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In the year 1946
406 Notable deaths
Pietro Boetto
Catholic cardinal.
Born May 19th, 1871 in Vigone.
Died January 31st, 1946 at 74 years old in Genoa.
Harry Edwin Wood
English astronomer (1881-1946).
Born February 3rd, 1881 in Manchester.
Died February 27th, 1946 at 65 years old in Cradock.
Alexander Bogomolets
Soviet-ukrainian pathophysiologist (1881-1946).
Died July 19th, 1946 at 65 years old in Kyiv.
Karl, 6th Prince of Leiningen
German noble (1898-1946).
Born February 13th, 1898 in Strasbourg.
Died August 2nd, 1946 at 48 years old in Saransk.
Sergey von Freymann
Russian-uzbekistani chess player (1882-1946).
Born May 7th, 1882 in Vladivostok.
Died April 14th, 1946 at 63 years old in Tashkent.
Egil Eide
Actor, film director (1868-1946).
Born August 24th, 1868 in Haugesund.
Died December 13th, 1946 at 78 years old in Haugesund.
Andrey Vitruk
Soviet air force general.
Born July 8th, 1902 in Andrushki.
Died July 3rd, 1946 at 43 years old in Kyiv.
Louis Otten
Dutch footballer (1883-1946).
Born November 5th, 1883 in Rijswijk.
Died November 7th, 1946 at 63 years old in The Hague.
Karel Toman
Czech poet, publicist and translator.
Born February 25th, 1877 in Kokovice (Klobuky). [ref]
Died June 12th, 1946 at 69 years old in Prague. [ref]
Maurice Grammont
French linguist.
Born April 15th, 1866 in Damprichard. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1946 at 80 years old in Montpellier. [ref]
Deaths 361 to 370 of 406
Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. Unknown