In the year 1956
427 Notable deaths
Infante Alfonso of Spain
Spanish royal (1941–1956).
Born October 3rd, 1941 in Rome.
Died March 29th, 1956 at 14 years old in Villa Giralda (Estoril) (gunshot wound).
Gerald Finzi
British composer.
Born July 14th, 1901 in London. [ref]
Died September 27th, 1956 at 55 years old in Oxford (infectious disease). [ref]
Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard
Royal flying corps commander and first royal air force chief of the air staff (1873-1956).
Born February 3rd, 1873 in Taunton.
Died February 10th, 1956 at 83 years old in London.
Max Beerbohm
English writer (1872-1956).
Born August 24th, 1872 in London. [ref]
Died May 20th, 1956 at 83 years old in Rapallo. [ref]
Josef Hoffmann
Austrian architect and product designer (1870-1956).
Born December 15th, 1870 in Josef Hoffmann House. [ref]
Died May 7th, 1956 at 85 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia
Russian grand duke (1879-1956).
Born May 14th, 1879 in Tsarskoye Selo.
Died October 30th, 1956 at 77 years old in Paris.
Louis Bromfield
American author and conservationist (1896-1956).
Born December 27th, 1896 in Mansfield.
Died March 18th, 1956 at 59 years old in Columbus.
Juho Kusti Paasikivi
7th president of finland (1870-1956).
Born November 27th, 1870 in Hämeenkoski.
Died December 14th, 1956 at 86 years old in Helsinki.
Reinhold Glière
Soviet ukrainian composer (1875–1956).
Born January 11th, 1875 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died June 23rd, 1956 at 81 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Michael Ventris
British architect and linguist.
Born July 12th, 1922 in Wheathampstead. [ref]
Died September 6th, 1956 at 34 years old in London (traffic collision). [ref]
Deaths 71 to 80 of 427
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe