).
Maria Barrientos
Spanish singer.
Born March 4th, 1884 in Barcelona. [ref]
Died August 8th, 1946 at 62 years old in Ciboure. [ref]
Deaths 301 to 310 of 420
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot