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In the year 1946
439 Notable deaths
Ivan Moskvin
Russian actor (1874-1946).
Born June 18th, 1874 in Moscow.
Died February 16th, 1946 at 71 years old in Moscow.
Georgi Vasilyev
Soviet film director, screenwriter and actor (1899–1946).
Born November 25th, 1899 in Vologda.
Died June 18th, 1946 at 46 years old in Ljubljana (tuberculosis).
Lucina Hagman
Finnish politician.
Born June 5th, 1853 in Kälviä. [ref]
Died September 6th, 1946 at 93 years old in Helsinki.
Vasily Timofeyevich Volsky
Soviet general (1897-1946).
Born March 22nd, 1897 in Tula Oblast.
Died February 22nd, 1946 at 48 years old in Moscow.
Hans Grade
German aviation pioneer.
Born May 17th, 1879 in Koszalin.
Died October 22nd, 1946 at 67 years old in Borkheide. [ref]
Frank Castleman
American hurdler and coach (1877-1946).
Born March 17th, 1877 in Broome County.
Died October 9th, 1946 at 69 years old in Columbus.
Narziß Ach
German psychologist (1871–1946).
Born October 29th, 1871 in Ermershausen.
Died July 25th, 1946 at 74 years old in Munich.
Arthur van Schendel
Dutch writer.
Born March 5th, 1874 in Jakarta. [ref]
Died September 11th, 1946 at 72 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
Carl Lindhagen
Swedish lawyer, socialist politician and pacifist (1860-1946).
Born December 17th, 1860 in Katarina church parish.
Died March 11th, 1946 at 85 years old in Bromma parish. [ref]
Oskar Kallas
Estonian linguist, folklorist, politician and diplomat (1868-1946).
Born October 25th, 1868 in Kaarma parish, Kaarma-Kirikuküla.
Died January 26th, 1946 at 77 years old in Stockholm.
Deaths 351 to 360 of 439
It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson