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In the year 1946
439 Notable deaths
Boris Lisunov
Soviet aerospace engineer.
Born August 19th, 1898 in Narimanovsky District.
Died November 3rd, 1946 at 48 years old
Sofia Nădejde
Romanian translator (1856-1946).
Born September 14th, 1856 in Botoșani.
Died June 11th, 1946 at 89 years old in Bucharest.
Émilie Gourd
Swiss suffragist (1879-1946).
Born December 19th, 1879 in Geneva. [ref]
Died December 4th, 1946 at 66 years old in Geneva. [ref]
Gabriela Preissová
Czech writer.
Born March 23rd, 1862 in Kutná Hora. [ref]
Died March 27th, 1946 at 84 years old in Prague. [ref]
Hubert Loutsch
Prime minister of luxembourg (1878-1946).
Born November 18th, 1878 in Mondercange. [ref]
Died June 24th, 1946 at 67 years old in City of Brussels. [ref]
Hans Aall
Norwegian art historian (1869–1946).
Born September 20th, 1869 in Arendal.
Died November 6th, 1946 at 77 years old in Oslo.
Edgar Syers
Figure skater.
Born March 18th, 1863 in Brighton.
Died February 16th, 1946 at 82 years old in Maidenhead.
Hendrik Adamson
Estonian poet, writer, esperantist and pedagogue (1891-1946).
Born October 6th, 1891 in Kärstna Rural Municipality.
Died March 7th, 1946 at 54 years old in Tuhalaane Rural Municipality.
Holger Thiele
Danish american astronomer (1878–1946).
Born September 25th, 1878.
Died June 5th, 1946 at 67 years old in Alameda.
Amadeo García
Spanish dermatologist and association football manager.
Born March 31st, 1887 in Vitoria-Gasteiz.
Died July 18th, 1946 at 59 years old in Spain.
Deaths 361 to 370 of 439
Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. Leo Tolstoy