In the year 1946
406 Notable deaths
Fritz Sauckel
German nazi politician and convicted war criminal (1894-1946).
Born October 27th, 1894 in Haßfurt.
Died October 16th, 1946 at 51 years old in Nuremberg, Nuremberg Court Prison (hanging).
Jimmy Walker
American politician (1881-1946).
Born June 19th, 1881 in New York City.
Died November 18th, 1946 at 65 years old in New York City. [ref]
Elisabeth Becker
German concentration camp guard (1923–1946).
Born July 20th, 1923 in Gmina Nowy Staw.
Died July 4th, 1946 at 22 years old in Biskupia Górka (hanging).
Booth Tarkington
American novelist.
Born July 29th, 1869 in Indianapolis. [ref]
Died May 19th, 1946 at 76 years old in Indianapolis. [ref]
Karl Haushofer
German philosopher (1869-1946).
Born August 27th, 1869 in Munich. [ref]
Died March 10th, 1946 at 76 years old in Pähl (poisoning). [ref]
William S. Hart
American actor, film director (1864-1946).
Born December 6th, 1864 in Newburgh. [ref]
Died June 23rd, 1946 at 81 years old in Newhall.
George Arliss
English actor, author, playwright and filmmaker (1868-1946).
Born April 10th, 1868 in London.
Died February 5th, 1946 at 77 years old in London (infectious disease).
Dion Fortune
British occultist and author.
Born December 6th, 1890 in Llandudno.
Died January 8th, 1946 at 55 years old in London (leukemia).
Dorothy Gibson
Silent film actress, singer, model (1889-1946).
Born May 17th, 1889 in Hoboken.
Died February 17th, 1946 at 56 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 51 to 60 of 406
If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death. Samuel Butler