In the year 1956
379 Notable deaths
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).
Jan Łukasiewicz
Polish logician, mathematician, philosopher, rector of the university of warsaw..
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.
Alexander 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.
Born February 22nd, 1887 in Rostov-on-Don. [ref]
Died February 5th, 1956 at 68 years old in 10th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Gottfried Benn
German novelist, poet.
Born May 2nd, 1886 in Putlitz. [ref]
Died July 7th, 1956 at 70 years old in West Berlin (cancer). [ref]
E. T. Whittaker
British mathematician who contributed widely to applied mathematics, mathematical physics, the theory of special functions, and the history of physics..
Born October 24th, 1873 in Southport. [ref]
Died March 24th, 1956 at 82 years old in Edinburgh. [ref]
Erhard Raus
German general.
Born January 8th, 1889 in Olbramovice.
Died April 3rd, 1956 at 67 years old in Vienna.
Walter Gieseking
German pianist.
Born November 5th, 1895 in Lyon. [ref]
Died October 26th, 1956 at 60 years old in London. [ref]
George Sarton
American historian of science (1884-1956).
Born August 31st, 1884 in Ghent. [ref]
Died March 22nd, 1956 at 71 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Deaths 91 to 100 of 379
Take nothing for granted. Keep in mind that it can come at anytime. Even today. Maxime Lagacé