In the year 1946
439 Notable deaths
Thomas Dixon Jr.
American baptist minister, lawyer, politician and white supremacist writer.
Born January 11th, 1864 in Shelby.
Died April 3rd, 1946 at 82 years old in Raleigh.
Maurice Koechlin
Engineer (1856-1946).
Born March 8th, 1856 in Buhl. [ref]
Died January 14th, 1946 at 89 years old in Veytaux. [ref]
Arthur Greiser
German politician (nsdap), mdr, senate president of the free city of danzig, reich governor and gauleiter of the nsdap, waffen-ss officer and holocaust perpetrator (1897–1946).
Born January 22nd, 1897 in Środa Wielkopolska.
Died July 21st, 1946 at 49 years old in Fort Winiary (hanging to death).
Milan Nedić
Serbian general and politician (1878-1946).
Born September 2nd, 1878 in Grocka. [ref]
Died February 4th, 1946 at 67 years old in Belgrade (falling).
Ignacy Mościcki
President of poland from 1926 to 1939.
Born December 1st, 1867 in Mierzanowo.
Died October 2nd, 1946 at 78 years old in Versoix.
Konstantin Rodzaevsky
Russian fascist (1907-1946).
Born August 11th, 1907 in Blagoveshchensk.
Died August 30th, 1946 at 39 years old in Moscow (ballistic trauma).
Herbert Baker
British architect (1862-1946).
Born June 9th, 1862 in Owletts.
Died February 4th, 1946 at 83 years old in Owletts.
Gerhart Hauptmann
German dramatist who received the nobel prize in literature in 1912 (1862-1946).
Born November 15th, 1862 in Szczawno-Zdrój. [ref]
Died June 6th, 1946 at 83 years old in Jagniątków (bronchitis). [ref]
Karl Eberhard Schöngarth
German general, war criminal (1903-1946).
Born April 22nd, 1903 in Leipzig.
Died May 16th, 1946 at 43 years old in Hamelin (hanging).
Mamie Smith
American vaudeville singer and actress (1883-1946).
Born May 26th, 1891 in Cincinnati. [ref]
Died September 16th, 1946 at 55 years old in New York City (disease).
Deaths 71 to 80 of 439
Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things. Arthur Schopenhauer