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In the year 1956
427 Notable deaths
Émile Borel
French mathematician and politician (1871-1956).
Born January 7th, 1871 in Lyon, Saint-Affrique.
Died February 3rd, 1956 at 85 years old in Paris, 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Al Simmons
Major league baseball player.
Born May 22nd, 1902 in Milwaukee.
Died May 26th, 1956 at 54 years old in Milwaukee.
Nikolaj Velimirović
Serbian bishop and saint (1880–1956).
Born January 4th, 1881 in Lelić.
Died March 18th, 1956 at 75 years old in South Canaan Township (disease).
Jan Łukasiewicz
Polish logician, mathematician, philosopher, rector of the university of warsaw (1878–1956).
Born December 21st, 1878 in Lviv.
Died February 13th, 1956 at 77 years old in Dublin.
Christian Rub
Austrian-american actor (1886–1956).
Born April 13th, 1886 in Passau.
Died April 14th, 1956 at 70 years old in Santa Barbara.
Henry Stephenson
British stage and film actor (1871-1956).
Born April 16th, 1871 in Grenada.
Died April 24th, 1956 at 85 years old in San Francisco (pneumonia).
Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Soviet ukrainian screenwriter, film producer and director (1894–1956).
Born September 10th, 1894 in Sosnytsia.
Died November 25th, 1956 at 62 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Savielly Tartakower
Polish and french chess player (1887–1956).
Born February 22nd, 1887 in Rostov-on-Don.
Died February 5th, 1956 at 68 years old in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
Hildebrand Gurlitt
German art dealer authorized by third reich to sell looted art, historian.
Born September 15th, 1895 in Dresden.
Died November 9th, 1956 at 61 years old in Düsseldorf (traffic collision).
Drastamat Kanayan
Armenian military officer.
Died March 5th, 1956 at 72 years old in Boston (disease).
Deaths 91 to 100 of 427
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